“So if you are a Republican and you just can't abide [Donald] Trump - which means you're not serious about stopping Hillary [Clinton]; you're not serious about keeping her out of the White House - then people should vote for you because you?” PeopleIfsShouldMeanHouseWhiteSeriousTrumpRepublicanVoteClintonWhite HouseStopping Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The bottom line on nuclear weapons is that when the president gives the order, it must be followed. There's about four minutes between the order being given and the people responsible for launching nuclear weapons to do so. And that's why 10 people who have had that awesome responsibility have come out and, in an unprecedented way, said they would not trust Donald Trump with the nuclear codes or to have his finger on the nuclear button.” PeopleWayGivingSaidOrderGivenPresidentLinesResponsibilityFourMinutesTrumpWeaponsResponsibleFingersBottomNuclearCodeNuclear WeaponsButtonsBottom LineUnprecedentedLaunching Author:Hillary Clinton
“It seems to be the case that for the people who actually are all in with Donald Trump - which is who knows: 35, 38, 40 per cent of the electorate - apparently nothing can dissuade them.” PeopleKnowsSeemsCasesTrumpCentsElectorate Author:James Fallows
“Trump staying disciplined and on message is not what Donald Trump wants. He views himself as a tremendously gifted natural communicator who connects best with people when he is riffing without notes or preparation.” PeopleWantNaturalViewsTrumpMessagesNotesPreparationStayingGiftedCommunicators Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“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's message to people is that he's a disruptive force that can descend into Washington as a nonpolitician and try to change some of the morass that happens in Washington.” PeopleTryingHappensForceTrumpMessagesDisruptive Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“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 people in America have had enough, and Donald Trump's the change agent.” PeopleThinkingEnoughAmericaTrumpAgentsHad EnoughChange Agent Author:Reince Priebus
“As for LGBTQ people supporting Donald Trump (or other Republicans), I do understand that some of them value his stances on immigration, climate change (I should say "the war on coal"), and the economy over those of equality, fairness, and justice.” PeopleShouldWarValuesJusticeEconomyTrumpRepublicanClimateClimate ChangeImmigrationFairnessCoalStance Author:Steven Petrow
“When Donald Trump talks about the rigged, corrupt system, remember, he's standing up for the forgotten man and the forgotten woman. This is not about him. This is about the people. This is about folks who are white-knuckled at the end of each month trying to pay the bills. This is about the people who feel like their pressing their nose against the glass of the rigged system and can't get in, they're just watching everybody else benefit.” PeopleMenFeelsTryingEndsRememberWhitePayMonthsTrumpBenefitsStandingBillsForgottenFolksGlassesNosesRiggedEach Month Author:Kellyanne Conway
“People already think the entire system is rigged against Donald Trump, and they're right, meaning, the corrupt, rigged system. The elections every four years are just part of that to them. They feel like they can't get a fair shake. It is the essence of the Donald Trump candidacy.” PeopleThinkingFeelsYearsFourTrumpFairsEssenceElectionShakesFour YearsRiggedCandidacy Author:Kellyanne Conway
“The other theory of the case - and it`s not just one that people opposed to him politically believe, but also people who share the Republican Party`s beliefs or conservative, but don`t like Donald Trump, is that he`s fundamentally a narcissist who has become addicted to the attention, is sort of compulsively driven by attention, and this has given him an outlet for that attention, and crucially doesn`t actually care about the party that he is nominally representing.” PeopleBelieveCareBeliefGivenPartyAttentionCasesShareTheoryTrumpRepublicanConservativeDrivenJust OneRepublican PartyOutletsRepresentingNarcissist Author:Chris Hayes
“All the people that you see on television defending Donald Trump have not been drafted into it.” PeopleTelevisionTrump Author:Chris Hayes
“I mean [Donald Trump] ability to be so shameless, I think that it`s impossible for most people to parse.” PeopleThinkingMeanAbilityImpossibleTrumpShameless Author:Michelle Goldberg
“That most people will not accept the fact that you are - and who was it that said that eventually Donald Trump is going to go on television and insists he never ran for president?” PeopleSaidFactsPresidentAcceptingTelevisionGoes OnTrumpRan Author:Michelle Goldberg
“[People] assume that there must be something to [Donald Trump] grandiose self-presentation, because who could be a con man on that big of a scale?” PeopleMenSelfBigsTrumpAssumingScalesPresentationGrandiose Author:Michelle Goldberg
“[Donald Trump] said it`s against affordable health care for poor people and will not fight to raise wages for working poor people, that`s pushing all of them in terms of policy.” PeopleSaidCareFightingTermPoorPolicyTrumpRaisesHealth CarePushingWagesPoor PeopleAffordableAffordable Health Care Author:Jesse Jackson
