Louisiana state Rep. Roy Burrell, warning that passage of a bill seeking to block any possible federal gun control legislation could set a precedent allowing the state to ignore any federal law.
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.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, referring to Equifax, which she plans to sue after the credit reporting company potentially compromised personal information of 143 million American.
Missouri state Rep. Gina Mitten, criticizing the state house speaker for urging a lawmaker who was allegedly caught cheating on his wife to resign but not doing the same for a lawmaker who said the people who vandalized a Confederate memorial should be "hung from a tall tree with a long rope."