“The Republicans want to take us forward to the dark ages again ... when women were property that you could easily control, even trade if you wanted to. It's appalling we are having this debate in the 21st century.” IfsWantAgeWantedDarkCenturyRepublicanTradePropertyDebate21st CenturyDark Ages Author:Frank Lautenberg
“If you want to find out what the future of the Republican Party is if Hillary Clinton wins, take a look at California.” IfsWantLooksWinningPartyRepublicanClintonCaliforniaRepublican Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Popular religion since the time of Kant and Fichte has gone in a direction they tried to prevent and that has been disastrous for the humanity both of believers and of the rest of us. Look at the role of religion in Republican presidential primaries if you need any confirmation of this last statement.” IfsNeedsLooksHas BeensLastsHumanityRolesGoneRepublicanBelieverStatementsPrimariesPresidentialConfirmation Author:Allen W. Wood
“Let me speak to you as someone who is a republican, like Stuart Stevens who worked for Romney, right? He said if Barack Obama in '08 had said, oh, you know, [Vladimir] Putin is better than George W. Bush as a leader, he said republicans would have said Obama, get out of the race. You're a disgrace to the American people.” PeopleIfsKnowsSaidSpeakRaceLeaderRepublicanLet MeBarackRomneyDisgracePutin Author:Eric Bolling
“The worst part of what we heard Donald [trump] say has been about nuclear weapons. He has said repeatedly that he didn't care if other nations got nuclear weapons, Japan, South Korea, even Saudi Arabia. It has been the policy of the United States, Democrats and Republicans, to do everything we could to reduce the proliferation of nuclear weapons.” IfsHas BeensSaidStatesCareNationsUnitedUnited StatesHeardWorstPolicyTrumpRepublicanWeaponsDemocratSouthNuclearJapanNuclear WeaponsKoreaArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisProliferationSouth Korea Author:Hillary Clinton
“Democrats, Republicans, independents, people across America. If you don't vote for me, I still want to be your president.” PeopleIfsWantStillsAmericaPresidentRepublicanVoteDemocratVote For Me Author:Hillary Clinton
“I don't want to comment on media outlets, but I will tell you that if the Republican Party does not evolve, the Republican Party is going to die.” IfsWantDoeDiesPartyMediaRepublicanEvolveCommentRepublican PartyOutlets Author:John Kasich
“If the [Republican] party wants to have an ideological debate, it's never going to win anything in a major way.” IfsWayWantWinningPartyRepublicanMajorsDebateRepublican PartyIdeological Author:John Kasich
“I want to see what the Green Party looks like. I think if people don't start voting what they feel, if that's something other than the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, then nothing's going to change. You need more political parties that actually have a chance.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantNeedsFeelsLooksPoliticalChancePartyRepublicanGreenDemocraticVotingRepublican PartyPolitical PartiesDemocratic PartyGreen Party Author:Viggo Mortensen
“There are very few situations where Republicans cheat. They don't control the inner cities the way Democrats do. Maybe if Republicans controlled the inner cities they would cheat as much as Democrats.” IfsWayCitiesSituationRepublicanDemocratControlledCheatInner City Author:Rudy Giuliani
“The Republican Party clearly is not interested in winning. And if you want to be even more specific than that, it is paramountly obvious that they're not even interested in defeating the Democrats.” IfsWantWinningPartyRepublicanDemocratObviousNot InterestedRepublican Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I have chosen a different path when talking about the failings of the Republican leadership. I don't make it personal, and many other people do, and I suspect maybe they're not aware of that. If everybody's dumping on 'em, they're gonna conclude that everybody is.” PeopleIfsDifferentTalkingPathFailingRepublicanChosenEmsSuspectsDifferent Paths Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It looks like they [the Republicans] don't want to win if it means winning with [Donald] Trump. They must really hate Trump out there.” IfsWantLooksMeanHateWinningTrumpRepublican Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It is clear that many of [Republicans] do not want to try to keep Hillary Clinton out of the White House. So if it's not important to keep her out of the White House, why is it important to elect you?” IfsWantTryingImportantHouseWhiteClearRepublicanClintonWhite House Author:Rush Limbaugh
