“If Democrats vote against everyone sight unseen, then Republicans will vote for everyone sight unseen. However, if Democrats demonstrate that they’re considering each candidate on the merits, they have at least a fighting chance of defeating one or two of Trump’s nominees.” IfsTwoFightingChanceTrumpRepublicanVoteSightDemocratMeritCandidatesConsideringUnseen Author:Kevin Drum
“The Republicans in Congress, they believe in Ronald Reagan's Republican Party, not Donald Trump Republican Party or Steve Bannon's Republican Party.” BelievePartyTrumpRepublicanCongressRepublican Party Author:David Brooks
“Donald Trump has taken over the Republican Party. He's transformed the Republican Party.” PartyTakenTrumpRepublicanTransformedRepublican Party Author:Mark Shields
“Donald Trump is an independent presidential candidate who ran on the Republican label. He really did. He took it over. He transformed it into his image, in his likeness.” TrumpRepublicanIndependentLabelsPresidentialRanCandidatesTransformedPresidential Candidate Author:Mark Shields
“Speaker [Paul] Ryan made clear that the Republican congress agrees with [Donald Trump], and [building a wall] that`s something that should be done.” ShouldMadeDoneClearBuildingWallTrumpRepublicanAgreeCongressSpeakers Author:Mark Halperin
“Trump has picked the more extreme versions of all Republicans so far, the more aggressive. And I think the thing to watch out for is, I could totally paint a scenario where Trump runs an authoritarian regime. I can totally paint a scenario where he has no control over his own government.” ThinkingI CanGovernmentRunningWatchesTrumpRepublicanPaintExtremesVersionsAggressiveRegimesScenarios Author:David Brooks
“When we look at the Trump candidacy or we look at any Republican candidacy for the presidency that's been successful, they tend to win by the margin of black and brown and poor people and immigrants who do not vote.” PeopleLooksWinningBlackPoorSuccessfulTrumpRepublicanVoteBrownImmigrantsPresidencyPoor PeopleMarginsCandidacy Author:Marc Lamont Hill
“The one thing I've said to [Donald Trump] directly, and I would advise my Republican friends in Congress and supporters around the country, is just make sure that, as we go forward certain norms, certain institutional traditions don't get eroded, because there's a reason they're in place.” SaidCountryReasonCertainOne ThingTrumpRepublicanTraditionCongressSupporterNormAdvise Author:Barack Obama
“[John] McCain has never ripped into [Barack] Obama the way he rips into [Donald] Trump or other Republicans.” WayTrumpRepublicanBarackRipRippedMccain Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Trump is considered to be an outsider. The establishment doesn't want any part of Trump. They don't want him to succeed. And I would throw some Republicans in that as well. It's just the way Washington works.” WayWantWellsTrumpRepublicanSucceedEstablishmentOutsidersWant Him Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The media has a formula, they have a blueprint for destroying Republican political officials they don't like. It's not gonna work on Trump. He doesn't fit that mold.” PoliticalMediaTrumpFitRepublicanOfficialsFormulasDestroyingMoldBlueprints Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I just think the more the media uses their time-honored blueprint techniques to destroy Republican politicians... It hasn't worked on Trump yet, and they've been trying it a year and a half, folks. We're dangerously close here to the definition of insanity: "Doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result." It's not Trump who's insane. Trump's having the time of his life.” ThinkingTryingYearsDifferentUseResultsHalfMediaTrumpPoliticianRepublicanFolksDefinitionsTechniqueInsaneInsanityExpectingHonoredBlueprintsDefinition Of Insanity Author:Rush Limbaugh
“My goal right now is to actually help Donald Trump. He's the Republican president. He's doing a lot of things that conservatives are for. I'm for. And so my goal is to help Kentucky by repealing regulations that are killing our coal industry. And I think on that, we're very much aligned.” ThinkingHelpingGoalPresidentIndustryTrumpRepublicanRight NowKillingRegulationCoalKentuckyRepealing Author:Rand Paul
“The Donald Trump I knew as a young reporter in New York was nothing if not media friendly. And for most of the past Republican primary, he was the most accessible major candidate. No one else was close.” IfsPastYoungMediaNew YorkTrumpRepublicanMajorsPrimariesCandidatesFriendlyReporters Author:Jonathan Karl
“The truth of the matter is President Trump brought together the Republican Party and the conservative movement.” MatterTogetherPresidentPartyMovementTrumpRepublicanConservativeRepublican Party Author:Reince Priebus
“Franklin Roosevelt ran on a balanced budget in 1932, and the greatest president, certainly, of the 20th century. So the idea that you lay out a predicate right now, Donald Trump has recreated the Republican Party in his image.” IdeasPresidentPartyCenturyTrumpRepublicanRight NowLaysBudgetsRanBalancedRepublican Party20th CenturyFranklinBalanced Budget Author:Mark Shields
