I think it's important to understand the history of the Republican Party. It was founded in 1854 because of the moral collapse of the Whig Party, specifically around the question of race and the expansion of slavery into the western territories. — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
If you want to oppose Trump, the first thing you should do is say, 'I'm not going to do one thing that makes it… — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
The government is corrupted. It's corrupted. It is not about regular people. — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
Politics always fascinated me. In my 20s, I was involved in politics and, as I look in the mirror, not for the noblest of… — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
I don't want to sit here and disparage Paul Ryan the man, because he's a good guy. He's a moral person. He's a decent… — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
I'm personally supportive of marriage equality for gay couples and I believe that it will happen over time. — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
I think there are really serious problems in this country and I think politics in a lot of ways is failing the country. — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
But I'm not particularly aligned with the Democratic Party's policy agenda. — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
Trump is what the Russians call a useful idiot, someone in service to the Russian Federation, either unwitting or wittingly. — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
As a conservative myself that, you know, generally I would have a point of view that less regulation is better than more regulation, but… — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
John Kerry's newfound interest in fiscal discipline is a political gimmick that defies his 20-year record in the Senate and stands in stark contrast… — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
To see the Republican Party break up the way it has to lose its moral compass it is tragic, it's tragic for me personally,… — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
For there to be new growth of a conservative movement, of a right center party, the one that I joined in 1988, it needs… — Steve Schmidt Copy Share Image
