"We have to be encountering people who don’t think like us"
"We’ve got to get ready for some fundamental tests for the future of the country and this party."
"I am not here to say we gotta make things back the way they were in 2023."
"Don't back down. They'll back down when he screws up badly enough, not as often as I'd like, but they change their mind all the time."
"Every time I needed something from him from the West Wing I got it."
"People like me are makers, not takers, on the rules like that."
"Maybe, you know, right now, with the benefit of hindsight, I think most people would agree that is the case."
"From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of f--- up imaginable."
"Dave is right on this. It’s not a left or right thing. This was a massive screwup and a real security failure."
"These are not serious people."
"I was looking at it."