"Wearing this mask through the next year here can save lives."

"It promoted a strong stance of who we as Americans are."

"With the release of this operational strategy, the CDC is not mandating that schools reopen."

"After having flirted with the abolition of democracy in favor of keeping a dictator wannabe in the White House."

Van der Veen pointed to Trump's tweets.

"Basically, we froze."

" has never considered running for governor."

"A little hope."

He believes Trump will be acquitted.

"The person that I worked with is not the person that I have watched since the election."

"Will they stand up?"

"If he gets back into office and it happens again, we'll have no one to blame but ourselves."

"We've been crippled. We haven't gotten help."

The Trump administration launched the program in 2019 as part of a wide-ranging crackdown on the ability to seek asylum.

"All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes."

"The border is not wide open."

"Ask me after I hear the defense arguments."

"We're not going to have everything fixed for a while, but we're going to fix it."

"The letter has been received."

"The enormity of this."