“I mean, this is a group [Republicans], don't forget, that gave its presidential straw ballot to Ron Paul, Ron Paul, and Rand Paul and Rand Paul. So, they have abandoned what - their libertarian values and instincts to embrace [Donald] Trump.” MeanValuesForgetGroupsTrumpRepublicanEmbraceInstinctLibertarianPresidentialAbandonedBallotsStraws Author:Mark Shields
“[Sean] Spicer`s message echoed what President Trump tweeted.The so-called angry crowds in home districts of some Republicans are actually, in numerous cases, planned out by liberal activists. Sad.But underneath those dismissals, lies and urgency inside the White House to figure this out, and quickly.” HomeLyingHousePresidentWhiteCasesFiguresTrumpRepublicanMessagesAngryCrowdsWhite HouseActivistUrgencySeanDismissal Author:Chuck Todd
“If you`re in a Republican district that is leery of President [Donald] Trump,then, you might feel a little bit more exposed.Of course, if you`re in a swing district, then this town hall tension has to worry you which is why we haven`t seen many Republicans from swing districts actually hold these kinds of town halls.” IfsFeelsKindLittlesMightCoursesBitsPresidentWorryHavensTrumpRepublicanLittle BitTownsTensionHallsExposedSwings Author:Chuck Todd
“There are many reasons why the Republican establishment hates Donald Trump, and some of them are legitimate. I mean, a lot of people have sensible reasons for be being afraid of Trump - Republicans, conservatives.” PeopleMeanReasonHateTrumpRepublicanReason WhySensibleEstablishmentBeing Afraid Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Donald Trump has pulled something off that I have never seen pulled off. And it is, I think, at the root of the frustration that Republican consultants and the Republican establishment and anybody else in the Republican Party has that is anti-Trump, and that is: Donald Trump owns the media.” ThinkingPartyMediaTrumpRepublicanRootsFrustrationEstablishmentRepublican PartyConsultants Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Donald Trump has the media wrapped around his little finger. And this is a contributing factor to why so many people are bothered and upset, because even in the Republican establishment, the media is looked at as a legitimate player in the power arrangement of politics.” PeopleLittlesPlayerMediaTrumpRepublicanFingersFactorsUpsetEstablishmentArrangementsBotheredContributing Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Republican establishment, the Democrat establishment agree and accept that the media is an equal player in the ruling class. Trump has blown all of that out the window. As such, the normal ways that people in politics are controlled, the normal way that people are contained - the ways people are promoted, punished, destroyed, what have you - are all out the window where Trump is concerned. And therefore the media is considered by the ruling class to be one of the great leveling factors.” PeopleWayAcceptingClassPlayerMediaTrumpRepublicanEqualNormalConcernedWindowAgreeDemocratFactorsDestroyedControlledEstablishmentRuling Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Trump has his own audience, which is in many cases as big as or bigger than the media covering him. He doesn't need the media. He enjoys them being around. He likes toying with them. He likes being provocative around them. To him, the media is a plaything. To the Republican and Democrat establishments, the media holds coequal position in the entire power structure of the ruling class.” NeedsBigsEnjoyClassCasesAudienceMediaPositionTrumpRepublicanBiggerStructureDemocratLikesEstablishmentRulingCoveringProvocative Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The media can't take Trump out, and that scares the heck out of everybody, particularly in the Republican side.” SidesMediaTrumpRepublicanScare Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Trump doesn't need to spend a dime to get his message out. Trump doesn't have to run an ad. Trump doesn't have to run a series. He doesn't have to pay people to show up. He doesn't have to buy TV advertising, because he gets more coverage than the combined advertising the rest of the Republicans could buy. And aside from the overwhelming, significant upset that is, the very fact of all that ticks them off. Donald Trump has direct access to his supporters. And you know who gives it to him? The media.” PeopleKnowsNeedsGivingFactsShowsRunningPayMediaTvsTrumpRepublicanMessagesDirectSeriesAccessSignificantAdvertisingUpsetOverwhelmingAdsSupporterCoverageDimesTick Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Make no mistake, the Republican establishment has been relying on the media to be a premier agent in destroying Trump. And they can't. Ergo, there's panic.” Has BeensMistakeMediaTrumpRepublicanAgentsDestroyingEstablishmentPanic Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Donald Trump supporters are as opposed to Hillary Clinton and