“I believe Donald Trump would be better for America than Barack Obama, because he understands business. Donald Trump has taken a pro- life position. He believes that we're getting shanghaied by China.” BelieveWould BeAmericaI BelieveTakenPositionTrumpChinaBarackPro Life Author:Mike Huckabee
“One of the reasons people love sports is because it's non-political. And to the degree that Donald Trump puts sports organizations like golf tournaments in difficult positions, they won't want anything to do with him, i think all of this is evidence that Donald Trump is finding it a lot harder to be a candidate than he probably anticipated.” PeopleThinkingWantLoveReasonPoliticalSportsDifficultPositionTrumpDegreesFindingsEvidenceOrganizationHarderGolfCandidatesTournamentsGolf TournamentsNon Political Author:Ari Fleischer
“Trump's immigration positions do not deserve a response because they are so outlandish. If you force me to give you three words to describe them they would be: ludicrous, impractical and racist.” IfsGivingWould BeThreeForcePositionTrumpDeserveResponseImmigrationRacistThree WordsOutlandish Author:Bill Richardson
“People like Ted Cruz, who has tried to position himself as the best second choice for [Donald] Trump supporters, wouldn't condemn him.” PeopleChoicesPositionTrumpSupporterCruzSecond Choice Author:Mara Liasson
“There are kind of four people up at the top, [Donald] Trump,[Marco] Rubio,[Ted] Cruz,[Ben] Carson, and then there's me and about three governors. I'm perfectly happy with that position right now, honestly, because when I started this race, I was 17 out of 16. The pollsters didn't even ask my name, because so few people knew me.” PeopleKindThreeAsksNamesRaceFourPositionTrumpRight NowHonestlyGovernorsCruzMarcosBen Carson Author:Carly Fiorina
“At the debate, Donald Trump backed off of his health care position for 20 years. For 20 years, he has agreed with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on socialized medicine, saying Obamacare doesn't go far enough. He wants the government to pay for everyone's health care and to control it.” WantYearsEnoughGovernmentCarePayPositionTrumpMedicineClintonDebateHealth CareObamacareSocialized Medicine Author:Ted Cruz
“Brexit suggests that there IS some level of non-vocal group who supports positions like those espoused by [Donald]Trump that polls are missing.” LevelsSupportGroupsMissingPositionTrumpPollsVocal Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“I don't know that I'm in a position to give campaign advice to Donald Trump, given that he just whipped me in a primary.” KnowsGivingGivenAdvicePositionTrumpCampaignsPrimaries Author:Ted Cruz
“After chasing after [Donald] Trump like a lovelorn high school girl the evangelicals are in no position to ask for anything. Ever.” SchoolGirlAsksPositionTrumpHigh SchoolChasingSchool Girl Author:Hillary Clinton
“The idea is, Mr. [Donald] Trump won the primaries in no small way because he had this very forceful position, saying all 11 or 12 million undocumented immigrants will be forced to leave the country.” WayIdeasCountryMillionsPositionTrumpPrimariesImmigrantsUndocumented Immigrants Author:Jake Tapper
“Let's be very clear first off. Nothing has changed about Donald Trump's position on dealing with illegal immigration.” FirstsClearPositionChangedTrumpImmigrationIllegalIllegal ImmigrationThings Have Changed Author:Mike Pence
“[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
“The choice couldn't be more clear for the American people. Donald Trump has been completely consistent in his positions.” PeopleHas BeensChoicesClearPositionTrumpConsistent Author:Mike Pence
“Donald Trump is not softening his position on immigration.” PositionTrumpImmigration Author:Rick Perry
“If you closed your eyes during that [Donald Trump] conference and you didn`t pay attention to who was saying those words, it could have been Jeb Bush saying those words last year, Jeb Bush. It could have been Marco Rubio saying those words last year during the primaries, because that`s the position of, well, those two Floridians, you know, no pathway to citizenship according to Jeb Bush, pathway to citizenship in the long term, according to Marco Rubio, but talking about the need to brush up on the border.” IfsKnowsNeedsYearsWellsLongHas BeensTwoEyeLastsTermPayAttentionTalkingPositionTrumpPrimariesPay AttentionBordersLong TermLast YearCitizenshipBrushesConferencesCould Have BeenPathwaysMarcos Author:Jose Diaz-Balart
