- The Times explained its list, saying, “Love them or hate them, all have at least one thing in common. At some point over the past 12 months, they made us talk: about how we dress, how we live and how we choose to express ourselves. We welcome dissent. But we are, without a doubt, correct.”
- “How does @nytimes justify putting John Fetterman on the same list as the late Queen Elizabeth?” Sheridan Nolen, a staffer for Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, wrote on Twitter.
- “Total liberal bias, @nytimes!” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) wrote on Twitter tongue in cheek. “I not only have the best hair in Congress, but I brought [Carhartt] to Capitol Hill four years ago.”