“This is why I don't understand Democrats worried about turnout. They get the dead out every year. I mean, what's the problem? But if [Hillary Clinton] wins this, it isn't gonna mean anything to be a Republican.” IfsYearsMeanProblemWinningRepublicanClintonDemocratWorried Author:Rush Limbaugh
“So if you are a Republican and you just can't abide [Donald] Trump - which means you're not serious about stopping Hillary [Clinton]; you're not serious about keeping her out of the White House - then people should vote for you because you?” PeopleIfsShouldMeanHouseWhiteSeriousTrumpRepublicanVoteClintonWhite HouseStopping Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If elected, Hillary Clinton will be the least popular president to be elected in modern history. So there's going to be very little incentive on the part of Republicans to work with her.” IfsLittlesPresidentModernRepublicanClintonIncentivesModern History Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“From the economy to national security to government ethics, the Republican nominee promised once-in-a-lifetime change if he is elected Nov. 8.” IfsGovernmentEconomySecurityRepublicanEthicsLifetimeNational SecurityOnce In A Lifetime Author:Paul Gigot
“The objective of the people who bring impeachment charges, if the Republicans do this on Trump, the objective will be to get one of them back in the power structure.” PeopleIfsTrumpRepublicanStructureObjectivesImpeachment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If [Donald] Trump loses narrowly, it will make it much harder for the GOP to unify. Under that scenario, the Trumpists are likely to argue that the election was lost because the Republican establishment failed to rally around the choice their own voters made.” IfsMadeChoicesLostLosesTrumpRepublicanHarderElectionArguingVotersEstablishmentScenariosGop Author:Mara Liasson
“If Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania wins, for instance, it will tell Republicans that their own brand hasn't been hurt too badly by [Donald] Trump's negatives.” IfsWinningHurtTrumpRepublicanInstanceBrandsPennsylvaniaBeen Hurt Author:Mara Liasson
“If [Donald] Trump drags down a bunch of Senate Republicans, the post-election GOP assessment will be much more pessimistic.” IfsTrumpRepublicanElectionBunchPostsSenateDragPessimisticAssessmentGop Author:Mara Liasson
“I think if we had another set of policies for - not the crisis years, but after that, that we might be growing faster. But we didn't. And some of that was Republicans' [fault], by the way.” IfsThinkingWayYearsMightGrowingPolicyRepublicanCrisisFaultsFaster Author:Jamie Dimon
“When [my dad] was at the University of Michigan, my mom was a social-worker. As he rose, he voted for [Adlai] Stevenson initially. Then he voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. Then he kept voting Republican until he voted for Barack Obama. So that's kind of amazing. But he was offered a cabinet post by Eisenhower in his second term. So he was moderate Republican. But if you asked him, he would've said, "I don't have any politics. I'm a business person." Mainstream, the American view, as he understood it.” IfsKindPersonsSaidSocialTermViewsMomDadRepublicanUnderstoodRoseWorkersUniversityMy DadMy MomBarackPostsVotingMainstreamModeratesCabinetsMichiganSocial WorkerBusiness PersonDwightDwight EisenhowerUniversity Of MichiganVoting Republican Author:Bill Ayers
“I'm sick of the pussies on the right, if I can use that word, they're pathetic. The poll-tested, Republican strategist driven candidate whose job is to try and not get into a battle with the mainstream media and be liked by Katie Couric is a threat to America. It's a clear and present danger to a country that's in steep peril.” IfsTryingI CanCountryUseJobsAmericaClearMediaDangerRepublicanBattleSickThreatDrivenCandidatesMainstreamTestedPollsPerilPatheticSteepPussyStrategistKatieMainstream Media Author:Andrew Breitbart
“The Democratic Party has formed a perfect union with the mainstream media to scare Republicans, to say that they're gonna be called racists or sexists or homophobic if they reach out to minorities.” IfsPerfectPartyMediaRepublicanUnionsDemocraticMinoritiesRacistScareReach OutMainstreamDemocratic PartyMainstream MediaHomophobic Author:Andrew Breitbart
“If the Republican Party continues to have a different message for every different group, they're gonna die. We already have a party that does that, and they own it. It's called the Democrat Party.” IfsDoeDifferentDiesPartyGroupsRepublicanMessagesDemocratRepublican Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If you thought Donald Trump was going to be swallowed up by the conventional Republican Party or by Washington, you were wrong.” IfsPartyTrumpRepublicanConventionalRepublican Party Author:David Brooks
