David Gergen

You can stand up and say we shouldn't be doing this because it's unconstitutional. Therefore, I never have to come to say whether I agree or disagree whether he incited the riot.

One more sign that he just doesn't give a damn how he changes our traditions and overrides our norms.

I think the Republicans need to have an intervention.

We're entering some kind of the most dangerous days of Donald Trump's presidency. He is erratic.

I think there ought to be a delegation of Republicans like Mitch McConnell who ought to be talking to the President.

I think that really kneecaps the Biden ministration in a significant way.

He is unfit for office right now.

President of United States has not had a security briefing, or security briefing since October 2nd. I've never heard of any president, under any circumstances, come anywhere close to that, and been so derelict of the duty.

Most economists starting at the Federal Reserve, say that the amount of money in the stimulus package is coming out. It is not enough.

I think, basically, this is about power. I think he wants to cripple Joe Biden before he ever gets started.

No, their problem is Anderson, he's got more support back in their districts in their states than they do and that gives him enormous -- it gives him enormous leverage against them.

The Trump administration is in the courts, and it is very clear they have failed miserably.

I think the evidence is still coming in that this country is deeply divided.

Joe Biden has chosen from that group, deftly, thoughtfully.

He is going to hand Joe Biden a country more divided than it needs to be by trying to de-legitimate an election that was clearly won by Joe Biden.

Fifty million Americans or more out there believe that he is coming to office by fraud. It seems to me the Democratic Party has a strong interest in pushing back on that theory.

It is vital that as President, tell his base and tell the whole country that he believes Joe Biden is a legitimate President, that he has not been put there by fraud.

This represents a very professional, thoughtful, first set of steps by Joe Biden.

I think the main thing is to represent the President around the world.

Never before has the opposition undermined the legitimacy of a new President before he has even taken office to anything like this degree or in this fashion.

I think it's something that's spontaneous. It's happening in the country where just tons and tons of people are coming out because they feel that democracy is at stake that we're in real trouble here.

You know, his comments today about doctors are, you know, are milking the system so they can get rich off the pandemic. It is just so odious, and to go after Laura Ingraham like that was just wrongheaded.

the way that Donald Trump is responding to the pandemic is, I think is, they are giving him a lot of rope on the Democratic side and he is increasingly hanging himself.

I think a lot of Americans are relieved to have a politician who's not in your face and not yelling at you and not lying to you.

I think he's become much more erratic. But these rallies really are obscene. We are, as I said, staggering from one obscenity to the next as a people.