“Donald Trump may be running for president. He said he is sick and tired of the rest of the world laughing at the United States. Well, President Trump will certainly put an end to that.” WorldWellsMaySaidEndsStatesRunningPresidentUnitedUnited StatesLaughingTrumpSickTired Author:David Letterman
“Donald Trump had a university. Well, the state attorney general decided that the Donald Trump University was an unlicensed sham. And I thought, you know you're at a bad university when your commencement speaker is Whitey Bulger.” KnowsWellsStatesEducationComedyTrumpDecidedUniversitySpeakersAttorneyCommencement Author:David Letterman
“Donald Trump announced today he is running for president of the United States. Traditionally that means six more weeks of comedy.” MeanStatesRunningTodayPresidentUnitedUnited StatesComedyWeekTrumpSix Author:Conan O'Brien
“In a speech in Texas, Donald Trump called Hillary Clinton 'easily the worst Secretary of State in the history of our country.' When asked what he based that on, Trump said, 'I heard ME say it just now. So it's gotta be true.'” SaidCountryStatesHeardWorstTrumpSpeechClintonBeing TrueOur CountryTexasSecretary Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Chris Christie said he will top Donald Trump's Iowa State Fair helicopter entrance by riding in on a pony. As a result, all the ponies in Iowa have gone into hiding.” SaidStatesResultsGoneTrumpFairsHidingRidingEntrancesIowaHelicoptersPoniesChristie Author:Conan O'Brien
“Donald Trump accused Huma Abedin of sharing state secrets with her husband. I think Trump clearly lacks a sense of Huma.” ThinkingStatesSecretTrumpHusbandAccused Author:Michael R. Burch
“Donald Trump called George W. Bush 'the worst president in the history of the United States.' Then he added, 'Until, of course, I'm elected.'” StatesCoursesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesWorstTrump Author:Conan O'Brien
“Donald Trump announced his no Muslims are allowed to come to the United States plan and that led to one of the greatest tweets of all time from New York Times columnist. Quote, "OK, I concede I picked the wrong day to modestly walk back my Trumpism as fascism column."” StatesWalksUnitedUnited StatesPlansNew YorkTrumpAll TimeFascismColumnsTweetNew York TimesColumnists Author:Rachel Maddow
“I think Donald Trump is now kind of in love with the idea of becoming president of the United States. I think he truly does believe that he can be the Republican nominee.” ThinkingBelieveKindDoeIdeasStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTrumpBecomingRepublicanBecoming President Author:Rachel Maddow
“The Republican presidential candidate [Donald Trump] provoked condemnation from leaders in both parties and around the world. He did that by proposing to bar all Muslims from entering the United States.” WorldStatesUnitedPartyLeaderUnited StatesTrumpRepublicanBarsAround The WorldPresidentialCandidatesEnteringCondemnationPresidential CandidateProvoked Author:Steve Inskeep
“Sixty one percent of Donald Trump`s supporters believe that President [Barack] Obama was not born in the United States.They believe Donald Trump`s lie about where President Obama was born, the lie he started telling four years ago and has since replaced with other hate-driven lies like the thousands of Muslims Donald Trump lies about having seen celebrating in New Jersey on 9/11.” YearsBelieveStatesLyingHatePresidentBornUnitedUnited StatesFourTrumpPercentYears AgoDrivenCelebrateBarackPresident ObamaFour YearsSixtyReplacedSupporterJerseyPresident Barack ObamaNew Jersey Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Probably about 35 percent of Donald Trump`s supporters do not believe that President [Barack] Obama is Muslim or that he was not born in the United States.Those Trump supporters are not white supremacists. But if Trump did not have the support of Obama haters who believe that the President is a Muslim, who believe that he was not born in the United States, Donald Trump would lose two-thirds of his support.” IfsBelieveTwoStatesPresidentBornLosesWhiteUnitedUnited StatesSupportTrumpPercentThirdsBarackSupporterPresident Barack Obama Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesTrumpCallingEnteringStupid RepublicanAnti Islam Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Donald Trump you're never going to be president of the United States by insulting your way to the presidency.” WayStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTrumpPresidencyInsulting Author:Carly Fiorina
“Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner, bypassed the debate before the Iowa caucuses because he objected to the participation of moderator Megyn Kelly as well a press release defending her.Beyond the Trump tantrum, we wondered if this had something bigger to say about the state of the media and politics and how politics is practiced today.” IfsWellsStatesTodayMediaTrumpRepublicanBiggerPressesDebateReleaseParticipationIowaTantrumsCaucusPress Release Author:Michel Martin
“The pope can go ahead and claim that Trump is not a Christian, but you can't go there when we talking about the president of the United States.” StatesChristianPresidentUnitedTalkingUnited StatesTrumpClaimsPope Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I was in a state of shock, because I have never seen the pope talk about something as unimportant as Donald Trump. OK? And I was like, the pope is talking about me? This can't be happening. And then I said, is it good or bad? They said it's bad.” SaidStatesTalkingTrumpHappeningsShockPopeThey SaidUnimportantTalking About Me Author:Donald Trump
“I did some more soul searching. I asked myself, "What do I want more than happiness?" and there was only one answer - the only thing that trumps happiness is love. Not the kind of love we are normally taught about, but the kind of unconditional love that is a deep inner state which doesn't depend on any person, situation or a romantic partner. That's how I define Love for No Reason: it's an inner state of love.” WantKindPersonsSoulStatesReasonAnswersSituationTaughtDependsTrumpPartnersNo ReasonUnconditional LoveUnconditionalSoul SearchingKinds Of LoveDefine Love Author:Marci Shimoff
“It was a very unusual year [2015]. You usually don't have five campaigns operating full time in a state this late into the process, three states in. But I feel great that now that the choices have become less and less, more and more that new voter or alternative to Donald Trump vote, is going to coalesce around us.” FeelsYearsStatesChoicesThreeProcessFiveTrumpLateVoteCampaignsAlternativesVotersUnusual Author:Marco Rubio
“I think you still have a problem here when you're going and you're looking not just that Trump is winning, but he's winning in a broad swath of voters. It's not just that he's got this one lane, oh, he only wins when there's low turnout, he only wins when conservatives, he only wins in these kinds of states. He wins enough across a broad array.” ThinkingKindStillsStatesEnoughProblemWinningTrumpLowsBroadsVotersLanes Author:Amy Walter
“The former secretary of State is the nominee. She is also the Willie Sutton of classified data. And there is going to be a long-term effort of Republicans, whether it's Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, or Ted Cruz, to paint her into the corner.” LongStatesTermEffortTrumpRepublicanPaintCornersFormerDataLong TermSecretaryCruzMarcos Author:Hugh Hewitt
“Colorado is a swing state, like Nevada, like North Carolina, like Florida. It all depends. [Donald] Trump has offended Mexicans and Muslims and millennials and some women. Will those offended people be energized to show up in the way that Trump supporters are energized to show up? It will be an energy.” PeopleWayStatesShowsEnergyDependsTrumpSwingsFloridaSupporterOffendedCarolinaColoradoNorth CarolinaMillennialsNevada Author:Geraldo Rivera
“We are the only campaign that has beaten Donald Trump. And we're the only candidate that can beat Donald Trump. If you look at the Super Tuesday states, we're running neck and neck with Donald in states all across Super Tuesday.” IfsLooksStatesRunningTrumpBeatsCampaignsCandidatesNecksBeatenTuesday Author:Ted Cruz
“We will be in this race as long as it takes. We're going to be in as many states as it takes to ensure that I'm the nominee and that Donald Trump never gets to 1,236 delegates, which is what he needs to be the nominee.” NeedsLongStatesRaceTrumpDelegates Author:Marco Rubio
“I never wanted it to get to this point. I had hoped that, by its own course, by the way the media covers politics, people would open their eyes and see who Donald Trump really is. But that, unfortunately, has not happened. The polls in the early states indicate that he's been able to fool a significant number of people into believing that he is something that he is not.” PeopleWayBelieveStatesEyeAbleWantedCoursesNumbersHappenedMediaFoolTrumpSignificantPollsSignificant Numbers Author:Marco Rubio
“This guy [Donald Trump] has not offered a single serious policy proposal, which is important if you want to be president of the United States. And Hillary Clinton is going to have clear shot to the Oval Office. And so I think there are many out there that are rooting for that outcome, so that he's the nominee. And you can see it in the coverage he's gotten.” IfsThinkingWantImportantStatesGuyPresidentUnitedUnited StatesClearPolicySeriousTrumpOfficeShotsClintonOutcomesThis GuyProposalCoverageOval Author:Marco Rubio
