Who said what. Verbatim.

“The reason we lost is the war,”

Vance blamed the war with Iran for Republicans' midterm losses in a post on X.

“We’re making it a national monument, and it will not be allowed to be touched by anybody, destroyed, ripped down by stupid people, in order to build something in a slightly different shape,”

Trump announced the Oval Office national monument designation at a signing ceremony following his party's midterm election losses.

“I think these are all moves designed to look towards 2028.”

Kochel characterized Republicans' post-midterm moves as aimed at the 2028 presidential race.

“When someone can get sued for having spoken out, that kills the willingness of anyone to participate in an investigation,”

Zucker warned that the defamation verdict could discourage people from participating in misconduct investigations.

“With investor focus increasingly shifting to 2027, the setup appears challenging,”

A Barclays analyst wrote in an investor note that the auto industry's setup for 2027 appears challenging.

“71-year-old who has undergone an operation”

The Vatican says no extraordinary health measures are being taken for the Pope, describing him as someone who had an operation rather than someone with a permanent condition.

“Xavier Becerra dreams the way we dream,”

Salas called Becerra 'familia' while speaking at his campaign event in Los Angeles.

“Me not having a federal judgeship is not a motivating factor for me at all”

Colom told CNN that his rejected federal judgeship was not a motivating factor in his Senate run.

“I thought this was it. You had a wonderful life, Tommy, but it’s over right now,”

Jones recalled the trauma from his illness while appearing on stage at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles.

“Those demands have no basis in Mississippi law, and if you depart from ordinary election procedures as you have been asked to do, you will violate Mississippi voters' rights and Mississippi election law,”

Colom's lawyers warned county officials that departing from ordinary election procedures would violate Mississippi law and voters' rights.

“People feel worse off after tariffs and after the war in Iran, and Donald Trump has said a few times now that he doesn’t really care,”

Hastie told 2GB the midterm results showed economic messaging was critical.

“Ajay was the primary breadwinner of his family, and I have also been forced to give up my work to focus on this case,”

Ritu describes the financial impact of her husband's detention on their family.

“Hurt people hurt people,”

El-Sayed condemned the March 12 attack on Temple Israel but drew criticism for saying 'Hurt people hurt people,' referring to the attacker's relatives killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon.

“President Donald Trump is determined, as a legacy item, almost at all costs, to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, having them give up their nuclear capabilities,”

McNally said Trump is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon as a legacy item.

“They were fantastic parents, my biggest champions and cheerleaders,”

Danni Gillam-Kirton describes her parents Pete and Fran, who died in the Bédar wildfire.

“When I talked to Ajay, I would tell him that you need to keep in touch always; you need to tell me that you’re fine and everything is safe around because the situation of the sea was very bad.”

Ritu recalls what she would tell her husband about staying in contact given the dangers at sea.

“We want to do things that we did not do in the past in order to remove this criminal government,”

Tibi told The Associated Press that Arab parties want to remove Netanyahu's government through unprecedented action.

“no need to treat it like a supplement or quick fix.”

Chaudhry cautioned against treating olive oil before a meal as a supplement or quick fix.

“We expect Democratic lawyers to pull out every stop, and we are prepared. Our focus is on completing the count and returning Cindy Hyde-Smith to the Senate to keep fighting for Mississippi values.”

A post on Hyde-Smith's X account said the campaign expected Democratic lawyers to challenge the process and was prepared to respond.

“Voters don't want us to investigate just for the sake of political vendettas. It's not healthy for us as a democracy. It plays into a lot of what Trump has done himself,”

Holtz said Democrats should avoid investigating for political vendettas and instead focus on issues that connect to the cost of living.

“Issue the damned alert!”

Duncan Chard demands that authorities issue an emergency alert as the flames closed in on Bédar.

“El-Sayed’s comments were grotesque, and this interview compounds the problem. He’s still presenting his mistake as a matter of timing as though the same rationalization would have been acceptable once the victims had time to grieve. The problem wasn’t when he offered it. The problem was suggesting that events overseas somehow mitigate responsibility for trying to massacre Americans at home.”

Arm criticized El-Sayed's interview as compounding the problem by framing his mistake as a matter of timing rather than substance.

“I love the game and what it did for my personal growth, my physical fitness and self-discipline, and my understanding of teamwork and leadership. I embrace any opportunity to introduce more of the world to the sport, and Buffalo offers an already strong base of rugby players, boosters, and fans. I couldn’t agree more that it’s a logical locale for an MLR expansion.”

Conrad endorsed Buffalo as a logical locale for MLR expansion, citing the city's existing base of rugby players and fans.

“close to other parties and ideologies. The Kurdish political movement is [generally] a secular movement, but many fans are praying in the stadium.”

Ruhavioglu noted that while many fans support the pro-Kurdish DEM Party, others hold different political views and many fans pray in the stadium.

“the first bullet in the 2028 contest was Ron DeSantis throwing cold water on Trump's $5,000 dividend,”

Eberhart argued DeSantis's opposition to Trump's $5,000 dividend was the first move in the 2028 contest.

“How can you have faith in these measures that they're putting in to mitigate future disasters if you don't know fully what happened the first time around?”

Danni Gillam-Kirton questions how families can trust future disaster mitigation measures without knowing what happened in Bédar.

“I'm much more surprised”

Anderson said he was even more surprised that Colom had a chance to win the race.

“can't walk away from the table.”

