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I wish the president were leading. He can't do a good job. We got to do a better job.

Bob Corker is not a part of any establishment that you would be against. He is a -- I'm from Tennessee. He is a strong down the line conservative, but he's also a no-nonsense common-sense kind of conservative which we used to celebrate in…

They want them to achieve results and they don't really have an alternative.

We are not the party of Robert E. Lee. We are not the party of Jefferson Davis. We are the party of Abraham Lincoln.

So the message I hear from Republicans tonight, Mr. President, do not make it impossible for us to support you.

You cannot say that there are good people standing in this rally, because if a good person left their house and went to this event, and showed up and the person next to them was holding a nazi flag and they chose not to go home, then by…

Moral clarity is required of the office of the President, because that is the spirit of being an American, knowing that the rest of the world looks to our country and our President to provide absolute, unequivocal moral clarity.

Mr. President, we want to be with you in policy. But you are making it impossible for us to be with you in spirit.

He's not defending humanity of the people who were run over.

And I think if I may, if I can just try to speak Trump here, the issue I believe the President has is the violence.

Well, it's very unfortunate, because you have the father of a Jewish daughter in the White House, and some of the worst anti-Jewish and anti-black public statements I've ever heard were just pouring out of Charlottesville from these white…

I think the failure to repeal Obamacare, if left to stand is going to absolutely depress Republican votes. So getting that right and then getting tax reform right and, you know, infrastructure, whatever.

There's a path back. And first of all, some presidents have recovered. Bill Clinton got down -- he was in the mid 30s. And he did come back. So it has happened be. But the way back here is to do stuff. Go back and try to get health care…

There's only one qualification for this job, that you have the pleasure of the president.

As the Republican Party, we cannot give any quarter on the political spectrum.

We're here to make good on what he said we're going to do, take back our country.

I thought the chairwoman of the RNC had an absolute responsibility to delineate between actual Republicans and these people. And she did it.

I think his base would actually understand that and not default.

I mean, Barack Obama, less than one year ago, said to be clear, the U.S. does not and will never accept North Korea as a nuclear state.

You have an Obama administration that's between a rock and a hard place.

All you're doing now is seeing President Trump claim credit for Obama's policy. He hasn't accelerated that trend. He's just maintained it.

I can't imagine this level of chaos or uncertainty. Because literally, your entire job as you're feeding things up is to help one person be excellent, to help one person serve the country.

You know, in the hood, as they say, if you have a guy like Donald Trump on your team, you are in deep trouble because, you shut up, man! Lawyer up! Lawyer up! Lawyer up!

What I am encouraging especially Democrats and progressive to do is to hold our fire, be patient, let's not go screaming and writing every tweet, something really bad could have happened or if it's not a bad as people thinking.