President Donald Trump while introducing a meeting with oil executives: “We’re ahead of schedule on the ballroom, and under budget. It’s gonna be— I don’t think there’s going to be anything like it in the world, actually.”

“Do you have no decency? Do you have no decency? We have someone dead in their car for no reason whatsoever... Enough. Enough is enough.” —Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on the ICE involved shooting: “What we’re seeing is the consequences of governance designed to generate fear, headlines, and conflict. It’s governing by reality TV, and today that recklessness cost someone their life.”

“To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.” —Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on the ICE involved shooting: “They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly: That is bullshit.”

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on whether or not U.S. military action against Greenland is off the table: “The United States should have Greenland as part of the United States... Nobody’s going to fight the United States militarily over the future of Greenland.”

“But I wish you could explain to me what the hell’s going on with the mind of the public. Because we have the right policy. [Democrats] don’t. They have horrible policy.” —Trump at the House GOP retreat

“It’s about the oil. Donald Trump had a meeting down in Florida during his campaign, in which the oil industry said, ‘We'll give you a billion dollars for your campaign...in exchange for favorable treatment when you get in office.’” —Sen. Chris Murphy tells What A Day

“[The Trump administration] gave a classified briefing [to the Senate]. They told us that they weren't planning on regime change, and at that very moment, they had constructed an entire replica of Nicolás Maduro’s home in Kentucky and were drilling an operation to take him out.” —Sen. Chris Murphy

“And the American people are now supposed to believe that this whole situation that has unfolded in Venezuela has anything to do with a counter-narcotics operation? Get lost.” —House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries

President Donald Trump announces the United States has captured Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores.

“None of us want nation building. I can tell you, Iowans do not want troops on the ground in Venezuela.” —Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R–IA)

“This is insane. What are we doing? I mean, this is absolutely ridiculous. Have we not learned the lessons of the last 20 years of forever wars? We have a lot of problems in America today and putting troops on the ground to occupy and run Venezuela does not solve any of them.” —Rep. Seth Moulton

“There’s a lot of ways for us to do this, but the most important thing is don’t avoid the Constitution. Don’t avoid Congress and asking for permission... And he didn’t even bother and people are going to understand this is an illegal war” —Sen. Ruben Gallego

“Donald Trump can’t run America, now he wants to go run Venezuela while the American people can’t afford health care, can’t afford groceries. This is not what the American people want. This is not Constitutional. This is not what is legal.” —Rep. Pramila Jayapal

REPORTER: “Why is running a country in South America ‘America First’?” TRUMP: “Well, I think it is because we want to surround ourself with good neighbors. We want to surround ourself with stability. We want to surround ourself with energy. We have tremendous energy in that country.”

REPORTER: Was Congress notified in advance? RUBIO: “We called members of Congress immediately after. This was not the kind of mission that you can do Congressional notification on. It was a trigger-based mission” TRUMP: “Plus if I could add one thing to that, Congress has a tendency to leak”

REPORTER: “Colombian President Gustavo Petro, a couple of weeks ago he said he’s got to watch his ass. Today he said he's not concerned about anything happening to him in the aftermath of this operation. So, just what your message is” TRUMP: “He does have to watch his ass.”

REPORTER: “Does the U.S. running the country mean that U.S. troops will be on the ground?” TRUMP: “Well, you know they always say, ‘Boots on the ground, oh so’— We’re not afraid of boots on the ground if we have to have”

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on the U.S. capture of Venezuela’s Maduro: “Nicolás Maduro had his chance... until he didn’t. He F’d around and he found out.”

“We’re going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition. And it has to be judicious because that’s what we’re all about.” —Trump announces the United States will be controlling Venezuela

How did President Obama’s surprise at #crookedcon2025 come about? It started with a quiet message from his team. It ended with 3,000 screaming libs and a front row one foot away from a former president.

Rep. LaMonica McIver on being charged with “beating up” ICE officers almost 2 weeks after touring a facility. #crookedcon2025

John Sauer is starting to look a lot like Donald Trump...#crookedcon2025

Neil Gorsuch welcome to the resistance #crookedcon2025

Skye Perryman on what the East Wing Demolition and SNAP have in common: "We are not going to allow this president to level the American people, to level our Constitution, to level our democracy, without requiring a public accounting." #crookedcon2025

Norm Eisen: "Other than tearing down the East Wing unpermitted, there's no better example of the corruption than these Trump Epstein files. We know they exist, we know they're being hidden." #crookedcon2025

Skye Perryman of Democracy Forward: "[This administration] knows what to do with weakness. They don't know what to do with strength." #crookedcon2025

Will Trump's tariff's on upholstered furniture hurt JD Vance?

Sen. Chris Murphy on why Bernie Sanders and AOC draw crowds: "You have to tell a story...and there's a true story about the corporate class, billionaire class, consolidated economic power making people's lives miserable." #crookedcon2025

Sen. Chris Murphy on how Democrats win. #crookedcon2025

Sen. Chris Murphy on the government shutdown, the latest Democratic proposal, and what could happen next. #crookedcon2025

Suzanne Lambert’s brutally honest dating advice at #crookedcon2025 ? Adopt a dog instead.

Pramila Jayapal: “I think that if Trump, Hakeem Jeffries, and Chuck Schumer get in a room and negotiate for the ACA tax credits to continue and potentially a couple of other things. I think this shutdown will end.” #crookedcon2025

Rep. Pramila Jayapal: "Yeah, man. We're gunna see the [Epstein] files." #crookedcon2025

Samson Signori of the Spanberger campaign on the choice between turnout and persuasion. #crookedcon2025

Alex Ball of the Sherrill campaign: "The bedwetting that happens in our party has got to stop." #crookedcon2025

Morris Katz of the Mamdani campaign: "Seeing so many of the Democratic establishment and donor class embrace Andrew Cuomo" was a "real indictment in a lot of ways." #crookedcon2025

Faiz Shakir on Democrats needing to be enforcers of the party. #crookedcon2025

Morris Katz of the Mamdani campaign: "This applies to Zohran but it also applies nationally...there are no people right now who have a worse read on what electable means and less of a pulse on voters than the Democratic establishment in DC." #crookedcon2025

Rebecca Katz: “One of the biggest problems we have with governing is weak Democrats, right? We have a lot of people who are up there, they get power and don't do anything with it.” #crookedcon2025

Faiz Shakir on making progress on affordability and urging voters to hold their elected officials accountable. #crookedcon2025

Morris Katz of the Mamdani Campaign: "It's never been harder to communicate consistently with a large group of people than it is right now. And you know, people like to ask like, 'is it the social media? Was it the TV? Was it the field?' It's fucking all of it." #crookedcon2025

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan on her new role in Zohran’s transition team. Catch up on everything you missed at #crookedcon2025 at crookedcon.com/program!

"i gUeSs We'Re dOiNg iNfRaStRuCtUrE." "iT's tHe eAsIeSt ThInG tO gEt DoNe. BeLiEvE mE. jUsT TrUsT uS." Sen. Ruben Gallego and Rep. Pramila Jayapal air some feelings about the Biden Administration. #crookedcon2025

Neera Tanden: "I think it's really vital that we have a gigantic tent." #crookedcon2025

David Shor: "[Zohran Mamdani] ran the most economically focused campaign of any politician that I can remember maybe since Barack Obama in 2012." #crookedcon2025

Is Zohran Mamdani the blueprint? Jane Coaston says, real Democratic success means adapting to every district, not copying one. #crookedcon2025

Sen. Ruben Gallego on why Democrats’ path to victory in the House and Senate will come down to the cost of living. #crookedcon2025