“In the very next election, the American people elected 63 new Republicans to the House of Representatives - the largest sweep of Congress for any party since 1948. Even liberal Massachusetts elected a Republican senator solely because of his vow to vote against Obamacare.” PeopleNextHousePartyRepublicanVoteElectionCongressRepresentativesSenatorsVowObamacareMassachusettsHouse Of Representatives Author:Ann Coulter
“Pope Francis said the use of contraception could be justified in regions hit by the Zika virus; a stance that could reignite a debate over the church's prohibition of the use of condoms to stop the spread of the AIDS virus. The pope also criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as 'not Christian' for his immigration stance, and broke with his predecessors by suggesting that Catholic lawmakers are free to vote for same-sex marriage and civil unions if they want to.” IfsWantSaidUseChristianSexChurchTrumpRepublicanVoteCatholicUnionsSpreadAidsDebateImmigrationBrokePresidentialCandidatesRegionsPopeJustifiedVirusesProhibitionStanceSuggestingPredecessorsCondomPresidential CandidateContraceptionLawmakers Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There's fantasies about what heaven is like and who Satan is and why you shouldn't masturbate or why you should vote Republican. It's funny because it's an election year and their news broadcasts are constantly talking about "Vote Republican". I think that they think they're being subtle about it, but that's definitely not the case. So I'm like, "What does this have anything to do with the nice advice you were giving about how to live your life, how to get along with your spouse etc?"” ThinkingGivingShouldYearsDoeHeavenTalkingCasesFantasyNiceAdviceRepublicanNewsVoteElectionSatanEtcSubtleLive Your LifeSpouseElection Years Author:Brad Warner
“I think there's something remarkable happening here that nobody is talking about. They're skirting the issue. For the longest time, the Republican Party has told us that they can't win with just Republican votes. And that's why they support amnesty. That's why they support the Democrats on many of their issues to go out and get Hispanics or other minorities.” ThinkingWinningPartyTalkingSupportIssuesRepublicanHappeningsVoteDemocratMinoritiesRemarkableRepublican PartyCan't WinAmnesty Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think Senator [Ted] Cruz's strategy is that there's 4.5 million, 5 million Republicans that didn't vote in 2012. This is the conventional wisdom and they didn't vote because they didn't like the nominee, wasn't conservative enough, or there was a religious component. Who knows what?” ThinkingKnowsEnoughReligiousMillionsRepublicanVoteStrategyConservativeConventionalSenatorsComponentsCruzConventional Wisdom Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I was speaking on the radio in South Texas [in 2016], and I was speaking to Hispanics, and I said 'You know, you probably vote Democrat because your parents always voted Democrat, and your grandparents always voted Democrat, but let me tell you something. Thirty years ago in Texas, there were two parties - liberal Democrats and conservative Democrats. Looking at your principles, your values as Hispanics, in all probability your parents were conservative Democrats. The conservative Democrats of 30 years ago are Republicans today!'” KnowsYearsSaidTwoTodayValuesParentPartyPrinciplesRepublicanYears AgoVoteLet MeDemocratSouthConservativeRadioThirtyTexasGrandparentProbabilityThirty Years Author:Rafael Cruz
“The Republicans don't need black folks to vote Republican, they just need them to not vote.” NeedsBlackRepublicanVoteFolks Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“Legal immigration is a process. You learn everything about the people coming in. You find out how many of 'em are prone to vote Republican. You don't ask 'em this; you just learn.” PeopleAsksProcessRepublicanVoteImmigrationEmsLegal Immigration Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[Donald] Trump won fair and square! He got 13.3 million votes. He won all over the country. He won when the race was crowded and when it was a one on one against Ted Cruz. There's just no reasonable way to keep Trump from the nomination while insisting that the will of the Republican voter is being respected.” WayCountryRaceMillionsTrumpRepublicanFairsVoteReasonableVotersSquaresCrowdedNominationsCruzInsistingOne On One Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“This is the beauty of Donald Trump, that he goes against the Republican orthodoxy, much of which has been rejected a lot of Republican voters, who, well, would be Republican voters, at least in my state, who I think would otherwise like to vote Republican.” ThinkingWellsHas BeensStatesWould BeTrumpRepublicanVoteVotersRejectedOrthodoxy Author:Rick Santorum
“When I was secretary of state, I had to be responsible for getting a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia through the Senate. We needed, I think, 13 Republican votes to get to 67. I started working in the summer making just endless phone calls, meetings, bringing experts to talk to Republicans, and then we finally got it done at the end of the year 2010. So I'm excited to roll up my sleeves and get into the business of solving problems and making progress together.” ThinkingYearsEndsStatesDoneProblemTogetherProgressArmsNeededRepublicanSummerVoteResponsibleMeetingsPhonesExcitedNuclearRussiaEndlessExpertsCall MeSenateProblem SolvingSecretarySleevesReductionTreatiesBeing ResponsiblePhone CallsNuclear Arms Author:Hillary Clinton
