“Donald Trump brought up the issue of the birth certificate and it's getting huge buzz around the country. Even Chris Matthews has called for, you know, the birth certificate to be released. Why can't they just release the birth certificate, you know, and just move on?” KnowsCountryMovingIssuesHugeTrumpBirthReleaseBuzzMatthewCertificatesBirth CertificateJust Move On Author:Sean Hannity
“In the case of climate change, the threat is long-term and diffuse and requires broad international action for the benefit of people decades in the future. And in politics, the urgent always trumps the important, and that is what makes it a very difficult and challenging issue.” PeopleLongImportantActionDifficultTermChallengesCasesIssuesTrumpBenefitsThreatClimateClimate ChangeInternationalDecadesLong TermBroadsUrgent Author:Martin Rees
“Let me say something at the outset. The questions that have been asked so far in this debate illustrate why the American people don't trust the media. This is not a cage match. And, you look at the questions - "Donald Trump, are you a comic-book villain?" "Ben Carson, can you do math?" "John Kasich, will you insult two people over here?" "Marco Rubio, why don't you resign?" "Jeb Bush, why have your numbers fallen?" How about talking about the substantive issues the people care about?” PeopleLooksHas BeensTwoBookCareNumbersTalkingIssuesMediaTrumpLet MeMathDebateComicFallenInsultVillainComic BookCagesDon't TrustMarcosBen Carson Author:Ted Cruz
“Gay marriage within mainline denominations is gaining traction. Skewed pastors and even the government can't trump the Bible on this issue. Pastors: stand!” GovernmentIssuesTrumpGayPastorGay MarriageDenominationsTraction Author:Steve Camp
“On the other side, you have the conservative intelligentsia - magazines like National Review, which has a big anti-Trump issue; Weekly Standard editor, conservative talk show hosts - they're mounting a big anti-Trump effort, pro-Cruz effort because they think [Donald] Trump is dangerous and he's not qualified to be commander in chief.” ThinkingShowsBigsSidesEffortIssuesDangerousTrumpStandardsConservativeMagazinesChiefsEditorsReviewsHostQualifiedCommandersTalk ShowsCruzCommander In Chief Author:Mara Liasson
“Obviously I don't agree with everything he [Donald Trump] says. There's a lot that we have a difference of opinion on. But we can't ignore that he's touched on some issues that people are concerned about. If you look at the statements he made this week, obviously I think he made them partially to recapture the limelight after having lost it.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksMadeLostDifferencesOpinionIssuesWeekTrumpConcernedAgreeStatementsTouchedLimelightDifferences Of Opinion Author:Marco Rubio
“I think the debate was really some powerful moments of clarity. We saw that Donald Trump, substantively, has the same issues on issue after issue as Hillary Clinton. He agreed with Hillary Clinton on Libya, toppling the government in Libya. That led directly to Benghazi, led to handing that country over to radical Islamic terrorism.” ThinkingCountryMomentsGovernmentPowerfulIssuesSawsTrumpClintonTerrorismDebateClarityRadicalIslamicLibyaIslamic TerrorismBenghaziMoments Of Clarity Author:Ted Cruz
“On domestic policy, Donald Trump agreed with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the Wall Street bailout, the TARP bailout of big bank. I think the government ought to be standing with mainstream, with working men and women. And then you put on top of that the ethical issues, whether it is refusing to release his taxes. And that's a real problem.” ThinkingMenRealProblemBigsGovernmentIssuesStreetsPolicyWallOughtTrumpTaxesMen And WomenStandingClintonReleaseBarackEthicalMainstreamReal ProblemsWorking ManBailoutsDomestic PolicyEthical IssuesTarp Author:Ted Cruz
“I actually think the only way that you can beat Trump is recognizing that he is a one- man wrecking machine fueled by this cult personality. So you have to attack him on those bases. None of these ideological positioning issues matter for [Donald] Trump.” ThinkingMenWayMatterIssuesPersonalityTrumpBeatsMachinesBasesOne ManCultRecognizingIdeological Author:Bernie Sanders
