DAILY GOVERNMENT QUOTES

This isn't hard. Putting your kid in the ground is hard. This is pushing a button.

MARCH 9, 2018

Florida state Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat, to lawmakers who struggled with whether to vote for a bill to raise the age to buy a gun and take guns from people who pose a threat. He said he's haunted by the screams of parents learning that their children were victims of last month's school shooting in Parkland.

Source: Tribune News Service

In a primary electorate in New York state that is far more demographically attuned to ‘60 Minutes’ more than ‘Sex and the City,’ I wouldn’t think that Nixon or the characters she has played have the kind of broad recognition one would need to run.

MARCH 8, 2018

Jef Pollock, a pollster for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on the prospect of actress Cynthia Nixon winning the Democratic gubernatorial primary if she enters -- a move she is reportedly weighing.

Source: Politico

The first time my name was misspelled. But you know what? Half of Michigan’s taken decades to learn how to spell my name.

MARCH 7, 2018

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, on when President Trump tweeted about him. The Republican, who's also running for governor, apparently likes to brag that he's the only candidate who Trump has tweeted about twice.

Source: Politico

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