Today’s quotable
Thursday, Jul 30, 2026 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Assistant House Majority Leader Marcus Evans was asked about the controversy surrounding Speaker Chris Welch…
We take on the responsibility as elected officials, but we know it comes with scrutiny. The thing is with scrutiny, you just want a fair process and a protocol to ensure fairness. But the scrutiny is going to come. And when you take on a job, you don’t have to do it. Elected officials’ positions are never unfilled. That means a lot of people want to do it, and if you don’t want to take the scrutiny, it’s going to be hard for you to do it. It’s just a part of the process.
- twowaystreet - Thursday, Jul 30, 26 @ 9:06 am:
That’s a whole lot of words that mean a whole lot of nothing.
- hmmm - Thursday, Jul 30, 26 @ 9:14 am:
Leader Evans is a class act. I agree. Let the process play out.
- Team Sleep - Thursday, Jul 30, 26 @ 9:19 am:
After reading this, can we please create a new Cap Fax end-of-year award and call it “Word Salad of the Year”?
- curtis - Thursday, Jul 30, 26 @ 9:21 am:
===new Cap Fax end-of-year award and call it “Word Salad of the Year”===
Seconded
- SAP - Thursday, Jul 30, 26 @ 9:24 am:
The 5 “D’s” of Dodgeball: Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, and Dodge.
- Simon - Thursday, Jul 30, 26 @ 9:29 am:
Get used to it. Gonna hear a lot of obfuscating from House members in the weeks ahead, particularly from members of Welch’s leadership team.
- It's always Sunny in Illinois - Thursday, Jul 30, 26 @ 9:37 am:
Gonna take a lot of ranch dressing to get that salad digested…..
- fs - Thursday, Jul 30, 26 @ 9:42 am:
Have all scrutinized who wish? Have alllll scrutinized whooo wish? Have allll scrutinized………who wish?
- VK - Thursday, Jul 30, 26 @ 9:45 am:
…what?
- Bob - Thursday, Jul 30, 26 @ 9:45 am:
What an embarrassment.
- Rudy’s teeth - Thursday, Jul 30, 26 @ 9:49 am:
Grammar and syntax errors are providing many eye rolls this morning.