Ghalibaf said Vance cannot walk away from the table after Vance blamed the war with Iran for Republican midterm losses.

“And then they had to get the paramedics in, and I was like, ‘I can’t breathe,’”

Jones described being rushed to UCLA Medical Center after coming down with pneumonia he initially thought was the flu.

“During the meeting with Mr Vladimir Putin, discussions were held regarding the construction of gas pipelines from Russia to Iran,”

Rezaei told Iranian state TV that talks with Putin included plans for gas pipelines from Russia to Iran.

“For tech investors the big focus is will these mid-term elections slow the pace of the planned 800 to 1,000 datacenters across the US fueling the AI Revolution…the answer in our view is a clear YES,”

Ives argued in a note that the midterm elections would slow the pace of planned data center construction fueling the AI Revolution.

“I love Los Angeles. I believe in Los Angeles. And I will continue to ensure the promise of a better life belongs to all of us.”

Bass wrote this in a social media post conceding the mayoral race to Raman.

“I respect that. I just think that if that had been done anywhere near what I believed, I would be so furiously enraged that they would use the words that I have led my life with to hurt people that way,”

Haines said she would be furiously enraged if her faith's words were used to hurt people, especially young kids.

“If anybody ever decides to come and start knocking down walls, you call me wherever I may be,”

Trump warned against future alterations to the Oval Office spaces after designating them a national monument.

“This is a real danger. One of the foundations of democracy is the peaceful transfer of power,”

Sohlberg warned Herzog at his residence about the danger of undermining the peaceful transfer of power.

“This case is unique in that the jury found that Dr. Knouse’s claims were fabricated and designed to cause harm to Dr. Sabatini.”

Arrowood said the case is unique because the jury found Knouse's claims were fabricated and designed to harm Sabatini.

“We’re ready to play offense,”

Snowden said Penn is ready to play offense after building a position in Texas over several years.

“there was a bit of fog, the road was wet”

Addressing weather conditions at the time of the crash, the mayor told Le Figaro there was fog and the road was wet but no major difficulties.

“I don't think fans are as enthusiastic about them if one team is spending drastically more than another team,”

Silver noted in an interview with The Dan Patrick Show in June that dynasties can be great if league rules are fair for all competitors.

“unlawful and extraordinary measures.”

Colom's lawyers characterized Hyde-Smith's ballot demands as unlawful and extraordinary in a letter to county officials.

“behaved in ways incompatible with the responsibilities of faculty membership.”

MIT referred to a 2022 letter to staff stating Sabatini was found to have behaved in ways incompatible with faculty responsibilities.

“These are people whose parents couldn’t vote, but they could, and so when my dad got deported, or my mom got deported, that became a crystallizing moment.”

Prado noted that nearly 40% of voters in the campaign's database were members of mixed-status families.

“The whole landscape changed,”

Wynn Resorts CEO Craig Billings described the changed landscape following midterm election results during the company's earnings call Thursday.

“He has also been a caregiver to his elderly parents,”

Ritu notes her husband's role as a caregiver to his elderly parents.

“In the focus groups in particular, I was pretty shocked at how much jail time came up for CEOs,”

Jacquez expressed surprise at how frequently focus group participants raised the idea of jail time for CEOs.

“a very good day overall for the industry, and certainly for Penn,”

Penn Entertainment CEO Jay Snowden characterized Election Day as favorable for the industry and the company on Thursday's earnings call.

“You know, there so many proteins to choose from.”

Hyde-Smith made this remark about rising beef prices during a Feb. 22 interview with a local television outlet.

“In hindsight, it was quite aggressive, #hetoo,”

In a message about visiting Sabatini's hotel room on a work retreat, Knouse wrote that in hindsight it was quite aggressive.

“Cindy Hyde-Smith is going to represent Mississippi in the United States Senate for the next six years.”

Hyde-Smith's X account posted a statement claiming she would represent Mississippi in the Senate for the next six years.

“the representative of Kurdish identity”

Ruhavioglu described the club as the representative of Kurdish identity rather than a national team for Kurds.

“And the unintended consequences of which are yet to be seen,”

Hammond warns about the unintended consequences of the case's outcome.

“Does this inject more uncertainty into American foreign policy? We’ve already had a lot of volatility in that regard.”

Sinodinos was assessing whether the midterm results would inject more uncertainty into American foreign policy.

“I arrived minutes after the accident and people were in shock.”

Mayor Cristin told BFM TV he arrived minutes after the accident and found people in shock.

“Not bad for a quinceañera singer,”

Pulido celebrated his overwhelming victory over Republican incumbent Monica De La Cruz in Texas's 15th congressional district.

“It is not an immediately solvable problem, and people really dislike it.”

Wolpe was commenting on public uncertainty over the economy and the Iran war's impact.

“is a perfect storm in a global storm of impunity; who is accountable and who enforces accountability”

Hammond describes the Smyrtos case as part of a broader global issue of impunity and accountability.

“I was quite worried,”

Ritu describes her anxiety while her husband was at sea amid growing dangers to seafarers.

“I was not charged with incitement but you judges are convicting me with it just to impress the person who gives you the titles. I believe these were directives,”

Lissu accused the judges of convicting him of incitement to impress President Samia Suluhu Hassan, calling it a political persecution.

“the early moves have started”

Eberhart told Fox News Digital that the 2028 Republican presidential nomination race has begun.

“I lost everything. There was nothing left of my normal life,”

Sabatini previously told Boston 25 News he lost everything and nothing was left of his normal life.