Jonathan Capehart

“I interviewed Biden once as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination and once as president-elect. Each time, he made a personal pronouncement that elicited my cocked eyebrow of skepticism simply because the environment in which he made it was unfavorable. But over time, Biden proved the skeptics wrong.”

“There is a struggle going on in the country over who we are as a people. Over the rule of law, over the meaning of the Constitution, and the role of the citizenry in protecting the Constitution and protecting the country.”

“Throughout her political career, Vice President Harris has never shied away from issues of race. In fact, the former senator from California, state attorney general and San Francisco district attorney has been very intentional about taking on problems that have their roots in our nation's original sin.”

“Everyone should know who really respects marriage - and who stands 'in cahoots' with the people legislating against queer families.”

“Isn't it sad that really the only times I feel seen as an American are when I'm abroad? I'm not saying racism doesn't exist outside of the United States. What I am saying is that the rest of the world can see that I'm American. Why is it so hard for so many White Americans?”

“Masculinity should never be about exclusion or intolerance, nor displays of unyielding strength.”

“To argue that voting is a waste of time or useless is to participate in your own powerlessness.”

“Not raising the debt ceiling is a dangerous game of Russian roulette with our economy.”

“There is no one way to be Black in America, but there is one way we live while Black in America. No matter our gender, age or socioeconomic status, we are viewed as threats. As a result, we live under siege.”

“Don't come on my show and tell me two plus two equals five. That is a waste of my time, and more importantly that is a waste of my audience's time.”

“The harsh truth is that 'respectability' is the exorbitant tax we African Americans are forced to pay daily as we try to live out our versions of the American Dream.”

“Antiabortion activists and Republican lawmakers have been gearing up for a nationwide ban since before Roe was overturned.”

“We have long known that former president Donald Trump is the kind of racial arsonist who brings a gas can to an inferno.”

“Hysteria, like controversy, is usually a manufactured phenomenon in Washington.”

“As a former New Yorker, I understand crime's hold over an electorate's emotions.”

“With as many missteps as McCarthy has made, he should fear that Trump will do to him what he did to Jeff Sessions.”

“Harris has ably fulfilled the role Biden chose her to perform. She was an instrumental partner in helping to shepherd the first Black woman onto the Supreme Court.”

“Trust me, Black folks are tired of always having to save this country from itself and then being ignored once the winner of their vote is in office.”

“To justify stripping women of their right to choose an abortion, Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s leaked draft opinion had to pull from all sorts of sources. The judicial screed relies on a 13th-century treatise that held women in regard 'inferior to that of men.'”

“The full faith and credit of the United States to fulfill its financial obligations has made it the underpinning of financial markets and the global economy. For the country to miss even one payment would put everything at risk. Interest rates could spike. Financial markets could crash.”