'I was speaker ... under what's-his-name': Christmas quotes of the week

Washington Examiner Staff

December 24, 04:00 AM December 24, 04:00 AM

The final week before Christmas was dominated by events on Capitol Hill, all of a different flavor. First, there was the much-anticipated Jan. 6 commission report, as well as the transcripts of witnesses that were released.

There was also a $1.7 trillion passage of an omnibus bill and the seeming civil war between House and Senate Republicans over its passage. And finally, there was a historic address to Congress by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Here are the quotes of the week.

"No man who would behave that way at that moment in time can ever serve in any position of authority in our nation again."

"Nobody will care about my legacy if I lose. So, that won't matter. The only thing that matters is winning."

"Ours is not a system of justice where foot soldiers go to jail and the masterminds and ringleaders get a free pass."

“The entire nation knows who is responsible for that day. Beyond that, I don’t have any immediate observations.”

"I brought with me the omni — 4,155 pages. When was it produced? In the dead of the night. 1:30 in the morning when it was released. [...] When did they know that this would be necessary? Well, it's in the law — September 30th."

“As Speaker of the House, I have awesome power. As I'm now transitioning to a different role, I expect to have strong influence, but not on my members, just in terms of encouraging more women, for example, to run.”

“I was speaker and minority leader under President Bush, under President Obama, under what’s-his-name.”

"Your money is not charity. It’s an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way."

“With this investment, I know it sounds like a lot of money — we destroyed the Russian military without one American soldier being killed."

"I sincerely hope this holiday season will drain the poison that has infected our politics and set us against one another.”

“Every single Republican should vote no on the ludicrous, unacceptable $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill. It’s a disaster for our country, and it also happens to be a disaster for the Republican Party, because they could stop it.”

"There is a raft of earmarks spending on all manners of woke garbage, including a $105,000 for a mentoring program for LGBTQ youth."

Zelensky accuses Russia of shelling have positions at nuclear plant

Brady Knox

August 05, 10:14 PM August 05, 10:14 PM

President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian forces of shelling their personal positions all around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Electric power Station, risking a nuclear catastrophe.

Russia denies the accusations, pointing at Ukraine for shelling the plant. Ukraine has formerly accused Russia of turning the plant into a military foundation, utilizing the threat of nuclear catastrophe as a protect, and it has justified earlier attacks in opposition to the spot around the reactor as directed versus genuine navy targets. The latest accusation is the very first time Ukraine has accused Russia of shelling its own positions in and around the plant.

"Nowadays, the occupiers developed a different exceptionally dangerous problem for the complete of Europe — they fired at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant two times in a working day. This is the greatest nuclear energy plant in our continent, and any shelling of this item is an open up and brazen criminal offense, an act of terror. Russia ought to be held accountable for the quite fact of generating a danger to the nuclear electric power plant," Zelensky stated in a online video posted on Telegram. He included that it is additional justification to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism.

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The Russian Ministry of Defense disputed Ukraine's account.

"On August 5, concerning 16.20 and 17.24, Ukrainian armed formations carried out three artillery strikes on the territory of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Electric power Plant and Energodar city. A total of 20 155 millimeter shells were fired," they reported in a assertion. "As a end result of the shelling, Energodar metropolis is partly with out electric power and water offer, portion of the equipment of electric power device No. 3 is de-energized at the NPP, and the building capacity of ability unit No. 4 is decreased. In addition, hydrogen pipeline was ruined, ensuing in a hydrogen flare ignition at the hydrogen plant."

The ministry also named on international corporations to condemn the "functions of nuclear terrorism" from the "Zelensky routine."

Ukraine has beforehand taken credit rating for drone strikes targeting the place of Europe's largest nuclear ability plant, which they assert focused Russian military services devices having shelter about the plant, according to Ukrinform.

While Ukraine did not speculate why Russia would shell its individual positions, Ukrainian resources commonly accuse Russia of assaults against their individual civilians and civilian infrastructure with the intention of blaming Ukrainian forces. One particular Ukrainian news source claimed in June that Russian forces experienced shelled schools in Russia-controlled Donetsk to body the Ukrainian army. Russia denies these accusations, blaming Ukrainian forces as a substitute.

Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia plant in March just after a short firefight that renewed fears of the Russian invasion triggering a nuclear catastrophe. U.N. Nuclear Chief Rafael Grossi said this 7 days that the scenario in the plant is "out of management" and called on both sides to cooperate with an inspection.