“While Donald Trump said, well, our plan won't be exactly like the House Republican plan, the closer it is to that plan, the less likely it is to increase the deficit.” WellsSaidHousePlansTrumpRepublicanIncreaseDeficit Author:Avik Roy
“[Donald Trump] has said that very consistently [about border], the contrast with Hillary Clinton, who supports amnesty, open borders, who wants to implement executive amnesty again on day one, even though the Supreme Court of the United States rejected it, and Hillary Clinton, who wants to increase refugees from the terrorist-torn country of Syria by 550 percent.” WantSaidCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesSupportTrumpPercentIncreaseCourtClintonTerroristSupremeBordersExecutivesContrastConsistentlyRejectedSyriaSupreme CourtTornRefugeeAmnesty Author:Mike Pence
“Donald Trump wants to make it clear to the American people that, while Hillary Clinton is committed to open borders, and amnesty, and executive amnesty, and more of the same that has really harmed our economy, and, frankly, as he said, with regard to dangerous individuals in this country, has cost American lives. . . .” PeopleWantSaidCountryIndividualEconomyClearDangerousTrumpCostRegardClintonCommittedBordersExecutivesAmerican LifeAmnesty Author:Mike Pence
“I think what he [Donald Trump] has said is that people are not going to be eligible for legalization or citizenship unless they leave the country and get back in line.” PeopleThinkingSaidCountryLinesTrumpGet BackCitizenship Author:Chris Christie
“Now there's going to be some decisions [Donald Trump] is going to have to make as president regarding those folks, and I think what he's said let's first get all of the bad actors out of the country. And I think that's what's really important.” ThinkingFirstsSaidImportantCountryActorsPresidentDecisionTrumpFolks Author:Chris Christie
“I've said consistently, the advice I give to Donald is to Donald [Trump]. And that's based upon our friendship over the last 14 years and the way I would expect to.” WayGivingYearsSaidLastsAdviceTrumpConsistentlyFriendship Over Author:Chris Christie
“There's no question that Donald Trump has said things that are very unsettling. I mean, whether it's comparing Mexicans to rapists, demonizing Muslim Americans, excoriating the federal judge who was handling the case.” MeanSaidCasesJudgingTrumpCompareFederal Judges Author:Donna Brazile
“No one is demonizing or even saying anything as intemperate as Donald Trump has said about blacks living in squalor conditions.” SaidConditionsTrumpSqualor Author:Donna Brazile
“There has maybe been a poor - a misunderstanding or statements that have maybe hurt, unfortunately. The Mexicans have felt offended by what has been said [by Donald Trump]. But I am certain that his genuine interest is in building a relationship that will provide our mutual societies improved wellbeing.” Has BeensSaidCertainFeltInterestHurtPoorBuildingTrumpGenuineStatementsMutualMisunderstandingOffendedWellbeing Author:Enrique Pena Nieto
“On the campaign trail, [Donald] Trump has threatened a trade war and repeatedly said that Mexico will pay for a wall on the Southern border.” SaidWarPayWallTrumpTradeCampaignsBordersSouthernMexicoThreatenedTrails Author:Steve Kornacki
“The Donald Trump who showed up at this press conference, though he did extend his hand to President Pena Nieto, say, I consider you a friend, he said he talked about first-generation, second- generation, third-generation Mexican-American, he said - his words here - he considers them beyond reproach.” FirstsSaidHandsPresidentGenerationsTrumpThirdsPressesConferencesMexicanReproachPress ConferencesMexican American Author:Steve Kornacki
“As a matter of fact if you think about [Donald Trump press conference after visit to Mexico], that could have been may be one of the Gang of Eight, the bipartisan group that in the Senate some years ago passed a bill that said border security. It said thousands of new border guards to deal with the porous border. It talked about a pathway to legalization for the 11 or 12 million undocumented that live in this country.” IfsThinkingYearsMayHas BeensSaidCountryMatterFactsDealsMillionsGroupsSecurityTrumpYears AgoBillsPressesEightBordersSenateMexicoConferencesGangCould Have BeenPathwaysMatter Of FactBipartisanPress ConferencesBorder Security Author:Jose Diaz-Balart
