LoriAnn Persinger

I didn’t vote for a “nice” president. I voted for an “effective” president.

“I'm really scratching my head because I voted Republican, and most of us in the fishing industry did, and we're not seeing the the positives come out of it, why we voted that way.”

Trump on the death of Robert Mueller: “Good, I’m glad he’s dead.”

Reporter: Your director of national counterterrorism, Joe Kent, he just resigned today. He said he can't support your conflict with Iran. Trump: I always thought he was a nice guy but I always thought he was weak on security. I didn't know him well.

FLASHBACK: “I don’t want everybody to vote— our leverage in elections goes up as the voting populace goes down.” Heritage Foundation & ALEC co-founder Paul Weyrich, architect of the tie between the Christian Right & the GOP, told the truth at a rally where Falwell & Reagan spoke

Republicans will lose power—likely for a long time—if we don’t get SAVE America passed This shouldn’t be hard It is, but failure cannot be an option

Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions - also known as the fake news - have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up. The law is clear. Broadcasters must operate in the public interest, and they will lose their licenses if they do not. And frankly, changing course is in their own business interests since trust in legacy media has now fallen to an all time low of just 9% and are ratings disasters. The American people have subsidized broadcasters to the tune of billions of dollars by providing free access to the nation’s airwaves. It is very important to bring trust back into media, which has earned itself the label of fake news. When a political candidate is able to win a landslide election victory after in the face of hoaxes and distortions, there is something very wrong. It means the public has lost faith and confidence in the media. And we can’t allow that to happen. Time for change!

Hegseth: No quarter, no mercy for our enemies. Yet some in the press just can't stop. More fake news from CNN reports that the Trump administration underestimated the Iran war's impact on the strait of hormuz. The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better.

Trump: "Mark Kelly is not a smart man. He's terrible. What he said is terrible about leadership. Leadership. Follow him. You follow him into a grave. He's terrible. He's a pathetic guy. But they're pathetic."

Hegseth: "Some in the press just can't stop. Allow me to make a few suggestions. People look at the TV and they see banners, headlines -- I used to be in that business, I know everything is written intentionally. For example, a banner -- 'Mideast War Intensifies.' What should the banner read instead? How about, 'Iran increasingly desperate,' because they are. Or more fake news from CNN. The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better."

Q: You just said the word 'war.' Earlier this week, Speaker Johnson said 'the US is not at war right now.' Is the US at war? Hegseth: The lawyers will debate all these things, we're making sure it's all buttoned up. There's a reason we changed our name from the Department of Defense to the Department of War