“[Donald] Trump is going to appeal better to African Americans, Hispanics, and others than previous Republican candidates because he's talking about what they want: a fair chance to have a better life economically.” WantChanceTalkingTrumpRepublicanFairsAfrican AmericanAppealsCandidatesBetter Life Author:Jeff Sessions
“[The Republicans] all want to see women's rights eroded and for abortion to become illegal again.” WantRightsRepublicanAbortionIllegalWomens Rights Author:Hillary Clinton
“Donald Trump is now said that he wants to have a plan that's more harmonized with what House Republicans under speaker Paul Ryan have proposed.” WantSaidHousePlansTrumpRepublicanSpeakers Author:Avik Roy
“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 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
“So you've got these regular, middle-class voters who don't hate the government as much as the Kochs do. They're Republicans, but they still want government programs. They want Social Security, they want Medicare. They need it.” WantNeedsStillsGovernmentHateSocialClassMiddleSecurityRepublicanProgramMiddle ClassVotersWant MeSocial SecurityMedicareDon't HateGovernment Programs Author:Jane Mayer
“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
“I do say, that the parties [both Democrats and Republicans] are the same. But rather that the differences are not great enough to save your job, to save your life or to save the planet. So it doesn't do you a lot of good to get the lesser of two lethal options. Which, essentially, in my view, they are. And we can talk more about that. But, I also want to be very clear that this is a realignment election.” WantTwoEnoughJobsDifferencesViewsPartyClearPlanetsRepublicanElectionDemocratSave The Planet 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 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
“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
“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 Republican Party is in a predicament that it made itself. It made its own bed, and now they don't want to lay in it.” WantMadePartyRepublicanBedLaysRepublican PartyPredicaments Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Not getting rid of [Donald] Trump because there's a slew of Republican voters that don't want to get rid of Trump.” WantTrumpRepublicanVoters Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Republicans that want to get rid of [Donald] Trump are a minority.” WantTrumpRepublicanMinorities Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We can't stand any more! We don't want any more of what we've had to put up with for eight years and many years prior. The country we know and love is being torn apart and rebuilt in ways that we don't want, and the Republican Party doesn't even seem to care about that.” KnowsWayWantYearsCountrySeemsCareLove IsPartyRepublicanAnd LoveEightRepublican PartyTornTorn Apart Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Isn't it just heart-stopping and mind-numbing when you stop and realize that the Republican Party doesn't want to win?” WantMindHeartWinningRealizingPartyRepublicanRepublican PartyStoppingNumbing Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Republican Party does not want to defeat Democrats.” WantDoePartyRepublicanDemocratDefeatRepublican Party 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
“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
“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
“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
“We want a Republican majority in the house and the senate, there's no question.” WantHouseRepublicanMajoritySenate Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Wall Street gives money to both [Democrats and Republicans] because they want to be on the good side of whoever becomes president .” WantGivingSidesPresidentStreetsWallRepublicanDemocrat Author:Jamie Dimon
“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
“Hillary Clinton is going to find common ground with the Republicans on foreign and military affairs. They both want to enhance the military budget.” WantCommonMilitaryRepublicanClintonAffairBudgetsCommon GroundMilitary Budget Author:Ralph Nader
“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
“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
“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
“Donald Trump has said he wants to keep Medicare and Social Security the way they are. Congressman Price along with most Republicans are on record supporting voucherizing Medicare. So there are going to be some conflicts to resolve there.” WayWantSaidSocialRecordsSecurityTrumpRepublicanConflictResolveSocial SecurityMedicareCongressman Author:Mara Liasson
“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
“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
