Scott DesJarlais Quotes

I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

Politicians in Washington are useless.

People are very upset with Washington. They're upset with Democrats. They're upset with Republicans. They're upset with the establishment.

I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.

There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country.

Everywhere I go - from Main Street to Wall Street - people ask, 'What's happened to our political system? Why can't Washington folks work together?'

One of the reasons people feel so alienated from the American political process is in the fights we get in here in Washington, no one's ever talking about them and the challenges they're going through.

People hate politicians. And I can understand why.

I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.

What strikes me when I leave Washington is the extent to which there's a huge disconnect between Washington and the rest of the country. The rest of the country is not hyper partisan.

The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.

Like most thoughtful people who watch what's going on in Washington, venting is very necessary.

I can personally testify that American politics have taken a distinctly downward turn in the space of one mature lifetime.

President Bush said that he wanted to change the tone in Washington. He has; it has gotten worse.

Parliamentarianism is nauseating to anyone who has ever seen it at close range.

It’s a strange thing in American politics that everyone who runs for office in Washington, runs against Washington.

Frankly, I'm fed up with politicians in Washington lecturing the rest of us about family values. Our families have values. But our government doesn’t.

I ran for Congress in 2012 because I had had enough. Enough of career politicians, enough of political gamesmanship, and enough of the lack of leadership in Washington.

If you think your average Trump voter in Ohio hates Washington, you should see what Washington thinks about the Trump voter in Ohio.

I understand firsthand that Washington is broken.

We do have our challenges. Some things don't always work right in Washington, and the anger you see from the electorate, I think, is a reflection of what's not working right.

After 24 years in Washington, Senator Collins has become part of that broken system, putting special interests and her political party first. And Mainers know it and feel it.

I just think people are fed up with people who are career politicians who don't stand for anything.

Washington is a complete mess. It's become a venue for partisan bickering, where the needs of the working class just don't matter.

The people of Alabama are fed up. They are tired of politicians who lie to them, and they are sick of elected officials who've been in Washington so long they've forgotten why they ran in the first place.