“The vast majority of the coverage had to do with him basically saying, for the first 100 days of my administration, the [Donald] Trump administration, I'd be going after people who ticked me off.” PeopleFirstsTrumpMajorityAdministrationCoverage Author:Star Jones
“As Bernie Sanders himself said, you know, the [Donald] Trump movement reflects the economic despair and misery that's been inflicted not only on the American people but people around the world.” PeopleKnowsWorldSaidEconomicMovementTrumpDespairMiseryAround The World Author:Jill Stein
“Over three-quarters of the American people are saying it's time to open up the debates. We have rejected these two candidates [Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump] at the highest levels of disapproval in our history.” PeopleTwoThreeLevelsTrumpHighestClintonDebateCandidatesQuartersRejectedDisapproval Author:Jill Stein
“The objective of the people who bring impeachment charges, if the Republicans do this on Trump, the objective will be to get one of them back in the power structure.” PeopleIfsTrumpRepublicanStructureObjectivesImpeachment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“People who don't like Trump really don't like Trump. And I guess I'm among them.” PeopleTrump Author:David Brooks
“I feel like everyone's starting to isolate, and that proves itself in a big context like Brexit, and Donald Trump potentially, and putting walls up and stopping people coming in.” PeopleFeelsBigsWallTrumpProveStartingStoppingProve ItWalls Up Author:Ruth Wilson
“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
“What I didn't really understand, but then I thought this makes perfect sense, as well - was how many people responded to it by being like, "It was just so nice to take a break." Because even the humor - the great stuff that Samantha Bee and John Oliver and Seth Meyers are doing - it's all anger humor. And for somebody to say, "Hey, we're all idiots," and just be able to laugh at ourselves and be able to connect through that. It's always about connecting with someone, never about scolding them. The only thing I knew right upfront is we're not going after [Donald] Trump supporters.” PeopleWellsAbleStuffPerfectBreakLaughingNiceTrumpHeyIdiotBeesSupporterConnectingScoldingSamantha 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
“We're getting to the point where we're impinging on democratic institutions in this country and I think, you know, it takes a certain - not a suspension of disbelief - but willingness to go along with other people to get the ship of state going forward. I'm not sure that happens in a [Donald] Trump presidency, frankly.” PeopleThinkingKnowsCountryStatesHappensCertainTrumpInstitutionsDemocraticShipsNot SureWillingnessPresidencyDisbeliefSuspensionSuspension Of Disbelief Author:William Weld
“I have a lot to say about Mrs. [Hillary] Clinton that has not been said by others recently and that I think needs to be said. I mean I've known her for 40 years. I worked with her, I know her well professionally. I know her well personally. I know her to be a person of high moral character. A reliable person and an honest person, however Mr. [Donald] Trump may rant and rave to the contrary. So I'm happy to say that. People can make their own choices.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsYearsWellsMayMeanPersonsSaidCharacterChoicesKnownMoralHonestTrumpClintonContraryRantMoral CharacterRaveHonest Person Author:William Weld
“About 10 minutes [into the dinner] my sister texted me and said, "Maria, I just wanted to let you know that you're on TV live. You're front and center." I thought, 'Oh God, I'm right behind Donald Trump and in the camera shot. After that I stopped moving. I just sat there. It was funny. I was delighted that people noticed my white gloves. It was a white tie dinner, for the dais you had to be in white tie. If I can't channel my best Sophia Loren glamour for a white tie affair, when can I? I thought it was an excellent opportunity to wear the white gloves.” PeopleIfsKnowsSaidI CanWantedMovingOpportunityWhiteBehindsMinutesFrontsTvsTrumpShotsCamerasAffairDinnerExcellentTiesSatMy SisterGlamourDelightedGlovesSophia Author:Maria Bartiromo
“Donald Trump has come on a lot and I think one of the hardest parts of my job is digging down beyond their talking points to get them to say something that people actually want to hear rather than what they've come to the interview with, and that is difficult. That's a reporter's challenge.” PeopleThinkingWantJobsDifficultChallengesTalkingTrumpHardestInterviewsReportersDigging Author:Maria Bartiromo
“The Republicans are mad at Donald Trump, and the Democrats are mad at Hillary Clinton. And the Bernie Sanders people are mad at everybody. When has that ever happened?” PeopleHappenedTrumpRepublicanMadClintonDemocrat Author:Frank Luntz
