Rick Lazio

This is not just deception. This is ripping people off.

Primarily, really, it's an opportunity, for Congress, to make a statement, about a standard, a minimal standard, of ethics, and honesty, and virtue.

Yes, I mean, so Santos is a professional con man. And now we have a con man, a true con man, sitting in Congress. And if you love the institution of Congress, you can't tolerate that.

He's ineffective. And he will be ineffective, for two years, if he stays that long. And he should not stay that long.

Do I think he might - maybe should think a little bit longer-term, about the perception, of the party, of tolerating unethical, probably illegal behavior? Absolutely.

He's not going to do it. Anybody that's lived a life of fraud, like this, is not going to do anything that's the right thing.

The middle class has done incredibly poorly under Barack Obama, under eight years. They don't want another eight years of going backwards in terms of their income.

There's no right for immigration. It's a privilege to come into the country. We should make sure that every immigrant that comes in here has a commitment to America and America's values.

I think Donald Trump's problem is, does he appear presidential? So, that is an issue that's been exacerbated from I thought the suggestive prohibition and allowing people based on religious orientation to come into the country, which is…

I hope that Donald Trump will focus on some things that are very real for American people like the fact that they have stagnant wages for almost 15 years.

I think number one that, you know, Donald Trump is not going to have a hard sell to explain or to persuade the American public that Hillary Clinton is not particularly trustworthy, that she's got ethical issues.

This is not the kind of statements that you would associate with the party of Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan.

Yes, I mean, it's always about Donald Trump, the attitude, as opposed to the substance underlying the issues and the ideas.

If Donald Trump gets elected president, he will be the triangulation president. So you have to accept that when you vote for him that he is not going to be down the line on terms of conservative president, that's not going to happen.

The one thing that unifies Republicans right now, the Republicans who are favoring Donald Trump is they want to beat Hillary Clinton.

when he says things like we ought to have a religious litmus test for immigration, it is offensive to lots of people including core Republicans who believe that the greatness of America has been based on immigration and that we don't want…

It's one thing to say we want to pause on Syrian immigrants, and it's another to say all Muslims ought to be kept out of the country.

divisive comments have got to end. I'm going to use this leverage until you stop having a war on Republicans and start training fire on Democrats.

I think he ought to get to the issues to connect with women. That they worry about jobs, they worry about their income, they worry about their small business, they worry about choice in education, they worry about the economy and worry…

At some point, the party leaders need to press him for an actual credible plan, which I think he's largely lacking.

There is a lot of fear out there, Anderson. There is a new poll also that came out today that says that the fear of domestic terrorism is an all-time high since 9/11.

His strength right now is his strength. It is the fact that tough talk equates for many voters to strength. And they are looking for somebody to help make them safe.

It's great to be a tough talker. It's great to have an altitude, but can you be elected. If you can't bring minorities along, if you can't get the Hispanic vote up, we know there is a demographic shift going on.

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