The Week in Quotes (Aug. 18 – 24)

Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s Twitter response to a follower who called state Sen. Wendy Davis “Retard Barbie.”

Jeff, thanks for your support.

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Republican voter Christina Katok, who believes Barack Obama was born in Kenya and is therefore ineligible to be president, on Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s eligibility to run for the White House.

As far as I’m concerned, Canada is not really foreign soil.

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San Antonio District 9 council member Elisa Chan, defending her homophobic comments, exposed by a secret recording last week.

Political correctness will not win this day.

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Glenn Beck, during his radio program Wednesday.

But if anyone does anything in this company because of global warming, they’re fired.

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Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus, during an interview with David Brody of Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network.

What you will see is a party that embraces life, a party that embraces marriage, and a chairman that understands that there’s only one sovereign God.

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One thought on “The Week in Quotes (Aug. 18 – 24)

  1. The STUPID comments from these repubs. burns. How in the world did these people become so ignorant? I hope and pray the people in this state can awaken and get rid of as many repubs. as possible in 2014 and 2016. Please get out and vote in the mid-term elections and get the ball rolling to rid Texas of the Texas Taliban.