easy. He paid them.

She was clearly being metaphorical here and the quote is being taken out of context.
Quote mining is a sin.

Here's a cool thing: You're unqualified, and you know and admit it. That means you'd objectively do a better job since you'd be willing to ask people who ARE qualified for their opinions and ideas, and implement them.
By admitting your faults, you're a better fit for this job.

More than the American people and most democrats too.
But people seem adamantly unable to vote in their own self-interest.

Hahaha...oh boy do readers of later in the series have some insight into THAT particular character...

I won't say much more but let's just say...make that anger work for you.

There have been illegal immigrants for the 25 years measles was declared eradicated and there still weren't any notable cases.

As a language teacher I must insist that duolingo not be your ONLY source of learning, though.
Exposure learning, a language cafe, etc. Any excuse to actually use the language.
A language is like a marathon, and you can't just train for one using a treadmill.

that's kinda what a shaved wolfhound looks like.