“A new poll found that almost 70 percent of voters say that whoever our next president is, they must have political experience. You know, because it would be rude to say 'anyone but Donald Trump.'” KnowsWould BePoliticalNextFoundPresidentTrumpPercentVotersRudePolls Author:Jimmy Fallon
“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
“Donald Trump announced that he's running for president. During his speech he told the crowd that if elected he would be 'the greatest jobs president that God ever created.' Then God said, 'Hey, don't drag me into this publicity stunt.'” IfsSaidWould BeRunningJobsPresidentTrumpSpeechCrowdsHeyDragPublicity Author:Jimmy Fallon
“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
“Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says he thinks it would be great if Donald Trump was president. Which is really weird because I thought Brady didn't like things that are filled with too much air.” IfsThinkingWould BePresidentToo MuchAirTrumpFilledTomsPatriotQuarterbackReally WeirdBrady Author:Conan O'Brien
“Donald Trump would be a better president every day of the week and twice on Sunday rather than Hillary Clinton.” Would BePresidentWeekTrumpClintonSundayDays Of The Week Author:Carly Fiorina
“After Donald Trump`s ban all Muslims proposal, candidate Jeb Bush reacted by calling Mr. Trump unhinged. However, that would be the same Jeb Bush who says we should only allow refugees into this country who are Christians.” ShouldCountryWould BeChristianTrumpCallingCandidatesRefugeeProposalBans Author:Rachel Maddow
“Ted Cruz who`s been gaining on [Donald] Trump in Iowa and is polling ahead of him in the latest Monmouth poll would be quite reluctant to criticize Trump`s plan saying simply it is not his policy.” Would BePlansPolicyTrumpCriticizePollsReluctantIowaCruzPolling Author:Chris Hayes
“Donald Trump would be a chaos president. He would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe.” NeedsCountryWould BePresidentTrumpSafeChaosOur CountryChiefsCommandersCommander In Chief Author:Jeb Bush
“Two months ago Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight. Just two months ago he said that Hillary Clinton would be a great negotiator with Iran. And he gets his foreign policy experience from the shows.” SaidTwoShowsWould BeFightingPolicyMonthsTrumpClintonIranForeign PolicyIsisTwo Months Author:Jeb Bush
“Jeb`s Bush front-runner status was short lived, to say the least. But who could have predicted that the Republican front-runner would be someone that we were not even thinking about.Donald Trump was not even on anyone`s radar back then and Mike Pence was getting more attention than he was.” ThinkingWould BeAttentionFrontsTrumpRepublicanRunnersMikeRadarShort Lived Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“I would agree if the race were today, most likely, our nominee would be Donald Trump, but it isn`t today.” IfsWould BeTodayRaceTrumpAgree Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“Republicans like Trent Lott, saying [Donald] Trump would be more flexible [then Ted Cruz].” Would BeTrumpRepublicanFlexibleCruz Author:Mara Liasson
“It's [Ted] Cruz and [Donald] Trump until the establishment or unless the establishment figures rally around one person. I still think the best person for them to rally around is Chris Christie. Chris Christie would be the most interesting.” ThinkingPersonsStillsWould BeInterestingFiguresTrumpEstablishmentMost InterestingCruzBest PersonChristie Author:Laura Ingraham
“Here's a guy that inherited $200 million. If he hadn't inherited $200 million, you know where Donald Trump would be right now?” IfsKnowsWould BeGuyMillionsTrumpRight NowDebateGop Author:Marco Rubio
“Let me just say the rules are what they are in the Republican Party. You have to have X-number of delegates in order to be the nominee. And if you don't have those number of delegates, then there's a process in place.Here is what would be a calamity, for Donald Trump to become our nominee.” IfsWould BeOrderProcessPartyNumbersTrumpRepublicanLet MeRepublican PartyCalamityDelegates Author:Marco Rubio
“I don't know anything about bankrupting four companies. Here's a guy that inherited $200 million. If he hadn't inherited $200 million, you know where Donald Trump would be right now? Selling watches in Manhattan.” IfsKnowsWould BeCompanyWatchesMillionsFourTrumpRight NowSellingManhattan Author:Marco Rubio
“If you follow Donald Trump's logic, say that he couldn't decide any civil rights cases because he would be biased.I mean, we do want a diverse and inclusive judiciary - one that looks like the people that they serve. And we do recognize the value of having diverse backgrounds represented.” PeopleIfsWantLooksMeanWould BeValuesCasesRightsTrumpLogicBackgroundsCivil RightsDiverseBiasedJudiciary Author:Deborah Rhode