“What the issue here is, you get rid of all the conservative orthodoxy about capital gains, marginal tax rate, supply side economics, you just throw all that out the window, limited government and you just embrace the sheer and raw politics of resentment that have been bubbling the whole time and that`s what you get. You get Donald Trump.” Has BeensWholeGovernmentSidesIssuesTrumpTaxesGainsEconomicsWindowEmbraceRateConservativeResentmentSheerOrthodoxyLimited GovernmentCapital GainsSupply Side Economics Author:Chris Hayes
“The reason Donald Trump has supporters... I can go through the list for you. The issues are border/immigration, jobs, military, "make America great again..."” I CanReasonJobsAmericaIssuesMilitaryTrumpListsImmigrationBordersSupporter Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I see no issue with [Donald] Trump spending 48 hours in Scotland.Whether accidental or intentional, the fact that he was there when Britain voted to leave the EU was a good thing for him.” FactsHoursIssuesTrumpGood ThingsSpendingBritainScotland48 Hours Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“I thought Donald Trump approach on Brexit was a fascinating window into how he thinks. His basic point was that [David] Cameron should resign because he didn't read the public mood on the issue right. And that Boris Johnson should be the next prime minister because he did. That's a very different definition of leadership than many politicians have. Or at least say they have.” ThinkingShouldDifferentNextIssuesTrumpPoliticianApproachWindowDefinitionsMoodMinistersFascinatingPrimePrime MinisterJohnsonCameronDefinition Of Leadership Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“I didn't endorse Donald Trump but I thanked him for coming, thanked him for raising issues that were important, thanked him for talking about immigration and considering the views that we had worked on for a number of years, on what a good immigration policy should be.” ShouldYearsImportantViewsNumbersTalkingIssuesPolicyTrumpImmigrationConsideringImmigration Policy Author:Jeff Sessions
“[Donald] Trump has made this a big issue. He's leading in Ohio. He's leading, right up there in Pennsylvania, 1-point difference, and people are responding because the people's instincts are correct. This is what I believe.” PeopleBelieveMadeBigsI BelieveDifferencesIssuesTrumpInstinctRespondingOhioPennsylvania Author:Jeff Sessions
“[Donald] Trump is underestimated greatly in terms of his understanding and comprehension of the great issues facing America. He understands trade. He's got businesses all over the world. He understands currency and how manipulating currency can be damaging to America.” WorldAmericaUnderstandingTermIssuesTrumpTradeCurrencyComprehensionUnderestimated Author:Jeff Sessions
“One of the problems, frankly, the Republicans seem to have had is they don't like his [Donald Trump] personality, his tactics, but they basically agree with him on so many of the issues.” ProblemSeemsIssuesPersonalityTrumpRepublicanAgreeTactics Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think you have to take the man and say to yourself, [Donald Trump] is someone who wants to occupy the Oval Office, where Franklin Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and people who were our president, and I don't think it's just a woman's issue. I think it's an issue that should be of concern to all Americans.” PeopleThinkingMenWantShouldPresidentIssuesHe ManTrumpOfficeConcernAbrahamFranklinTeddyOval Author:Hillary Clinton
“Part of the reason [Donald Trump] destroyed his Republican challengers is because they agree with him on issues. And he apparently struck a vein of entertainment among the Republican primary voters, so all they had left was kind of whining and insulting back and forth, as opposed to taking him on where I think a presidential election should.” ThinkingShouldKindReasonLeftIssuesTrumpRepublicanElectionAgreeEntertainmentDestroyedPrimariesPresidentialVotersVeinsBack And ForthInsultingWhiningPresidential Election Author:Hillary Clinton
“For me the most important issue is climate change because it in some ways trumps every other issue. Everything else we care about falls by the wayside if the Greenland ice shelf falls into the sea. And if suddenly sea levels rise 21 feet, everything we hold near and dear ceases to exist.” IfsWayImportantCareFallLevelsIssuesSeaFeetTrumpClimateClimate ChangeDearCeaseIceShelvesImportant IssuesGreenlandSea Level Rise Author:Moby
