“It is hard to get mad at Donald Trump for saying stupid things, in the same way you don't get mad at a monkey when he throws poop at you at the zoo... What does get me angry is the ridiculous, disingenuous defending of the poop-throwing monkey.” WayDoeHardStupidTrumpPoliticianAngryMadRidiculousComedianThrowingMonkeysZoosHumoristsStupid ThingsPoopDisingenuous Author:Jon Stewart
“Presidential candidate Donald Trump had a meeting with Ted Cruz. He said he does not know why he agreed to fly to New York to meet Ted Cruz and then he promised to bring that kind of leadership to the Oval Office.” KnowsKindDoeSaidNew YorkTrumpOfficeMeetingsPresidentialCandidatesCruzPresidential CandidateOval Author:Conan O'Brien
“Rand Paul tried hard to upstage Donald Trump at the first debate, talking tough about his guns and his right not to register them. But with his pixie-ish perm, Paul does not impress me as the gunslinger type. Rand Paul is the RuPaul of politics. He would do better to defend his right to carry an unregistered blow-dryer and curling irons.” FirstsDoeHardTalkingTypeTrumpGunToughBlowDebateIronImpressRegisterGunslingerPixiesDryersPerms Author:Michael R. Burch
“NBC executives say that if Donald Trump does run for president, they will not renew The Apprentice. So some good may come out of this.” IfsMayDoeRunningPresidentTrumpExecutivesApprenticeNbc Author:Conan O'Brien
“On Fox News, Donald Trump said Obama's birth certificate could indicate that he's a Muslim. Trump said he doesn't trust anyone with a foreign-sounding name, and neither does his daughter Ivanka.” DoeSaidNamesTrumpBirthNewsDaughterFoxesFox NewsCertificatesBirth Certificate Author:Conan O'Brien
“Don't liberal Democrats ever learn economic principles, or does their class warfare trump all else?” DoeClassPrinciplesEconomicTrumpDemocratWarfareClass Warfare Author:Cal Thomas
“I have this belief that Donald Trump keeps floating the idea that he will quit the party and run as an independent if the Republican Party does not treat him fairly.” IfsDoeIdeasRunningBeliefPartyTrumpRepublicanTreatsIndependentQuittingRepublican PartyFloating Author:Rachel Maddow
“I think Donald Trump is now kind of in love with the idea of becoming president of the United States. I think he truly does believe that he can be the Republican nominee.” ThinkingBelieveKindDoeIdeasStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTrumpBecomingRepublicanBecoming President Author:Rachel Maddow
“No matter what Donald Trump does, he`s guaranteed to have support from the Republican Party.” DoeMatterPartySupportTrumpRepublicanNo Matter WhatRepublican Party Author:Rachel Maddow
“The question is, how do we keep America safe from terrorism? [Donald]Trump says we ought to close that Internet thing. The question really is, what does he mean by that? Like they do in North Korea? Like they do in China?” MeanDoeAmericaOughtTrumpInternetSafeChinaTerrorismKoreaNorth Korea Author:Rand Paul
“Donald Trump has been getting favorable comments from white supremacists, from American Nazis. And any explanation of Donald Trump`s rise that does not include those facts is a false analysis.” DoeHas BeensFactsWhiteTrumpAnalysisExplanationCommentNazi Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“My biggest surprise of the year does involve Donald Trump and it involves his money. And I am one of the prominent disbelievers of his claims of wealth and how rich he was. He put out a press release before he did his financial disclosure form saying he made over $200 million from a TV show.If you know about the economics of televisions, that sounds impossible. I don`t believe it.” IfsKnowsYearsBelieveDoeMadeShowsFormSoundWealthMillionsRichImpossibleTelevisionTvsTrumpEconomicsClaimsPressesSurpriseDon't BelieveFinancialReleaseTv ShowsProminentDisclosurePress ReleaseDisbelievers Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“People in the media often tend to assume it`s like Trump and [Ted] Cruz fighting over the same voters but when you look at the people who say they`re voting for Donald Trump he does as well with voters who describe themselves as moderate or liberal as he does with voters who themselves as very conservative. So, not all the Trump base would go to Cruz as a second choice.” PeopleWellsLooksDoeChoicesFightingMediaTrumpAssumingConservativeVotingVotersModeratesCruzSecond Choice Author:Chris Hayes
