POLL: What Was the Worst Media Quote of the Week?

Geoffrey Dickens
June 4th, 2026 3:12 PM

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POLL: What was the worst media quote of the week? (Vote below)

 

 

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Ali Velshi: I Feel “Deep Unease” About Celebrating 250th Anniversary of “Our So-Called Democracy”

“In one month, America will mark the 250th anniversary of its founding. Like previous anniversaries, there is a deep unease about this. I feel a deep unease about these celebrations to which I am invited to mark the 250th anniversary of our so-called democracy because this 250th anniversary is taking place during yet another period of deep and fundamental and existential unrest in this country brought on by the country’s unresolved racial politics. That’s what this is. Women and Black Americans have seen their rights taken away. The Voting Rights Act has effectively been gutted.”
— Host Ali Velshi on MS NOW’s Velshi, May 31. 

 

Paul Krugman: We Need a “De-MAGAfication” Like We Had a “De-Nazification”

“We need to de-fang Trump, as much as possible and make sure that neither he nor anybody who follows in his footsteps has power after the next two elections. But beyond that we really need to do a thorough purging of the United States. We need a de-MAGAfication. And that is - you  know - I am not going over the top by using a word that is very similar to the de-Nazification that we pursued successfully after World War II in Germany.”
— New York Times columnist Paul Krugman on his official Substack page, May 31.

 

Al Sharpton: Trump’s UFC Fights on White House Lawn Is Him Bringing Back the “Fights for the Slave Masters” 

“Let’s celebrate how we grew and the people that paid the price for it, and that are continuing to pay the price now because when we’re dealing with this redistricting, Trump and others are trying to bring us back to an America that we struggle to get out of. So there is a connection of why they’re having these fights on the White House lawn, the UFO and all – the UF – whatever they call it, UFC and all that, because they’re trying to go back to that when – you know – they watch people have these fights for the slave masters and they’d be entertained by that. They’re literally going back to that.”
— Reverend Al Sharpton on MS NOW’s Morning Joe, May 28. 

 


 

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