“In terms of media, we did not get the kind of media attention that somebody like a Donald Trump got, because media is not necessarily interested in the issues facing the middle class, more interested in attacks in personality. So I think there were a lot of reasons.” ThinkingKindReasonTermAttentionClassIssuesMiddleMediaPersonalityTrumpMiddle Class Author:Bernie Sanders
“He was making a very serious point. Donald Trump has a way of talking to get people's attention, and it's drawn attention to a very important issue.There was a time when a Democrat president knew where the buck stopped in the White House. And the responsibility for the failed policies in the Middle East that created the environment where ISIS developed belongs to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the American people know that.” PeopleKnowsWayImportantStatesHousePresidentWhiteAttentionResponsibilityTalkingIssuesEnvironmentMiddlePolicySeriousTrumpClintonDemocratEastBarackWhite HouseMiddle EastSecretaryIsisBucksPresident Barack ObamaImportant IssuesWay Of Talking Author:Mike Pence
“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
“I wouldn't say Donald Trump is a champion for white America, I think he shares a lot of the issues and values of white America.” ThinkingAmericaValuesWhiteIssuesShareTrumpChampion Author:David Duke
“I don't understand why it's the fault of the media for focusing on an issue that Mike Pence are crediting Donald Trump for bringing to the fore.” IssuesMediaTrumpFaultsMike Author:Jake Tapper
“[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
“Donald Trump is going to focus - I know the media wants to focus on that one issue. Donald Trump will articulate a policy about how we deal with that population” KnowsWantDealsIssuesFocusMediaPolicyTrumpPopulation 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
“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
“Looking to Donald Trump`s immigration speech can he hang onto his base if he softens his stance on the issue that got him this far?” IfsIssuesTrumpSpeechImmigrationStance Author:Steve Kornacki
“You are going to hear how he [Donald Trump] is going to address the 11 million, and some other issues as well, including sanctuary cities.” WellsCitiesMillionsIssuesTrumpIncludingAddressesSanctuary Author:Kellyanne Conway
“The idea will be to find of focus on crime and issues where there`s not a lot of - where Donald Trump can kind of get people`s emotions.” PeopleKindIdeasEmotionIssuesFocusCrimeTrump Author:Michelle Goldberg
“Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump basically share a policy of brute military strength. And both, I think, make a lot of Americans uneasy about our foreign policy going forward, which needs a frank discussion. Likewise on the issue of student debt and the future of our younger generation.” ThinkingNeedsIssuesGenerationsShareMilitaryPolicyStudentsTrumpClintonDebtDiscussionForeign PolicyFrankBrutesUneasyYounger Generation Author:Jill Stein
“So [Donald ] Trump gave a speech on national security and military affairs to a military-themed audience in Philadelphia, and there was no vulgarity in it. There was no bombast. There wasn't any of the usual Trump braggadocio. It was a teleprompter speech, but it was serious, studious, and it represented a solid understanding of issues and of the status quo.” UnderstandingAudienceIssuesSecurityMilitarySeriousTrumpSpeechAffairUsualNational SecurityStatus QuoPhiladelphiaVulgarityStudious Author:Rush Limbaugh
“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
“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
“Today, suddenly, after, what, five years, suddenly he [Donald Trump] became convinced that it's not an issue. Yesterday it was an issue. It will probably become an issue again for him. You know, the guy may have a memory problem.” KnowsYearsMayProblemTodayGuyMemoriesIssuesFiveTrumpConvincedYesterdayFive Years Author:Jill Stein