“Donald Trump is a big Christmas gift wrapped under the tree for Hillary Clinton. She desperately hopes she runs against Donald Trump. I, however, am the lump of coal in Mrs. Clinton's stocking, and she desperately hopes she does not run against me.” DoeBigsRunningTreeTrumpClintonCoalLumpsStockingsChristmas Gift Author:Carly Fiorina
“Whenever anyone does as this ad does, plays the actual words of Donald Trump on national television, his response is to yell, "Liar." Their strategy is simply to yell, "Liar, liar, liar."” DoePlayTelevisionTrumpStrategyResponseLiarsAds Author:Ted Cruz
“Donald Trump does not stick to Republican orthodoxy, which, you know, and this is always supposed to have been his downfall. Maybe it's his strength.” KnowsDoeHas BeensTrumpRepublicanSticksOrthodoxyDownfall Author:Chuck Todd
“Donald Trump does represent a smashup of Washington D.C. He represents a total leveling of everything that people are angry about. And he has Ivanka [Trump]. And I must say, she was there last night, and she is the generational bridge that he needs, because Marco Rubio, the "children of Reagan" line is a good line.” PeopleNeedsChildrenDoeLastsNightLinesTrumpAngryBridgesLast NightMarcos Author:Hugh Hewitt
“This is what happens in politics. The establishment doesn't like Ted Cruz either. It's not just Donald Trump. That's because he is who he is. He is conservative. He does want to get government out of people's lives and that - we can't have that in the establishment.” PeopleWantDoeGovernmentHappensTrumpConservativeEstablishmentCruz Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There's a joke in the movie...it's got a fairytale ending, and this is a spoiler: Donald Trump does contract HIV. I think people are upset about that, mainly because they feel the reputation of AIDS has been destroyed by associating it with Donald Trump.” PeopleThinkingFeelsDoeHas BeensTrumpJokesAidsReputationDestroyedUpsetContractsHivFairytaleSpoilersFairytale Ending Author:Sacha Baron Cohen
“I'm not trying to say stop Donald Trump from being elected as his party's nominee. I'm saying that we have a responsibility to raise our voices, to say what he does as an American citizen is pretty destructive to the practice of goodhearted and conscientious politics.” TryingDoeVoicePartyResponsibilityPracticeTrumpCitizensRaisesDestructiveAmerican Citizens Author:Michael Eric Dyson
“If there's one thing that Trump does, he never quits.” IfsDoeOne ThingTrumpQuittingNever Quit Author:Bob Woodward
“The Clinton Foundation does nothing but donate to charities." They can't find any evidence that what Schweizer has written about the Clintons and their foundation and the fund-raising and the getting paid for speeches is wrong. They can't find anything where he's wrong. The book has not been "discredited." So [Donald] Trump delivers this massive speech. It hit home run after home run after home run.” DoeBookHomeRunningWrittenTrumpSpeechEvidencePaidFoundationClintonCharityFundMassiveHome RunDonate Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I am not convinced that means [Donald] Trump is a lock to be the next president but it does suggest that what he has tapped into is both lasting and powerful.” MeanDoeNextPresidentPowerfulTrumpConvincedLastingLocks Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“I am not supporting Donald Trump. I think he does this country such a disservice. And I'm gonna leave it there.” ThinkingDoeCountryTrumpDisservice Author:Nia Long
“It's perfectly reasonable and responsible policy for any nation to maintain its sovereignty, to protect its borders. And [Donald] Trump does not believe in ending immigration. He's never proposed that.” BelieveDoeNationsPolicyTrumpProtectResponsibleImmigrationBordersReasonableSovereignty Author:Jeff Sessions
“Due to the major demographic changes we have gone through in the last few years in this country, we will be a majority/minority nation and there are a large number of people who do not like that. Donald Trump has tapped into those people's fears because he comes from the extreme right wing part of the Republican Party, as does Ted Cruz. They believe that we should cut taxes to wealthy Americans and enforce anti immigrant laws. They don't believe in Education or Social Security, they would end it and change it and privatize it.” PeopleShouldYearsBelieveDoeEndsCountryLastsLawNationsSocialPartyNumbersGoneCuttingSecurityTrumpRepublicanTaxesMajorsMajorityWingsDon't BelieveExtremesDuesMinoritiesImmigrantsWealthyRepublican PartySocial SecurityRight WingLarge NumbersDemographicsCruz Author:Debbie Wasserman Schultz
