“I'm not trying to say stop Donald Trump from being elected as his party's nominee. I'm saying that we have a responsibility to raise our voices, to say what he does as an American citizen is pretty destructive to the practice of goodhearted and conscientious politics.” TryingDoeVoicePartyResponsibilityPracticeTrumpCitizensRaisesDestructiveAmerican Citizens Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“We have a man [Donald Trump] who understands the frustrations and the aspirations of our fellow citizens.” MenTrumpCitizensFellowsAspirationFrustration Author:Chris Christie
“Donald Trump first gained political prominence leading the charge for the so-called birthers. He promoted the racist lie that President Obama is not really an American citizen, part of a sustained effort to delegitimize America's first black president.” FirstsAmericaPoliticalLyingBlackPresidentEffortTrumpCitizensRacistPresident ObamaAmerican CitizensProminence Author:Hillary Clinton
“Donald Trump is more concerned about the American people, American citizens, people who are here legally, people that are struggling in this economy.” PeopleStruggleEconomyTrumpCitizensConcernedAmerican Citizens Author:Mike Pence
“Donald Trump is going to remain completely focused on American citizens and people who are here legally, and how we get this country working for people who play by the rules.” PeopleCountryPlayTrumpCitizensFocusedAmerican Citizens Author:Mike Pence
“Mr. [Donald] Trump, for five years, you perpetuated a false claim that the nation's first black president was not a natural-born citizen. You questioned his legitimacy. In the last couple of weeks, you acknowledged what most Americans have accepted for years: The president was born in the United States.” YearsFirstsStatesLastsNationsBlackPresidentBornNaturalUnitedUnited StatesFiveWeekTrumpCoupleCitizensClaimsAcceptedFive YearsLegitimacy Author:Lester Holt
“[Donald Trump] has really started his political activity based on this racist lie that our first black president was not an American citizen. There was absolutely no evidence for it, but he persisted, he persisted year after year, because some of his supporters, people that he was trying to bring into his fold, apparently believed it or wanted to believe it.” PeopleTryingYearsFirstsBelieveWantedPoliticalLyingBlackPresidentTrumpCitizensActivityEvidenceRacistSupporterFoldsAmerican Citizens Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think we're paralyzed by the virtues of a combination of liberalism and bureaucracy. And Trump doesn't know any of that. All he knows, and he's like every other citizen, fed up with it.” ThinkingKnowsVirtueTrumpCitizensCombinationLiberalismFedsBureaucracyFed UpParalyzed Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I am extremely energized to be in the Senate, because the Senate is the only emergency brake on the Trump train right now. And we have to use that emergency brake in a smart way to keep him from hurting our country, our reputation, our values, and our citizens.” WayCountryUseValuesHurtTrumpCitizensRight NowSmartTrainReputationOur CountrySenateEmergenciesBrake Author:Tim Kaine
“I actually wanted to publish [ interview with Donald Trump about Citizen Kane] in the New York Times, but the circumstances under which I did that movie made me vulnerable to a lawsuit and at this point in my career, I don't want to go there. But it's amazing.” WantMadeWantedCareersNew YorkTrumpCitizensCircumstancesVulnerableInterviewsPublishNew York TimesLawsuitCitizen Kane Author:Errol Morris
“What's interesting is that Citizen Kane was meant as an anti-fascist/anti-capitalist melodrama and for Donald Trump it becomes just another kind of misogynistic claim that misses the point.” KindInterestingMissingTrumpCitizensClaimsCapitalistFascistsMelodramaCitizen Kane Author:Errol Morris
“As an optimist, I choose to be glass-half-full about [Donald Trump] while still very cautiously appreciating and understanding the fear that a lot of our fellow citizens have.” StillsUnderstandingHalfTrumpCitizensAppreciateFellowsGlassesOptimistHalf FullGlass Half Full Author:Margaret Hoover
“A Russian citizen who worked for the [Donald] Trump campaign manager in Ukraine, worked for Paul Manafort when Manafort was working in Ukraine, that Russian citizen visited the United States around the time of the Republican convention.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesTrumpCitizensRepublicanCampaignsManagersConventionsUkraine Author:Rachel Maddow
“The report produced by my commission, the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security, in 2012 showed the corrosive impact of money in US politics, for example, which undermines the legitimacy of the democratic system in citizens' eyes. Such perceptions partly explain the rise of a phenomenon like the success of Donald Trump.” EyeDemocracySecurityExampleTrumpCitizensPerceptionElectionImpactDemocraticReportsPhenomenonLegitimacy Author:Kofi Annan
“If you compare charitable donations, you name it, religious tithing, giving, Americans trump citizens of the world hands down.” IfsWorldGivingHandsNamesReligiousTrumpCitizensCompareCharitableDonationTithing Author:Rush Limbaugh