I'm still a conservative, you know, someone who believes in limited government and balanced budgets and the Constitution. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
Since the election, President Trump has shown a persistent penchant for conspiracy-minded suggestions about his political opponents and elements of his own… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
With a vast majority of conservative voters and listeners solidly behind Mr. Trump, conservative critics of the president find themselves isolated and… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
For the anti-anti-Trump pundit, whatever the allegation against Mr. Trump, whatever his blunders or foibles, the other side is always worse. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
There was a time when the Republican Party could discuss possible reforms to our gun laws: Ronald Reagan himself endorsed the Brady… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
When it became clear that I was going to remain #NeverTrump, conservatives I had known and worked with for more than two… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
Mr. Trump understands that attacking the media is the reddest of meat for his base, which has been conditioned to reject reporting… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
Reagan did not have to rely on or cope with talk radio, Fox News, Breitbart, or any of the other trolls that… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan believed in America as the shining city on the hill - Morning in America. But Donald Trump has a much… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
On his first full day in office, Mr. Trump insisted that his inaugural crowd was the largest ever, a baseless boast that… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
The thing most frightening about Donald Trump is he doesn't know what he doesn't know and doesn't seem to care about what… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
Reagan wrote out many of his radio commentaries and newspaper articles as well as many of his own speeches. He wrote poetry,… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
I don't think Trump is a conservative. I think he is a man without any fixed principles. And to the extent he… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
The primary victory of Roy Moore in Alabama over the candidate for the U.S. Senate seat backed by President Trump suggests that… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
In many ways, anti-anti-Trumpism mirrors Donald Trump himself because, at its core there are no fixed values, no respect for constitutional government… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
Unless you have experienced it, it's difficult to describe the virulence of the Twitter storms that were unleashed on Trump skeptics. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
Congress is a co-equal branch of government, with a long and rich history of standing up to the executive branch. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
One of the surprises to me was the willingness of many people in the conservative media to roll over, to abandon long-held… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
I am less horrified by Trump himself than by what he has done to the rationalizers and enablers. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
It turns out that many of the Trump voters who had said they wanted to burn it all down meant it, and… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
Mr. Trump understands that attacking the media is the reddest of meat for his base, which has been conditioned to reject reporting from news… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share
Nothing annoys academics more than pointing out how little time they actually spend teaching students. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share
In 2008, conservatives ridiculed the Left for its adulation of Barack Obama, only to succumb to their own cult of personality eight years later. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share
It turns out that many of the Trump voters who had said they wanted to burn it all down meant it, and they are… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share
In 2010, conservatives won big majorities in the Wisconsin State Legislature, and I openly supported many of their reforms, including changes to collective bargaining… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share
There was a time when the Republican Party could discuss possible reforms to our gun laws: Ronald Reagan himself endorsed the Brady Bill and… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share
I tried to distinguish myself from the Rush Limbaughs of the world, but I also understood that there were folks on the Left who… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share
Congress is a co-equal branch of government, with a long and rich history of standing up to the executive branch. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share
I have a confession to make. When I was a child, I was a chronic, repeat doodler. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share
Unless you have experienced it, it's difficult to describe the virulence of the Twitter storms that were unleashed on Trump skeptics. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share
Conservatives spent an awful long time ignoring things: the birthers, the bigots, the xenophobes, the alternative-reality media. We had assumed that they were postcards… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share
There was always the paranoid strain in American politics, particularly on the Right. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share
I have long admired Paul Ryan and thought of him as the future of the Republican Party. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share
Across the country, universities that had abandoned in loco parentis in the 1960s because it was too oppressive and intrusive have replaced it with… — Charlie Sykes Copy Share
