David Brock

“It's all a sham: I have seen, and I know firsthand, indeed from my own pen, how the organized Right has sabotaged not only journalism but also democracy and truth.”

“Our nation marches closer to Trumpism each day, a path paved with reckless Tweets and the normalization of the ugly and the absurd.”

“There's certainly an attitude in some measure of the conservative movement that I believe won't accept the legitimacy of any Democratic president, and I think Obama did fall victim to that - witness the 'birthers.'”

“Charles and David Koch, two billionaire brothers, have been funding the infrastructure behind the Republican Party's right-ward shift since at least 1980.”

“The right can distort anything it wants.”

“I think the Republicans are trying to learn from their mistakes about attacks on women because the women's vote will backfire.”

“What led to my change of views about the Clintons was working through the research and writing on the book on Hillary.”

“From 1994 to 1996, I turned over every rock in Little Rock, looking for a silver bullet that would take down the Clintons in time for the 1996 election.”

“You get to a point where the factual adjudication doesn't matter because there are all these other outlets that are far less responsible, all talking about the ad, some of which have a political reason for promoting it.”

“I didn't say a bad thing about 'Politico' in my book.”

“Aside from Donald Trump, the Clintons are the best for ratings and click-throughs.”

“During the '90s the flow of misinformation was established.”

“I've been interested in watching the level of conservative misinformation that circulates through the media.”

“The pro-Hillary groups needed to quit fighting each other and get down to business fighting Republicans.”

“I don't think the candidate would be directly responsible for things that their supporters say, but when it gets to a certain level, they ought to say, 'Cut it out.'”

“Certainly going back to 2008 during the primary, Secretary Clinton was subjected to various forms of sexism - overt, subtle - that were detrimental. Fortunately, Senator Obama was not subjected to something similar; the culture seemed to tolerate sexism and not racism. We ought not tolerate either.”

“Trump's opinions on the Iraq War have been as erratic as his opinions on other foreign policy matters - such as his careless position to think more countries should acquire nuclear weapons.”

“I'm a former, living, breathing, right-wing conspirator.”

“I didn't wake up one day and say, you know, 'Supply-side economics doesn't make sense.'”

“I'm kind of a builder of institutions. I think I've got some ability to look at what's out here, look at a playing field, and identify gaps and niches.”