“Please tell me you're Republicans.”

Speaking to surgeons as he entered the operating room following a 1981 assassination attempt. http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=26804&pageIndex=1 To which Dr. Joseph Giordano replied, "We're all Republicans today." An alternative version has Reagan saying "Please tell me you're Republicans." (30 March 1981)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
Variant: I hope you're all Republican.
Source: Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches

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