“But take the Russia issue. You open up the convention, and you have got a report that the Democratic Party has been hacked by the Russians, e-mails, the e-mails of the Democratic Party, which is a headline and words that you don't want, if you're Hillary Clinton's campaign.And Donald Trump immediately takes the story and basically steps on the advantage he has and say, well, the Russians, who am I to tell [Vladimir] Putin? You know, the Russians ought to come in and continue to hack our - and find out where the e-mails are.” IfsKnowsWantWellsHas BeensStoriesPartyStepsIssuesOughtTrumpAdvantageDemocraticClintonCampaignsRussiaReportsConventionsMailDemocratic PartyPutinHeadlinesHacksHacked Author:Mark Shields
“[Donald Trump] put this issue at the center of this presidential campaign in the Republican primaries. And his position and his principles have been absolutely consistent. We're going to secure the border. We're going to build a wall, have a physical barrier. We're going to enforce the laws of this country, end sanctuary cities, implement E-Verify.” Has BeensEndsCountryLawCitiesPrinciplesIssuesPositionWallTrumpRepublicanCampaignsSecurePrimariesPresidentialBordersConsistentBarriersSanctuaryVerifyPresidential Campaign Author:Mike Pence
“Nobody was talking about illegal immigration when Donald Trump entered this campaign. He was attacked from day one for putting the whole issue of the violence that is derived from certain individuals that come into this country illegally on the table. . . He is hearing from all sides. But I promise you, he is a decisive leader. He will stand on the principles that have underpinned his commitment to end illegal immigration in this country. And that's what people will learn more about in the days ahead.” PeopleEndsCountryWholeCertainIndividualSidesTalkingLeaderPrinciplesIssuesViolenceTrumpPromiseCommitmentTablesHearingCampaignsImmigrationIllegalI PromiseIllegal Immigration Author:Mike Pence
“This type of discourse in the campaign is just unwarranted. But it was started by Ms.[Hillary] Clinton. Ms. Clinton has started the idea of calling Donald Trump those types of names [bigot].” IdeasNamesTypeTrumpCallingClintonCampaignsDiscourseBigots Author:Chris Christie
“Immigration has been [Donald] Trump`s signature issue throughout his entire presidential campaign, and his supporters love him for it.” Has BeensIssuesTrumpCampaignsImmigrationPresidentialSupporterSignaturesPresidential Campaign Author:Steve Kornacki
“On the campaign trail, [Donald] Trump has threatened a trade war and repeatedly said that Mexico will pay for a wall on the Southern border.” SaidWarPayWallTrumpTradeCampaignsBordersSouthernMexicoThreatenedTrails Author:Steve Kornacki
“The perception that Donald Trump has softened on immigration or is about to soften on immigration has some on the right concerned that he could lose support among his most loyal base of supporters, though he`d been drawn to his hard-line positions on immigration early in the campaign.” HardLosesLinesSupportPositionTrumpPerceptionConcernedCampaignsImmigrationLoyalSupporter Author:Steve Kornacki
“You are going to hear many things from Mr. Trump today in his speech on immigration. One, no amnesty. He is absolutely going to build that wall. That`s been the center piece of his campaign from day one.” TodayPiecesWallTrumpSpeechCampaignsImmigrationAmnesty Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Donald's Trump entire campaign is a self-troll. It's very meta.” SelfTrumpCampaignsTroll Author:Chrissy Teigen
“He [Donald Trump] is the one who got him [Barack Obama] to finally produce the birth certificate. Hillary Clinton's campaign first raised this issue. He picked this up from Hillary Clinton.” FirstsIssuesProduceTrumpBirthClintonRaisedCampaignsBarackCertificatesBirth Certificate Author:Rudy Giuliani
“The point is Hillary Clinton's campaign is the first one to ask about Barack Obama legitimity because all she does is engage in negative campaigning against Barack Obama and against Donald Trump.” FirstsDoeTrumpNegativeAskingClintonCampaignsBarackCampaigning Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Donald Trump believes now that Barack Obama was born in the United States. But that issue was raised originally by Hillary Clinton's campaign.” BelieveStatesBornUnitedUnited StatesIssuesTrumpClintonRaisedCampaignsBarack Author:Rudy Giuliani
“I don't think that the folks who are in the middle look at the conversation over whether or not Donald Trump's campaign is racist or whether or not Hillary Clinton should use that term to describe some of his supporters made sense, I don't think that the folks in the middle are looking at that debate.” ThinkingShouldLooksMadeUseTermMiddleTrumpConversationClintonFolksCampaignsDebateRacistSupporter Author:Bill Burton
