the events leading up to January 6 were -- quote -- "driven from the top" and that Trump surrounded himself with C teamers who told him what he wanted to hear.

He`ll release them when the audit is over.

We have to stop looking backwards. That’s the point of the book. That’s the message of the book.

If we want to be a winning party again, we got to look forwards and go after Joe Biden.

He was not guilty. He shouldn`t have been indicted. And we should now move forward. And I hope that everyone will leave this young man alone now and let him go to living his life.

You can't stand behind the seal of the President and the East Room of the White House and tell the American people the election was stolen when you have no evidence to prove that it was.

On Election Night, when Donald Trump stood up and said that the election was stolen, we had no evidence to prove that, that, to me, was just too much.

But I will tell you this that I disagree with the premise of your question in this respect. There`s a new poll out just today from the Des Moines Register of Iowa Republicans and I can tell you from having been there for a significant…

But more importantly, Brian, it`s about the party as a whole. And the book is laying out a prescription and a path forward that doesn`t engage in a Republican and Republican crime and violence, doesn`t engage in making sure that there`s…

Sixty two percent said the Republican Party, 26 percent said Donald Trump.

We have to have a viable two-party system in this country. We have to be able to contrast different ideas, give voters choices. And to do that, we have to, once again, become the party of truth.

And that's why I wrote the book because someone has to start that conversation on our side of the aisle.