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'Something' has been done in the effort to stop some of the deranged individuals that, with every horrific act, abuse and hijack the Second Amendment, 'Something' has moved that we hope can help deliver on our shared effort to make the loss of so many lives matter. – Matthew McConaughey	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If Republicans continue to hijack the rules of the chamber to prevent us from protecting our democracy, then the Senate will debate and consider changes to the rules on or before Jan. 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day. – Chuck Schumer	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
When you're on [ amygdala ] hijack, you're' spinning,' you might say :' If I don't put on a mask right now I'm going to catch the virus, and if I get the virus, who's going to take care of my kids ?' — which of course makes you more anxious. – Luana Marques	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The FBI respects the peaceful exercise of First Amendment rights, but we will not allow opportunists to hijack peaceful protests to incite violence and destruction of property, we will continue to work with our partners to enforce federal laws prohibiting damage to government facilities and property. – James Dawson	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We wouldn't have a species if we didn't have these mechanisms for responding to our kids, but these global issues can hijack these systems for being a protective parent. – Darby Saxbe	Found on CNN 4 years ago
This isn't about me, it's a tactic that's used by this president to try to hijack an election so we do not focus on the issues that matter in our lives. – Joe Biden	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We considered that pirates could hijack it, and use it to attack cargo ships, we made it slow. – Abdulkadir Mohamed	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
When you’ve got people like the Ku Klux Klan and these neo-Nazi groups, the white supremacists, when they hijack the flag, that should be a crime because that’s not what the flag is about. but that’s what makes people so vehemently, adamantly opposed to the flag. – Belinda Kennedy	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
It's important for us at least, and I think for all of us here to remember to not lose sight about what this investigation is about: an outside, foreign adversary effectively sought to hijack our most critical democratic process, the election of a president, we're here to assure you and more importantly, the American people who are watching and listening, that we will get to the bottom of this. – Mark Warner	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Shari Redstone is attempting to illegally hijack Shari Redstone father's well-established estate plan, we will continue to have great respect and affection for Mr. Shari Redstone, but he is clearly being manipulated by Sumner Redstone daughter Shari, Sumner Redstone daughter Shari. – Executive Philippe Dauman	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom is no stranger to trying to hijack high-profile issues in order to get his name out there, and Senate Pro Tem de Leon doesn't want the Lieutenant Governor to steal his thunder. – Craig Deluz	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It bothers me that someone comes to hijack that cause, donald Trump's not a conservative, and he's not a steady hand for sure, and he's not a servant. It's all about him and I'm the only guy going after him. I don't feel like, that he's intimidating. He's a bully. Punch him back in the nose. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I'm a joyful warrior, there is a difference between just sitting back and watching someone try to hijack a party that I believe will allow people to rise up again. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
If he wins, he will hijack the conservative cause, everyone running for president on the Republican side, as it relates to Donald Trump, is in the witness protection program. – Jeb Bush	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself. The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends; it is not our many Arab friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists, and every government that supports them. – President George W. Bush	Found on CNN 9 years ago

'Something' has been done in the effort to stop some of the deranged individuals that, with every horrific act, abuse and hijack the Second Amendment, 'Something' has moved that we hope can help deliver on our shared effort to make the loss of so many lives matter.

– Matthew McConaughey

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If Republicans continue to hijack the rules of the chamber to prevent us from protecting our democracy, then the Senate will debate and consider changes to the rules on or before Jan. 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

When you're on [ amygdala ] hijack, you're' spinning,' you might say :' If I don't put on a mask right now I'm going to catch the virus, and if I get the virus, who's going to take care of my kids ?' — which of course makes you more anxious.

– Luana Marques

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The FBI respects the peaceful exercise of First Amendment rights, but we will not allow opportunists to hijack peaceful protests to incite violence and destruction of property, we will continue to work with our partners to enforce federal laws prohibiting damage to government facilities and property.

– James Dawson

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We wouldn't have a species if we didn't have these mechanisms for responding to our kids, but these global issues can hijack these systems for being a protective parent.

– Darby Saxbe

Found on CNN
4 years ago

This isn't about me, it's a tactic that's used by this president to try to hijack an election so we do not focus on the issues that matter in our lives.

– Joe Biden

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We considered that pirates could hijack it, and use it to attack cargo ships, we made it slow.

– Abdulkadir Mohamed

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

When you’ve got people like the Ku Klux Klan and these neo-Nazi groups, the white supremacists, when they hijack the flag, that should be a crime because that’s not what the flag is about. but that’s what makes people so vehemently, adamantly opposed to the flag.

– Belinda Kennedy

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

It's important for us at least, and I think for all of us here to remember to not lose sight about what this investigation is about: an outside, foreign adversary effectively sought to hijack our most critical democratic process, the election of a president, we're here to assure you and more importantly, the American people who are watching and listening, that we will get to the bottom of this.

– Mark Warner

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Shari Redstone is attempting to illegally hijack Shari Redstone father's well-established estate plan, we will continue to have great respect and affection for Mr. Shari Redstone, but he is clearly being manipulated by Sumner Redstone daughter Shari, Sumner Redstone daughter Shari.

– Executive Philippe Dauman

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom is no stranger to trying to hijack high-profile issues in order to get his name out there, and Senate Pro Tem de Leon doesn't want the Lieutenant Governor to steal his thunder.

– Craig Deluz

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It bothers me that someone comes to hijack that cause, donald Trump's not a conservative, and he's not a steady hand for sure, and he's not a servant. It's all about him and I'm the only guy going after him. I don't feel like, that he's intimidating. He's a bully. Punch him back in the nose.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I'm a joyful warrior, there is a difference between just sitting back and watching someone try to hijack a party that I believe will allow people to rise up again.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

If he wins, he will hijack the conservative cause, everyone running for president on the Republican side, as it relates to Donald Trump, is in the witness protection program.

– Jeb Bush

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself. The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends; it is not our many Arab friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists, and every government that supports them.

– President George W. Bush

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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