Quote of the Day

Six of the eight Republican presidential candidates [last night] raised their hands when asked whether they would support Trump as the nominee even if he had been convicted of a crime – Burgum, DeSantis, Haley, Pence, Ramaswamy and Scott.

. . . So much for the party of law and order.

– Charlie Sykes
Excerpted from “The Vivek and Nikki Show”
The Bulwark
August 24, 2023

Related Off-site Links:
Republican Candidates Fight Each Other, and Mostly Line Up Behind Trump, at the First Debate – Jill Colvin, Sara Burnett and Jonathan J. Cooper (AP News, August 24, 2023).
6 of 8 Republican Candidates Vow to Back Trump as Party’s Nominee Even If He Is Convicted – Democracy Now! (August 24, 2023).
Fact Checking the First Republican Debate – Lori Robertson, Jessica McDonald, Eugene Kiely, Robert Farley, D'Angelo Gore, Saranac Hale Spencer, Hadleigh Zinsner and Sean Christensen (FactCheck.org, August 24, 2023).
Five Takeaways From the First Republican Primary Debate – Domenico Montanaro (NPR News, August 24, 2023).
Republican Debate Shows Candidates Stuck in Denial on Climate Emergency – Juan Cole (Informed Comment via Common Dreams, August 24, 2023).
GOP Candidates Refuse to Say Climate Change Is Caused by Humans; Vivek Ramaswamy Calls It a “Hoax” – Democracy Now! (August 24, 2023).
Should the U.S. Keep Funding War in Ukraine? Debate Reveals Deep Divisions Within Republican Party – Democracy Now! (August 24, 2023).
The Scariest Lie at the GOP Debate Wasn’t About Donald Trump – John Nichols (The Nation, August 24, 2023).

UPDATE: A Neuro-Scientist Explains Why Loyalty to Donald Trump Is Often Unbreakable – Bobby Azarian (AlterNet, August 25, 2023).
Republicans Are Stuck in the Past – Michael Hamer (Michael-In-Norfolk, August 28, 2023).

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Robert Reich Presents Five Facts About Donald Trump’s Indictments
• Sean O’Grady: Quote of the Day – August 15, 2023
• Marianne Williamson: “Repairing Our Hearts Is Essential to Repairing Our Country”
• Something to Think About – August 4, 2023
• Marianne Williamson on Trump’s Day in Court
• Jessica Roth: Quote of the Day – August 1, 2023
• Why Trump’s Classified Documents Case Is Unique
• Rahna Epting: Quote of the Day – June 9, 2023
• Jeff Sharlet on the Fascist Ideology of Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene
• It’s Not Just Trump: Ralph Nader on the “Lawlessness” of Other U.S. Presidents
• Chauncey Devega on the Ongoing Danger of the Trump Cult
• Historian Nancy MacLean: The Threat to American Democracy Is at “Red-Alert”
• William D. Lindsey: Quote of the Day – August 12, 2022
• “How Can One Overreact to a Mortal Threat to American Democracy?”
• A Deeper Perspective on What’s Really Attacking Democracy
• “The Coup Attempt on Jan. 6th Was a Warning for What’s to Come If We Don’t Act”
• Donald Trump’s Open and Shameless Criminality
• “My Biggest Worry Is for My Country”
• Republicans Pose an “Existential Threat” to American Democracy
• The Big Switch
• The Republican Party in a Nutshell
• Republicans Don’t Care About American Democracy
• “The Republican Party Has Now Made It Official: They Are a Cult”
• David Remnick: Quote of the Day – February 13, 2021
• Dan Rather on America’s “Moment of Reckoning”
• Michael Harriot: Quote of the Day – January 6, 2021
• Insurrection at the United States Capitol
• Fascism Is Upon Us
• Saying “No” to Donald Trump and His Fascist Agenda
• Trump’s Playbook