Words matter. These are the best Amy McGrath Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Every Kentuckian deserves to be able to visit the doctor and get the treatment they need, and no one should have to choose between filling their prescriptions and paying their rent.
Our constitutional principles, which you can say, ‘Well, they’re on a paper and they’ll never be taken away.Folks, we have to fight for those every day. Freedom of the press – you think that can’t go away? OK. Maybe.
I believe health care is a right, not a privilege, not something only the wealthiest 1 percent can afford it should have.
Voters are fed up with politicians like Sen. McConnell who show themselves vacant of any moral compass or patriotic courage, and whose public statements are guided by just one metric – which team you are on.
I’m somebody who looks at things through the lens of being a wife and being a mother and being a United States Marine.
When I left Kentucky at age 18 to attend the U.S. Naval Academy and lifted my right hand to swear the oath to defend our Constitution, I did so willingly.
I am deeply concerned about the leadership of the national Democratic Party.
The fake news, the divisiveness, the labeling of every side. It’s wrong, and it’s not America.
Mitch McConnell is not well liked. Many Kentuckians feel that he has left them behind, that he is a part of the D.C. sort of swamp, the system that has left so many Kentuckians behind, that is really dysfunctional.
I want to do what’s right for the country.
I had this dream. I wanted to fly fighter jets. And that’s what I did.
We must demand a more civil tone and tenor in our politics.
I was the first woman Marine to fly in an F-18 in combat, and I got to land on aircraft carriers.
My husband and I, we are not Democrat or Republican first. We are Americans first.
When I was an Independent I believed the same things I believe now as a Democrat. I was an Independent because I was a military officer. I felt like that was the best thing to do because I wanted to be a leader and I didn’t want to influence people under me in that way.
We’re seeing that the well-funded, sort of ‘having the establishment backing’ doesn’t really help you. In fact, you know people are sort of tired of that – they don’t trust the Democratic National Party. Many Democrats in Kentucky don’t. They are looking for somebody who is honest.
Providing access to a public option for health insurance would allow all Americans the choice to buy a government insurance plan, much like I buy for my family as a military retiree.
It’s not about left or right, red or blue. It’s about doing what is right for Kentucky.
I’m very concerned about President Trump and his policy by tweet.
I learned in the Marines to leave no one behind, but after 34 years in Washington, Mitch McConnell left our coal miners behind years ago.
I’m not somebody who seeks attention.
You know, I would say that I understand why the voters in Kentucky voted for Donald Trump. They are tired of the swamp. They are tired of the dysfunction.
During my 20 years as a Marine, I served three combat tours and as a Congressional Fellow advising a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee on defense and foreign policy. I went on to serve in the Pentagon as Marine Corps’ liaison to the State Department.
I mean, the Democratic Party is the party of young people.
My childhood dream was never to be a politician.
I’ve spent my adult life in the national security realm.
It’s typical of Andy Barr and his team, taking things out of context.
Trust me, I’ve been to countries where there’s no government. And our government’s pretty damned good.
We’d never be talking about Senator McGrath saying anything about state and local governments should be going bankrupt. I’d never even think about it.
If you look at why many Kentuckians voted for President Trump, for example, they voted for an outsider. They voted for somebody who was gonna shake up the system. He promised to drain the swamp. And, you know, my message is you can’t do that until you get rid of Senator McConnell.
Well, you know, we train really hard before we go to combat, and so that, when we go to combat, we’re ready to execute.
With regard to the more moderates, I have spent 20 years as a United States Marine. I’m a little more realistic when it comes to some of these foreign policy, defense policy issues, some of the things we do overseas. And so I really feel like I can connect to the more moderates.
We need a senator who fights for things like affordable health care, college and technical school, not tax cuts for wealthy donors. That doesn’t mean free college or Medicare for All, I’m against that.
We need a new generation of leaders who can put their country over their political party to do what’s right for Kentucky and are not bought off by special interests.
Growing up in northern Kentucky, honesty, integrity and character were revered traits, and – with my family – I looked to the greatest generation of Americans who saved the world during World War II.
We deserve better than a win-at-all-costs mentality.
When you talk about the coal communities we need a senator to protect the benefits these coal miners need and deserve and earned, because coal powered our country in the 20th Century.
I got married in 2009, and my husband and I both immediately deployed to Afghanistan.
People who know me personally know me as an introvert.
The allegations surrounding whether President Trump pressured the Ukrainian leader to investigate the family of his political rival is, if true, a disgraceful betrayal of the oath of office and demands immediate action by Congress.
There are so many places in our state that are just economically desolated and so what they’re looking for are good quality jobs and how we get that back.
Like most Americans, I am tired of the partisan politics that keep our government from passing common-sense legislation to improve the lives of Americans.
If President Trump has good ideas, I’ll be for them.
I believe that we need to have a public option.
I know how to work on a mission.
For my family and my neighbors, America stood for something real, something tangible. America, and therefore Americans, stood for freedom, family, truth and justice.
When President Trump withdrew from the Paris Climate Accords, he acted irresponsibly given the trajectory of the global climate and severely lessened our power internationally.
I’ll tell ya, I’m a pro-Second Amendment person, I’m a gun owner. I went to combat with a 9 millimeter strapped to my chest and a 20 millimeter cannon on the front of my jet. I’m no stranger to weapons.
I will give everyday Kentuckians a voice in Washington – not just special interests or the wealthiest 1%.
As a military officer – and this is – I have lived my life in the national security realm – I don’t think I could vote for Donald Trump, because, you know, for one, I’m not a fan of a president or a commander in chief wrapping his arms around any dictator. That’s very important to me.
I’m one-hundred percent pro-choice. I align with everything Emily’s List aligns with.
America should lead in addressing climate change.
Honor and integrity are at the heart of everything Marines do. It’s why I believe so strongly that Joe Biden is the president who can return honor and integrity to the Oval Office.
I’m not going to apologize for serving my country.
With regard to women, I’m not running as a woman – ‘Vote for me!’ But the fact of the matter is we have a very low percentage of women in our Legislature in this country compared to other nations in the western world.