“Republicans and conservatives have to figure out that Democrats have plenty of rope to hang themselves on their own. But you have to give voters a reason to vote for you as well.” GivingWellsReasonFiguresRepublicanVoteDemocratPlentyVotersRope Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Like the kind of voter who has been turned off to [Donald] Trump, who would normally vote Republican in an election like this, that`s who we`re talking about, can they get past - even if he comes to a position that`s more agreeable for them, a tone that`s more agreeable, can they get past the last year?” IfsYearsKindHas BeensLastsPastTalkingPositionTrumpRepublicanVoteElectionToneVotersLast YearTurned Off Author:Steve Kornacki
“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
“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
“You have two parties that are funded by deep corporate interests, largely overlapping, that you begin to see a convergence. You have the Republican intelligentsia and the Republican spokespeople, and 50 GOP security figures who have all come into Hillary's [Clinton] camp. Not to mention Mitt Romney, who has defected from [Donald] Trump, although it's not clear where his vote is going to be. But everyone from John Negroponte to Meg Whitman have all declared allegiance to Hillary. And Hillary has likewise, very formally opened the door to encouraging Republicans to come in.” TwoInterestPartyClearDoorsSecurityFiguresTrumpRepublicanVoteClintonCorporateCampsRomneyAllegianceGopConvergenceMegOverlappingSpokespeople Author:Jill Stein
“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'm sorry, dead people generally vote for Democrats rather than Republicans.” PeopleRepublicanVoteDemocratSorryI'm SorryDead People Author:Rudy Giuliani
“The Republican Party cannot win the White House anymore with just conservative and Republican votes.” HouseWinningWhitePartyRepublicanVoteConservativeWhite HouseRepublican Party Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[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
“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
“Hillary [Clinton] wins and the Republicans are gonna quickly be irrelevant. She's gonna get her Supreme Court nominee. She's gonna open the borders. The country is going to be flooded with unregistered Democrat voters, that are gonna end up voting anyway, to go along with the dead who vote.” EndsCountryWinningRepublicanVoteCourtClintonDemocratSupremeBordersVotingVotersSupreme CourtIrrelevant 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
“America is an incredibly polarized country politically. I think ANY Republican would start out with 42 percent of the vote.” ThinkingCountryAmericaRepublicanPercentVote Author:Gene Weingarten
“All I want to say is that anybody, well, from the Democratic side of the fence who thinks that - who's terrified of the possibility of President [Donald] Trump better vote, better get active, better get involved, because this man has got some momentum and we better be ready for the fact that he might be leading the Republican ticket.” ThinkingMenWantWellsFactsMightSidesPresidentPossibilityReadyTrumpInvolvedRepublicanVoteDemocraticActiveTicketsTerrifiedFenceGet InvolvedMomentum Author:Keith Ellison
“Even though Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, you now have Republicans in charge of the White House, the Congress, a majority of governors, more governors than they've had in 100 years, more state houses than they've ever had before.” YearsStatesHouseWhiteRepublicanVoteMajorityClintonCongressWhite HouseGovernorsPopular Vote Author:George Stephanopoulos
“I think [Donald Trump] s got the votes for [tax reform]. I think he's definitely has the Republican votes for it, in House and Senate, and I think he probably has maybe 20 percent of the Democratic vote for it. So he could get it done with a bipartisan majority.” ThinkingDoneHouseTrumpRepublicanTaxesPercentVoteMajorityDemocraticReformSenateGet It DoneBipartisanTax Reform Author:Rudy Giuliani
“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
“I'm actually cautiously optimistic that Donald Trump will be so bad that he will force America to wake up and realise that forcing America to vote for right wing Republicans is always a terrible idea. It's never been a good idea, but what happened here is you have a president like Obama who gives you eight years of relative stability and prosperity, and people forget that Republicans are just terrible, not just for the country but for the planet. Maybe this is America's equivalent of bottoming out, like a crystal meth addict going on one last big run before they have to get sober.” PeopleGivingYearsIdeasCountryBigsRunningLastsAmericaForcePresidentForgetHappenedPlanetsTrumpTerribleRepublicanVoteWake UpWingsProsperityEightOptimisticRealisingStabilityRelativeGood IdeasSoberAddictCrystalsRight WingCrystal Meth Author:Moby
“Yeah, well, that's not how you win the presidency, you dummkopfs. You get 270 electoral votes, and we got 306. Kellyanne [Conway] now explains how Republicans crushed Democrats all over the country. This is the thing that I don't think they've come to grips with yet.” ThinkingWellsCountryWinningRepublicanVoteYeahDemocratPresidencyCrushed Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[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
