“Let`s talk conspiracy theories here. All of a sudden today - first of all, it`s the hunger games at this point.All these people, establishment people, whether it`s Bob Dole or others saying yes - you know, Orrin Hatch saying actually, I`d take [Donald] Trump over [Ted]Cruz.” PeopleKnowsFirstsTodayGamesTheoryTrumpHungerEstablishmentConspiracyBobConspiracy TheoryCruzSaying Yes Author:Chris Hayes
“I`ve heard this theory that this is basically Jeb`s [Bush] people trying to get their supporters to basically put the stake in Marco Rubio because if people are talking about accepting [Donald] Trump over [Ted] Cruz, what they`re really saying is Marco Rubio`s no longer viable.” PeopleIfsTryingTalkingAcceptingHeardTheoryTrumpStakesSupporterCruzMarcos Author:Chris Hayes
“Donald Trump threatened to file a defamation suit against me for running a TV ad that consisted only entirely of his own words on national television. Now, that's really a remarkable theory, that it is defamation to show people what he said on national TV. I think the voters are smarter than that.” PeopleThinkingSaidShowsRunningTelevisionTvsTheoryTrumpSuitsRemarkableVotersAdsSmarterThreatenedFilesDefamation Author:Ted Cruz
“I think that there is something that happens, a phenomenon that happens around a conspiracy theory, where if you believe in a conspiracy theory, then every critique of that theory is simply more proof that the conspiracy exists. And I think that that's something that goes on in the person of Donald Trump.” IfsThinkingBelievePersonsHappensTheoryGoes OnTrumpProofPhenomenonConspiracyIf You BelieveCritiqueConspiracy Theory Author:Ben Domenech
“I think in theory, Donald Trump could be a formidable candidate, right? The theory of him is, if he ignites working class white voters, he can put Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, states like Ohio in play for the Republicans.” IfsThinkingStatesPlayWhiteClassTheoryTrumpRepublicanCandidatesVotersWorking ClassOhioFormidablePennsylvaniaIgniteWisconsin Author:Joy-Ann Reid
“The other theory is because Donal Trump is not been vetted and no attacks on him have really been tested by Republicans, that is an unknown. He might be a paper tiger if somebody would only go after him.” IfsMightTheoryTrumpRepublicanPaperTigersTested Author:Joy-Ann Reid
“[Donald] Trump and all the Republicans believe in the theory of trickle down economics which is a theory discredited even by the author himself David Stockton. The theory suggests that if we take care of the people at the top, if we cut taxes for the wealthy, if we make sure they are doing really well, then the investments that they make in the economy and the jobs that will create, will make everything grow and it will have a trickle down effect on the rest of us.” PeopleIfsBelieveWellsCareJobsGrowsEconomyCuttingEffectsTheoryTrumpRepublicanTaxesEconomicsInvestmentTake CareWealthyTrickle DownTrickle Down Economics Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“So many theories. But all of them have one thing in common: They demonstrate that although Trump isn’t much of a businessman, he is rich enough to hire good tax attorneys who will hand over huge stacks of forms for him to sign blindly. That’s a helluva qualification for president, isn’t it?” EnoughHandsFormPresidentCommonRichOne ThingTheoryHugeTrumpTaxesBusinessmanAttorneyQualifications Author:Kevin Drum
“The [Donald's] Trump war on the press continues. Tonight, the national cost of a conservative media bubble, now featuring alien conspiracy theories. And about those Obamacare headlines.” WarMediaTheoryTrumpCostPressesConservativeAliensTonightConspiracyBubblesObamacareHeadlinesConspiracy Theory Author:Chris Hayes
“I understand that that`s the theory of the case for [Donald] Trump supporters and it`s what Donald Trump says, and it`s possible that that is actually the case.” CasesTheoryTrumpSupporter Author:Chris Hayes
“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
“[Donald] Trump appears to be searching for an enemy. Is it flag burners, recounts, the press, the popular vote? Trump has gone after them all at times, using wild experience theories even as president-elect to do it.” PresidentEnemyGoneTheoryTrumpVotePressesFlagsPopular Vote Author:Chuck Todd
“Since the election [of Donald Trump], I've been thinking about a lot of theory. Lots of [Michel] Foucault and [Karl] Marx, thinking about different systems, thinking about power. Trying to figure out what I can take and learn from history as a tool for getting through whatever is happening right now, which feels very significant and major.” ThinkingFeelsTryingI CanDifferentFiguresTheoryTrumpRight NowMajorsHappeningsToolsElectionSignificantSystems Thinking Author:Morgan Parker
“This is real. This is the real mad man theory. We have to be irrational and vindictive, so people don't know what we're up to. This is not [Donald] Trump and [Steve] Bannon, it's from the [Bill] Clinton era.” PeopleKnowsMenRealTheoryTrumpBillsMadClintonErasIrrationalMad MenVindictive Author:Noam Chomsky