“[Donald Trump] is trying to be elected president of the United States and he's doing that with or without certain people's endorsements.” PeopleTryingStatesCertainPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTrumpEndorsements Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I would say, when Paul Ryan was running for vice president last time, they lost eight of the nine swing states, and people like - I certainly supported him. I know Donald Trump certainly supported the ticket.” PeopleKnowsStatesRunningLastsLostPresidentTrumpVicesEightNineSwingsTicketsLast TimeVice President Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Donald Trump among wishy-washy people, who decide one day they want him, and they want his endorsement, they support him, and the next day they don't. It's much better for him to take the message directly to the people.” PeopleWantNextSupportTrumpOne DayMessagesNext DayWant HimEndorsements Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I think when somebody seeks mercy and forgiveness and means it, and I was with [Donald Trump] the entire time, including when he learned about this, people ought to think about that. They ought to think about when somebody asks you for forgiveness contrite and for mercy - are you willing to give it?” PeopleThinkingGivingMeanAsksWillingOughtTrumpMercyIncludingMercy And Forgiveness Author:Kellyanne Conway
“From the conservatives, the - the battle cry for the last couple of years, especially from people like Ted Cruz, was repeal ObamaCare, every single word of ObamaCare. That is not the message from Donald Trump.” PeopleYearsLastsCryTrumpCoupleBattleMessagesObamacareCruzSingle WordBattle Cry Author:George Stephanopoulos
“This is a huge decision [to choose advisers and Secretary of State]. This is where he [Donald Trump] has the least experience and will have to rely on people with experience.” PeopleStatesDecisionHugeTrumpRelySecretaryAdviser Author:George Stephanopoulos
“[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
“It's really a situation [ Donald Trump's children are involved now in choosing the next government] that no other president had in years and years. He clearly is not going to follow the idea that - generally there is no rule that requires this but there generally is a situation which people are required to put their interests to the side so they don't have a conflict.” PeopleYearsChildrenIdeasGovernmentNextSidesPresidentInterestSituationTrumpInvolvedConflict Author:Brian Ross
“I think people thought that if [Donald Trump] won, he'd win by one state the way that President [George W.] Bush did.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayStatesWinningPresidentTrumpPresident George W Bush Author:Rudy Giuliani
“If those were Donald Trump people doing that after a Hillary Clinton election, I think a lot of people be - a lot of that - there would be a lot more anger in the media at the fact that they're protesting a legitimately decided election.” PeopleIfsThinkingFactsWould BeMediaTrumpDecidedElectionClinton 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
“I think that Donald Trump picked on people's fears, their anxieties and he gave them somebody to blame, and some folks just really turned out for him for that.” PeopleThinkingTrumpAnxietyBlameFolks Author:Keith Ellison
“The conversation should've been about middle class people. The conversation should've been about how to raise the minimum wage and strengthen Social Security. But then we started talking about this whole email stuff again. And now the outcome is that, you know, Donald Trump has somebody who he's looking at to put on his Cabinet who's a lobbyist to privatize Social Security.” PeopleKnowsShouldWholeSocialStuffTalkingClassMiddleSecurityTrumpConversationRaisesOutcomesMiddle ClassMinimumEmailSocial SecurityCabinetsMinimum WageLobbyists Author:Keith Ellison
“These folks are telling Donald Trump that if he tries to move out on his plan to have a deportation squad, to harm Americans, and if he does - and if he has - he tries to do that, we're going to be there to stand and say no. We don't - we oppose his misogyny. We oppose his picking on people of different ethnic and religious groups.” PeopleIfsTryingDoeDifferentMovingReligiousPlansGroupsTrumpFolksHarmMisogynySquadDeportation Author:Keith Ellison
“We'll see if [Donald Trump] really means it though; he will get a chance to deliver on that promise. And if he doesn't, we'll make sure the people know about it.” PeopleIfsKnowsMeanChanceTrumpPromiseReally Mean Author:Keith Ellison
“[Donald] Trump phenomenon is just marbles with all this toxic stuff, the misogyny, the outright bigotry and so now people are left to try to pull this apart.” PeopleTryingLeftStuffTrumpBigotryPhenomenonToxicMisogynyMarble Author:Van Jones
“First of all, legally, it's hard to do these things[ get rid of ObamaCare]. Donald Trump needs a lot of competent people.” PeopleNeedsFirstsHardTrumpCompetentObamacare Author:William Kristol
“[Donald Trump] has had the good judgment and common sense to get back with all these people, who have written the legislation already.” PeopleCommonWrittenTrumpJudgmentCommon SenseGet BackLegislationGood Judgment Author:Mary Matalin
“The progressives have a challenge. Part of it is that you now have a lot of progressives who feel that 50 million, 60 million people voted to endorse the toxic parts of Donald Trump, that suddenly we now are in a country, you know, surrounded by people who, you know, are proud to be, you know, a part of this alt-right thing and they think it was an alt-right takeover.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsCountryChallengesMillionsTrumpProudRight ThingToxicBe YouTakeoversWho You Know Author:Van Jones