“Donald Trump is not running for president. This is devastating news for Trump's supporters - all of whom are late night comedians.” RunningNightPresidentTrumpLateNewsComedianSupporterLate Night Author:Conan O'Brien
“As we have seen after every other [Donald] Trump controversy, this one only increased their enthusiasm for him. His supporters thought the idea of a temporary halt in Muslims coming to the U.S. was a common sense proposal in a time of great fear about terrorism.” IdeasCommonTrumpTerrorismCommon SenseEnthusiasmTemporarySupporterControversyProposalHalt Author:Steve Inskeep
“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
“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
“Because a part of the entire [Donald] Trump experience or whatever this last six months [of 2015] has been sort of feels like we`ve been living in a dream, but this is all actually happening.I mean, it`s great to be a political journalist in this time. It`s about the rhetoric. You hear his supporters on the campaign trail say we`re glad he`s not politically correct.” FeelsMeanHas BeensDreamLastsPoliticalMonthsTrumpSixHappeningsCampaignsGladJournalistRhetoricSupporterSix MonthsTrailsPolitically Correct Author:Greg Gutfeld
“Donald Trump very confident in his standing with his supporters and one who could do and say anything and have it not affect him. It's like he's the ultimate Teflon candidate if he feels like he can say things like that at a rally.” IfsFeelsTrumpStandingUltimateCandidatesSupporterSay AnythingTeflon Author:Don Gonyea
“I talked to some of Donald Trump supporters and they, say, yeah, sometimes he makes me cringe, but I still like him, and I still think he's the right thing for America.” ThinkingStillsSometimesAmericaTrumpYeahRight ThingSupporterCringe Author:Don Gonyea
“I`ve heard this theory that this is basically Jeb`s [Bush] people trying to get their supporters to basically put the stake in Marco Rubio because if people are talking about accepting [Donald] Trump over [Ted] Cruz, what they`re really saying is Marco Rubio`s no longer viable.” PeopleIfsTryingTalkingAcceptingHeardTheoryTrumpStakesSupporterCruzMarcos Author:Chris Hayes
“Donald Trump can say whatever he wants and his supporters don`t mind.” WantMindTrumpSupporter Author:Katy Tur
“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
“I think the way for [Marco] Rubio to say to [Donald] Trump supporters, hey, essentially he's conned you. He's a con man. That's what they do. You pour gold people.My goodness, that's not the way to bring them in.” PeopleThinkingMenWayTrumpGoodnessGoldHeySupporterOld PeopleMarcos Author:Bernie Sanders
“How about something more interesting? How about you come forward and say, [Donald] Trump supporters, I absolutely know what you think about the Republican Party and the Republican establishment and how disappointed you are. Guess what, I'm going to tell you what you're right about. What they've disappointed about. The Republican Party is always eager to tell you the flaws of the Democratic Party. Take Trump supporters seriously by conceding what is true about their critique of the GOP.” ThinkingKnowsInterestingPartyTrumpRepublicanDemocraticFlawsDisappointedEstablishmentSupporterRepublican PartyDemocratic PartyCritiqueGop Author:Bernie Sanders
“I had crazy experience when I was talking to voters at the Nevada caucus the other night in Vegas. Voter after voter after voter, these are Republican primary voters, caucus goers, saying I don`t listen to Fox anymore. I can`t trust Fox anymore. I`m over them. And these were all [Donald] Trump supporters who he had successfully sort of pried their trust away from the thing they have been trusting for years.” YearsHas BeensI CanNightTalkingCrazyTrumpRepublicanPrimariesVotersFoxesSupporterVegasNevadaCaucus Author:Donald Trump
“Republican party leaders have been worrying about the damage a [Donald] Trump nomination could do to the party, but also what might happen if he left the GOP and took his supporters with him. But Trump said he would stay a Republican and do everything in his power to beat Hillary Clinton.” IfsHas BeensSaidMightHappensLeftPartyLeaderWorryTrumpRepublicanBeatsClintonDamageSupporterRepublican PartyNominationsGop Author:Ted Cruz
“My conversations with Trump supporters have left me with more questions than answers.” LeftAnswersTrumpConversationSupporter Author:Max Lucado
“I wouldn't call Trump supporters or Sanders supporters fanatical. One thing, I would say they're very discouraged with where things are. I don't think in either case they're fanatical.” ThinkingCasesOne ThingTrumpSupporterDiscouraged Author:Cass Sunstein
“I think a lot of the Trump supporters think that the job situation is not good.” ThinkingJobsSituationTrumpSupporter Author:Cass Sunstein
