“If the Republican Party stands for individual liberty, if we defend the Bill of Rights, if we stand for keeping this country safe, then we deserve to win, and if we don't, we deserve to lose. It shouldn't be - it's not just a game of blue team/red team. It is actually about making a difference in people's lives.” PeopleIfsCountryGamesWinningIndividualLosesDifferencesPartyLibertyRightsTeamRepublicanSafeDeserveRedBlueBillsMaking A DifferenceRepublican PartyBill Of RightsIndividual Liberty Author:Ted Cruz
“God says, "Come out of her my people, that you be not partakers of her sins and her plagues, for her sins have reached unto heaven." We don't need the Democratic Party. We don't need the Republican Party. We can get a little from both of them, but Elijah Muhammad said we need to form our own political machine.! A machine that works for the oppressed: The oppressed Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, White.” PeopleNeedsLittlesSaidFormPoliticalHeavenBlackSinWhitePartyRepublicanRedMachinesDemocraticBrownYellowOppressedRepublican PartyPlagueDemocratic PartyMuhammadElijahElijah Muhammad Author:Louis Farrakhan
“I think for a lot of people, it's just where their saturation point was. Once you get into the [Donald] Trump stuff and the Republican stuff and the Ayn Rand followers, it doesn't let up for about half an hour. It gets hard and stays hard for a while.” PeopleThinkingHardStuffHoursHalfTrumpRepublicanFollowersSaturationSaturation Point Author:David Cross
“When I went off to college, I went believing I was a Republican. And actually I was president of Young Republicans for a couple of months and then I decided that I was much more in the camp of people like, you know, President Johnson - trying to promote civil rights, voting rights, ending poverty.” PeopleKnowsTryingBelieveYoungPresidentPovertyRightsCollegeLike YouMonthsCoupleRepublicanDecidedCivil RightsVotingCampsJohnsonRight To VoteEnding PovertyOff To CollegePresident Johnson Author:Hillary Clinton
“The movement that appears to be put together and led by Trump actually existed before Trump came along. The people fed up with the Republican Party, the Tea Party types, the people fed up with the Republican Washington establishment, Democrats included.” PeopleTogetherPartyMovementTypeTrumpRepublicanDemocratTeaFedsEstablishmentRepublican PartyTea PartyFed Up Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It is remarkable to me that both parties are so out of touch with the American people, both Democrats, Republicans and Independents, we all feel the same way.” PeopleWayFeelsPartyRepublicanDemocratRemarkable Author:Glenn Beck
“I have no problem if you want to be a socialist. But for those people who are in the middle, you know, I don't know if you're really welcome in the Democratic Party, and I don't even know who the Republican Party is anymore. I have absolutely no idea.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantIdeasProblemPartyMiddleRepublicanDemocraticWelcomeNo IdeaSocialistRepublican PartyNo ProblemDemocratic Party Author:Glenn Beck
“Every presidential candidate for decades has released his tax returns, and I've released 33 years of my tax returns. The American people deserve to know about our taxes. And so Donald Trump is standing in the way of precedent that goes back on both sides of aisle Democrats and Republicans, and he clearly has something that he doesn't want us to see.” PeopleKnowsWayWantYearsSidesReturnTrumpRepublicanTaxesDeserveStandingDemocratDecadesPresidentialCandidatesBoth SidesWant UPrecedentAislePresidential CandidateTax Returns Author:Hillary Clinton
“The Democratic Party is a coalition. Its strength and its weakness is, it's a coalition of interest groups, caucuses. It's a lot less homogeneous than the Republican Party, where people tend to believe the same things and oftentimes look alike.” PeopleBelieveLooksInterestPartyGroupsRepublicanWeaknessDemocraticRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyCoalitionsInterest GroupsCaucusHomogeneous Author:Mark Shields
“He [Donald Trump] found that sweet spot in the Republican Party, just politically, where you had the rest of the party saying it`s just impractical. You can`t deport 11 million people. You can`t round them up and deport them, and his position was basically, hey, Republican voters. Don`t listen them, you can and I will.” PeopleFoundPartyMillionsPositionSweetTrumpRepublicanRoundsSpotsHeyVotersRepublican Party Author:Steve Kornacki
“Donald Trump is targeting the traditional Republican voters, the average person with an average income, the working class, a certain group of entrepreneurs and those people who embrace traditional values.” PeoplePersonsCertainValuesClassGroupsTrumpRepublicanEmbraceEntrepreneurAverageIncomeTraditionalVotersWorking ClassAverage PersonTraditional Values Author:Vladimir Putin
“I'm too fiscally conservative for the Democrats and too socially liberal for the Republicans, like 75% of the American people.” PeopleRepublicanDemocratConservative Author:Angus King
“What they're still unsure about, particularly some moderate Republicans, we know gender there is difference, I think Donald Trump has to seal the deal by letting people feel comfortable to vote for him.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsStillsDifferencesDealsTrumpRepublicanComfortableVoteGenderModeratesSealsUnsure Author:John Brabender
