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Political Transparency Quotes

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"I think it's not fair for people in office like myself to own and invest in any stock because we have more access to information than the rest of you do."
"If we're gonna paint a picture, then let's paint the picture of what's actually happening."
"I don't even know what to make of that because Trump was the most transparent president."
"Well, come on, man. The American people deserve a straight answer."
"Powerful people do not like this stuff coming out." - Commentator
"But we do need a full accounting of... what documents did Donald Trump have that were top secret, compartmentalized?"
"We have a right to know the good, the bad, and the ugly about what our politicians and our elected leaders have been up to."
"It is shameful that we have a media and a political establishment that focuses on sweeping under the rug when a presidential candidate says it's not credible versus actually getting to the bottom of the truth."
"I wish Joe Biden would just come out and just be as overt as Trump was sometimes, you know? Because Trump was like, 'We're going to be selling weapons to Saudi Arabia, it's great, it's going to be great for our economy.'"
"The American people deserve an honest, transparent debate."
"Did it never occur to you to report on the fact that the intelligence community was waging an operation against the president through these leaks?"
"Recap of what's going on in DC regarding UAPs, UFOs legislation in the works."
"Politicians should tell us exactly why or why not and they should be upfront why or why not." - Donald Trump
"Details before the end of the primary... that's what I've said on the FBI."
"Don't lie to the American people to such an extent that actual Patriots that are reviewing these documents might want to leak it online. Be transparent in governance."
"The consequences of suppressing this information and persecuting Americans who dissent is that someone gets into the White House without voters being fully informed."
"If you want to be the prime minister, people have a right to know what you believe in."
"The first thing we need is real honesty about the work to be done ahead of us."
"The worst gaffes are the ones where politicians tell you what they actually think."
"Can you explain the inherent risks like what are the risks? What does it mean when a box of ballots turns up in a dumpster?"
"More than three years after the insurrection, the voters do not have access to a full accounting of what happened."
"This is something that's been done for 40 years, Republicans and Democrats alike have released their tax returns."
"Wouldn't that be great is if they had to lead off every question with who they voted for."
"The best way perhaps the only way to uphold freedom and democracy... is to expose and prevent foreign interference."
"Isn't it just nice to have a press secretary that doesn't lie to you?"
"BUT I DO THINK ULTIMATELY WE WILL HAVE TO HEAR FROM SPECIAL COUNSEL MUELLER."
"Forced disclosure of political donors... it's bad when it's used to target and punish average Americans who make political donations."
"The best part is Nissan got rid of the continuously variable transmission in the Pathfinder."
"News about the inner workings of Trump's administration became public knowledge."
"THE NOTION THAT THEY COULD BE MEETING WITHOUT ANY OTHER OFFICIALS OR AIDES PRESENT JUST SHOULD SCARE THE HECK OUT OF NOT JUST 97 SENATORS BUT ALL OF US."
"Since Franklin Delano Roosevelt, presidents had secretly recorded conversations in the Oval Office."
"This has been, I think, the most transparent political Congressional investigation."
"The president released his financial disclosure form today in which he admits... he did in fact make a six-figure payment to an adult film actress right before the election to keep her quiet."
"Trump was the most transparent president in American history."
"Elon Musk has been making major moves ever since he acquired X and he's been sharing documents that suggest there's political censorship happening on the platform."
"Trump was the most transparent president we've ever had because he just tweets his thoughts."
"The important thing that's now new here is that Fusion GPS is basically having to make itself known because of this testimony to Congress by the founder of Fusion GPS."
"When the American people start to see through the media lies, what happens? The media shuts off his press offense."
"Your new mayor is going to be transparent with you."
"Trump was the most transparent president we've ever had."
"The American people want to hear from Hunter Biden. The American people want to see it in public."
"The Republicans fear most is sunlight and the truth."
"Trump brings transparency to a lot more than any politician since Kennedy."
"Trump's tax returns could potentially reveal conflicts between his business dealings and his role as president."
"I want to help show what I'm seeing instead of the message makers that all they do is divide us."
"Transparency is something we don't see a lot of, especially not out of the Republican party."
"My concern is the ability to tell the truth... the cover-up is always worse than the crime... Joe Biden says he's not involved yet his son says he's sitting right there..."
"We as the American people have a right to know what these people say behind the scenes."
"We want big rob. We want the man who actually won't sell us out."
"We need more of that because the rest of it is designed to be filtered and rigged to stop you from knowing me or the other candidates in this race."
"We want them to do the right thing, report it when it happens and not conceal and obstruct, which is what Trump did."
"The White House’s memo detailing the phone call between Trump and Zelensky was not so accurate at all."
"The power of Washington DC only works when the rest of us are kept in the dark." - ACLJ
"I think the American people would have more clarity of who represents them in Congress."
"Wednesday is the first live televised impeachment hearings for the whole country to tune in and understand what these claims are."
"We have an absolute right to know how many FBI agents participated in January 6 riots."
"If we allow leaders in Washington DC to make decisions behind closed doors, unaccountable to the people, then we are going to get skewed and corrupt decisions."
"President Trump can declassify all of the materials from the FBI concerning this so-called informant, the spy inside the campaign. He can do that now. Why isn't he doing that now?"
"They are saying the quiet part out loud. This is what they intend to do. This is why it's so important that we keep these people out of places of power." - Emphasizing the importance of holding politicians accountable for their stated intentions.
"Transparency enables the electorate to make informed decisions."
"72.34 percent voted in favor of requiring disclosure of campaign finances sources."
"This is the most transparent effort I have seen since I've been in politics."
"We're calling on full transparency and openness from the Chinese Communist Party."
"I made it a point from the very first time I was elected not to go to closed sessions so I could tell you the truth."
"At least with a left Winger or a right-Winger what you see is what you get and they're like yeah this is what I believe."
"The Senate deserves to see the documents and witness testimony that the President has concealed."
"But those issues never went away. We never actually solved any of those problems. We put them down the road as long as possible. And the whole time, actually, we were making decisions on those issues in the background, even though we told people we weren't."
"Transparency, I mean again I can't say this enough, the new mayor being transparent with the people."
"Disclosure of donation amount, disclosure of donors, and caps on donations still is okay."
"By revealing behind-the-scenes negotiations, I will provide transparency guiding citizens' voting decisions."