“Donald Trump is a different ball of wax. I've been trying to say for I don't know how many months now that the traditional political playbook in destroying and attacking a political opponent is not gonna work on Trump, because Trump's connection with his supporters or his audience is far deeper and far greater than most voters' connection with a candidate that's very popular. Reagan had the connection.” KnowsTryingDifferentPoliticalAudienceKnow HowGreaterMonthsTrumpConnectionsBallsDeeperTraditionalOpponentsCandidatesVotersDestroyingSupporterAttackingVery PopularPlaybooksPolitical Opponents Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There may be some who wish that he would have taken the occasion to first comment on the Brexit vote, but they're not going to abandon him. They're not gonna let the media do it. Romney people? The media could separate his supporters from him, but they can't from Trump. They don't understand this yet. They think one of these times when they do a trick like this it's gonna work and they're gonna be able to really harm [Donald] Trump.” PeopleThinkingFirstsMayAbleWishTakenMediaTrumpVoteHarmTricksOccasionsAbandonCommentSupporterRomney Author:Rush Limbaugh
“This not a criticism of [Mitt] Romney; please don't anybody call him up and say I'm ripping him. I'm not. I'm simply telling you that the connection [Donald] Trump has with his supporters, slash, audience, is unique. Not everybody politician has it, and certainly not every public figure has such a connection with their audience.” AudienceFiguresTrumpPoliticianPleaseUniqueCriticismConnectionsSupporterRomneyPublic Figures Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The media cannot come separate [Donald] Trump from his supporters. Only Trump can do that. They're trying, they're gonna keep trying because they think they can. They did it with [George W.]Bush. They did it with [Mitt] Romney. They did it with [John] McCain. They did it with Bob Dole.” ThinkingTryingCan DoMediaTrumpBobSupporterRomneyKeep TryingMccain Author:Rush Limbaugh
“You can go out and you can run ads all day long on Donald Trump and what he says about women, and you haven't even gotten close to separating his supporters from him, 'cause that's not why they're there.” LongRunningCausesHavensTrumpAdsSupporterSeparating Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The reason Donald Trump has supporters... I can go through the list for you. The issues are border/immigration, jobs, military, "make America great again..."” I CanReasonJobsAmericaIssuesMilitaryTrumpListsImmigrationBordersSupporter Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Go back and read Sinclair Lewis - It Can't Happen Here or Babbitt. For a guy or girl who's going to do an hour of political comedy, it might be a little rough, sure. But I think if you're spending 10 minutes or less, and you're talking about - not necessarily [Donald Trump] but his supporters and the media coverage, there's all kinds of angles to explore. It doesn't just have to be simply, "This guy is crazy!" It's more about the idea of that kind of guy rising to the prominence he has, to actually become the Republican candidate.” IfsThinkingKindLittlesIdeasMightHappensPoliticalGuyGirlHoursTalkingComedyCrazyMinutesMediaTrumpRepublicanSpendingAll KindsCandidatesRisingRoughSupporterAngleThis GuyCoverageProminenceMedia Coverage Author:David Cross
“This is exactly the kind of thing that Trump supporters are fed up with about the Republican Party, how easy it is for so many in the Republican Party to sell out the party and join the Democrats - or not sell out the party, but stay within the party and advance the Democrats' agenda, be it with amnesty and immigration, abortion, who knows whatever it is.” KnowsKindEasyPartyTrumpRepublicanSellsDemocratImmigrationAbortionAgendasFedsSupporterRepublican PartyFed UpAmnesty Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Donald Trump is reinforcing harmful stereotypes and offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters. It's a disturbing preview of what kind of president he'd be.” KindPresidentDogTrumpOfferingStereotypeSupporterDisturbingHatefulPreview Author:Hillary Clinton
“The active Trump supporter is the Trumpster who can tell you exactly why. And if you tell the active Trump supporter that you don't, he will try to convince you to change your mind. That's an active Trump voter or supporter.” IfsTryingMindTrumpActiveConvinceVotersSupporterChanging Your Mind Author:Rush Limbaugh
“"Kindness" can mean a lot of different things. In this case, I felt I had to present his [Donald Trump's] supporters in as fair a light as possible - many of them hadn't been interviewed before and that entailed some interviewer-courtesy in the editing and so on.” MeanDifferentLightFeltKindnessCasesTrumpFairsDifferent ThingsEditingSupporterCourtesyInterviewers Author:George Saunders
“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
