Bill Kristol

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

“I’m certainly the only Democrat who’s going to focus in my campaign on the fact that I got $37 billion added to the defense budget. You know, most of my peers would have run away from that.” https://t.co/6mFjtPhm94 — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

“I truly feel it’s more important to do the right thing and be on the right side of history. And if it were to mean that I didn’t get reelected in 2022 because of this, I would be OK with that and able to sleep at night. I know I’ve done the right thing.” https://t.co/6mFjtPhm94 — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

Just like Chris Christie is pretending he never met Donald Trump and wasn’t, for example, thrilled to be included in Trump’s debate prep in the White House before Trump’s disgraceful first debate against Biden. — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

RT @SykesCharlie: Wisconsinites are embarrassed to have Ron Johnson as their senator, but does that mean progressive Mandela Barnes has a g… — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

@anniekarni @jmartNYT Cattle Rancher Goes Vegan. https://t.co/WcLlhYw2rW — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

"Unfortunately, his spectacular fall does not mean an end to Jones’ now much more common brand of political paranoia. Right-wing media, with nudges from the former president himself, has become habituated to Big Lies and apocalyptic conspiracy theories." https://t.co/sYiBOJublz — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

Cornyn in 1858: "I respect Lincoln, but I wouldn't go overboard on the Declaration of Independence." Cornyn in 1938: "I respect Churchill, but I want to be effective in making appeasement work." Cornyn in 1836: "I respect Bowie and Travis, but why go out in a blaze of glory?" — PolitiTweet.org

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“'It depends on if you want to go out in a blaze of glory and be ineffective or if you want to try to be effective,' said Senator John Cornyn of Texas who has his own future leadership aspirations. 'I respect her but I wouldn’t have made the same choice.'" https://t.co/OfxaCDfANM — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

"Cheney welcomed a visiting delegation of GOP senators. Several praised her bravery and told her keep up the fight against Trump. She did not miss the opportunity to pointedly remind them: They could join her. 'There have been so many moments like that.'" https://t.co/OfxaCDfANM — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

"Ms. Cheney said she had no interest in changing parties: 'I’m a Republican.' But when asked if the G.O.P. she was raised in was even salvageable in the short term, she said: 'It may not be' and called her party 'very sick.'” https://t.co/OfxaCDfANM — PolitiTweet.org

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"She enlisted her father, former VP Dick Cheney, to cut an ad calling Trump a 'coward' who represents the greatest threat...'If the cost of standing up for the Constitution is losing the House seat, then that’s a price I’m willing to pay.'" https://t.co/OfxaCDfANM — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

RT @amandacarpenter: Liz Cheney on her red line for 2024. Ron DeSantis appears to be on the wrong side of it and I agree. https://t.co/2OYn… — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

RT @amandacarpenter: I mean, obviously, but watch people go off on this one. https://t.co/r32HFVW6nm — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

I have no idea if the insulin cap violates the budget rules or not...but that seems to be a heck of an issue for the GOP to put front and center in an election year with a 50-50 Senate. — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

I guess @marcorubio deleted the tweet I was commenting on. Anyway, for the record, Marco and Chuck Grassley were bonding across the generations of Republican senators by complaining that they had to actually work by coming back to D.C. and vote on legislation. — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

On the @BulwarkOnline livestream Thursday, I asked whether it was too much to hope for that Respectable Republican Doug Ducey would not support Election Denier and Demagogue Extraordinaire Kari Lake. It was too much hope to for. — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

"Rob Portman’s former chief of staff John Bridgeland, a former director of George W. Bush’s Domestic Policy Council, is expected to author an endorsement on [Tim] Ryan’s behalf in the Cincinnati Enquirer..." John Bridgeland is a decent and honorable man. https://t.co/7Vv3xpFuo9 — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

"My friend Tom Cole told me Trump got 69% in his district and Tom got 73%. He said, 'If I get in a fight with Donald Trump, I’m pretty sure he’ll keep his 69%...and I’ll keep my 4%.' That's the mindset of Republican elected officials in the Trump era." https://t.co/oKh2dnUZeg https://t.co/Mn6eJaJbIy — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

"My friend Tom Cole...told me Trump got 69% in his district and Tom got 73%. He said, 'If I get in a fight with Donald Trump, I'm pretty sure he'll keep his 69 and I'll keep my four.' And that's the mindset of Republican elected officials in the Trump era. https://t.co/oKh2dnUZeg https://t.co/rzs4QeOliq — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

"Klingenstein’s talk amounts to an embarrassing display of admiration for strongman politics. This is all in keeping with the Claremont Institute’s more academic output these days. It’s not serious stuff, but it’s not safe. Strongman politics never is." https://t.co/oe7nVdhz3y — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

The rash of complaints from Republican senators about how tough their jobs are and how hard it is to show up more than three days a week, leads me to think that maybe the voters shouldn’t re-elect them, and should elect people who’d be honored to serve and would do so cheerfully. — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit…Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.” — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

RT @amandacarpenter: Really excellent insight here re: how one of the biggest changes in the GOP under Trump’s brand of populism is how R’s… — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

RT @amandacarpenter: One more thing: Whit Ayers made the point to .@BillKristol that I’ve been making for at least a year: there is no guar… — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

Ayres: "My friend Tom Cole told me some years ago that Trump got 69% in his district and Tom got 73%. He said, 'If I get in a fight with Donald Trump, I’m pretty sure he’ll keep his 69%...and I’ll keep my 4%.' That's the mindset of Republican elected officials in the Trump era." — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

Never Trump = Always Eeyore. “I’d say thistles, but nobody listens to me, anyway.” "Wish I could say yes, but I can’t." "Nothing to do and no hope of things getting better.” “Pathetic. That’s what it is. Pathetic. But nobody minds. Nobody cares. Pathetic, that’s what it is.” — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

NEW: An unflinching analysis by the well-respected Republican strategist of today's Republican Party, how it got this way and how likely it is to change. His brief account of his conversation with Rep. Tom Cole (R.-OK) sums it up brilliantly. https://t.co/oKh2dnUZeg — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

Here's @Popehat going what @JVLast calls, with relish, "full- darkness:" "Alex Jones's landscapes of hate and fear and mistrust resonate with a frightening number of Americans... America can survive the demagogues themselves, it’s their audience that will kill us." — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

OMG. @JVLast has discovered @Popehat's substack, and revels in the abyss-staring of his fellow Eeyorean. Of course both of them are very much worth reading. Exit thought via Nietzsche: "And when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you." https://t.co/PhjndX8ahM — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

Alex Jones’ bad week, Orban at CPAC, and Biden delivers on bipartisanship. Plus, Tim issues a correction for overstating Hawley’s manliness, and even Trump thinks Kari Lake takes the election stuff too far. @Timodc with @SykesCharlie. https://t.co/lnHrNe9TQ4 — PolitiTweet.org