probably more so than the Republican Party establishment is.” PartyTrumpRepublicanClintonEstablishmentSupporterRepublican Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I've never really been a conservative. I've never really been a Republican, never been any of that. I've only been in it for me. And proof of that is that I will not denounce Trump.” TrumpRepublicanConservativeProof Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Most of Trump's support is not the conservative base. It's all over the spectrum. He's got support from women, Hispanics, blue-collar Democrats, the old Reagan Democrats. The demographic support that Trump has is what the Republican Party claims it wants. Meanwhile, the Republican Party is running around saying they want to win the nomination without the conservative base, without the pro-lifers, without the social issues crowd. Well, that's Trump.” WantWellsRunningWinningSocialPartySupportIssuesTrumpRepublicanClaimsBlueDemocratConservativeCrowdsWant MeRepublican PartySocial IssuesSpectrumCollarsDemographicsNominationsBlue Collar Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Trump is popular, Trump is big precisely because Republican voters are angry at establishment Republicans. And establishment Republicans keep giving these people reason to be mad by continuing to insult them, and by appearing to agree with Democrats on key issues a majority of Americans disagree with, from amnesty to whatever, economics, Obamacare, take your pick.” PeopleGivingReasonBigsIssuesKeysTrumpRepublicanPicksEconomicsAgreeAngryMadMajorityDemocratInsultVotersDisagreeEstablishmentContinuingObamacareAppearingAmnesty Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I checked the emails the same theme that I could summarize them. "Rush, whatever you're talking about here - [Donald] Trump, you talk about the Republicans, [Barack] Obama and so forth - nothing's gonna change with the media the way it is. And all of it is academic, Rush. You know it".” KnowsWayTalkingMediaTrumpRepublicanBarackThemeAcademicEmail Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Herein, folks, lies the answer of [Donald] Trump's success. In other words, the media covers things as stories that you would read about in a book or watch in a movie or a television show - and in this case, in the Republican primary, Trump was not the villain.” BookStoriesShowsLyingAnswersWatchesCasesMediaTelevisionTrumpRepublicanFolksPrimariesVillainTelevision Shows Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[Donald] Trump wanted the nomination, and all these other Republicans and their supporters didn't want Trump to have the nomination. So who became the villains? What Trump wanted became the story. "Will he get it? Will Trump get to 1,237?" Did not Ted Cruz become a villain in the middle of this by virtue of trying to stop the hero by getting delegates in all of the state conventions?” WantTryingStatesStoriesWantedVirtueMiddleTrumpHeroRepublicanVillainConventionsSupporterNominationsCruzDelegates Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm just saying, there may be ways unlocking this deadlock here in the way the media covers people, Republicans and Democrats, and there may be a way for Republican to change it around. Trump may be showing how it's done, but I run great risks in saying that.” PeopleWayMayDoneRunningRiskMediaTrumpRepublicanDemocratJust SayingGreat RiskUnlocking Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[Donald] Trump has been very inconsistent on many things; on Twitter he's been all over the place, but some of it is very consistent. That is: Do nothing about climate change except make it worse. And he's not just speaking for himself, but for the whole Republican Party, the whole leadership. It's already had impact, it will have worse impact.” Has BeensWholePartyTrumpRepublicanImpactClimateClimate ChangeConsistentRepublican PartyInconsistent Author:Noam Chomsky
“Normally what happens in a new presidency is the president has a big agenda, and Congress is full of people with human weaknesses. And so the president indulges the human weaknesses of members of Congress in order to pass his agenda. This time it's the other way around. Donald Trump does not have much of an agenda. Congress burns with this intense Republican agenda and so does Congress that has to put up with the human weaknesses of the president in order to get a signature on the things it desperately wants to pass.” PeopleWayWantHumansDoeBigsHappensOrderPresidentTrumpRepublicanMembersWeaknessCongressIntenseAgendasPresidencyIndulgeSignatures Author:David Frum
“I would love to see more investment to help our veterans. Donald Trump is talking about investing in the military - I imagine he wants to invest on the war side, but what we really need is to take care of our veterans, and invest in the VA hospitals, provide better mental health treatment, and help them find housing. That is a stain on America for all of us - Republican and Democrat.” WantNeedsWarHelpingCareAmericaSidesTalkingImagineMilitaryTrumpRepublicanMental HealthDemocratInvestmentInvestingTake CareTreatmentHospitalsVeteranHousingStainsOur Veterans Author:Nina Turner
