“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
“There have been candidates who've been right on trade but wrong on the other two, right on war but wrong on the other two, right on immigration but not interested in the other two. It is this writer's belief that [Donald] Trump is the first one to come along, despite what a big buffoon everybody says he is. He is the only guy that's put his finger on the problems and the comprises and the areas that need to be addressed in order to owe direct the route which our country is traveling.” NeedsFirstsHas BeensTwoWarCountryProblemBigsGuyOrderBeliefTrumpAreasDirectTradeFingersImmigrationDespiteOur CountryCandidatesNot InterestedRoutesBuffoons Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Interestingly enough, if you search Twitter, you'd see I have been saying this for 3-plus years now. I cannot believe we are now in this position that Donald Trump is the Republican nominee for President. That he is in this position.” IfsYearsBelieveHas BeensEnoughPresidentPositionTrumpRepublicanPlus Author:Chrissy Teigen
“Foundations exist to help charities, to help those in need. And Mr. Trump has been incredibly generous throughout his career.” NeedsHas BeensHelpingCareersTrumpFoundationCharityGenerousThose In Need Author:Kellyanne Conway
“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 see Donald Trump as a phenomenon of an expression of certain fears, certain resentments, that have been a running thread in American history.” Has BeensRunningCertainExpressionTrumpPhenomenonResentmentThreadAmerican History Author:Barack Obama
“You've got to ask yourself, why won't Donald Trump release his tax returns? I think there may be a couple of reasons. First, maybe he's not as rich as he says he is. Second, maybe he's not as charitable as he claims to be. Third, we don't know all of his business dealings, but we have been told through investigative reporting that he owes about $650 million to Wall Street and foreign banks. Or maybe he doesn't want the American people to know that he's paid nothing in federal taxes.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantFirstsMayHas BeensReasonAsksMillionsRichStreetsWallReturnTrumpCoupleTaxesThirdsClaimsPaidReleaseCharitableDealingsTax ReturnsFederal Taxes Author:Hillary Clinton
“We've got to do everything we can to vacuum up intelligence from Europe, from the Middle East. That means we've got to work more closely with our allies, and that's something that Donald [Trump] has been very dismissive of.” MeanHas BeensMiddleTrumpEuropeEastAlliesMiddle EastVacuums Author:Hillary Clinton
“The worst part of what we heard Donald [trump] say has been about nuclear weapons. He has said repeatedly that he didn't care if other nations got nuclear weapons, Japan, South Korea, even Saudi Arabia. It has been the policy of the United States, Democrats and Republicans, to do everything we could to reduce the proliferation of nuclear weapons.” IfsHas BeensSaidStatesCareNationsUnitedUnited StatesHeardWorstPolicyTrumpRepublicanWeaponsDemocratSouthNuclearJapanNuclear WeaponsKoreaArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisProliferationSouth Korea Author:Hillary Clinton
“Donald [Trump] never tells you what he would do. Would he have started a war? Would he have bombed Iran? If he's going to criticize a deal that has been very successful in giving us access to Iranian facilities that we never had before, then he should tell us what his alternative would be.” IfsGivingShouldHas BeensWarWould BeDealsSuccessfulTrumpAccessAlternativesIranCriticizeFacilityIranian Author:Hillary Clinton
“Donald Trump talks us down. He makes disparaging comments about America. He calls our military a disaster. Well, it's not, but it might have been if everybody else had failed to pay taxes to support our brave men and women in uniform.” IfsMenWellsHas BeensMightAmericaPaySupportMilitaryTrumpTaxesMen And WomenBraveDisasterCommentUniformsMight Have BeenBrave ManDisparaging Author:Hillary Clinton
“Donald Trump has called for extreme vetting for people coming into this country so that we don't bring people into the United States who are hostile to our bill of rights freedoms, who are hostile to the American way of life, but I will say, Donald Trump and I are committed to suspending the Syrian refugee program and programs on immigration from areas of the world that have been compromised by terrorism.” PeopleWorldWayHas BeensCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesRightsTrumpAreasProgramBillsCommittedExtremesTerrorismImmigrationRefugeeHostileBill Of RightsAmerican Way Of LifeSyrian Refugees Author:Mike Pence
