Carmen Yulín Cruz Quotes

We call it taco politics. They [U. S. Gobvernment officials] come to us, speaking Spanish, offering Hispanic rhetoric. But they're not really getting down to specifics of the problems we have.

Donald Trump praised Russia's strong man, Vladimir Putin, even taking the astonishing step of suggesting that he prefers the Russian president to our American president. I was just thinking about all of the presidents that would just be looking at one another in total astonishment. What would Ronald Reagan say about a Republican nominee who attacks America's generals and heaps praise on Russia's president? I think we know the answer.

The most impactful dollars that Australia can spend are actually what goes to help the poorest.

President Trump has criticized the Mueller investigation, fired Jim Comey, savagely attacked the FBI, and repeatedly suggested the Russia campaign influence in 2016 was a hoax. In the wake of all of this, the American people need to be assured that Mueller can carry out his investigation without interference.

Poverty and ignorance, which beget terror, are not eradicated by firing artillery shells. Borders do not stop rockets, and barbed wire does not prevent terror.

I think that we are trying to move towards the First World slowly but surely. But we must do a good job for the people left way behind. That's why extreme poverty, for us, is a priority.

If there's one thing we know about President Trump, it's that he lies and he cheats. Endlessly. And shamelessly. But still, mostly, incompetently.

The Israeli prime minister, whoever that person is, should have an open invitation to come to America to speak to Congress and the American people.

You know who has done a lot of questioning of generals? President Trump.

I hate it when Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi get to beat their drums and talk about what a great day it is for America that President Trump failed - when even they know ObamaCare is a total disaster.

A fighter lives in his training camp, and I'm not always paying attention to what is happening on the outside. But I do know the Mexican people and the Mexican-American people in this country are very hard-working people. That's my only comment about Donald Trump.

Every time I do interviews, they ask me about the same things - poverty, war, and the power of the church.

My grandfather was a justice fighter. I go to Russia and I find worse injustice than he had ever discovered. My task was investing people's money. But this was far beyond that. I became this sort of crusader.

Try to name any meaningful thing Hillary Clinton accomplished in her role as Secretary of State. The small things she did accomplish have almost universally turned out badly.

The coronavirus has yet again exposed the strong contrast between President Trump - who is working ardently for the American people - and a Democratic Party with little interest in anything besides taking him down. President Trump, for his part, has taken unprecedented action to thwart the spread of the virus.

President Trump's leadership has been very important to this effort of restoring democracy to Venezuela.

People on left have to better understand what are the benefits of inequality, and people on right have to understand better what the dangers are... It has to become properly hardwired into the American democratic debate in a way that it hasn't really been.

President Trump is right about at least one thing: No matter what he does, America cannot stop talking about him.

My primary goal is to eradicate poverty; I believe it is immoral and a stain on our society. And so when I despair or get angry, I take the time to think about how I can best achieve that goal - and then I get to work.

I invited President Trump twice now to come meet my family and my community because he seems to have a lot of opinions about the kind of people we are.

For far too long, Washington has denied the American citizens of Puerto Rico vital human services and adequate health care funding.

The national coronavirus response has been a radical experiment on the American people that destroyed our economy and harmed our liberty.

Canada has a stand on human rights in many places, just not when Donald Trump violates them in Latino neighbourhoods.

There is only so many times you can say, 'Trump tweeted something that was bad.' That is not a joke to me.

Democrats have been acting like the proverbial American tourist in France, trying to get their point across by shouting louder in a language only they understand.