A few quotes from Trump's transition team:

Mike Pence:

"Most climatologists agree that, at best, global warming is a theory about future climactic conditions and cannot be proven based upon the historic record."

Steve Bannon:
"Are there racist people involved in the alt-right? Absolutely."

Newt Gingrich:
"I discourage a cult of personality."

"You know, modern liberals are just, I think frankly, totally off the deep end... their only answer is to yell racism and hide."

Rudy Giuliani:
"Vladimir Putin is what you call a real leader."

"White police officers wouldn't be there if blacks weren't killing each other."

"I don't think waterboarding is torture."

Ben Carson:
"I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that..."

Corey Lewandowski:
"Everything is politically correct nowadays."

Marsha Blackburn:
"Citizens United fought to defend our right to free speech - and won a great victory in the United States Supreme Court."

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