[Donald Trump] stood up and he said, you finally have a president, you finally have a president. I am the future.And what did he get? Hosannas and huzzahs and genuflection. It was a total takeover of the conservative movement.

The Sheldon Adelsons, the Koch brothers, the George Soroses, what we want to try to do is force them into the parties, not so that Kasich or whoever is going to straight to them and trying to kiss up to special interests, but so the parties have the power and they can direct the money.

That's what the conservative movement has become, is basically an annex of the [Donald] Trump campaign.

You can't have someone with a pinkie out there at the U.N. or any other place.

There is always strength in numbers. The more individuals or organizations that you can rally to your cause, the better.

The Republicans are looking at a country that is going to be a majority minority country in just over a generation. And they are an increasingly white party.

I believe devoutly that the national election is the closest thing we have to a civic sacrament of democracy. And I really do think that heed must be paid, and when people make a decision, those who are on the other side, including me, accept it, for that reason.