“He [Donald Trump] is gotten $4 billion worth of free media. They launched his campaign. As I think the president of CBS said, you know, "He may be bad for America but he sure is good for my bottom line."” ThinkingKnowsMaySaidAmericaPresidentLinesMediaTrumpBottomBillionsCampaignsBottom Line Author:Jill Stein
“Donald Trump has been mischaracterized, misdiagnosed, his character has been assaulted from the get-go by both Republicans and the Hillary Clinton campaign.” Has BeensCharacterTrumpRepublicanClintonCampaigns Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think that was the smartest thing [immigration policy], he [Donald Trump] is done in his whole campaign there .” ThinkingDoneWholePolicyTrumpCampaignsImmigrationImmigration Policy Author:Eric Bolling
“Now, in an analysis of campaign finance filings by Politico we learned the [Donald] Trump campaign has paid Trump businesses more than $8 million so far in this race, that includes $1.3 million in rent for campaign offices, half a million for food and facilities for events, over $300,000 for corporate staffers, and nearly $6 million for the use of Trump`s private plane.” UseRaceHalfMillionsEventsTrumpOfficePaidCampaignsFinanceCorporatePlanesAnalysisFacilityFilingCampaign Finance Author:Chris Hayes
“We should note it is not illegal for the campaign to pay [Doanld] Trump owned businesses as long as they`re charging fair market rates. And while the optics are pretty stunning, we shouldn`t be surprised. Afterall, this is the guy that told Fortune magazine in 2000 it`s very possible I could be the first presidential candidate to run and make money on it.” ShouldFirstsLongRunningGuyPayTrumpFairsFortuneNotesRateCampaignsMagazinesMaking MoneyPresidentialCandidatesIllegalStunningPresidential CandidateChargingOptics Author:Chris Hayes
“If anonymous [Donald] Trump campaign sources are to be believed, they`re pretty concerned he`s going to blow the big debate Monday night with an utter lack of preparation.” IfsBigsNightSourceTrumpConcernedBlowCampaignsDebatePreparationMondayMonday Night Author:Chris Hayes
“Donald Trump's campaign manager said that you built a lot of businesses on the backs of little guys.” LittlesSaidGuyTrumpBuiltCampaignsManagers Author:Hillary Clinton
“America should really wonder about a President Trump, who had a campaign manager with ties to Putin, pro-putin elements in the Ukraine who had to be fired for that reason. They should wonder when Donald Trump is sitting down with Vladimir Putin, is it going to be America's bottom line, or is it going to be Donald Trump's bottom line he's going to be worried about with all of his business dealings. This would be solved if Donald Trump would release his tax returns as he's told the American public that he would do.” IfsShouldReasonWould BeAmericaPresidentLinesWonderReturnTrumpTaxesElementsSittingBottomCampaignsReleaseManagersWorriedTiesBottom LinePutinUkraineSitting DownDealingsTax Returns Author:Tim Kaine
“Donald Trump started this campaign in 2014 he said if I run for president I'll absolutely release my taxes.” IfsSaidRunningPresidentTrumpTaxesCampaignsRelease Author:Tim Kaine
“I think Donald Trump is new. He's a business guy running for president. So, you're not going to see a conventional campaign because he is not a conventional politician. He's not even a politician.” ThinkingRunningGuyPresidentTrumpPoliticianCampaignsConventional Author:Paul Ryan
“While [Domald] Trump chose a running mate, [Mike] Pence, who wrote [a letter to an Indianapolis newspaper] about how women shouldn't work because it's bad for the family. So we're really facing such a stark contrast between the candidates. Not to mention the vulgarity that Trump has been spouting about women for his entire life and continues to throughout his campaign. It's just a different world that we'd be living in [if he won].” IfsWorldHas BeensDifferentRunningTrumpLettersCampaignsNewspapersCandidatesMatesContrastMikeStarksDifferent WorldsVulgarityIndianapolis Author:Natalie Portman
“After campaign financial reports show more money spent than raised in the month of September. Report adds to growing speculation that Donald Trump is not in some very deep psychological sense, actually running to be President of the United States, so much as he`s running to build up a fan base for Donald Trump.” StatesShowsRunningPresidentUnitedUnited StatesGrowingFansMonthsTrumpAddRaisedFinancialCampaignsPsychologicalReportsMore MoneySeptemberSpeculationVery Deep Author:Chris Hayes