“The perception that Donald Trump has softened on immigration or is about to soften on immigration has some on the right concerned that he could lose support among his most loyal base of supporters, though he`d been drawn to his hard-line positions on immigration early in the campaign.” HardLosesLinesSupportPositionTrumpPerceptionConcernedCampaignsImmigrationLoyalSupporter Author:Steve Kornacki
“He [Donald Trump] found that sweet spot in the Republican Party, just politically, where you had the rest of the party saying it`s just impractical. You can`t deport 11 million people. You can`t round them up and deport them, and his position was basically, hey, Republican voters. Don`t listen them, you can and I will.” PeopleFoundPartyMillionsPositionSweetTrumpRepublicanRoundsSpotsHeyVotersRepublican Party Author:Steve Kornacki
“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
“And, clearly, part of what he`s trying to do now, Donald Trump knows that he`s getting killed with college educated white women. If he loses, that`s going to be why. So he`s trying to appeal to some of them, with the softening of his position on immigration.” IfsKnowsTryingLosesWhitePositionCollegeTrumpImmigrationEducatedAppeals 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
“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
“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
“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
“Candidates [Hillary Clinton and Donald trump], we look forward to hearing you articulate your policies and your positions, as well as your visions and your values.” WellsLooksValuesVisionPolicyPositionTrumpClintonHearingCandidates Author:Lester Holt
“Donald Trump has been someone who has basically taken every position that Vladimir Putin has.” Has BeensTakenPositionTrumpPutin Author:John Podesta
“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
“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 think it would be a threat [Donald's Trump presidency] to the conduct of our foreign policy and our position in the world at large.” ThinkingWorldWould BePolicyPositionTrumpThreatForeign PolicyPresidency Author:William Weld
“Protected by a no-fly zone, surrounded by protesters, Trump Tower is buzzing with intensity. The president-elect's family, loyalist advisers and wannabes all jockeying for position.” PresidentPositionTrumpZoneIntensityProtectedTowersAdviserWannabesLoyalists Author:George Stephanopoulos
“I do think that our democracy is so great, we can withstand even a candidacy of Donald Trump. And when we emerge from this, it has to be respecting the position of those who supported him, addressing the anger and anxiety that they have, and, again, bringing the country together, which was always the purpose of our founders, a more perfect union.” ThinkingCountryTogetherPurposePerfectDemocracyPositionTrumpAnxietyUnionsFoundersCandidacy Author:Nancy Pelosi
“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
“Even though [Donald] Trump is reported to not read very much and to have a limited range of experience, he is often certain that he is right and boldly asserts the correctness of his positions.” CertainPositionTrumpRangeCorrectness Author:David Krieger
“A lot will depend on who [Donald] Trump chooses for key cabinet positions, but even more will depend on his consultations with his key advisor (himself).” PositionKeysDependsTrumpCabinetsAdvisorsConsultation Author:David Krieger
“National security adviser is not a position that requires confirmation. This is a pick that like [Donald Trump] Chief of Staff, he gets to choose on his own and have installed.” SecurityPositionTrumpPicksChiefsStaffNational SecurityAdviserConfirmationChief Of Staff Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“The New York Times reports that [Donald] Trump wants [Jared] Kushner in the White House, and he's exploring whether he can take a position. It's problematic, though, because even an unpaid job could fall under a law prohibiting nepotism.” WantJobsLawFallHouseWhiteNew YorkPositionTrumpReportsWhite HouseExploringNew York TimesNepotism Author:Steve Inskeep
“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
“[Donald Trump] has offered me a position. Very early on. In fact, the election night or the wee hours of Wednesday, he did. And I am very humbled by that. I think that it's everybody's dream to serve their nation at the highest level if they can. But I have four small children and I need to balance all types of personal and professional considerations.” IfsThinkingNeedsChildrenFactsDreamNightNationsHoursLevelsFourPositionTypeTrumpBalanceHighestElectionConsiderationSmall ChildWednesday Author:Kellyanne Conway