HARTFORD, CT. – From “Childless Cat Lady” to “They Eat Cats”, Yale University The list of the most notable quotes of 2024 delves into the worlds of presidential politics, entertainment and conspiracy theories while making room for sports, business and protests against the war in Gaza.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift topped this year’s list by signing off on an Instagram post in September under the name “Taylor Swift Childless Cat Lady” while support Democrat Kamala Harris for the president.

The remark referred to a three-year-old child comments made by JD Vancethe Republican vice president-elect, describing Democrats as beholden to “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are unhappy with their own lives and the choices they’ve made and therefore want to make the rest of the country unhappy.” Also.”

President Joe Biden And President-elect Donald Trump took the next two spots on the list. Biden came in second with his recent announcement that he was forgive his son Hunter. Trump continued with his false claim that “in Springfield, they eat the dogs, the people who came in.” They eat cats” during his September debate against Harris.

Trump’s comment about Springfield, Ohio, false rumors amplified that Haitian immigrants were kidnapping and eating pets, repeating inflammatory remarks and anti-immigration rhetoric he promoted it throughout his campaigns.

Trump also came in at No. 5 with “Fight!” ” Struggle! Fight!” after a assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The list of notable quotes, compiled every year by Fred Shapiro, associate director at the Yale Law Library, is a supplement to the New Yale Book of Quotations, edited by Shapiro and published by Yale University Press.

“Please note that the items on this list are not necessarily eloquent or admirable quotes, but rather were chosen because they are famous or important or particularly indicative of the spirit of our times,” Shapiro said .

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The list

1. “Taylor Swift Childless Cat Lady” — Taylor Swift, signing an Instagram post, September 10, 2024.

2. “Today I signed a pardon for my son Hunter.” — President Joe Biden, official statement, December 1, 2024.

3. “In Springfield, they eat the dogs, the people who come. They eat the cats.” — President-elect Donald Trump, presidential debate, September 10, 2024, repeating a debunked conspiracy about Haitian immigrants in Ohio.

4. “I became friends with school shooters.” — Minnesota Governor Tim Walzvice-presidential debate, October 1, 2024, speak badly while referencing the friendship with the survivors of the shooting.

5. “Fight!” Struggle! Fight!” — Trump after an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024.

6. “Yes, they can control the weather.” — Georgia, United States Representative. Marjorie Taylor Greenepublication on social media platform X, October 2, 2024, endorsing a conspiracy theory that the government used weather control technology to direct Hurricane Helen to Republican voters.

7. “Some of you (women) may have successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are very excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into the world.” — Harrison Butker, Kansas City Chiefs football player, start address at Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas, on May 11, 2024.

8. “Does calling for Jewish genocide violate Harvard’s rules on bullying and harassment?” — American Representative from New York. Elise StefanikHouse Education and Workforce Committee hearing, December 5, 2023, questioning former Harvard president Claudine Gay about how the university has responded to instances of anti-Semitism on campus.

9. “My God. » — New York Mets baseball player Jose Iglesiastitle of song released in 2024.

10. “The court comes to the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist. » — U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, DC, August 5, 2024, rule in an antitrust lawsuit by the US Department of Justice against Google.