"If you don't allow police to do their job, then the American people have to defend themselves some way" -- Trump campaign spox Hogan Gidley defends the vigilantism of Kyle Rittenhouse, who has been charged with first-degree murder

"It does raise a pretty good question, in that, how do all these people get into these communities? Who pays for their flights? ... it's a very coordinated effort" -- Hogan Gidley defends Trump's lunatic comments about caravans of antifa boarding planes and flying to protests

"Does mispronouncing words qualify? I know Yosemite is not "yo-semite." You can count instances where the president has mispronounced words. Is that your standard for assigning mental acuity" -- @jimsciutto to Hogan Gidley

GIDLEY: No one has more strength than Donald Trump. No one can keep up with him

SCIUTTO: How many times on the golf course, Hogan? Come on