“I would have bet money that Britain would not vote to leave the EU, and I would have been wrong. I would have bet money that Trump would not have been the Republican nominee, and I would have been wrong and I certainly would have bet money that he wouldn't win the election.” Has BeensWinningTrumpRepublicanVoteElectionBritain Author:Mohsin Hamid
“I think a lot of voters have certain cognitive dissidence. Donald Trump is getting social conservatives, economic conservatives, some Libertarian, some supply side conservatives, debt hawks. The conservative and Republican base is not monolithic. It has subsets that he seems to be appealing to all of them.” ThinkingSeemsCertainSocialSidesEconomicTrumpRepublicanConservativeDebtLibertarianVotersCognitiveHawks Author:Roger Stone
“There had been a proposed plank for the platform that said the Republican Party believed the United States should support Ukraine in any way that we could up to and including providing them weapons, so they could fight off Russian incursions into Ukraine.That was the proposed plank in the Republican Party platform. The [Donald] Trump folks didn`t care about anything else.” WayShouldSaidStatesCareFightingUnitedPartyUnited StatesSupportTrumpRepublicanWeaponsIncludingFolksPlatformsProvidingRepublican PartyUkraine Author:Rachel Maddow
“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
“I think Republicans have spent years promising their base that they would get rid of Obamacare the second they took total control. Now, they have it. So if they can't make it happen, I think it would undercut those years of promises as well as the idea that Donald Trump is the greatest deal maker in the world.” IfsThinkingWorldYearsWellsIdeasHappensDealsTrumpPromiseRepublicanMakersObamacareMake It HappenUndercut Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“I think Republicans now are recognizing that [Obamacare cancellation] may not be what the American people, including even [Donald] Trump voters, are looking for. And my hope is that the president-elect, members of Congress from both parties look at, "Where have we objectively made progress, where things are working better?" Don't undo things just because I did them. I don't have pride of authorship.” PeopleThinkingLooksMayMadePresidentPartyProgressPrideTrumpRepublicanMembersIncludingCongressVotersRecognizingObamacareAuthorshipCancellation Author:Barack Obama
“The thing to remember is that Donald Trump didn't rescue the Republican Party, he crushed the Republican Party. The Republican Party was so weak that an outsider came along and just wiped it out.” RememberPartyTrumpRepublicanWeakRescueOutsidersRepublican PartyCrushed Author:George Stephanopoulos
“Look, I'm a conservative, I'm a very conservative guy, and - and the Trump campaign is making your job over at NBC really, really, really easy in terms of going after conservatives and Republicans if he's the standard bearer for conservatism.” IfsLooksJobsGuyEasyTermTrumpRepublicanStandardsConservativeCampaignsConservatismNbc Author:Ben Shapiro
“For those who simply voted because Donald Trump was the Republican and you should vote for the Republican: it's baffling to me, how you can call yourself a Christian and support a man who embodies everything that Christ fought against.” MenShouldChristianChristSupportTrumpRepublicanVote Author:Reza Aslan