New Jersey state Senate President Stephen Sweeney, upon hearing the news that the state's unemployment rate rose to its highest in three decades in August (9.9 percent). The jobless rate has been climbing since January, when Gov. Chris Christie began boasting of a "Jersey Comeback."
José A. Rivera, a farmer in Puerto Rico whose plantain farm was flattened by Hurricane Maria. The storm wiped out about 80 percent of the island's crop value.
U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, on Friday. His opposition to the latest bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act will likely kill the bill.
Lynne DiSanto, the GOP whip in the South Dakota House, apologizing for sharing a Facebook meme that said "All lives splatter. Nobody cares about your protests. Keep your ass out of the road."
Response from the public after the Fraser, Mich., City Council voted in a meeting on Monday to remove the mayor and a fellow councilmember from office after they were accused of sexually harassing female city workers.
California Gov. Jerry Brown, on the issue of climate policy. After the president announced he would withdraw the country from the Paris climate deal, California has helped lead the state and local effort to address climate change on their own.
Chants that police officers were heard saying this weekend shortly after arresting protesters in St. Louis. The same chant is typically used by protesters. The city has been dealing with protests since Friday, when a former St. Louis cop was acquitted of murdering Anthony Lamar Smith, a black drug suspect.