“If Hillary Clinton were prosecuted and if... Well, let's just leave it at that. If she were prosecuted, there is not a Republican safe from liberal Democrat harassment and prosecution on there on after.” IfsWellsRepublicanSafeClintonDemocratHarassmentProsecution Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think that sometimes the Democrats have to run upstream or swim upstream because we've got the Republicans making it out as if we don't care about these things, and we should be able to engage and be willing to engage in the discussion about morality and values.” IfsThinkingShouldSometimesCareRunningAbleValuesWillingMoralityRepublicanDemocratDon't CareDiscussionSwim Author:Barack Obama
“The only thing I can think to do is if the Democratic Party can do what the Republicans have done, which is go in there and take control of these legislatures and governors' areas.” IfsThinkingI CanDoneCan DoPartyRepublicanAreasDemocraticGovernorsDemocratic PartyLegislatureTake Control Author:Collin Peterson
“If everybody in our caucus had a 50/50 [Democrat/Republican] district, we'd have a lot different discussion. But if they have a 90 percent Democratic district, they don't ever talk to a Republican, they don't have to and they don't want to.” IfsWantDifferentRepublicanPercentDemocraticDemocratDiscussionCaucus Author:Collin Peterson
“Believe me, every American, every person in this country, if I have anything to say about it, will know precisely what is going on with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, because they are beginning to appoint people who are typical right-wing Republicans who want to privatize and cut Social Security.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantBelievePersonsCountrySocialCuttingSecurityRepublicanWingsBelieve In MeTypicalSocial SecurityRight WingMedicareMedicaidMedicare And Medicaid Author:Bernie Sanders
“The Republicans are many things, but they're not dumb. And if millions of people begin to stand up and fight back, they're going to be thinking twice about doing very bad things.” PeopleIfsThinkingFightingMillionsRepublicanDumbBad Things Author:Bernie Sanders
“Four states where [Democrats] have the governorship and both houses of the legislature. That's it. They have lost seats. They are not gonna win the House and Senate back any time soon. They don't have a prayer. Even if the Republicans implode, the numbers just work against them. They got too many seats that they have to defend.” IfsStatesHouseWinningLostPrayerNumbersFourRepublicanDemocratSeatsSenateLegislature Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You have the Republican Party, who see themselves in their heart of hearts as being a party of colorblind meritocracy. That's their great belief about themselves. And yet somehow you also have a party where a lot of racial resentment and a camp of even neo-Nazis have set up camp in their party. If you point it out to them, they get mad at you, not at the neo-Nazis.” IfsHeartBeliefPartyRepublicanMadCampsResentmentNaziRepublican PartyMeritocracy Author:Van Jones
“I know the women in the Trump Corporation, have gotten to know them very well recently. Obviously, let the record reflect it was Donald J. Trump who elevated the first female in Republican presidential politics to that role, and then albeit successfully, owing in large part, if not most part, to him, and the campaign that he stewarded.” IfsKnowsFirstsWellsRolesRecordsTrumpRepublicanFemaleCampaignsCorporationsPresidentialOwing Author:Kellyanne Conway
“If there are few conservatives in the senate wing of the Republican Party that will say no to a budget that never balances, we could have the power to say to the leadership, you know what, need a better budget.” IfsKnowsNeedsPartyBalanceRepublicanWingsBudgetsSenateRepublican Party Author:Rand Paul
“[Donald Trump] is going to be tainted by scandal. Congress hangs by just three Republican votes. If he loses three Republicans, you're going to see investigations, subpoenas.” IfsThreeLosesTrumpRepublicanVoteCongressInvestigationScandalTaintedSubpoenas Author:Norman L. Eisen
“On the question of opposition, I think there are - when you want to send a signal if you're on the Democratic side that this is a very right wing cabinet at odds with so much of what [Donald] Trump said. And it's also going to be fascinating to see if your Republican Party in the congress actually goes along with those aspects of the Trump plan that are designed to raise wages.” IfsThinkingWantSaidSidesPartyPlansTrumpRepublicanAspectRaisesWingsDemocraticCongressOppositionFascinatingOddsWagesRepublican PartySignalsRight WingCabinets Author:E. J. Dionne