“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
“Donald Trump, I guess one idea here if he`s flip flopping, has he bought himself cover with his base by all the inflammatory thing he`s said over the last year? But the flip side is, all of those inflammatory things, the voters he`s trying to reach by flip flopping, are they tuned out to him because of that?” IfsTryingYearsSaidIdeasLastsSidesTrumpVotersLast YearFlipFlip FlopsFlopping Author:Steve Kornacki
“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
“A couple of Donald Trump people, including his vice presidential running mate, Mike Pence, the governor of Indiana, and of course, Dr. Ben Carson, have both come out in the last days, hours, practically, and said they believe President [Barack] Obama is a legitimately elected president of the United States.” PeopleBelieveSaidStatesRunningLastsCoursesPresidentHoursUnitedUnited StatesTrumpCoupleIncludingVicesBarackPresidentialMatesGovernorsDrsMikeVice PresidentPresident Barack ObamaLast DayIndianaBen Carson Author:Chris Matthews
“[Vladimir] Putin took a look at them [Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama] and said, I can push these guys around the world. These are children compared to me. Donald Trump is not a child.” WorldLooksChildrenSaidI CanGuyTrumpClintonAround The WorldBarackPutin Author:Rudy Giuliani
“I see a comparison between the two [Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump]. Peace through strength. What Chris Matthews don't grasp is that day Donald Trump gave a speech in which he said he's going to build the U.S. military up to Ronald Reagan levels.” SaidTwoLevelsMilitaryTrumpSpeechComparisonMatthewPeace Through Strength Author:Rudy Giuliani
“Donald Trump wants to dramatically reduce America's corporate tax rate (to 15%) and thereby unleash economic growth. Hillary Clinton hasn't said a word about lowering corporate tax rates. Being a Fedzillacrat, you don't need to be an economic soothsayer to know that she supports taxing the producers and further strangling America's anemic economy.” KnowsWantNeedsSaidAmericaGrowthSupportEconomyEconomicTrumpTaxesClintonRateProducersCorporateEconomic GrowthStrangling Author:Ted Nugent
“[Donald] Trump comes along and is singing a different song. He says, "I don't need your money; I'm rich enough on my own to run." And he says, "I think we need these programs." And, lo and behold, a lot of Republican voters liked what he said.” ThinkingNeedsSaidDifferentEnoughRunningSongMy OwnRichTrumpRepublicanSingingProgramVoters Author:Jane Mayer
“He [Donald Trump] is gotten $4 billion worth of free media. They launched his campaign. As I think the president of CBS said, you know, "He may be bad for America but he sure is good for my bottom line."” ThinkingKnowsMaySaidAmericaPresidentLinesMediaTrumpBottomBillionsCampaignsBottom Line Author:Jill Stein
“What's going on with [Donald] Trump, you can't even get at, you know, and what he said was that even to clarify 15 out of these 500 deals, these are just like the most frightening Mafiosos around the world.” KnowsWorldSaidDealsTrumpAround The WorldFrightening Author:Jill Stein
“[Donald Trump] said that he has intelligence briefings. He's heard stuff that body language. It's very wild to me.” SaidBodyLanguageStuffHeardTrumpBody LanguageBriefing Author:Eric Bolling
“[Donald] Trump has said that I would like to sit down and talk to people, work things out. Well, guess what? Some of the evidence is that was, he went straight to Mexico and sat down and had a conference and a meeting directly with Pea Nieto to go over all this. OK, that.” PeopleWellsSaidTrumpEvidenceDown AndMeetingsSatMexicoConferencesPeas Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“[Donald Trump] stood up and was asked a very specific question, if there's an undocumented illegal in the military or wants to serve in the military, can they stay? And he said, "You know what? I think that's a good idea."That's brilliant. That's genius.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantSaidIdeasMilitaryTrumpGeniusBrilliantIllegalGood IdeasStood Up Author:Eric Bolling
