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Who said what this week

“(Andrew Jackson) was really angry that he saw what was happening with regard to the Civil War; he said, ‘There’s no reason for this.’” U.S. President Donald Trump refers to the president who died 16 years before the Civil War, in one of several puzzling statements made during what was described by a historian as one of the most bizarre 24 hours in American presidential history “Thank you for trusting us to tell your stories. We love you guys.” David Hein, co-creator of Come From Away, on FaceTime with residents of Gander, N.L., moments after learning the Canadian musical was nominated for seven Tony Awards “If your baby is going to die, and it doesn’t have to, it shouldn’t matter how much money you make. I think that’s something that whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat or something else, we all agree on that, right?”

Live! host Jimmy Kimmel makes a plea for health coverage during a monologue in which he revealed his son was born with a severe heart defect “He became ... so very ambitious, very suddenly ... I remember very clearly when this transformation happened, and I remember very specifically that by 1987, about a year into our relationship, he already had his sights on becoming president.”

Sheila Miyoshi Jager, Barack Obama’s former girlfriend, who, in a new biography, says the former president proposed to her twice “I always say that if you’re not at the leadership table, then expect to be on the menu.” Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams to the Guardian, after filing paperwork to run in 2018 with the hope of becoming the first female black governor in the U.S.