Our number one agenda is to get money out of politics, to drain the swamp, but not in the way that Trump said. He stacked his cabinet full of Goldman Sachs guys. Cenk Uygur Read Quote
When I was at MSNBC, I had issues with the Obama administration. I got told by the person who runs MSNBC… that Washington was not happy with my tone. Cenk Uygur Read Quote
Success is about persistence. You can only afford to be persistent in something you deeply enjoy. Cenk Uygur Read Quote
There is no greater threat to Washington, D.C., than Bernie Sanders, and they know it. Cenk Uygur Read Quote
You think that the CNN hosts can aggressively challenge government officials? I don’t think so. It doesn’t look that way at all. And of course, when you get to Fox News, they’re a whole different animal: they’re purely propaganda. Cenk Uygur Read Quote
I think defeating Fox – and more importantly, getting the rest of the media to understand they do not do legitimate news – is very important. I hope to do that through pointing out their hypocrisy, propaganda, and general foolishness. But I also plan to beat them in the ratings and make them fear me. Cenk Uygur Read Quote
I think President Obama is clearly, you know, a Republican. I know, because in the 1990s I was a Republican, and he’s way to the right of me, and I’ve hardly changed any positions. Cenk Uygur Read Quote
If you don’t watch ‘The Young Turks,’ you don’t know me at all. Whereas no one watches Anderson Cooper, but everyone knows him. Cenk Uygur Read Quote
Because Bernie is going to bring in progressives and not lobbyists and people who are pro-corporate… for the establishment of the Democratic party, Bernie Sanders was more dangerous than Donald Trump. Cenk Uygur Read Quote
I look forward to fighting Nancy Pelosi, and I look forward to defeating Nancy Pelosi in getting the Green New Deal passed. Cenk Uygur Read Quote