“What may worry [Donald] Trump, the latest Gallup poll. It shows just 44 percent of Americans approve of how he's handling the transition, almost 40 points below President [Barack] Obama was before his first inauguration. Even George W. Bush after that bitterly contested 2000 election was at 61 percent.” FirstsMayShowsPresidentWorryTrumpPercentElectionBarackTransitionPollsPresident Barack ObamaInauguration Author:George Stephanopoulos
“The Electoral College said that [Donald Trump] is the president, he's the president.But as a president, you also have to build. And if I'm sitting there and part of his team and I go look, we're probably not going to win the next election with 46 percent of the vote, so people like John Lewis and all these other groups, you have to start building bridges toward, this week was a disaster because he is burning bridges, not building them.” PeopleIfsLooksSaidNextWinningPresidentGroupsWeekTeamBuildingCollegeTrumpPercentSittingVoteElectionDisasterBurningBridgesElectoral CollegeBuilding BridgesBurning Bridges Author:Jason Chaffetz
“President Obama's Justice Department won less than half of its total cases before the Supreme Court, which is the lowest presidential win rate since Harry Truman. Average historically for the last 50 years is about 70 percent.” YearsLastsWinningPresidentJusticeHalfCasesPercentCourtRateAverageSupremePresidentialDepartmentPresident ObamaLowestSupreme CourtTrumanHarry Truman Author:Ted Cruz
“Ninety-plus percent of police/community relations is simply wonderful - where people obey the law, don't resist arrest, don't attack cops and don't threaten lives, everyone gets along just fine. When the president [Barack Obama] constantly sides with the worst thugs out there and with the Black Lives Matter terrorists, and the media lies constantly, we the people better get to the truth ASAP.” PeopleMatterLawLyingSidesBlackPresidentCommunityWonderfulWorstMediaFinePercentRelationPoliceTerroristBarackPlusCopNinetyBlack Lives MatterPresident Barack ObamaThugBlack Lives Author:Ted Nugent
“Trans Am sales went up 70 percent after Smokey and the Bandit, and I was promised a free car every year for life by the Pontiac president.” YearsPresidentCarPercentTransBandits Author:Burt Reynolds
“Protecting the sovereignty of the United States, putting a wall on the southern border, making sure that criminals are not part of our process. These are all things that 80 percent of Americans agree with, and these are all things that President Trump is doing.” StatesProcessPresidentUnitedUnited StatesWallTrumpPercentAll ThingsAgreeCriminalsBordersSouthernSovereignty Author:Reince Priebus
“If you go back and you look at the presidency over the course of history, presidents tend to do what they campaigned on. In the 20th century, presidents between Woodrow Wilson and Jimmy Carter accomplished 73 percent of the things that they said they would do as candidates. Part of that is because once they get into office, their credibility, their ability to do anything depends on doing the things that they said they would.” IfsLooksSaidCoursesPresidentAbilityCenturyDependsOfficePercentCandidatesAccomplishedThey SaidPresidency20th CenturyCredibilityJimmyCarterWilson Author:Evan Osnos
“When I ran against George Bush Sr. in 1992, and we did very well in New Hampshire, and then we went on to California, it was four, five months later, I got 30 percent in the counties in Southern California, because Californians wanted us to do something about thousands of people walking into our country on weekends, and the president of the United States and the government of the United States, unlike General Eisenhower who dealt with it, did nothing. And that's what Trump is riding.” PeopleWellsCountryStatesGovernmentWantedPresidentUnitedUnited StatesFiveFourMonthsTrumpWalkingPercentOur CountryCaliforniaRanSouthernWeekendRidingCountyHampshireNew HampshireSouthern CaliforniaCalifornians Author:Pat Buchanan
“Nixon in 1968, unlike Obama 2008, was elected as a minority president with only 43 percent of the vote. Yet, in 1972, he won what, in some measures, was the most lopsided election in American history with 61 percent.” PresidentPercentVoteElectionMinoritiesAmerican History Author:John Podhoretz
“Three years ago, this week, a newly elected President Obama faced the American people and he said, look, if I can't turn this economy around in three years, I'll be looking at a one-term proposition, and we're here to collect! You know the results. It's been 35 months of unemployment above 8 percent.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsLooksSaidI CanTurnsThreePresidentTermResultsEconomyWeekMonthsPercentYears AgoPresident ObamaThree YearsUnemploymentPropositions Author:Mitt Romney
“Government is taking 40 percent of the GDP. And that's at the state, local and federal level. President Obama has taken government spending at the federal level from 20 percent to 25 percent. Look, at some point, you cease being a free economy, and you become a government economy. And we've got to stop that.” LooksStatesGovernmentPresidentLevelsEconomyTakenPercentSpendingCeaseLocalsPresident ObamaGdpGovernment SpendingFree Economy Author:Mitt Romney
“Since taking office, President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent for domestic government agencies - an 84 percent increase when you include the failed stimulus. All of this new government spending was sold as 'investment.'” GovernmentLawPresidentOfficePercentIncreaseInvestmentSpendingAgencyPresident ObamaStimulusGovernment SpendingNew GovernmentGovernment Agencies Author:Paul Ryan
“In a clean break from the Obama years, and frankly from the years before this president, we will keep federal spending at 20 percent of GDP, or less. That is enough. The choice is whether to put hard limits on economic growth, or hard limits on the size of government, and we choose to limit government.” YearsHardEnoughGovernmentChoicesGrowthPresidentBreakEconomicLimitsPercentCleanSizeSpendingEconomic GrowthGdpSize Of GovernmentFederal Spending Author:Paul Ryan
“Well, first of all, we've got to get away from being offended by the truth. We've seen a 41 percent increase in food stamp recipients across the United States of America since President Obama was sworn in in January 2009. That has nothing to do with black, white, Hispanic or whatever. It's a fact, and we need to, you know, deal with that.” KnowsNeedsFirstsWellsStatesFactsAmericaBlackPresidentWhiteUnitedDealsUnited StatesPercentIncreaseGet AwayPresident ObamaUnited States Of AmericaStampsOffendedJanuaryHispanicBlack WhiteFood Stamps Author:Allen West
“President Obama's proposal to raise the top rate to 39 percent is equal to the rate under President Clinton in the 1990s when Wall Street reached record high levels and the economy produced lots of jobs.” JobsPresidentLevelsEconomyRecordsStreetsWallEqualPercentRaisesClintonRatePresident ObamaProposalHigh LevelPresident Clinton Author:Juan Williams
“My approach to cutting spending as president, is to do a ten percent across the board cut of all federal agencies, and then ask each of my new agency heads to find another ten percent by drilling down. That's what you do in business to come up with approximately 20 percent cuts for the first fiscal year budget.” YearsFirstsAsksPresidentCuttingTenApproachPercentCome UpSpendingBudgetsBoardsAgencyDrilling Author:Herman Cain