“I'm going to stand up for what [Donald Trump] says and does that is threatening to Americans, to the lives of Americans, the rights of Americans.” DoeRightsTrumpThreatening Author:Hillary Clinton
“If Donald Trump does lose, being revealed as this bizarre personality, Ted Cruz is not going to be what Republicans are looking for in 2020.” IfsDoeLosesPersonalityTrumpRepublicanBizarreCruz Author:Mark Shields
“The focus, to my mind, is to make sure that Donald Trump does not become president of the United States. I think by temperament he is unqualified to be president. I think his views - you have a guy who's running for president who rejects science, doesn't even believe climate change is real, let alone wants to do something about it, wants to give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the top two-tenths of one percent.” ThinkingWantGivingMindBelieveDoeTwoRealStatesRunningGuyPresidentUnitedViewsBreakUnited StatesFocusTrumpTaxesPercentDollarsClimateClimate ChangeBillionsRejectsTemperamentUnqualifiedTax Breaks Author:Bernie Sanders
“I think in terms of who can be trusted, I think the evidence is clear that there has been no candidate that I have ever seen who lies more often than does Donald Trump. I mean and that's just not me saying it, that's what any independent media analysis has shown. So in terms of trust, you really can't trust a word, I think, that Mr. Trump has to say.” ThinkingMeanDoeHas BeensLyingTermClearMediaTrumpEvidenceIndependentAnalysisCandidatesTrustedIndependent Media Author:Bernie Sanders
“For me, it was a mission on the hill to sensitize people, because they don't know Muslim immigrants. And for the most part, a lot of us just keep our heads down. But if I can engage someone in conversation, someone who maybe does support Donald Trump, or at least isn't speaking out against him, and I can show him the fear that I have, then maybe I can turn that tide.” PeopleIfsKnowsDoeI CanShowsTurnsSupportTrumpConversationMissionsHillsImmigrantsTidesSpeaking Out Author:Andrew Aydin
“When Donald Trump does his talking, he - he doesn't tiptoe around the thousand new rules of political correctness.” DoePoliticalTalkingTrumpThousandPolitical CorrectnessCorrectnessTiptoes Author:Mike Pence
“When they say [Donald Trump] is not "presidential": I asked myself what does it mean to be "presidential"? You wear a suit; you talk to the American people like you possess the character and the dignity of one who seeks the highest office in the land, and behind the door you're the worst criminal on the planet, plotting the overthrow of nations and governments, and regime change, and sending drones to kill people you don't like? That's presidential.” PeopleMeanDoeCharacterGovernmentNationsBehindsDoorsLandWorstPlanetsLike YouTrumpOfficeHighestDignityCriminalsSuitsPresidentialRegimesDronesSuits YouRegime Change Author:Louis Farrakhan
“[If Donald Trump does get elected, I will be] probably Secretary Of Reeducation. Or I don't know. I'll probably end up working in the cafeteria.” IfsKnowsDoeEndsTrumpSecretaryCafeteria Author:David Cross
“Hillary Clinton does not have a connection with her voters like Donald Trump has with his. She's got people who like her, and she's got support because she's a woman, and she has support because she's Mrs. Clinton. She has support because she's a Democrat.” PeopleDoeSupportTrumpConnectionsClintonDemocratVotersLike Her Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I hope America does not accept the kind of language that Donald Trump is using to describe our fellow Americans.” KindDoeAmericaLanguageAcceptingTrumpFellows Author:Hillary Clinton
“I'm not responding to any of the personal attacks that come from Donald Trump, because he can say whatever he wants about me, and I have more votes than he does as we sit here today. More Americans have voted for me.” WantDoeTodayTrumpVoteRespondingPersonal AttacksNot Responding Author:Hillary Clinton