“The left can't accept rejection, they can't accept defeat, and they're gonna spend the next four years [2017-2020] telling themselves they didn't lose, that Trump is illegitimate, and they're gonna have the media just dumping all over the Republicans each and every day, and who knows what role Obama's gonna play in that, but he will be playing one.” KnowsYearsPlayNextLeftLosesAcceptingRolesFourMediaTrumpRepublicanDefeatRejectionFour Years Author:Rush Limbaugh
“For months, Republican Party leaders have been talking about the need to unify the GOP, in part because of Donald Trump and his criticism of the establishment, which created such big divides.” NeedsHas BeensBigsPartyTalkingLeaderMonthsTrumpRepublicanCriticismDividesEstablishmentRepublican PartyGop Author:Rachel Martin
“I will tell you my position now, as somebody who is ardently against [Donald Trump], as the sort of standard-bearer of the Republican Party and as sort of an impostor in the conservative movement, is, frankly, cautiously optimistic.” PartyMovementPositionTrumpRepublicanStandardsConservativeOptimisticRepublican Party Author:Margaret Hoover
“The real action in Washington now is actually going to be on the - from the center to the center-right to the right. Part that's going to be interesting is going to be how [Donald] Trump and the Republicans, frankly, navigate this new climate.” RealActionInterestingTrumpRepublicanClimateNavigate Author:Margaret Hoover
“For sure, certain policies and positions that the party has had for 30 years are going to have to be rethought because [Donald] Trump does have a bit of a mandate when it comes to sort of thinking through trade and rebalancing our trade and how Republicans are going to sort of have a posture towards trade.” ThinkingYearsDoeCertainBitsPartyPolicyPositionTrumpRepublicanTradePostureMandates Author:Margaret Hoover
“You have a sense that [Donald] Trump will probably reimagine where the Republican Party is on that issue and some others. But then I think conservatives may win in some areas, too - tax reform. So it's just - it's an enormously exciting time in terms of the possibilities.” ThinkingMayWinningTermPartyIssuesPossibilityTrumpRepublicanTaxesAreasExcitingReformRepublican PartyTax Reform Author:Margaret Hoover
“As somebody who didn't support [Donald] Trump but works in the LGBTQ space, it was unprecedented that Donald Trump stood on that stage and accepted the Republican nomination and then said he would fight for LGBTQ people.” PeopleSaidFightingSpaceSupportStageTrumpRepublicanAcceptedUnprecedentedNominations Author:Margaret Hoover
“[Donald Trump's] instincts are way more favorable to the LGBTQ community than any other Republican that was on the stage.” WayCommunityStageTrumpRepublicanInstinct Author:Margaret Hoover
“There are two reasons [ business people are not publicly anti-Donald Trump ], one is well-intentioned, which is the classic kind of American notion. We want to be inclusive, we want to have our shareholders, our employees, our customers, whether they are Democrat, Republican, Green or Libertarian, to feel comfortable with how we're doing business. And so that tends to be apolitical. People say, "No, no, I just simply shouldn't get involved in politics."” PeopleWantFeelsWellsKindTwoReasonTrumpInvolvedRepublicanComfortableGreenDemocratNotionCustomersLibertarianClassicEmployeeGet InvolvedShareholdersApolitical Author:Reid Hoffman
“Trump's agenda is not polarizing. A majority of Americans voted for it. A majority of Americans are clamoring for it. A majority of Americans are asking the Republicans in Congress to get off their hands and implement it! Trump's agenda is not polarizing except to the establishment and to the Democrats and the media. But it's not polarizing out in the country.” CountryHandsMediaTrumpRepublicanAskingMajorityDemocratCongressAgendasEstablishmentPolarizing Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The dirty little secret is Donald Trump's views are not all that different from the rest of the Republicans in the field. Nobody in the Republican field supports a path to citizenship. They're all pretty tough on immigration.” LittlesDifferentViewsSecretSupportPathFieldsTrumpRepublicanToughImmigrationDirtyCitizenship Author:Eleanor Clift
“If we have a Democratic Senate I think the Republican Party will wake up to the reality that their opposition to comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship is a losing proposition. That Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric and derogatory comments do not really work in a national election. And I think we'll have a better chance to actually get something done.” IfsThinkingDoneRealityChancePartyPathTrumpRepublicanLosingWake UpElectionDemocraticImmigrationReformOppositionCommentSenateRhetoricCitizenshipRepublican PartyPropositionsComprehensiveImmigration ReformDerogatory Author:Hillary Clinton