“That's give [Donald Trump] so much attention. And it's so funny. There actually have conflicting opinions on women in combat, in the military. So they have all the issues that stake. I'm more concerned with the VA than anything else.” GivingAttentionOpinionIssuesMilitaryTrumpConcernedCombatStakesConflicting OpinionsWomen In Combat Author:John McCain
“There was a whole set of issues that the other Republican candidates couldn`t go after Trump that hard on. They had this difficult position where they were trying to knock Trump down while appealing to the voters who liked a lot of the outrageous things about Donald Trump.[Hillary] Clinton is giong to have no such restrictions. She`s going to attack him on a wide variety of fronts and I don`t think Trump is going to deal very well with being attacked in that way.” ThinkingWayTryingWellsHardWholeDifficultDealsIssuesFrontsPositionTrumpRepublicanClintonWideVarietyCandidatesVotersRestrictionOutrageous Author:Josh Barro
“The Big Trump is a historic figure. The Big Trump beat 16 other people for the nomination. The Big Trump is creating issues that make the establishment very uncomfortable. The Little Trump frankly gets out - is stupid. I mean, that comment just then is dumb. And I don't defend him when he wanders off; I've told him over and over.” PeopleMeanLittlesBigsIssuesStupidFiguresTrumpCreatingBeatsWanderDumbUncomfortableCommentEstablishmentHistoricNominations Author:Newt Gingrich
“It's really unfortunate that instead of focusing on the really important issues in our world, Donald Trump chooses to make personal attacks on people.” PeopleWorldImportantIssuesTrumpOur WorldUnfortunateImportant IssuesPersonal Attacks Author:Ariel Winter
“I think Donald Trump is at his best when he sticks to the issues.” ThinkingIssuesTrumpSticks Author:Kellyanne Conway
“We talked about various aspects of what we wanted to talk about, Hillary [Clinton] and [Donald] Trump and down-ballot stuff, various issues. One of the things that it showed was you've got to use fear.” UseWantedStuffIssuesTrumpAspectClintonVariousBallots Author:Joss Whedon
“That's a very complicated issue [with Donal Trump supporters]. There's things going on with people that we're not privy to, we don't understand. These aren't just a bunch of bad people. That isn't how it works.” PeopleIssuesTrumpComplicatedBunchSupporterBad People Author:Joss Whedon
“Team Hillary [Clinton] after everything came out the other night, they said, she just wants to talk about the issues. She wants to have a debate about the issues. Really, is that what their ads are about? Is that what the filth they peddle every day my candidate Donald Trump is about - they want to talk about the issues - lets talk about Obamacare its a disaster?” WantSaidNightIssuesTeamTrumpClintonDebateDisasterCandidatesAdsThey SaidObamacareFilth Author:Kellyanne Conway
“When President-elect [Donald] Trump wants to take on these issue, when his goal is to increase the economic security of middle class families, then count me in.” WantGoalPresidentClassIssuesEconomicMiddleSecurityTrumpIncreaseMiddle ClassMiddle Class FamilyEconomic Security Author:Rudy Giuliani
“I intend to work with President [Donald] Trump on those issues where he will, in fact, work for the middle class and working families in this country. I will vigorously oppose him if he appeals to racism or sexism.” IfsCountryFactsPresidentClassIssuesMiddleTrumpRacismAppealsMiddle ClassSexism Author:Rudy Giuliani
“If you look at the polls, for all the talk about immigration and even trade, ObamaCare was an extremely important issue for Trump voters in 2016.” IfsLooksImportantIssuesTrumpTradeImmigrationVotersPollsObamacareImportant Issues Author:William Kristol
“[Donald Trump] is trying to stop immigration into the country from countries where there are major terrorist issues until we can figure out what is going on, but this seems like something else.” TryingCountrySeemsIssuesFiguresTrumpMajorsTerroristImmigrationLike Something Author:Megyn Kelly
“Whites who otherwise were able to tolerate a black president, Obama, because on certain issues he appealed to them on substance, Trump was able to reach down into some of those same people and pull out this racism inside them.” PeopleAbleCertainBlackPresidentIssuesTrumpRacismSubstancePresident ObamaTolerate Author:Allan Nairn