Jeri said, in part:

QUOTE:

. . . he shook his head. Fascism needs to happen here, he said, and soon. It is the only thing that can save America.

Please notice that this does NOT include a quotation. It's paraphrasing. UNQUOTE

On the contrary, it looks very much like it is intended as a direct quotation. Sure, he doesn't put the little marks fore and aft, but the syntax is right to come out of that speaker's mouth, and nothing in the material from you I set out suggests that it's a paraphrase.

The "little marks", when they are used, are definitely an indication that what's contained within them is represented as a quotation, but they are not absolutely necessary.

Dave Oesterreich