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“I had one of the best nights of my life at Mardi Gras.”
“The older generation grew up on blow-dried anchors, plastic politicians, and an ocean of pretense. Realness seems unvarnished and unpolished to them.”
“I think Rachel Maddow has done a brilliant job in becoming more and more independent. And I think she does a fantastic progressive show, and she did it by accruing power, by getting better and better ratings.”
“Do you see Fox News go after Republican officials all the time? No, you almost never see that. You see them do that to Trump administration officials almost never.”
“Be true to your audience, or you will lose money.”
“The devil I know is the establishment, and I'm gonna beat that devil.”
“If I'm working on the Internet, you know, it's different than working on television.”
“I'm interested in producing more TV shows.”
“I love doing talk shows.”
“Cable news, by its very nature, by its formula, is very guest-heavy.”
“I look forward to fighting Nancy Pelosi, and I look forward to defeating Nancy Pelosi in getting the Green New Deal passed.”
“I know why politicians want to go on TV: that's where really old people are. And old people vote.”
“In our system of government, the president is not supposed to be above the law. He is not a king; his word is not the law.”
“I don't want to negotiate with the power brokers in Washington; I want to tear them down.”
“I was always kind of a loudmouth to the point where I annoyed my teachers and friends.”
“I think our politicians are bought by the highest bidder and that until we clean up our election system, then we cannot make progress on any of the issues. That's what drives me - we must restore our democracy.”
“The Democratic Party has to be run by progressives... because we can't let another monster like Donald Trump win again... even if we seem impolite in our fight back against him.”
“There is no greater threat to Washington, D.C., than Bernie Sanders, and they know it.”
“Phil Griffin, who happens to be the head of MSNBC, is not a liberal or progressive. I worked at MSNBC; I talked to Phil Griffin many times. I know Phil Griffin. He is not remotely progressive. All he cares about is success in his own career.”