“Nothing exceptional [would happen to the world under a Hillary Clinton's presidency] - things would stay the same: sponsorship of "Color" or "Umbrella" or whatever "revolutions", some more coups, "regime changes", direct invasions, bombing, propaganda warfare against China, Russia, Iran, South Africa and what is left of the Latin American revolutions. There would be plenty of torture in "secret centers", but it would not be as advertised and glorified as it would be if [Donald] Trump were elected.” IfsWorldHappensWould BeLeftSecretColorRevolutionTrumpDirectClintonSouthChinaRussiaPlentyPropagandaTortureIranLatinRegimesSouth AfricaWarfarePresidencyExceptionalInvasionLatin AmericaBombingAmerican RevolutionUmbrellaCoupsLatin AmericanSponsorshipRegime Change Author:Andre Vltchek
“For many people, the mortgages they took out before 2008 are so high that they would be better off walking away from their houses. That is called "jingle mail," returning the keys to the bank and saying, "You can have the house. I can buy the house next door that's just like this for 20% less, so I'm going to save money and switch." That's what someone like Donald Trump or a real estate investor would do. But the banks are trying to convince the mortgage debtors, the homeowners, not to act in their own self-interest.” PeopleTryingI CanRealSelfWould BeNextHouseInterestDoorsKeysTrumpWalkingConvinceInvestorsMailEstatesBetter OffSelf InterestMortgageSaving MoneyWalking AwayDebtorsJinglesHomeowners Author:Michael Hudson
“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
“I think it would be a disaster if Donald Trump is elected. It will also be a disaster if Hillary Clinton is elected.” IfsThinkingWould BeTrumpClintonDisaster Author:Jill Stein
“It was outrageous that [Donald Trump] would be advocating [that] women who exercise their constitutional right and have autonomy over their healthcare decisions would be criminals, along with the doctors that served them. He did try to walk it back - I think pretty unconvincingly.” ThinkingTryingWould BeDecisionWalksTrumpExerciseDoctorsCriminalsHealthcareAutonomyOutrageousAdvocating Author:Hillary Clinton
“If Donald Trump had said something like I'm going to raise taxes on the middle class, it would be all over the news. You would be questioning his sanity.” IfsSaidWould BeClassMiddleTrumpTaxesNewsRaisesMiddle ClassSanityQuestioning Author:Rudy Giuliani
“I thought [Donald] Trump going right to members of the Jewish community and telling them, "I don't need your money and I don't want your money," meant to me that he would be free enough to work for the good of America. I applauded him for that.” WantNeedsEnoughWould BeAmericaCommunityTrumpMembersJewish Community Author:Louis Farrakhan
“By a 2-1 margin, voters believe that Donald Trump would change business as usual in Washington, but by almost as large a margin, they believe that Hillary Clinton would be better in a crisis and less of a decisive margin she cares about people like them.” PeopleBelieveWould BeCareTrumpCrisisClintonVotersUsualMargins Author:Mark Shields
“One of the things [Donald] Trump has done is tie into particularly what would be the sons and daughters of Reagan Democrats in places like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, who are voting for him because they feel both parties left them on the economic battlefield.” FeelsDoneWould BeLeftPartyEconomicSonTrumpDaughterDemocratTiesVotingBattlefieldsOhioMichiganPennsylvaniaWisconsinSon And Daughter Author:John Brabender
“[Donald] Trump has put forward a list of people he would like to see on the Supreme Court, whom the Kochs would be very happy with too. So it's not all bad for them.” PeopleWould BeTrumpCourtListsSupremeVery HappySupreme Court Author:Jane Mayer
“Donald Trump's message is that we in the USA, if we're going to have a country, it would be nice too know who is here and why they're here.” IfsKnowsCountryWould BeNiceTrumpMessagesUsaBeing Nice Author:Kellyanne Conway
“We'll keep guessing at what it might be that he's hiding. But I think the question is, were Donald Trump ever to get near the White House, what would be those conflicts?” ThinkingMightWould BeHouseWhiteTrumpConflictWhite HouseHidingGuessing Author:Hillary Clinton
“I call it [Donald's Trump plan] trumped-up trickle-down, because that's exactly what it would be. That is not how we grow the economy.” Would BeGrowsEconomyPlansTrumpTrickle Down Author:Hillary Clinton