“How does conservatism find its way into the body politic? I think most people actually live their lives that way, but they have been poisoned into not voting that way because the brand - conservatism brand, Republican brand - has been summarily destroyed over the years.” PeopleThinkingWayYearsDoeHas BeensBodyRepublicanDestroyedBrandsVotingConservatismNot Voting Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm not a conservative or a free market advocate or a Republican because, you know, I want people to like me.” PeopleKnowsWantRepublicanConservativeLike MeFree Market Author:Daniel Garza
“It is a cause of shame to any member of the human race to be a member of the same species some of whose members could vote for any candidate for president that has been offered by the Republican party. Such people seem to be motivated only by short-sighted greed, ignorance, fear and hatred.” PeopleHumansHas BeensSeemsCausesPresidentPartyRaceIgnoranceRepublicanMembersHatredVoteShameSpeciesGreedHuman RaceCandidatesMotivatedRepublican PartyShort Sighted 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
“It's one of the reasons [Vladimir Putin invitation to U.S] why 50 national security officials who served in Republican information - in administrations have said that Donald [Trump] is unfit to be the commander- in-chief. It's comments like that that really worry people who understand the threats that we face.” PeopleSaidReasonFacesWorrySecurityInformationTrumpRepublicanThreatChiefsAdministrationOfficialsCommentNational SecurityInvitationsCommandersPutinCommander In Chief Author:Hillary Clinton
“Republican politicians are contributed to heavily by climate change, global warming, environmentalist wackos. That's how they're brought on board with this, and that's why an outsider like Trump is so appealing to so many people.” PeopleTrumpPoliticianRepublicanClimateClimate ChangeBoardsGlobal WarmingOutsidersEnvironmentalist Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm part of the people who are more neutral. I'm just waiting for the dust to settle so that we can turn our guns against the Republicans.” PeopleTurnsWaitingRepublicanGunDustSettling Author:Junot Diaz
“For me, the battle isn't Hillary [Clinton] vs. [Bernie] Sanders. And I understand that for some people that's the battle. But for me, more than anything, it's stopping a Republican president.” PeoplePresidentRepublicanBattleClintonStopping Author:Junot Diaz
“Hillary Clinton has a real history of uniting people, of being able to work with both Republicans and Democrats, of trying to fight for people's equal rights. Whereas we really see the polar opposite in her opponent.” PeopleTryingRealAbleFightingRightsRepublicanEqualOppositesClintonDemocratOpponentsEqual RightsUnitingPolar Opposites Author:Natalie Portman
“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
“The Republican Party cannot be anti-trade, anti-immigrant, not out there practicing the politics of people, you know, the issues surrounding drug addiction and mental illness and the cost of prescription drugs and healthcare and student debt and all of these things are very personal to people now.” PeopleKnowsPartyIssuesStudentsRepublicanCostDrugTradeAddictionIllnessDebtMental IllnessImmigrantsHealthcareRepublican PartyPrescriptionsDrug AddictionDrug AddictPrescription Drugs 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
“I'm sorry, dead people generally vote for Democrats rather than Republicans.” PeopleRepublicanVoteDemocratSorryI'm SorryDead People Author:Rudy Giuliani
“[Donald] Trump is winning because people that vote Republican have been let down and disappointed one too many times, and their instinct is being borne out here. The Republican Party is not interested in winning.” PeopleHas BeensWinningPartyTrumpRepublicanVoteDown AndInstinctDisappointedNot InterestedRepublican PartyLet Down Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Republican voters and people all over this country are fed up with what Democrat leftist policies are doing to this country, and they want it stopped, and the only agency that can stop it has been the Republican Party, and they have refused to!” PeopleWantHas BeensCountryPartyPolicyRepublicanDemocratAgencyFedsVotersRepublican PartyFed UpLeftists Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The American people - Republican voters especially - are fed up with the status quo.” PeopleRepublicanFedsVotersStatus QuoFed Up 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
“I have a question for Republicans running for the House and the Senate. I'm asking this question with genuine sincerity: Why should people vote for you? It's clear that you don't want to stop Hillary Clinton.” PeopleWantShouldRunningHouseClearRepublicanVoteAskingClintonGenuineSinceritySenate 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
“People are coming together - Democrats, Republicans, Independents - all of us to reject hate and division.” PeopleTogetherHateRepublicanDemocratRejectsDivisionComing Together Author:Hillary Clinton
“As for LGBTQ people supporting Donald Trump (or other Republicans), I do understand that some of them value his stances on immigration, climate change (I should say "the war on coal"), and the economy over those of equality, fairness, and justice.” PeopleShouldWarValuesJusticeEconomyTrumpRepublicanClimateClimate ChangeImmigrationFairnessCoalStance Author:Steven Petrow
