And America was, like, ‘Whew!’ It was like Biden now: ‘Thank God there’s someone sane in the White House now. Maybe we don’t agree with him, but at least he’s sane.’ What I’m saying is, we have seen wild times before. This is one of those wild times that we just have to get through.”On Donald Trump: “Donald was an old friend. I said, ‘What you should do is copy California.’ He didn’t say no — then.”On Republicans: “There’s the Republican principles and there’s what the Republican Party stands for today. I am with the Republican principles.

Source: New York Times May 06, 2021 12:56 UTC