“With the advent of Trump Tower Live, the campaign`s new nightly broadcast, streamed over Facebook, rumors are once again, swirling of a potential Trump media empire to be launched after the election.” MediaTrumpElectionCampaignsEmpiresTowersRumorAdvent Author:Chris Hayes
“The Cook Political Report now predicting senate democrats are poised to pick up five to seven seats, which would give them the majority. Pointing out the history shows that races in the Toss Up column never split down the middle, one party tends to win the lion`s share of them. With two weeks to Election Day, there`s not enough time for republicans to recover toss-up seats in states where Hillary Clinton is currently leading, considering this, early voting is under way, and [Donald]Trump won`t be any help especially since his campaign doesn`t really have a ground game to speak of.” WayGivingTwoStatesEnoughHelpingShowsPoliticalGamesWinningSpeakPartyRaceFiveWeekShareMiddleTrumpRepublicanPicksElectionMajorityClintonDemocratSevenCampaignsCooksSeatsReportsVotingLionsSenateSplitsConsideringPointingTwo WeeksColumnsEnough TimeTossPredictingElection DayNot Enough Time Author:Chris Hayes
“[Donald] Trump`s campaign, the Republican National Committee and state parties employ just 1,409 staffers in 16 states. So, nearly for the one, democratic advantage in human resources, the big question now is, how well does that turn out machinery work for democrats for Election Day?” HumansWellsDoeStatesBigsTurnsPartyTrumpRepublicanResourcesAdvantageElectionDemocraticDemocratCampaignsCommitteesMachineryHuman ResourcesElection DayBig Questions Author:Chris Hayes
“It's rather remarkable Donald Trump has had over four billion dollars of free primetime media, Hillary's [Clinton] had over two billion worth, my campaign has had essentially zip, yet we are still pushing up around five percent in the polls, which is unprecedented for a non-corporate party without the big money to get the word out.” StillsTwoBigsPartyFiveFourMediaTrumpPercentDollarsClintonBillionsCampaignsCorporateRemarkablePushingPollsUnprecedentedZips Author:Jill Stein
“We've seen the Republican Party come apart at the seam with Donald Trump taking the remnants over the cliff. We've seen the basic foundation of the Republican Party move into the Democratic Party inside of Hillary's campaign.” MovingPartyTrumpRepublicanFoundationDemocraticCampaignsRepublican PartyCliffsDemocratic PartyRemnants Author:Jill Stein
“[Donald Trump ] would make history in so many ways because he is a candidate who eschewed the traditional arts of political campaigns, including field organization, traditional advertising, debate preparation and policy knowledge.” WayArtPoliticalPolicyFieldsTrumpOrganizationIncludingCampaignsDebateTraditionalAdvertisingPreparationCandidatesPolitical Campaign Author:Mara Liasson
“If [Donald] Trump wins narrowly, Democrats can blame the loss on FBI director James Comey, who inserted himself late in the campaign in an unprecedented way.” IfsWayWinningLossTrumpDirectorsLateBlameDemocratCampaignsFbiUnprecedented Author:Mara Liasson
“The fact remains that we're running a presidential campaign. And we're doing that through appearances like today, fund-raisers like today, where Donald Trump was in Texas, raising money, not just for the trump campaign, but, drumroll, please, for the RNC and the Republican committees, which benefits all these candidates that Paul Ryan is trying to protect.” TryingFactsRunningTodayTrumpPleaseRepublicanProtectBenefitsRemainsAppearanceCampaignsPresidentialCandidatesFundTexasCommitteesPresidential CampaignRaising Money Author:Kellyanne Conway
“As his campaign marches toward Cleveland, [Donald] Trump drawing more protests, too. Check out this scene from Arizona yesterday. The road to a Trump rally blocked. And there are new questions overnight about how Trump and his supporters are dealing with those protests.” TrumpSceneDrawingCampaignsYesterdayChecksProtestMarchSupporterArizonaBlockedCleveland Author:George Stephanopoulos
“How will a President Trump bind those wounds rubbed so raw by this campaign?” PresidentTrumpWoundsCampaigns Author:George Stephanopoulos
“The Republican leadership is quite hopeful at this time that they will have wide latitude. [Donald] Trump is a big visionary guy, not a detail guy, obviously. They are preparing to charge ahead with a Republican, a conservative agenda that Paul Ryan talked about a lot on the campaign trail.” BigsGuyTrumpRepublicanConservativeDetailsWideCampaignsHopefulAgendasPreparingTrailsVisionariesLatitude Author:George Stephanopoulos
