Republican Quotes by Richard Painter

8 Republican quotes by Richard Painter

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Legal scholar Richard Painter often zeroes in on ethics and accountability. In eight brief statements he highlights his concerns about the party’s conduct, giving readers a quick sense of his principled stance.

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The real problem with the Republican Party is that for decades it has shifted constantly to the right politically. Consequently, the Republican…

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I've been a pain in the rear for the Republican Party, and if I were to continue to be involved in the…

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Ethics knows no party. Those rules should be applied the same in a Republican administration and a Democratic administration.

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Once the religious right got their beachhead in the Republican Party in 1980, they expanded it. Even Barry Goldwater was extremely hostile…

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I think the Republican Party has moved substantially to the right, particularly on social issues... And the Democratic Party has moved to…

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I tried to salvage the situation with the Republican Party for a long time. We've had for decades a departure from the…

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I grew up in Illinois. If you were in Chicago, you were a Democrat. You get out to the suburbs and central…

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I'm out of the Republican Party. I'm fed up.

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I am not going to apologize for my service to the country.

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I go on all the channels, mostly CNN and MSNBC. I have gone on Fox every couple of months.

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We have two political parties in this country; we cannot have one of them be abandoned to complete nutcases. We've got to have two…

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I think most Minnesotans are in a grey zone politically.

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The course I teach, Professional Responsibility, was brought into law-school curriculums and required by most states for admission to the bar beginning in the…

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