If there is one way that I would sum up what the 2016 election was on cable news, it was world-class journalists… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
Humor is a way of saying we're all seeing the same ridiculous, absurd, infuriating things together. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
Humor connects us, especially in politics. It's a way of surprising one another with shared context and experience. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
It is extremely chilling that Donald Trump views the spectacle of choosing cabinet appointments in a way that is similar to deciding… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
We try to talk when the microphones are on the same way we would when the microphones are off. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
The conversation on Twitter and the way people are in the world are very different. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
One thing that is for certain is that there are tens of millions of people who are deeply unsatisfied with the way… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
We don't want people to be afraid of saying something interesting on the off chance it's taken the wrong way. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
Most of my time at the White House, I wrote very unfunny speeches, but every year, I would work on the correspondents' dinner, which… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
I worked on one speech about the financial system that caused the Dow to drop, like, 200 points. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
There is that definition of leadership that says, 'Leadership is convincing people to do things that they otherwise wouldn't have done because you've made… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
Part of my job as a presidential speechwriter (along with great writers like Jon Favreau and David Axelrod) was finding that sliver where 'presidential'… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
If there is one way that I would sum up what the 2016 election was on cable news, it was world-class journalists interviewing morons. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
There are a lot of heartbroken, anxious people that thought better of their country. We're heartbroken by how far Trump has gotten to the… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
More and more people support equality for their gay friends and neighbors, and that is not because the 'Duck Dynasty' guy almost lost his… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
We need people to point out groupthink - We need people to point out stale, old, dumb thinking - and we sometimes need to… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
There's only so much mistrust we can take before things get much worse. — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
