“There's no question that Donald Trump has had ample opportunity to distance himself from the kind of racist language that comes from some of his supporters.” KindOpportunityLanguageTrumpDistanceRacistSupporter Author:Donna Brazile
“No one is spreading any kind of rumors or saying anything about Donald Trump supporters or, for that matter, the supporters of Ted Cruz and everyone else.” KindMatterTrumpSupporterRumorCruz Author:Donna Brazile
“There is another part of his policy that we`re unclear about, which is how - whether he`s going to stick to this proposal to ban Muslim immigrants. It is amazing that we`re less than 70 days away from the election and we`re all waiting with kind of baited breath to find out what is [Donald] Trump`s immigration policy, right?” KindWaitingPolicyTrumpBreathsElectionSticksImmigrationImmigrantsProposalBansUnclearImmigration Policy Author:Michelle Goldberg
“My suspicion is that his hard-core supporters, you know, when I interviewed some of them, they almost take kind of vicarious pride in Donald Trump`s ability to maneuver.” KnowsKindHardAbilityPrideTrumpCoreSuspicionSupporterHard CoreVicarious Author:Michelle Goldberg
“He [Donald Trump] can do almost anything as long as they feel like he`s kind of effectively with him, that he kind of channels their emotions in some sense. A lot of the people that I`ve interviewed, at least, are not going to be really hung up on the details of policy.” PeopleFeelsKindLongCan DoEmotionPolicyTrumpDetailsHung Author:Michelle Goldberg
“Although, my guess is that what Donald Trump will do tonight is to try to thread that needle by kind of softening his policy position or maybe just the questions about what you do with those 11 million, while getting tough on criminal migrants.” TryingKindMillionsPolicyPositionTrumpToughCriminalsTonightThreadNeedlesMigrants Author:Michelle Goldberg
“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
“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
“Normally that's the kind of thing, even Colin Kaepernick should applaud that, but people don't. And that's quite telling right there, but [Donald] Trump wants to reinstitute that.” PeopleWantShouldKindTrumpKaepernick Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We also need to make sure women can be in charge of their reproductive health. We can't defund places like Planned Parenthood, where women can go for all kinds of healthcare services. While reproductive rights span much further than the pro-life/pro-choice debate, Donald Trump has actually said he wants to "punish" women for having abortions. And Mike Pence is quite possibly the most anti-choice vice presidential candidate in history.” WantNeedsKindSaidChoicesRightsTrumpVicesDebateAll KindsPresidentialCandidatesAbortionParenthoodHealthcareMikeVice PresidentPro LifePresidential CandidatePlanned ParenthoodReproductive RightsReproductive Health Author:Chrissy Teigen
“Monica Langley has a great piece in The Wall Street Journal about how they're trying to create different kinds of moments for Donald Trump, as opposed to just him shouting at rallies. They're trying to get him in classrooms, and in churches, and in diners and places where he can make a more personal connection.” TryingKindDifferentMomentsChurchPiecesStreetsWallTrumpConnectionsDifferent KindsClassroomJournalShoutingDinersMonicaWall Street JournalPersonal Connection Author:Bill Burton
“I think Donald Trump knows the kind of leadership that we [Americans] need at home and abroad.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsKindHomeTrump Author:Mike Pence
“They have to earn our vote. Neither Hillary [Clinton] or Donald [Trump] have earned our votes, yet the media is kind of closing ranks around them to try to prevent before people find out that there is actually - you know, that we actually have other choices. We are not limited to two corporate candidates.” PeopleKnowsTryingKindTwoChoicesMediaTrumpVoteClintonCorporateCandidatesClosing Author:Jill Stein
“You see the kind of approach, because he [Doanld Trump] is a businessman. He's like, I'm going to pick up the phone, I'm gonna call that CEO and we're going to talk about this directly, instead of getting mired in a lot of the way down, you know, bureaucracy and red tape and having 25 assistants or deputies talk to somebody instead of going directly to the root of the problem.” KnowsWayKindProblemTrumpApproachPicksRedRootsPhonesTapeCeoBusinessmanBureaucracyAssistantsDeputiesRed Tape Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“I think Hillary Clinton is more suspicious, clearly tougher on Russian policy in Ukraine, Georgia, Syria; more willing to support sanctions; not against negotiating with Putin, but I would say tougher and more skeptical. And Donald Trump has talked about revisiting policy towards Ukraine, revisiting policy about sanctions towards Russia, not as quick to criticize Putin for what he might be up to in Syria and propping up the regime there - so just seems to be more open to the possibilities of working out some kind of a - I guess you'd call a modus vivendi with Putin.” ThinkingKindSeemsMightSupportPolicyPossibilityWillingTrumpClintonWork OutRussiaCriticizeRegimesSyriaSuspiciousSkepticalPutinUkraineSanctionsGeorgiaNegotiating Author:Richard N. Haass
“I think what Mr. Trump has made clear is that he would not undertake optional wars, what I have called wars of choice, a la, say Iraq in 2003 or Libya, for the purposes of transforming another country. It's not clear whether Hillary Clinton, if she were to have the opportunity, would do such a thing again or whether she would have taken a - the lesson from both Iraq and Libya that we ought not to be undertaking those kinds of wars of choice.” IfsThinkingKindMadeWarCountryPurposeChoicesOpportunityTakenClearOughtTrumpLessonsClintonIraqTransformingUndertakingsLibyaOptional Author:Richard N. Haass