“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
“Donald Trump has been someone who has basically taken every position that Vladimir Putin has.” Has BeensTakenPositionTrumpPutin Author:John Podesta
“Let's just be clear: The reason this has been making headlines is because Donald Trump was discussing and bragging about sexual assault 11 years ago on a bus.It's not Hillary Clinton who put those words in his mouth.” YearsHas BeensReasonClearTrumpMouthsYears AgoClintonBusAssaultHeadlinesDiscussingBraggingSexual Assault Author:Anderson Cooper
“Here you have the Republican Party, and they had, what, 16, 15 candidates seek the Republican nomination? And Donald Trump won it. And they have been enraged actually since day one when Trump announced, and his statement did not result in a Trump implosion, and then future Trump statements and appearances did not result in a Trump implosion. But the candidates that the Republican Party...They thought they had the best presidential field ever, and they hated and resented Trump for that.” Has BeensResultsPartyFieldsTrumpRepublicanAppearanceStatementsHatedPresidentialCandidatesRepublican PartyNominations Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Now, he doesn't control the media, but Donald Trump has been incredibly successful in having his face appear everywhere. You cannot go a day without seeing that face somewhere maybe 10 times.” Has BeensFacesSuccessfulSeeingMediaTrump Author:Tim Wu
“[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
“Donald Trump is a person who has been very cavalier, even casual about the use of nuclear weapons.” PersonsHas BeensUseTrumpWeaponsNuclearNuclear WeaponsCasual Author:Hillary Clinton
“I was like, "Oh my god, I hope you're secretly grossed out about everything that [Donald] Trump has been doing." But why is it such a shock to anybody? He's said so many things that show who he is and how ignorant he is from the beginning.” Has BeensSaidShowsTrumpIgnorantShock Author:Kathleen Hanna
“The murkiness of Donald Trump's position is really what distinguishes him from other Republican nominees and contenders who have been steadfast in their opposition to LGBTQ equality.” Has BeensPositionTrumpRepublicanOppositionSteadfast Author:Steven Petrow
“I thought we would be concerned if he knew how to stay on message, if [Donald] Trump knew how to make the most of an argument against Secretary [Hillary] Clinton, by using some of the things that have been put on the news.” IfsHas BeensWould BeTrumpMessagesNewsConcernedArgumentClintonSecretary Author:Star Jones
“What is happening to Donald Trump in terms of the way he's being reported on and cast with the media is the way every Republican presidential candidate has been treated in my life.” WayHas BeensTermMediaTrumpRepublicanHappeningsCastsTreatedPresidentialCandidatesPresidential Candidate Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I've seen [Donald Trump] appear in a film or a TV show cameo or the tabloids, and he's a grotesquely distasteful human being and always has been, always made me want to take a shower. But other people fell in love with him as a reality star. So does that mean that the entertainment industry is doing something wrong? I think reality TV answered that question a long time ago: Yes, it's doing something terribly wrong. But there's some great reality TV, and I'm not bagging on it completely.” PeopleThinkingWantHumansMeanLongDoeHas BeensMadeShowsRealityFilmStarsHuman BeingsTvsIndustryTrumpLong TimeEntertainmentShowersTv ShowsLong Time AgoTabloidsReality TvEntertainment IndustryDistastefulCameos Author:Joss Whedon
“I've seen [Trump] appear in a film or a TV show cameo or the tabloids, and he's a grotesquely distasteful human being and always has been, always made me want to take a shower.” WantHumansHas BeensMadeShowsFilmHuman BeingsTvsTrumpShowersTv ShowsTabloidsDistastefulCameos Author:Joss Whedon
“It's so offensive that we have a man [Donald Trump] that has been accused by more than 10 women of sexual misconduct, not to mention fraud and bribery and all the other things that he's being investigated for, and he gets a total pass.” MenHas BeensTrumpFraudOffensiveAccusedBriberyMisconduct Author:Joss Whedon