“That's not for me to decide, that's for the voters to decide and many of them are saying, this slavish adherence to the cult of the free market that the Republican party has followed for decades isn't what we want anymore. That's not a question for me, that's up to them.” WantPartyRepublicanDecadesVotersCultRepublican PartyFree MarketAdherence Author:Milo Yiannopoulos
“I think that's what's - one of the things that is alarming to me is [Donald] Trump, and I think Trump supporters seem to believe, he won, huge upset, full credit to him, and has got the wind at his back. And Republicans on The Hill do want him to succeed, obviously, and they're deferring to him more than they deep down in private sort of wish - want to, but they are going to defer to him publicly for awhile. But I think that is going to run out faster than people think.” PeopleThinkingWantBelieveSeemsRunningWishWindHugeTrumpRepublicanSucceedCreditHillsFasterUpsetSupporterDeep DownWant Him Author:William Kristol
“Say good-bye to a Supreme Court that is truly open and balanced and looking out for the American people. Instead the Republicans just want to capture a right-wing court for another whole generation.” PeopleWantWholeGenerationsRepublicanCourtWingsSupremeCaptureBalancedSupreme CourtRight WingByeGood ByeSaying Good Bye Author:Elizabeth Warren
“What do the Republicans say? Donald Trump? They say they're just going to roll back the Dodd-Frank regulations. They want to undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.” WantTrumpRepublicanFinancialProtectionConsumersFrankRegulationDodd Frank Author:Elizabeth Warren
“I think the Republican Party has indicated to everyone who wants to look at us that, you know, we're in the mainstream. We understand a lot of the concerns people have.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantLooksPartyRepublicanConcernMainstreamRepublican Party Author:Bob Dole
“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
“My take is this. The Republicans control the Senate. They have the majority of the House, and they have the White House. They can do whatever they want to do, really.” WantHouseCan DoWhiteRepublicanMajorityWhite HouseSenate Author:Maxine Waters
“Trump can, like every government, trigger a short boom with borrowed money, just like he has announced. He appears to want to adopt the economic policy approach favored by Republicans of putting lots of money into building roads and cutting taxes. Markets like that. But, at the end of the day, someone always has to foot the bill.” WantEndsGovernmentCuttingFeetEconomicPolicyBuildingTrumpRepublicanTaxesApproachBillsThe End Of The DayLots Of MoneyTriggersBorrowedEconomic PolicyBorrowed MoneyBuilding Roads Author:Nicholas Bloom
“To [Democrats], government's everything, controlling it, expanding it is everything. And it's not to us [the Republicans]. So they leave nothing to chance. If you reject them, "Well, screw you." They'll find a way to either bollix up what defeated them or just overwhelm the system with what they want anyway by bullying so many people at so frequent a time that people just give up, say, "All right, all right, okay, I'm tired," and the left gets what they want.” PeopleIfsWayWantGivingWellsGovernmentLeftChanceRepublicanGiving UpOkayTiredDemocratRejectsBullyingDefeatedScrewsExpandingI'm TiredJust Give UpScrew You 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 Democrat Party is in as much trouble as the Republican Party is for different reasons. But if they have to go back to "taxing the rich," if they have to go back to "gun control," it is a sure sign things are in a state of great disarray. In addition, Mrs. Clinton wants to make abortions totally free for people on Medicaid.” PeopleIfsWantDifferentStatesReasonPartyRichTroubleRepublicanGunClintonDemocratAbortionGun ControlRepublican PartyMedicaidDisarray Author:Rush Limbaugh
“69 percent of the people want our politicians to work together. And I think this should be a message to Democrats and Republicans to work together. And this is why people are very upset about Washington today.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldTodayTogetherPoliticianRepublicanMessagesPercentDemocratUpsetWorking Together Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“I was very, very concerned about President Obama and how much executive order and how much executive power he tried to exert. But I think I want to be, and I think congress will be, a check on any executive, Republican or Democrat, that tries to grasp too much power. And really, a lot of the fault is not only presidents trying to take too much power, it's Congress giving up too much power.” ThinkingWantGivingTryingOrderPresidentToo MuchRepublicanGiving UpConcernedFaultsDemocratCongressChecksExecutivesPresident ObamaExecutive PowerToo Much PowerExecutive Orders Author:Rand Paul
“It`s hard to beat something with nothing. Republicans across the country are feeling the burn from an energized and angry segment of the electorate which is descending on GOP town halls and these folks want answers.” WantCountryHardFeelingsAnswersRepublicanBeatsTownsAngryFolksHallsGopDescendingElectorate Author:Chuck Todd