“Being part of the campaign, we put up front in all of Donald Trump's speeches for the last two or three weeks not the FBI but ObamaCare. That seems to me to be the thing that moved the votes in Michigan, that moved the votes in places where we otherwise Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.” TwoSeemsLastsThreeWeekFrontsTrumpSpeechVoteMovedCampaignsFbiObamacareMichiganPennsylvaniaWisconsin Author:Rudy Giuliani
“I think people are exaggerating the fears of a Donald Trump presidency because they're coming off a campaign where they're very disappointed.” PeopleThinkingTrumpCampaignsDisappointedPresidencyExaggerating Author:Rudy Giuliani
“When you look at that key question what is President-elect [Donald] Trump going to do, it's hard to glean that from his campaign. The kind of - the promise is vague and sweeping, but vague in places. Also contradictory at times.” LooksKindHardPresidentKeysTrumpPromiseCampaignsVagueContradictorySweeping Author:George Stephanopoulos
“If Donald Trump behaves well, personally, and morally - I agree with Van [Jones] on this - if he distances - if he disassociates himself from forces that he unfortunately coddled and even fostered a little in this campaign, if he is responsible about the way in which he goes about his policy, initiatives on immigration and ObamaCare, trade and other areas, he has a huge opportunity, because the truth is that a lot of this stuff isn't that - there is a lot that can be done.” IfsWayWellsLittlesDoneOpportunityForceStuffPolicyHugeTrumpTruth IsAreasResponsibleAgreeTradeDistanceCampaignsImmigrationBehaveInitiativeVansObamacare Author:William Kristol
“want to get to the substance of the book ["Thank You for Being Late"], but it is so closely connected to this presidential election. And you also wrote a series of columns during the campaign, very tough on Donald Trump. You called him a disgusting human being and now you're calling the election a moral 9/11 only 9/11 was done to us from the outside. We did this to ourselves.” WantHumansBookDoneHuman BeingsMoralTrumpCallingLateToughElectionSeriesConnectedCampaignsSubstancePresidentialDisgustingColumnsPresidential Election Author:George Stephanopoulos
“The wall is going to to take a while. Obviously [Donald Trump] is going to build it.It's a campaign promise; he's not going to break a campaign promise.” BreakWallTrumpPromiseCampaigns Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Another big promise Donald Trump made during the campaign - cutting taxes. But there's some confusion over how much he wants to cut.” WantMadeBigsCuttingTrumpPromiseTaxesCampaignsConfusion Author:Audie Cornish
“That is certainly the promise of [Donald Trump] campaign and the promise of his economic program.This economic program is really the pickup truck of economic programs. It's the Ford F-150 of economic programs. It's about manufacturing. It's about oil, fossil fuels. It's a deliberate, forceful reassertion of an image of American industrialism that we have inherited from the 20th century.” EconomicCenturyTrumpPromiseProgramOilCampaignsFuel20th CenturyFossilsTruckDeliberateManufacturingFossil FuelPickupsPickup Trucks Author:Judy Woodruff
“[Donald] Trump's behavior during the presidential campaign was often erratic, seemingly based on discernable personality traits, including narcissism, arrogance, impulsiveness, and a lack of predictability.” PersonalityTrumpBehaviorIncludingCampaignsPresidentialArroganceTraitsNarcissismPredictabilityPresidential CampaignPersonality TraitsErratic Author:David Krieger
“Michael Flynn was one of Trump`s top national security advisors throughout the campaign.” SecurityTrumpCampaignsNational SecurityAdvisors Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“As someone who was like a chief spokeswoman for [Donald Trump] and his campaign manager, it wasn't always relevant to what Americans out there were telling us at rallies or telling pollsters behind the scenes concerning them.” BehindsTrumpSceneCampaignsChiefsManagersRelevantBehind The Scenes Author:Kellyanne Conway
“You had journalist saying during the campaign that Donald Trump compels them to suspend all objective standards of journalism.” TrumpStandardsCampaignsObjectivesJournalismJournalist Author:Kellyanne Conway
“The campaign is over. The people have spoken. And this man [Donald Trump] busted through a blue wall that nobody expected. He won states like Wisconsin and Michigan and Pennsylvania, which should have been Hillary Clinton's the whole time. And they were his because of the message, because of the way he's a master communicator and a master connecter.” PeopleMenWayShouldHas BeensStatesWholeMastersWallTrumpMessagesShould HaveBlueClintonExpectedCampaignsShould Have BeenMichiganPennsylvaniaWisconsinCommunicatorsBusted Author:Kellyanne Conway