“The other theory of the case - and it`s not just one that people opposed to him politically believe, but also people who share the Republican Party`s beliefs or conservative, but don`t like Donald Trump, is that he`s fundamentally a narcissist who has become addicted to the attention, is sort of compulsively driven by attention, and this has given him an outlet for that attention, and crucially doesn`t actually care about the party that he is nominally representing.” PeopleBelieveCareBeliefGivenPartyAttentionCasesShareTheoryTrumpRepublicanConservativeDrivenJust OneRepublican PartyOutletsRepresentingNarcissist Author:Chris Hayes
“In the words of Alice Walker, the biggest way people give up power is by not knowing we have it to start with. We have it: just to look at the power of fighting student debt or 25 million Latinos who learned that the Republicans are the party that hate and fear but Democrats are the party of people deportation and detention.” PeopleWayGivingLooksHateFightingPartyMillionsKnowingStudentsRepublicanGiving UpDemocratDebtNot KnowingLatinoWalkersDetentionDeportationHate And Fear Author:Jill Stein
“We have a Democratic Party that cannot defend the American people from the worst Republican Party in history because it's a Democratic Party of war and Wall Street.” PeopleWarPartyStreetsWorstWallRepublicanDemocraticRepublican PartyDemocratic Party Author:Ralph Nader
“People have to decide do we want our country for ourselves with the people in charge or are we going to elect the the KGB and the House Republicans to decide this election [2016].” PeopleWantCountryHouseRepublicanElectionOur CountryKgb Author:James Carville
“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
“The Democrats have an economic message that is directed at people at the lower end. That has been their cornerstone. The Republicans has been more upscale.” PeopleHas BeensEndsEconomicRepublicanMessagesDemocratCornerstones Author:Mark Shields
“The Republicans are mad at Donald Trump, and the Democrats are mad at Hillary Clinton. And the Bernie Sanders people are mad at everybody. When has that ever happened?” PeopleHappenedTrumpRepublicanMadClintonDemocrat Author:Frank Luntz
“We have a lot of people who are Republicans, a lot of people who are Democrats, and it's not just because of business reasons.” PeopleReasonRepublicanDemocrat Author:Jamie Dimon
“I am still a Democrat. The main reason is because I don't like the Republican stance on some social values. Not that I disagree with all of them. I just don't think they have a right to impose it upon other people. I've been public about that.” PeopleThinkingStillsReasonValuesSocialRepublicanDemocratDisagreeStanceSocial Values Author:Jamie Dimon
“Before we announced Judge Merric Garland, people were saying they would not even deign to meet with him. And we're also aware that early in the week, when the Congress comes back, in fact, Senator Collins, the Republican from Maine, has agreed to meet with Judge Garland up in the Senate.” PeopleFactsWeekJudgingRepublicanCongressSenateSenatorsMaineJudge MeGarlands Author:Denis McDonough
“The true danger is the expansion of empire and the huge diversion of public budgets overseas at the neglect of domestic necessities, including, for example, a major public works program to employ millions of people. The Democrats want that. The Republicans may be pressured from back home to want it, but it hasn't happened yet under the Obama administration.” PeopleWantMayHomeMillionsHappenedDangerExampleHugeRepublicanMajorsProgramDemocratIncludingAdministrationBudgetsEmpiresNeglectExpansionBack HomeDiversionPressured Author:Ralph Nader
“[Michael Flynn is] controversial among many people in the national security establishment, many people in the Republican mainstream. The thing about this appointment that, again, goes to me is most.” PeopleSecurityRepublicanEstablishmentMainstreamNational SecurityControversialAppointments Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“The American people are a non-ideological people. They very much are looking for common-sense, practical solutions to the problems that they face. Oftentimes they've got contradictory senses of various issues and policy positions and I don't think that either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party necessarily capture their deepest dreams when those parties are described in caricature or in policy terms.” PeopleThinkingProblemDreamFacesTermPartyCommonIssuesPolicyPositionRepublicanSolutionsDemocraticVariousSensesPracticalsCommon SenseCaptureRepublican PartyContradictoryDemocratic PartyIdeologicalCaricatures Author:Barack Obama
“Donald Trump is in office. It's not just another Republican candidate - Donald Trump. And people were so disaffected with the liberal message that they were willing to vote for him.” PeopleWillingTrumpRepublicanOfficeMessagesVoteCandidates Author:Steve Inskeep
“We have 24 states where Republicans run both of them. But in terms of a liberal project that people feel they can sign on to, that feels that it speaks to everyone in the country, that speaks to what we share and the principles we hold, Republicans have developed a message for all of that, you know?” PeopleKnowsFeelsCountryStatesRunningSpeakTermPrinciplesShareRepublicanProjectsMessages Author:Steve Inskeep
“So [Republicans] packed all the Democrats into districts, very Democratic districts. What that's done is made our party urban, more liberal, and so those people are doing what their constituents want. But that's not what my constituents want.” PeopleWantMadeDonePartyRepublicanDemocraticDemocratUrbanConstituents Author:Collin Peterson