Larry Elder

"I got a phone call [after Obama got elected] from someone from the UK and they said President Barack Obama just got elected, the first African-American president. Yet you did not support him. Wasnt that a bit awkward? And I said For him or for me?"

"I argue the left is the problem. They dont want to hear thoughtful disagreement whether its about climate change, whether its about racism, whether its about what the welfare state has done to the family. [...] So I urge my friends on the left to look into the mirror and ask yourself: Do you really want to have a conversation or do you really want to just denounce the other side?"

"[About Barack Obama being elected president in 2008:] I didnt think it made some deep statement about America. Im in Los Angeles and in, I think it was 1969, LA, which was the third largest city at the time, voted for a black mayor and voted for him four times. He ran twice for governor of California, the largest state in the union, and barely lost both times. And so I thought a statement was made a long time ago of how fair America is and Obama just came along and benefited from it. [...] [According to a 2007 Gallup poll examining prejudice against race, gender, age and religion], Obama had a lower hurdle, an easier path to the White House than [his opponents Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Mitt Romney], who were far more well funded and far more experienced and far better known. So dont give me this crap about how Obama somehow made a statement about how fair America is. America has been fair for a very very long period of time and he simply benefited from the changing racial attitudes that Americans have been engaging in for decades."

"As long as, every night, a black child does less homework than a white child, and substantially less homework than an Asian-American child, were always going to have this problem. Which means it comes back to the home."

"[My father] was a life-long Republican [...] My father used to always say Democrats want to give you something for nothing. And when youre trying to get something for nothing you almost always end up getting nothing for something."

"The idea that the Georgia voting law is voter oppression, youre saying black people cant figure out how to vote? Its insulting!"

"Race has never been less significant a factor in American success, but it has never been more significant a factor for the Democratic partys success."

"I like where the ball was landing under [Donald Trumps presidency]. Dont look at his swing! I didnt follow him on Twitter [...] because I thought he tweeted too much on stuff I didnt care about. But I care about where the ball landed on immigration. I care about where the ball landed on the economy, on regulation, on putting conservatives on the courts. I cared about all that stuff and for my money he deserves an A+, in the face of relentless hostility. 91% of the media: negative news. Much of his own party: negative. And still this guy persevered and barely lost the election. Americans didnt repudiate Trumps policies, they repudiated Trumps personality."