“In 2012, Hispanics were 10 percent of the electorate, underperforming their share of the voting-age population. Mitt Romney got 21 percent of their vote, and [Donald] Trump has been polling much lower than that.” Has BeensAgeShareTrumpPercentVotePopulationVotingRomneyElectoratePollingVoting Age Author:Mara Liasson
“[Donald Trump] has also promised an intelligence surge [in Syria]. Mike Flynn knows a lot about that. Tactically, Mike Flynn has been fantastic with intelligence when he was in the military. They'll be looking at that.” KnowsHas BeensMilitaryTrumpFantasticSyriaMike Author:Martha Raddatz
“I'm sure our supporters would have been very disappointed had Donald Trump not won. And I just hope it calms down.” Has BeensTrumpCalmDisappointedSupporterCalm Down Author:Rudy Giuliani
“For those of us who have been disgruntled conservatives, who have watched the last successive tsunami at midterms and such, where Republicans were given majorities in both chambers and did little with it, this [Donald Trump win] was no surprise to us.” LittlesHas BeensLastsWinningGivenTrumpRepublicanMajoritySurpriseChamberTsunamiDisgruntledMidterms Author:Mary Matalin
“There are a few things [Donald Trump] has been pretty clear he'll do. A big infrastructure program that he'll get bipartisan support for.” Has BeensBigsSupportClearTrumpProgramInfrastructureBipartisan Author:William Kristol
“We all have a dark side but we keep it in its place because it's destructive. And Donald Trump has said, no, no, bring it out because that's the energy we need in order to reverse all these horrible things that have been happening in America.” NeedsHas BeensSaidAmericaOrderEnergySidesDarkTrumpHappeningsHorribleDestructiveReverseDark SideHorrible Things Author:George Packer
“What I think the appeal of the [Donald] Trump program has been is that it offers some kind of concrete, specific, historically rooted, a familiar image of how ordinary Americans, regular Americans can earn their living.” ThinkingKindHas BeensTrumpOffersOrdinaryProgramFamiliarAppealsConcreteRooted Author:Judy Woodruff
“The economic base of that rural Oregon area used to be manufacturing and logging. And that went away and they feel nobody has been speaking to them and finally Donald Trump has spoken to them.” FeelsHas BeensUsedEconomicTrumpAreasUsed To BeManufacturingOregonLogging Author:Tucker Carlson
“Donald Trump's language has been atrocious, his behavior toward women.” Has BeensLanguageTrumpBehavior Author:Bernie Sanders
“The reality of politics is, if Trump is the president tonight, every progressive group in America will be able to mobilize in a way tomorrow that they may not necessarily have been able to mobilize yesterday.” IfsWayMayHas BeensRealityAbleAmericaPresidentGroupsTrumpTomorrowYesterdayTonightProgressive Author:David Sirota
“The one that sticks out in my mind and has all along was the New York Times piece on Melania Trump.Calling her a mannequin and a trophy wife, which if anybody had ever said that about any - Michelle Obama was a lawyer. But Melania Trump has been a successful businesswoman. She speaks several languages. A mannequin and a trophy wife and it was just - fine, they were allowed to say that about her.” IfsMindHas BeensSaidSpeakLanguageSuccessfulPiecesWifeNew YorkFineTrumpCallingSticksLawyerNew York TimesTrophiesSuccessful BusinessTrophy Wife Author:Megyn Kelly
“I think there's a longer shortlist for that particular position and others.Highly qualified men and women who have come to Bedminster, come to Trump Tower. People of different races and ethnicities. All political persuasions. People who have different backgrounds, public sector, private sector. Most of them will not be in the cabinet. Most of them are coming because they love the country and they want to share what their work on a particular issue or a particular success story has been.” PeopleThinkingMenWantHas BeensDifferentCountryStoriesPoliticalRaceIssuesSharePositionParticularTrumpMen And WomenBackgroundsTowersPersuasionQualifiedCabinetsPrivate SectorEthnicitySuccess StoriesPublic SectorDifferent RacesDifferent BackgroundsRace And Ethnicity 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
“What we've seen from Donald Trump has been so negative that nobody wants to be associated with that.” WantHas BeensTrumpNegative Author:Hillary Clinton