"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else." --Theodore Roosevelt, 1918
"In its place, conservatives have embraced less an idea than a slogan. Opponents of the vaccine and mask mandates insist they are fighting to protect 'Freedom!' But their opposition to basic public health measures would have seemed bizarre to earlier generations of conservatives."
Charlie Sykes at MSNBC calls the GOP "a party held hostage to its own post-coherence politics."
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