The 15 Most Memorable Political Quotes of 2024 – Rolling Stone

Politicians talk a lot. They say moving things, insightful things, and incredibly dumb things. Whether it was a meticulously prepared speech, an off-the-cuff retort, or a late night social media post, 2024 was a year of dissecting, analyzing, mocking, and feeling the impact of political speech.&nbsp;<br>   Amid a heated contest for the presidency, wars abroad, monumental Supreme Court decisions, and the trials of a former and now future president, a list of the year&rsquo;s most memorable political quotes could feature hundreds of entries. We narrowed it down to 15.&nbsp;<br>  Joe Biden&rsquo;s lone debate against <a  href="https://www.rollingstone.com/t/donald-trump/"  id="auto-tag_donald-trump"  data-tag="donald-trump"  >Donald Trump</a> was an act of political self-immolation. The president began the debate hoarse and halting, with an unsteadiness that belied his age and now-blindingly-obvious decline. But Biden sealed his fate with an incomprehensible answer to a question about the national debt. First he mixed up billionaires and trillionaires, before pivoting to the need to &ldquo;continue to strengthen our health care system.&rdquo; Then, oddly touting &ldquo;what I&rsquo;ve been able to do with the Covid, excuse me, with&mdash;&rdquo; In this moment, the president fully glitched, stalling out for full painful seconds of silence, before regaining his voice only to blurt out: &ldquo;We finally beat Medicare.&rdquo;      <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1">                     <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="300">                  <div style="min-width:50px;min-height:75px;"   class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text"   data-priority="10" >    <div id="gpt-dsk-tab-article-inbody-uid0"       class="adw-300 adh-250" data-is-adhesion-ad="">         <script type="application/javascript">

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