“Has anyone asked Donald Trump recently like how exactly does his current position differ from [Marco] Rubio`s or even Jeb Bush`s?” DoePositionTrumpCurrentsMarcos Author:Michelle Goldberg
“We played all that rhetoric, all of the thing - the provocative inflammatory things [Donald Trump] said over the last year, does that all add up to buying him enough wiggle room with his base that he can get out and change his position like that?” YearsDoeSaidEnoughLastsRoomsPositionTrumpAddBuyingLast YearRhetoricProvocative Author:Steve Kornacki
“I would like to deal with a person who is able to take responsible decisions and implement the agreements reached. The name [Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton] does not matter.” PersonsDoeMatterAbleNamesDecisionDealsTrumpResponsibleClintonAgreement Author:Vladimir Putin
“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
“You look at the states [Barack] Obama won and wonder, well, where would Hillary Clinton have a problem and where does Donald Trump have problems? And the truth is, Donald Trump is not showing strength in any of the big states that he would need in order to actually get to 270. And Hillary Clinton is showing herself to be remarkably stable in all the states that she needs.” NeedsWellsLooksDoeStatesProblemBigsOrderWonderTrumpTruth IsClintonBarackStable Author:Bill Burton
“I think that if he [Donald Trump] does really want to make gains, if he does want to find a path to those voters who are in the middle, then he needs to do different things than just do these rallies.” IfsThinkingWantNeedsDoeDifferentPathMiddleTrumpGainsDifferent ThingsVoters Author:Bill Burton
“Where does Donald Trump come from - and it's not just Donald Trump. It's a whole movement of right-wing extremism, not just in this country but also in Europe, which is a response to globalization, to the financialization of our economy, you know, to the trade agreements that throw working people under the bus.” PeopleKnowsDoeCountryWholeEconomyMovementTrumpEuropeTradeWingsResponseAgreementBusGlobalizationExtremismRight WingTrade Agreements Author:Jill Stein
“Everything Donald Trump does on TV is an added bonus. You either have it or you don't, and that's why the people who have it earn a lot of money. It's one of those genealogical things that some people have and most people don't.” PeopleDoeTvsTrumpLots Of MoneyBonus Author:Rush Limbaugh
“[Donald Trump] gets a 19 percent higher approval rating than [Hillary Clinton] does ,among military members.” DoeMilitaryTrumpHigherMembersPercentClintonApprovalRatingApproval Rating Author:Eric Bolling
“In the one-on-one it is going to be harder for [Donald] Trump to get away from those sorts of things because there will be more opportunities for Hillary [Clinton] to follow up on those sorts of things. And I also think to your previous point, I think she really does need to induce errors from him because the biggest hazard to Hillary Clinton is that Trump could clear the low bar of acceptability in debate.” ThinkingNeedsDoeOpportunityClearTrumpLowsHarderErrorsClintonDebateBarsGet AwayHazardsOne On OneFollow Up Author:Josh Barro
“[Donald Trump] said, back in 2006, "Gee, I hope it does collapse, because then I can go in and buy some and make some money." Well, it did collapse.” WellsDoeSaidI CanTrumpCollapse Author:Hillary Clinton
“I know Donald's [Trump] trying very hard to plant doubts about it, but I hope the people out there understand: This election's really up to you. It's not about us so much as it is about you and your families and the kind of country and future you want. So I sure hope you will get out and vote as though your future depended on it, because I think it does.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantTryingKindDoeCountryHardDoubtTrumpVoteElectionPlantOur FamilyOur FutureYour FutureUp To You Author:Hillary Clinton
“Donald Trump doesn't have a plan. He said, I have a secret plan, and then he said, um, I know more than all the generals about ISIS. And then he said, I'm going to call the generals to help me figure out a plan. And finally he said, I'm going to fire all the generals. He doesn't have a plan. But he does have dangerous ideas.” KnowsDoeSaidIdeasHelpingSecretFirePlansDangerousFiguresTrumpHelp MeIsisDangerous Ideas Author:Tim Kaine