In their own words
“This attack on Iran could be and probably is the greatest strategic blunder in the history of the United States.”
on the fallout from the US strikes on Iran
On the record · Updated October 18, 2026
Sam Seder quotes
12 things Sam Seder said, verbatim, from July 21, 2026 to October 16, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the story each one belongs to.
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Sam Seder on The Middle East3
In their own words
“Trump only knows how to do one thing which is bomb and this is Ben Shapiro literally just acting as Mark Levin has been doing on Fox News to appeal to Trump's most hawkish instincts”
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder The Iran war's missing munitions ›
In their own words
“that have died because we decide to go to war for a genocidal rogue state. And our idiot president was convinced by Benjamin Netanyahu into engaging in this”
Sam Seder on Campaigns & elections4
In their own words
“But if your partisan label is the only problem, or if you think the problem is Trump, as opposed to the underlying ideologies of all the people who fill his entire cabinet.”
on what Never Trumpers get wrong, ahead of the midterm elections
In their own words
“I think it's a very difficult time to be a right winger because you're realizing that your entire project was uh garbage. Your support for Donald Trump was garbage.”
on right-wing support for Trump as the Republican midterm outlook is discussed
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder The Republican midterm outlook ›
In their own words
“that it is a fight about 2028 in many respects. And you get to signal now that he has become the boogeyman to your donors at very cheap cost.”
In their own words
“Because increasingly I'm convinced that Van Jones has no constituency, that he is representative of nobody's opinion except for some very very wealthy people.”
on Van Jones's CNN commentary during coverage of the Michigan primary
Sam Seder on The presidency & national symbols1
In their own words
“But anyway, um I would imagine that anybody sane or close to sanity in Trump world is desperate to try to prevent him from appointing Natalie Harp as press secretary.”
Sam Seder on Race & civil rights1
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“"do you see how liberal arguments about uh black voters and Hispanic voters have trickled down immediately to like republican slimy cynics who are trying to present DSA and leftist progress as in opposition to what black voters want"”
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder The Democrats' socialist turn ›
Sam Seder on Religion & faith1
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“it's not about a candidate being Jewish, as I just mentioned. Bernie Sanders is the closest that any Jewish American has gotten to the presidency in this country, and that was with democratic voters”
on Jewish candidates' history in presidential politics amid the Michigan Senate race
Sam Seder on Free speech & the media2
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“Just a note for uh people like Steven Crowder and uh Ben Shapiro for that matter uh commenting on Hasan Piker. You are far more toxic.”
on Crowder and Shapiro's criticism of Hasan Piker amid the Michigan Senate primary
The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder The Michigan Senate primary ›
In their own words
“the only time Fox News will issue a correction is when there's the threat of litigation. And when you can talk about voter fraud broadly, but do not put Dominion in there or any specific voting machine company or whatever.”
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