“[Vladimir] Putin supporting Bashar al-Assad, helping with the Syrian refugee crisis and, I think for any republican, he [Donald Trump] has got to stop saying this, because I was with him. I was with him and he said that, it was like, I'm out. I'm out. It's too crazy.” ThinkingSaidHelpingCrazyTrumpRepublicanCrisisAlsRefugeePutinAssadRefugee CrisisSyrian RefugeesBashar Al Assad Author:John McCain
“Donald Trump's campaign manager said that you built a lot of businesses on the backs of little guys.” LittlesSaidGuyTrumpBuiltCampaignsManagers Author:Hillary Clinton
“[Donald Trump] said, back in 2006, "Gee, I hope it does collapse, because then I can go in and buy some and make some money." Well, it did collapse.” WellsDoeSaidI CanTrumpCollapse Author:Hillary Clinton
“Independent experts have looked at what I've proposed and looked at what Donald's [Trump] proposed, and basically they've said this, that if his tax plan, which would blow up the debt by over $5 trillion and would in some instances disadvantage middle-class families compared to the wealthy, were to go into effect, we would lose 3.5 million jobs and maybe have another recession.” IfsSaidJobsLosesClassMillionsPlansMiddleEffectsTrumpTaxesIndependentBlowDebtInstanceExpertsMiddle ClassWealthyDisadvantagesRecessionsMiddle Class Family Author:Hillary Clinton
“I like to remember what Michelle Obama said in her amazing speech at our Democratic National Convention: When they go low, we go high. And Barack Obama went high, despite Donald Trump's best efforts to bring him down.” SaidRememberEffortTrumpSpeechLowsDemocraticDespiteBarackConventionsBest Effort Author:Hillary Clinton
“It's one of the reasons [Vladimir Putin invitation to U.S] why 50 national security officials who served in Republican information - in administrations have said that Donald [Trump] is unfit to be the commander- in-chief. It's comments like that that really worry people who understand the threats that we face.” PeopleSaidReasonFacesWorrySecurityInformationTrumpRepublicanThreatChiefsAdministrationOfficialsCommentNational SecurityInvitationsCommandersPutinCommander In Chief Author:Hillary Clinton
“I saw Donald [Trump] saying that there were some Iranian sailors on a ship in the waters off of Iran, and they were taunting American sailors who were on a nearby ship. He said, you know, if they taunted our sailors, I'd blow them out of the water and start another war. That's not good judgment.” IfsKnowsSaidWarWaterSawsTrumpJudgmentBlowShipsIranSailorIranianTauntingGood Judgment 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] even said, well, you know, if there were nuclear war in East Asia, well, you know, that's fine have a good time, folks.” IfsKnowsWellsSaidWarFineTrumpFolksEastNuclearGood TimesAsiaHaving A Good TimeNuclear WarEast Asia Author:Hillary Clinton
“[Donald Trump] tried to switch from looks to stamina. But this is a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs, and someone who has said pregnancy is an inconvenience to employers.” MenLooksSaidDogTrumpPregnancyPigsEmployersInconvenienceStamina Author:Hillary Clinton
“[Donald Trump ] who has said women don't deserve equal pay unless they do as good a job as men.” MenSaidJobsPayTrumpEqualDeserveEqual Pay Author:Hillary Clinton
“One of the worst things [Donald Trump] said was about a woman in a beauty contest. He loves beauty contests, supporting them and hanging around them. And he called this woman "Miss Piggy." Then he called her "Miss Housekeeping," because she was Latina. Donald, she has a name.” SaidNamesLove IsWorstMissingTrumpWorst ThingsContestsHanging AroundLatinaHousekeepingPiggyBeauty ContestMiss Piggy Author:Hillary Clinton