“Do the thousands of people that Donald Trump have stiffed over the course of your business not deserve some kind of apology from someone who has taken their labor, taken the goods that they produced, and then refused to pay them?” PeopleKindCoursesPayTakenTrumpDeserveLaborGoodsApology 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
“When you hear Donald Trump say he wants to make America great again, when we do that I truly do believe the American people are going to be standing taller, they're going to see that real change can happen after decades of just talking about it. And when that happens the American people are going to stand tall, stand together and we'll have the kind of unity that's been missing for way too long.” PeopleWayWantBelieveKindLongRealHappensTogetherAmericaTalkingMissingTrumpStandingUnityDecadesTallReal Change Author:Mike Pence
“Even though a definite article is supposed to bring something into focus, Donald Trump uses it in a very general way. It's seen by many observers as a kind of racial distancing. Often using that article seems unnecessary. [But] it is serving some function, which is to represent a group collectively rather than as individuals.” WayKindUseSeemsIndividualFocusGroupsTrumpFunctionServingArticlesUnnecessaryDefiniteObservers Author:Ben Zimmer
“Donald Trump said women should be punished, that there should be some form of punishment for women who obtain abortions. And I could just not be more opposed to that kind of thinking.” ThinkingShouldKindSaidFormTrumpPunishmentAbortion Author:Hillary Clinton
“So 38% think that Donald Trump's not qualified to be president. How many people thought that about Bill Clinton? Bill Clinton actually did the kind of things Trump is talking about.” PeopleThinkingKindPresidentTalkingTrumpBillsClintonQualified Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Using that kind of scare rhetoric is just terribly unfortunate. You [Donald Trump] should meet with some of the women that I have met with, women I have known over the course of my life. This is one of the worst possible choices that any woman and her family has to make.” ShouldKindChoicesCoursesKnownWorstTrumpMetsScareUnfortunateRhetoric Author:Hillary Clinton
“Donald Trump's talking down our democracy. And I, for one, am appalled that somebody who is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that kind of position.” KindTwoPartyTalkingDemocracyPositionTrumpMajorsTalking Down Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think we've created a system here where only the lifelong politicians, who are used to this kind of life in the spotlight and don't care, or people who have egos along the lines of Donald Trump - who just don't care what people say about them - they're the only people who are ever going to run because nobody wants their life dissected as meanly and as randomly as our media has come to do with anybody who runs for office.” PeopleThinkingWantKindCareRunningUsedLinesMediaTrumpPoliticianEgoOfficeDon't CareLifelongSpotlight Author:Mitch Albom
“[Donald Trump] borrows money from all kinds of people around the world, including more than $100 million from a German bank now under federal investigation.” PeopleWorldKindMillionsTrumpIncludingAll KindsAround The WorldInvestigation Author:George Stephanopoulos
“My advice would be that once [Donald Trump] enters office, there should be a separation, a blind trust or some kind of blind trust.” ShouldKindWould BeAdviceTrumpOfficeBlindSeparationBlind Trust 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
“The way Donald Trump talks about the problems of black Americans as a kind of separate group who are not part of his audience but he's kind of reaching over his audience or behind his audience to black Americans, saying what have you got to lose? As in you might as well join me because the Democrats haven't done anything for you. But joining me means joining this group that already supports me.” WayWellsKindMeanDoneProblemMightBlackLosesBehindsSupportAudienceGroupsHavensTrumpDemocratReachingJoiningSupport Me Author:George Packer
“When Donald Trump yells at his supporters to throw somebody out of the hall - and usually that somebody is brown or black or often is - that means he's galvanizing a kind of mob spirit, which is also a racial mob spirit.” KindMeanSpiritBlackTrumpBrownHallsSupporterOften Is Author:George Packer
“What will be interesting to see is whether or not we see from the [Donald Trump] administration initiatives on higher education for this work force, because if those kinds of training opportunities are not provided, then I do think this program begins to look like a defensive holding action, a rear-guard action, buying time for workers who might not otherwise find positions in the 21st century.” IfsThinkingLooksKindMightActionOpportunityForceInterestingCenturyPositionTrumpHigherTrainingProgramWorkersAdministrationBuyingInitiative21st CenturyHigher Education Author:Judy Woodruff
“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
“I think Donald Trump is going to find it very hard to do the kind of massive change he wants.” ThinkingWantKindHardTrumpMassiveMassive Change Author:David Brooks
“People love hearing Trump tell a media person, "You're stupid, what kind of question is that? You have no idea what you're talking about, let me tell you what -" They love that. Nobody ever talks back to 'em. Nobody ever gets on their case.” PeopleKindPersonsIdeasTalkingCasesMediaStupidTrumpLet MeHearingNo IdeaEmsYou Re Stupid Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Donald Trump has this ability to trigger. He makes that kind of gut appeal.” KindAbilityTrumpAppealsGutsTriggers Author:Allan Nairn
“What Donald Trump has done is to make it possible for people who had racist, sexist, and all kinds of prejudices and bigotry to put them right out there.” PeopleKindDoneTrumpPrejudiceAll KindsRacistBigotrySexist Author:Hillary Clinton