“Donald Trump got himself very far to the left. When he was considering running for president in 2000, he was for a 13 percent wealth tax on wealthy people to retire the national debt.” PeopleRunningLeftPresidentWealthTrumpTaxesPercentDebtWealthyRetiringConsideringNational Debt Author:Chris Hayes
“Tens of millions of dollars spent, all meant to get Jeb Bush elected president. He currently is polling on average at around 5%.” PresidentMillionsDollarsAveragePolling Author:Chris Hayes
“Sarah Palin, suggesting her son`s arrest on domestic violence charges was a result of post-traumatic stress disorder and partially due to President Obama`s lack of respect for men and women in uniform.” MenPresidentResultsViolenceSonMen And WomenStressDuesPostsDisorderPresident ObamaUniformsDomestic ViolenceSuggestingPalinPost Traumatic Stress DisorderLack Of Respect Author:Chris Hayes
“While Newt Gingrich was running for president four years ago a controversy bubbled up regarding his campaign finances. You see, in December of 2011 a watchdog group filed an FEC complaint alleging the campaign paid Gingrich himself $42,000 for his mailing list. Now, the group claimed that payment was not disclosed on his FEC filing.” YearsRunningPresidentFourGroupsYears AgoPaidListsCampaignsFinanceFour YearsComplaintsControversyPaymentDecemberFilingNewtsCampaign FinanceMailing Author:Chris Hayes
“After campaign financial reports show more money spent than raised in the month of September. Report adds to growing speculation that Donald Trump is not in some very deep psychological sense, actually running to be President of the United States, so much as he`s running to build up a fan base for Donald Trump.” StatesShowsRunningPresidentUnitedUnited StatesGrowingFansMonthsTrumpAddRaisedFinancialCampaignsPsychologicalReportsMore MoneySeptemberSpeculationVery Deep Author:Chris Hayes
“Like one of [Donald] Trump`s sons said this is a huge step down for him to run for president. Like he`s not doing it - let`s just be clear.” SaidRunningPresidentStepsClearSonHugeTrump Author:Chris Hayes
“There is a sense in which, like, it could be the case that the incentives of running for president and the incentives of getting maximum attention for yourself, sometimes align, and at a certain point, they stop aligning, and you just keep going with the incentives for maximum attention for yourself.” SometimesRunningCertainPresidentAttentionCasesKeep GoingIncentivesMaximum Author:Chris Hayes
“It's no accident that there is a nexus between Trump, Roger Stone and Infowars and Alex Jones. It's very much an Infowars presidency in many ways. The President is a conspiracy theorist. He has reliably touted conspiracy theories. It's a core part of how he processes the world epistemically. That is deeply, deeply dangerous, and disturbing.” WorldPresidentDangerousConspiracyConspiracy Theory Author:Chris Hayes
“The central question for American politics right now is how did the country that elected Barack Obama elect Donald Trump. There's a lot to what Ta-Nehisi says about the racial reaction and backlash. And the power and the force and ultimately the success. The man who was selling this racist conspiracy theory about the first black President's birth: that's what launched him into a political career that ended up getting him elected the President of the United States. That is an absolutely remarkable fact.” MenCountryPoliticalBlackPresidentHe ManBirthSellingBarackRemarkableRacistConspiracyConspiracy Theory Author:Chris Hayes