“Ronald Reagan said a nation without borders is not a nation. Donald Trump is committed to restoring the borders of America.” SaidAmericaNationsTrumpCommittedBordersRestoring Author:Mike Pence
“Donald Trump doesn't have a plan. He said, I have a secret plan, and then he said, um, I know more than all the generals about ISIS. And then he said, I'm going to call the generals to help me figure out a plan. And finally he said, I'm going to fire all the generals. He doesn't have a plan. But he does have dangerous ideas.” KnowsDoeSaidIdeasHelpingSecretFirePlansDangerousFiguresTrumpHelp MeIsisDangerous Ideas Author:Tim Kaine
“Donald Trump believes that the world will be safer if more nations have nuclear weapons. He's said Saudi Arabia should get them, Japan should get them, Korea should get them. And when he was confronted with this and told, wait a minute, terrorists could get those, proliferation could lead to nuclear war, here's what Donald Trump said, and I quote, go ahead, folks, enjoy yourselves.” IfsWorldShouldBelieveSaidWarNationsWaitingEnjoyMinutesTrumpWeaponsFolksNuclearTerroristJapanNuclear WeaponsKoreaArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisNuclear WarProliferation Author:Tim Kaine
“Ronald Reagan said something really interesting about nuclear proliferation back in the 1980s. He said the problem with nuclear proliferation is some fool or maniac could trigger a catastrophic event and I think that Donald Trump is exactly who governor Reagan warned about.” ThinkingSaidProblemInterestingEventsFoolTrumpNuclearGovernorsTriggersReally InterestingProliferationManiacsNuclear Proliferation Author:Tim Kaine
“I don't think that women should be punished as Donald Trump said they should, for making the decision to have an abortion.” ThinkingShouldSaidDecisionTrumpAbortion Author:Tim Kaine
“Donald Trump started this campaign in 2014 he said if I run for president I'll absolutely release my taxes.” IfsSaidRunningPresidentTrumpTaxesCampaignsRelease Author:Tim Kaine
“Donald Trump has broken his first promise [to release taxes]. Second he stood on this stage last week and when Hillary said you haven't been paying taxes, he said, that makes me smart. So it's smart not to pay for our military. It's smart not to pay for veterans, it's smart not to pay for teachers and I guess all of us who do pay for those things I guess we're stupid.” FirstsSaidLastsPayTeacherWeekStageMilitaryHavensStupidBrokenTrumpPromiseTaxesSmartReleaseVeteranPaying Taxes Author:Tim Kaine
“The Trump plan is a different plan. It's a you're fired plan. And there's two key elements to it. First, Donald Trump said wages are too high. And both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage.” ThinkingFirstsSaidTwoDifferentPlansKeysOughtTrumpElementsMinimumWagesMikeMinimum Wage Author:Tim Kaine
“Donald Trumps' senior advisor said on CNN that the US Presidential election was the ultimate reality TV show! Appeal to those you want to reach!” WantSaidShowsRealityTvsTrumpUltimateElectionAppealsPresidentialTv ShowsSeniorReality TvCnnPresidential ElectionAdvisorsUltimate RealityUs Presidential Author:Martin Sorrell
“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
“Donald Trump said that every undocumented person would be subject to deportation. Now, here's what that means. It means you would have to have a massive law enforcement presence, where law enforcement officers would be going school to school, home to home, business to business, rounding up people who are undocumented. And we would then have to put them on trains, on buses to get them out of America.” PeopleMeanPersonsSaidHomeWould BeSchoolAmericaLawSubjectsTrumpTrainMassiveBusOfficersLaw EnforcementEnforcementDeportation Author:Hillary Clinton
“Donald Trump used undocumented labor to build the Trump Tower. He underpaid undocumented workers, and when they complained, he basically said what a lot of employers do: "You complain, I'll get you deported."” SaidUsedTrumpLaborWorkersComplainingTowersEmployersUnderpaidUndocumented Workers Author:Hillary Clinton
“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