“Donald [Trump] never tells you what he would do. Would he have started a war? Would he have bombed Iran? If he's going to criticize a deal that has been very successful in giving us access to Iranian facilities that we never had before, then he should tell us what his alternative would be.” IfsGivingShouldHas BeensWarWould BeDealsSuccessfulTrumpAccessAlternativesIranCriticizeFacilityIranian Author:Hillary Clinton
“America should really wonder about a President Trump, who had a campaign manager with ties to Putin, pro-putin elements in the Ukraine who had to be fired for that reason. They should wonder when Donald Trump is sitting down with Vladimir Putin, is it going to be America's bottom line, or is it going to be Donald Trump's bottom line he's going to be worried about with all of his business dealings. This would be solved if Donald Trump would release his tax returns as he's told the American public that he would do.” IfsShouldReasonWould BeAmericaPresidentLinesWonderReturnTrumpTaxesElementsSittingBottomCampaignsReleaseManagersWorriedTiesBottom LinePutinUkraineSitting DownDealingsTax Returns Author:Tim Kaine
“It would be impossible to be fact-checking Donald Trump all the time.” FactsWould BeImpossibleTrump Author:Hillary Clinton
“The sensible thing for everyone to do would be to write all their op-eds and think pieces now so they're ready the day after the election when [Donald] Trump is no longer in the picture. God, I can't wait for that. I hope he just goes away.” ThinkingWritingI CanWould BeWaitingPiecesReadyTrumpElectionSensible Author:Dylan Moran
“I think Donald Trump would be a horrible President.” ThinkingWould BePresidentTrumpHorrible Author:Bill Goldberg
“As regards Hillary C;inton's foreign policy actions and the powerful vested interests she seems gleefully beholden to, including all the biggest players in the military-industrial complex, I feel that she would be no better an actor on the world stage than Trump and whatever coalition of managers he might cobble together.” WorldFeelsSeemsMightWould BeActionTogetherActorsInterestPowerfulPlayerStageMilitaryPolicyTrumpRegardComplexesIncludingManagersForeign PolicyCoalitionsVested InterestsMilitary Industrial Complex Author:Viggo Mortensen
“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
“[Vernon Jordan] and [Bill] Clinton would be in the same golf cart, they'd been out there playing golf, and every other word, folks, was what people hate [Donald] Trump for today!” PeopleWould BeTodayHateTrumpBillsGolfClintonFolksJordanCartsPlaying GolfGolf Carts Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I thought we would be concerned if he knew how to stay on message, if [Donald] Trump knew how to make the most of an argument against Secretary [Hillary] Clinton, by using some of the things that have been put on the news.” IfsHas BeensWould BeTrumpMessagesNewsConcernedArgumentClintonSecretary Author:Star Jones
“A [Donald] Trump win might be bad for stocks, but it would be very positive for the dollar and Treasurys.” MightWould BeWinningTrumpDollarsVery Positive Author:Gary Shilling
“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
“[Donald Trump] would be chaos for the country, I think.” ThinkingCountryWould BeTrumpChaos Author:William Weld
“It looks like [Donald] Trump's plan has the potential to actually move the needle on economic growth because he wants to lower taxes and lower regulations. That would be very powerful in terms of creating jobs.” WantLooksWould BeJobsMovingGrowthTermPowerfulPlansEconomicTrumpTaxesCreatingRegulationEconomic GrowthVery PowerfulNeedlesCreating Jobs Author:Maria Bartiromo
“[Donald Trump] basically has said, 'No it's more of a threat than an actual reality.' I do not think we're going to see tariffs put in place, but that would be the worry.” ThinkingSaidRealityWould BeWorryTrumpThreatTariffs Author:Maria Bartiromo
“Steve Hadley, that's an outlier, for sure. But he's very experienced. He may be national security adviser, but think that would be a hard choice for Mr. [Donald] Trump to make because General [Mike] Flynn he's very comfortable with.” ThinkingMayHardWould BeChoicesSecurityTrumpComfortableNational SecurityMikeAdviserOutliers Author:George Stephanopoulos
“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
“My advice would be that once [Donald Trump] enters office, there should be a separation, a blind trust or some kind of blind trust.” ShouldKindWould BeAdviceTrumpOfficeBlindSeparationBlind Trust Author:Rudy Giuliani
“[ Big infrastructure investment mentioned by Donald Trump] that would be a welcome development. We'll see if he wants to deliver on that. The truth is that if he does, we want to see infrastructure development too.” IfsWantDoeBigsWould BeDevelopmentTrumpTruth IsInvestmentWelcomeInfrastructure Author:Keith Ellison