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I just think that is the cheapest grandstanding I can imagine. – Ned Lamont	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Exploiting vulnerable individuals for profit is shameful, as is political grandstanding around tragedy, and my administration will continue to do everything possible to stop human smugglers and traffickers from taking advantage of people who are seeking to enter the United States between ports of entry. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Bethel AME Church comes across insensitive, bethel AME Church comes across as grandstanding, people coming to get their 15 minutes of fame. – Lamont Thomas	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The US politicians keep hyping a' diplomatic boycott' without even being invited to Winter Games. This wishful thinking and pure grandstanding is aimed at political manipulation. – The US	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I don't see any way in which this actually addresses any inequities to the extent that there are any inequities, you know, this just seems like grandstanding on behalf of the principal and the staff who are predominantly White. – David Malkin	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
When politicians are doing these things, there tends to be a fair amount of grandstanding and self-serving statements, i think Daniel Goldman, being a SDNY prosecutor, knows that there are facts that are important and then there are things that are not — and Daniel Goldman will focus on what is important and move on. – Brooke Cucinella	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I'm sick and tired of seeing people on both sides of the aisle grandstanding around this issue, which is less than a drop in the bucket for the American people in terms of our budget, they're grandstanding to make it seem like they're fighting. – New York	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It’s disappointing that Senator Schumer and Leader Pelosi are refusing to come to the table and discuss urgent issues, the president’s invitation to the Democrat leaders still stands and he encourages them to put aside their pettiness, stop the political grandstanding, show up and get to work. These issues are too important. – White House	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The President has always emphasized the importance of making deals with Russia as it relates to Syria, Ukraine, defeating ISIS and other key issues for the benefit and safety of the American people, by grandstanding and politicizing the investigation into Russia's actions, James Comey created unnecessary pressure on our ability to engage and negotiate with Russia. The investigation would have always continued, and obviously, the termination of Comey would not have ended it. Once again, the real story is that our national security has been undermined by the leaking of private and highly classified conversations. – Sean Spicer	Found on CNN 7 years ago
This kind of grandstanding not only endangers our security by endangering the deal, it's exactly the type of politics that people are sick of. – Dylan Williams	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This lawsuit is pure grandstanding and hypocrisy. We hope and believe the Court will see that and be willing to pull the plug. – Elliot Peters	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The people and policymakers of Michigan right now have all the government resources they need to fix the problem, the only thing Congress is contributing to the Flint recovery is political grandstanding. – Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The situation couldn't be more different from Copenhagen ... when delegations were more interested in grandstanding. – Richard Black	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is a high and holy calling. It is not something to take lightly. It is a sacred trust in which pettiness or grandstanding should have no part, in some respects, the Senate today is but a mere shadow of its former self, another casualty of the permanent political campaign. – Orrin Hatch	Found on CNN 9 years ago
There's going to be some political posturing and grandstanding. – Wendell Gilliard	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
With only four legislative days left until the Republican Homeland Security Shutdown, Speaker Boehner made it clear that Speaker Boehner has no plan to avoid a government shutdown, the speaker's reliance on talking points and finger-pointing was a sad reflection of the fact that the Tea Party continues to hold the gavel as Senate Democrats insist on Senate Democrats futile anti-immigrant grandstanding. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on FOX News 10 years ago
It is time for the president and Congress to secure our border, followed by meaningful reforms. There is no more time for political grandstanding. – Rick Perry	Found on CNN 10 years ago

I just think that is the cheapest grandstanding I can imagine.

– Ned Lamont

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Exploiting vulnerable individuals for profit is shameful, as is political grandstanding around tragedy, and my administration will continue to do everything possible to stop human smugglers and traffickers from taking advantage of people who are seeking to enter the United States between ports of entry.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Bethel AME Church comes across insensitive, bethel AME Church comes across as grandstanding, people coming to get their 15 minutes of fame.

– Lamont Thomas

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The US politicians keep hyping a' diplomatic boycott' without even being invited to Winter Games. This wishful thinking and pure grandstanding is aimed at political manipulation.

– The US

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I don't see any way in which this actually addresses any inequities to the extent that there are any inequities, you know, this just seems like grandstanding on behalf of the principal and the staff who are predominantly White.

– David Malkin

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

When politicians are doing these things, there tends to be a fair amount of grandstanding and self-serving statements, i think Daniel Goldman, being a SDNY prosecutor, knows that there are facts that are important and then there are things that are not — and Daniel Goldman will focus on what is important and move on.

– Brooke Cucinella

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I'm sick and tired of seeing people on both sides of the aisle grandstanding around this issue, which is less than a drop in the bucket for the American people in terms of our budget, they're grandstanding to make it seem like they're fighting.

– New York

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It’s disappointing that Senator Schumer and Leader Pelosi are refusing to come to the table and discuss urgent issues, the president’s invitation to the Democrat leaders still stands and he encourages them to put aside their pettiness, stop the political grandstanding, show up and get to work. These issues are too important.

– White House

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The President has always emphasized the importance of making deals with Russia as it relates to Syria, Ukraine, defeating ISIS and other key issues for the benefit and safety of the American people, by grandstanding and politicizing the investigation into Russia's actions, James Comey created unnecessary pressure on our ability to engage and negotiate with Russia. The investigation would have always continued, and obviously, the termination of Comey would not have ended it. Once again, the real story is that our national security has been undermined by the leaking of private and highly classified conversations.

– Sean Spicer

Found on CNN
7 years ago

This kind of grandstanding not only endangers our security by endangering the deal, it's exactly the type of politics that people are sick of.

– Dylan Williams

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This lawsuit is pure grandstanding and hypocrisy. We hope and believe the Court will see that and be willing to pull the plug.

– Elliot Peters

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The people and policymakers of Michigan right now have all the government resources they need to fix the problem, the only thing Congress is contributing to the Flint recovery is political grandstanding.

– Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The situation couldn't be more different from Copenhagen ... when delegations were more interested in grandstanding.

– Richard Black

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This is a high and holy calling. It is not something to take lightly. It is a sacred trust in which pettiness or grandstanding should have no part, in some respects, the Senate today is but a mere shadow of its former self, another casualty of the permanent political campaign.

– Orrin Hatch

Found on CNN
9 years ago

There's going to be some political posturing and grandstanding.

– Wendell Gilliard

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

With only four legislative days left until the Republican Homeland Security Shutdown, Speaker Boehner made it clear that Speaker Boehner has no plan to avoid a government shutdown, the speaker's reliance on talking points and finger-pointing was a sad reflection of the fact that the Tea Party continues to hold the gavel as Senate Democrats insist on Senate Democrats futile anti-immigrant grandstanding.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on FOX News
10 years ago

It is time for the president and Congress to secure our border, followed by meaningful reforms. There is no more time for political grandstanding.

– Rick Perry

Found on CNN
10 years ago

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