“My preference is that we beat him [Donald Trump] outright in the primary process. And I believe that's exactly what's going to happen here in the next few weeks, especially as we move to winner-take-all states. The terrain begins to change.” BelieveStatesHappensMovingNextI BelieveProcessWeekTrumpBeatsPrimariesWinnerPreferenceTerrainAll State Author:Marco Rubio
“He [Doanald Trump] had no business being president of the United States.” StatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTrump Author:Chris Christie
“I think he [Donald Trump] is generally a good person, but you know what? He had no business being president of the United States. If I thought he did, I wouldn`t be running. I`d be helping him.” IfsThinkingKnowsPersonsStatesHelpingRunningPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTrumpGood Person Author:Chris Christie
“I think in theory, Donald Trump could be a formidable candidate, right? The theory of him is, if he ignites working class white voters, he can put Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, states like Ohio in play for the Republicans.” IfsThinkingStatesPlayWhiteClassTheoryTrumpRepublicanCandidatesVotersWorking ClassOhioFormidablePennsylvaniaIgniteWisconsin Author:Joy-Ann Reid
“The future of the United States and the most important election in a generation, and he [Donald Trump] is trying to con people into giving them their vote, just like he conned these people into giving them their money.” PeopleGivingTryingImportantStatesUnitedUnited StatesGenerationsTrumpVoteElection Author:Mitt Romney
“I think the great majority of Republicans, mainstream Republicans from across the country, don't want to see Donald Trump as president of the United States either. They're concerned they'd see a recession and I think they are also concerned we'd see a more dangerous world.” ThinkingWorldWantCountryStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesDangerousTrumpRepublicanConcernedMajorityMainstreamRecessionsDangerous World Author:Mitt Romney
“I think Donald Trump is totally unfit to be president of the United States. Let's not forget, this guy was one of the leaders of the so-called birther movement, which was an effort to delegitimize the presidency of the first African-American president we have ever had.” ThinkingFirstsStatesGuyPresidentForgetUnitedEffortLeaderUnited StatesMovementTrumpAfrican AmericanPresidencyThis GuyAmerican President Author:Bernie Sanders
“In general, I think what Donald Trump's message is, is: I'm a very practical, execution-oriented entrepreneur who built a successful business. I've demonstrated an ability to go global with my business. I can get along with a lot of different people. There are certain problems in the United States right now born from faulty policy. So what is happening right now is the lower and middle class are being left behind by the globalization and by the global elite. I think that's basically his message, and Bernie Sanders' is similar.” PeopleThinkingI CanDifferentStatesProblemCertainLeftBornAbilityUnitedBehindsClassUnited StatesSuccessfulMiddlePolicyTrumpRight NowMessagesHappeningsBuiltEntrepreneurPracticalsMiddle ClassElitesExecutionGlobalizationLeft BehindDifferent PeoplesSuccessful Business Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“Remember, the conventional wisdom is, "Yeah, you can do this like [Donald] Trump has done it during the primaries, buuuut once you get to the general, it's not about national votes. It's about states! It's about swing states. It's about battleground states. And you've gotta have targeted expenditures, great ads running against your opponent in those swing states."” StatesDoneRunningRememberCan DoTrumpVoteYeahPrimariesOpponentsAdsSwingsConventionalExpendituresConventional WisdomBattleground Author:Rush Limbaugh
“This is the beauty of Donald Trump, that he goes against the Republican orthodoxy, much of which has been rejected a lot of Republican voters, who, well, would be Republican voters, at least in my state, who I think would otherwise like to vote Republican.” ThinkingWellsHas BeensStatesWould BeTrumpRepublicanVoteVotersRejectedOrthodoxy Author:Rick Santorum
“Donald Trump, like most Americans, like most Republicans, believe in protecting America's core national interests. He believes as do I, as do most Americans, that we aren't yet doing enough to take the fight to the Islamic State.That the intervention in Libya was ill-considered and slapdash at the time. And we're living with the consequences of it now. That we have to get tougher when it comes to our intelligence and law enforcement practices to stop Islamic terrorism.” BelieveStatesEnoughAmericaLawFightingInterestPracticeTrumpRepublicanConsequenceIllTerrorismCoreIslamicLaw EnforcementEnforcementInterventionLibyaNational InterestsIslamic StateIslamic Terrorism Author:Tom Cotton
