Latest Rich Lowry Quotes from Interviews

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• I think all of us in the commentary business need to take a deep breath. And it can't be true that every single week the world is ending in some different way. And this presidency [of Donald Trump] will be judged like all presidencies - on the state of the economy and by events.

  Rich Lowry

  Thinking, Needs, World

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• Republican hawks like John McCain and Lindsey Graham who are very skeptical of [Rex Tillerson]. At the same time the Democrats will portray him as a climate criminal because he heads a big oil company. So, he'll be in for really tough confirmation hearings.

  Rich Lowry

  Oil, Hawks, Hearing

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• I do think - you look at actually what WikiLeaks came out with, most of it was just gossipy interest, except for like this Doug Band memo from a Clinton crony in black and white who explained the Clinton Foundation was a profit center for Bill Clinton and people around him.The Russians didn't make that up, that was all Hillary's [Clinton] vulnerability her own.

  Rich Lowry

  Black And White, Thinking, People

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• There's no point trying to sugar-coat this or get Jesuitical about it. Yes, Russia tried to manipulate our election. It's appalling. Yes, it should be investigated and taken seriously.

  Rich Lowry

  Taken, Russia, Trying

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• [Donald Trump] campaigned on an enormous tax cut, and he campaigned on a deregulatory agenda.

  Rich Lowry

  Cutting, Agendas, Trump

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• [Donald Trump] campaigned on repealing Obamacare.

  Rich Lowry

  Obamacare, Trump, Repealing

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• We're going to cut taxes, deregulate to try to create general pro-growth conditions, at the same time, much more than any other Republican ever before, [Donald Trump] is going to focus on trying to tighten the labor market directly through discouraging outsourcing and tightening up on immigration, all towards the goal of actually increasing wages, that's a new focus for the Republican Party and a very important one.

  Rich Lowry

  Party, Cutting, Goal

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I think just focusing on the wealth of these cabinet picks misunderstands [Donald] Trump's economic strategy here, which is going to be equal parts traditional Republican economics.

  Rich Lowry

  Thinking, Cabinets, Wealth

  Source: abcnews.go.com

• I think likelier targets are [Steve] Mnuchin, the Treasury pick. When you look at his dealings during the financial crisis, that's going to be a target rich environment, and [Rex] Tillerson.

  Rich Lowry

  Thinking, Target, Looks

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• The case against Jeff Sessions was threadbare three decades ago. It's based on hearsay and innuendo and a joke he made about the Klan.

  Rich Lowry

  Three, Cases, Made

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• It's worth remembering George W. Bush, Barack Obama also came in thinking they had the magic key to better, warmer relations with Russia; those efforts ended in tears.

  Rich Lowry

  Thinking, Keys, Russia

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• Ultimately Rex Tillerson will reflect [Donald] Trump's policy towards Russia, which will be friendly up right up to the point of time it isn't.

  Rich Lowry

  Russia, Friendly, Trump

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• I would like to see someone with more traditional foreign policy experience and, obviously, his views and attitudes towards Russia will be a big part of the confirmation hearings [instead of Rex Tillerson].

  Rich Lowry

  Attitude, Russia, Views

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• From where I sit, it's a superb cabinet [for Donald Trump] so far. A lot of these choices could have been made by Ted Cruz. So you're going to have this shotgun marriage between a very orthodox Republican cabinet and a very unorthodox.

  Rich Lowry

  Choices, Cabinets, Unorthodox

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• Clearly [Donald] Trump likes the way business executives and generals think and talk much more than policy professionals.

  Rich Lowry

  Thinking, Way, Likes

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• Well, part of the trick of getting elected president, if you look at George W. Bush and Barack Obama, is convincing the other side, at least temporarily, not to hate and fear. And that, Trump is not going to able to do that

  Rich Lowry

  Hate, President, Sides

  "Anti-Trump groups becoming increasingly organized; Is it the media's job to confront Donald Trump?". "Kelly File" with Megyn Kelly, www.foxnews.com. March 18, 2016.

• Any [political] party without principles is rudderless and passive.

  Rich Lowry

  Party, Political, Principles

• A flag doesn't cause someone to sit in a prayer meeting for an hour, and then stand up and shoot people.

  Rich Lowry

  Prayer, People, Flags

  "Sen. Tim Scott addresses media's labeling of mass murderers". "The Kelly File" with Martha MacCallum, www.foxnews.com. June 19, 2015.

• The horn of dilemma of energy politics is what really drives concern about this energy in this country, at the gut level for most people, is high gas prices. And if you really want to fight global warming and try to reduce our carbon emissions, the cleanest, easiest, most rational way to do it would to make the price of gas even higher through very stiff gas prices.

  Rich Lowry

  Country, Fighting, Carbon Emissions

  "Senate Passes Energy Bill; Clinton Spoofs 'Sopranos'". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. June 22, 2007.