“The minority vote is growing, which is part of the alarm of so many Republicans and why Trump constantly whipped up their alarm with his racist statements.” GrowingTrumpRepublicanVoteStatementsMinoritiesRacistAlarms Author:David Remnick
“Republican governors trying to suppress the vote.” TryingRepublicanVoteGovernors Author:Katrina vanden Heuvel
“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
“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
“Donald Trump has defined himself very well, not only in the primary election where he was absolutely disrespectful to his colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle and for [Carly] Fiorina who he basically said who would vote for you? Look at her face. She evidently wants to be a Republican leadership, a part of the Republican Party so bad that she would allow them and him to get away with that.” WantWellsLooksSaidFacesSidesPartyTrumpRepublicanVoteElectionDefinedPrimariesGet AwayColleaguesRepublican PartyAisleDisrespectful Author:Maxine Waters
“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
“[People] didn't vote for me because they thought I was a racist and if you look at my campaign literature it is not much different than a lot of Republican literature and some conservative Democrats in the South.” PeopleIfsLooksDifferentLiteratureRepublicanVoteDemocratSouthConservativeCampaignsRacistVote For Me Author:David Duke
“Many militarists would like to see California's votes vanish from the national electoral system, which would then become more Republican.” RepublicanVoteCaliforniaElectoral Systems Author:David Swanson
“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 Democrats have lost a thousand electoral seats in America in midterm elections, 2010, 2014. The people of this country are clearly willing to vote against Democrats. They are clearly willing to vote for Republicans. But when you get to the presidential election, it better be somebody that's not just part of the establishment. That's the message, and that's what they're not getting.” PeopleCountryAmericaLostWillingRepublicanThousandMessagesVoteElectionDemocratPresidentialSeatsEstablishmentPresidential ElectionMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Folks, let me ask you a question about that. You voted in 2010, 2014. You're part of the Tea Party and you show up and you just vote. Republicans said they needed the House, and you gave it to 'em; then they said they needed the Senate, and you gave it to 'em. Do you feel like winners even after those two elections? Probably not, because you really didn't think the Republican Party was going to change their stripes and start acting on all this.” ThinkingFeelsSaidTwoShowsAsksHousePartyActingNeededRepublicanVoteLet MeElectionFolksTeaWinnerEmsSenateThey SaidRepublican PartyTea PartyStripes Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I want the coal miners, who've been American heroes, who kept the lights put on for black people and white people for a hundred years, and who now are too sick to work, I want them to be able to go see a doctor. I don't care who they vote for. I don't care if they vote for a Tea Party Republican, I'm fighting for you because I voted for you to live in a country where we don't have disposable people.” PeopleIfsWantYearsCountryLightCareAbleFightingBlackWhitePartyHeroRepublicanHundredDoctorsVoteSickDon't CareTeaI Don't CareBlack PeopleCoalTea PartyMinersDisposableCoal MinersAmerican Hero Author:Van Jones
“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
“[The Republican Party] for example, they do run the House of Representatives, they're a majority there, and it's the House that is essentially sending the government into shutdown and maybe default. But they won the majority of seats there because of various kinds of chicanery. They got a minority of the votes, but a majority of the seats, and they're using them to press forward an agenda which is extremely harmful to the public.” KindGovernmentRunningHousePartyExampleRepublicanVoteMajorityPressesVariousSeatsMinoritiesAgendasRepresentativesRepublican PartyDefaultHouse Of RepresentativesChicanery Author:Noam Chomsky
“The Republicans went so far to the right that they just can't get votes. They've become a dedicated party of the very rich and the corporate sector.” PartyRichRepublicanVoteCorporateDedicated Author:Noam Chomsky
“You can't get votes that way. So [the Republicans] have been compelled to mobilize a base of voters and gone to elements of the country that have always been there but were kind of marginal to the political system, for example, religious extremists.” WayKindHas BeensCountryPoliticalReligiousGoneExampleRepublicanElementsVoteVotersCompelledExtremistPolitical Systems Author:Noam Chomsky
“My mother-in-law says if you want to live like a Republican, vote like a Democrat. That if you are a part of the group that is doing well in this system, you owe it to yourself and to others to look out for them and make sure you are always building a ladder for others to join you.” IfsWantWellsLooksLawMotherGroupsBuildingRepublicanVoteDemocratLaddersIn-lawsMother In Law Author:Thomas Friedman
“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