“It's very much in our interest to unite [with Bernie Sanders] as quickly as possible to begin the campaign against Donald Trump. And I think the facts really speak for themselves. I have a won a big majority of the popular vote of the states, of pledged delegates, and we want to go forward in a positive and unified way.” ThinkingWayWantStatesFactsBigsSpeakInterestTrumpVoteMajorityCampaignsUnifiedDelegatesPopular Vote Author:Hillary Clinton
“[Donald Trump] suggestions are not only offensive but, in certain cases, dangerous and sometimes even illegal, like his dismissal of the laws of the United States international law when it comes to torture.” SometimesStatesLawCertainUnitedCasesUnited StatesDangerousTrumpInternationalTortureIllegalOffensiveSuggestionsInternational LawDismissal Author:Hillary Clinton
“[Donald Trump] suggestions that the United States should leave the Pacific and let Japan, South Korea, or whoever else wants to develop nuclear weapons. These are incredibly dangerous ideas that need to be confronted.” WantNeedsShouldIdeasStatesUnitedUnited StatesDangerousTrumpWeaponsSouthNuclearJapanNuclear WeaponsSuggestionsKoreaPacificSouth KoreaDangerous Ideas Author:Hillary Clinton
“The American people expect the president of the United States to be prepared to support action to protect the people of this nation. And I know Donald Trump will.” PeopleKnowsStatesActionNationsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSupportTrumpProtectPreparedBe Prepared Author:Mike Pence
“I am proud to say that the voice of the people of our nation is being heard in this hall and those voices want Donald Trump to be the next President of the United States.” PeopleWantStatesNextNationsPresidentVoiceUnitedUnited StatesHeardTrumpProudHalls Author:Chris Christie
“The focus, to my mind, is to make sure that Donald Trump does not become president of the United States. I think by temperament he is unqualified to be president. I think his views - you have a guy who's running for president who rejects science, doesn't even believe climate change is real, let alone wants to do something about it, wants to give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the top two-tenths of one percent.” ThinkingWantGivingMindBelieveDoeTwoRealStatesRunningGuyPresidentUnitedViewsBreakUnited StatesFocusTrumpTaxesPercentDollarsClimateClimate ChangeBillionsRejectsTemperamentUnqualifiedTax Breaks Author:Bernie Sanders
“We know that Donald Trump has shown a very troubling willingness to back up [Vladimir] Putin, to support Putin, whether it's saying that NATO wouldn't come to the rescue of allies if they were invaded, talking about removing sanctions from Russian officials after they were imposed by the United States and Europe together, because of Russia's aggressiveness in Crimea and Ukraine, his praise for Putin which is I think quite remarkable.” IfsThinkingKnowsStatesTogetherUnitedTalkingUnited StatesSupportTrumpEuropePraiseRussiaOfficialsRemarkableWillingnessAlliesRescuePutinUkraineSanctionsNatoAggressivenessCrimea Author:Hillary Clinton
“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
“My fellow Republicans, when Donald Trump becomes president of the United States of America, the change will be huge.” StatesAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesHugeTrumpRepublicanFellowsUnited States Of America Author:Mike Pence
“I find it deeply disturbing that someone wanting to be president of the United States would talk the way Donald Trump talks, use the rhetoric, the demagoguery, the bigotry and the bluster and the bullying that he has demonstrated.” WayStatesUsePresidentUnitedUnited StatesTrumpBigotryBullyingRhetoricDisturbingDemagogueryBluster Author:Hillary Clinton
“If we're in some sort of Hobbesian state of nature, where you just want a strong man who has no compassion Donald Trump is going to do a little better. So, we will figure out what game we're playing.” IfsMenWantLittlesStatesGamesStrongCompassionFiguresTrumpStrong ManNo Compassion Author:David Brooks
“The estimated 11 or so million undocumented immigrants currently in the United States. This is what Mr. [Donald ] Trump promised back in November.” StatesUnitedMillionsUnited StatesTrumpImmigrantsNovemberUndocumented Immigrants Author:Jake Tapper
“[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