“I think it does because if you think of where "The Daily Show" was when I inherited it from Jon Stewart, I was in a space where, essentially, everything seemed like it was on track, you know, in terms of - from a progressive point of view, you know, you're looking at Republicans who, yes, were in control of many facets of government.” IfsThinkingKnowsDoeShowsGovernmentTermSpaceViewsRepublicanTrackPoint Of ViewProgressiveFacetsDaily Show Author:Trevor Noah
“I'm calling my initiative take the other to lunch. If you are a Republican, you can take a Democrat to lunch or if you're a Democrat, think of it as taking a Republican to lunch because there is no shortage of the other right in your own neighborhood, maybe that person who worships at the mosque or the church or the synagogue down the street or someone from the other side of the abortion conflict - or maybe your brother-in-law who doesn't believe in global warming.” IfsThinkingBelievePersonsLawSidesChurchStreetsBrotherCallingRepublicanConflictWorshipDemocratAbortionGlobal WarmingNeighborhoodLunchInitiativeIn-lawsShortageYour BrotherMosquesSynagogueBrother In Law Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“Progressives are the majority; we won the popular vote by a long shot and Donald Trump and the congressional Republicans representing mainly rich old white men are a minority. If we stand up together and use the effective strategies and tactics the tea party used, we believe we can stop them.” IfsMenBelieveLongUseTogetherUsedWhitePartyRichTrumpRepublicanShotsVoteMajorityStrategyTeaMinoritiesWhite ManTacticsRepresentingTea PartyPopular VoteLong Shots Author:Ezra G. Levin
“If [lawmakers] lose elections in part because of their votes on the background-check bill or their position on the terror gap bill, then there will be a rethinking of this issue within the Republican conference.” IfsLosesIssuesPositionRepublicanVoteElectionBillsTerrorBackgroundsChecksGapsConferencesLawmakersBackground ChecksRethinking Author:Chris Murphy
“Donald Trump enters office with historically low approval ratings, that's where the battle could get fought. If the country turns against him, his Republican adversaries could feel emboldened.” IfsFeelsCountryTurnsTrumpRepublicanBattleOfficeLowsApprovalAdversariesRatingApproval Rating Author:Sam Tanenhaus
“Paul Ryan and his allies, who include Mike Pence, are congressional conservative Republicans, they have a very clear conservative agenda. The question will be who has to bend more to accommodate the other - Mr. Trump accommodate their ideology, or will they have to accommodate his? And if he can rally audiences behind him, we could see a very interesting intra-party war of a kind we haven't seen in a really long time.” IfsKindLongWarInterestingPartyBehindsAudienceClearHavensTrumpRepublicanLong TimeConservativeIdeologyAgendasAlliesVery InterestingMikeAccommodateReally Long Author:Sam Tanenhaus
“The Republican - conservative Republican answer has always been when we lose it's because we're not ideological enough. If they lose midterm elections, that's why. If Obama defeats McCain and then Mitt Romney, it's because those two Republican candidates were not ideological enough.” IfsTwoEnoughLosesAnswersRepublicanElectionDefeatConservativeCandidatesRomneyIdeologicalMccainMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Sam Tanenhaus
“Now that Mr. Trump is the President-elect: If he chooses, he can, by executive order, repeal most of what President Barack Obama brought into existence, including the thawing of the relationship between the United States and the people of Cuba. And because there is a Republican Senate, a Republican House of Representatives, a Republican president, it is more than likely that his legislative program will be accepted; his nominations to the Supreme Court may very well be accepted.” PeopleIfsWellsMayStatesOrderHousePresidentUnitedExistenceUnited StatesTrumpRepublicanProgramCourtIncludingAcceptedSupremeBarackExecutivesSenateRepresentativesSupreme CourtCubaPresident Barack ObamaNominationsHouse Of RepresentativesExecutive OrdersThawing Author:Louis Farrakhan
“I do not consider myself opposed to any of these Republicans, because any of these people if they were gonna get the nomination are gonna get my vote over Hillary Clinton. I am not in any way, shape, manner, or form trying to damage any of them.” PeopleIfsWayTryingFormRepublicanShapesVoteClintonDamageNominations Author:Rush Limbaugh
“So let's see what they [Republicans] are going to do. If they're going to put together great programs, and everybody understands that they're good.” IfsTogetherRepublicanProgram Author:Maxine Waters