Charlie Sykes

“In many ways, anti-anti-Trumpism mirrors Donald Trump himself because, at its core there are no fixed values, no respect for constitutional government or ideas of personal character - only a free-floating nihilism cloaked in insult, mockery, and bombast.”

“The shock of Trumpism has made me rethink what the conservative movement was about and who our allies were and what our assumptions were.”

“The conservative media ecosystem - like the rest of us - has to recognize how critical, but also how fragile, credibility is in the Orwellian age of Donald Trump.”

“It turns out that many of the Trump voters who had said they wanted to burn it all down meant it, and they are taking to the task with great relish.”

“Criticisms of mainstream media bias have been a staple of the conservative movement and talk radio from the beginning.”

“We have to have a revival of the concept 'truth matters.'”

“During dull moments at school, I admit, I not only drew soldiers shooting one another but also tanks, bombers, fighters, and even the occasional space ship with planet-destroying powers.”

“Mr. Trump understands that attacking the media is the reddest of meat for his base, which has been conditioned to reject reporting from news sites outside of the conservative media ecosystem.”

“Some people ask how the conservative media can continue to defend Trump. It's very easy for them: No matter how bad Trump is, the mainstream media and the Left will always be worse, you know? Don't expect Rush Limbaugh to turn on him.”

“Since the election, President Trump has shown a persistent penchant for conspiracy-minded suggestions about his political opponents and elements of his own government.”

“I'm still a conservative, you know, someone who believes in limited government and balanced budgets and the Constitution.”

“White liberals face this cognitive dissonance: if they decide that America is ready for a black president and back Obama, they would also be forced to surrender or at least modify decades of convictions about American bias.”