“Remember, the majority of Donald Trump supporters don't actually support him. They're mainly motivated by not liking Hillary Clinton.” RememberSupportTrumpMajorityClintonMotivatedSupporter Author:Jill Stein
“Immigration has been [Donald] Trump`s signature issue throughout his entire presidential campaign, and his supporters love him for it.” Has BeensIssuesTrumpCampaignsImmigrationPresidentialSupporterSignaturesPresidential Campaign Author:Steve Kornacki
“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
“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
“I don't think that the folks who are in the middle look at the conversation over whether or not Donald Trump's campaign is racist or whether or not Hillary Clinton should use that term to describe some of his supporters made sense, I don't think that the folks in the middle are looking at that debate.” ThinkingShouldLooksMadeUseTermMiddleTrumpConversationClintonFolksCampaignsDebateRacistSupporter Author:Bill Burton
“My support is particularly Bernie Sanders supporters but that's drawn many [Donald] Trump supporters to start with.” SupportTrumpSupporter Author:Jill Stein
“Even the majority of their own voters do not support them. It's something like 25 percent of [Donald] Trump supporters that actually support him. The majority actually hates Hillary [Clinton], and the same is true for Hillary. One-third of her supporters really like her. They dislike fear and hate Donald Trump. What's wrong with this picture?” HateSupportTrumpPercentThirdsMajorityClintonVotersDislikeSupporterLike Her Author:Jill Stein
“For most of his life, Donald Trump has described himself as very pro- choice and as a supporter of partial birth abortion. Right now today as a candidate, he supports federal tax payer funding for Planned Parenthood. I disagree with him on that.” TodayChoicesSupportTrumpBirthRight NowTaxesCandidatesAbortionParenthoodDisagreeSupporterFundingPlanned ParenthoodFederal Taxes Author:Ted Cruz
“[Donald Trump] has really started his political activity based on this racist lie that our first black president was not an American citizen. There was absolutely no evidence for it, but he persisted, he persisted year after year, because some of his supporters, people that he was trying to bring into his fold, apparently believed it or wanted to believe it.” PeopleTryingYearsFirstsBelieveWantedPoliticalLyingBlackPresidentTrumpCitizensActivityEvidenceRacistSupporterFoldsAmerican Citizens Author:Hillary Clinton
“I understand that that`s the theory of the case for [Donald] Trump supporters and it`s what Donald Trump says, and it`s possible that that is actually the case.” CasesTheoryTrumpSupporter Author:Chris Hayes
“We're not enamored of Trump's braggadocio narcissism. We're not enamored of Trump's lifestyle. None of that. We're just fed up with current Washington leadership. It has failed and it needs to be turned upside down and emptied and re-shaken. And that's what the vast majority of Trump supporters actually believe.” NeedsBelieveTrumpDown AndMajorityCurrentsLifestyleFedsNarcissismSupporterUpside DownFed UpEnamored Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The paid Trump surrogates help CNN keep his supporters engaged with their shows, but it also sends their own reporters busy chasing after many of their false claims. That's not a virtuous news cycle. It's an insidious one.” HelpingShowsTrumpNewsClaimsPaidBusyEngagedCyclesVirtuousReportersSupporterChasingCnnInsidiousSurrogates Author:David Folkenflik
“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
“Even if [Donald] Trump concedes, some of his supporters have promised to take up arms against [Hillary] Clinton.” IfsArmsTrumpClintonSupporter Author:Mara Liasson
“As his campaign marches toward Cleveland, [Donald] Trump drawing more protests, too. Check out this scene from Arizona yesterday. The road to a Trump rally blocked. And there are new questions overnight about how Trump and his supporters are dealing with those protests.” TrumpSceneDrawingCampaignsYesterdayChecksProtestMarchSupporterArizonaBlockedCleveland Author:George Stephanopoulos
“But away from the rituals of Washington, alongside the elation of [Donald] Trump supporters, there is deep anxiety, anger and fear.” TrumpAnxietyRitualSupporterElationAnger And Fear Author:George Stephanopoulos
“I'm sure our supporters would have been very disappointed had Donald Trump not won. And I just hope it calms down.” Has BeensTrumpCalmDisappointedSupporterCalm Down Author:Rudy Giuliani
“What about those [Donald] Trump supporters out there and we've seen several incidents of this, with racially-charged intimidation of students and things like that? Doesn't President-Elect Trump have some responsibility to say something about that?” PresidentResponsibilityStudentsTrumpSupporterIncidentsIntimidation Author:George Stephanopoulos