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title: "4 Conventions Quotes By Rachel Maddow"
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> [ A Russian citizen who worked for the \[Donald\] Trump campaign manager in Ukraine, worked for Paul Manafort when Manafort was working in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/a-russian-citizen-who-worked-for-the-donald-trump-campaign-manager-in/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

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> [ The day after the Republican convention ended, there was another political bomb that was dropped on the U.S. presidential election \[2016\] from… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/the-day-after-the-republican-convention-ended-there-was-another/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54a/rachel-maddow-1240_agency_the-day-after-the-republican-convention_1499586.png)

> [The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army. ... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/the-constitutional-convention-debated-whether-america-should-even/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

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> [We got the first WikiLeaks publication of documents hacked and stolen by Russian government sources from the DNC, from the Democratic Party,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/we-got-the-first-wikileaks-publication-of-documents-hacked-and-stolen/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

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## Other authors on Conventions

## More by Rachel Maddow

> [ Ben Carson also denounced \[Donald\] Trump's ban all Muslims proposal saying we do not and would not advocate being selective on one's religion. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/ben-carson-also-denounced-donald-trump-s-ban-all-muslims-proposal/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

> [The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/the-cia-has-concluded-in-a-secret-assessment-that-russia-intervened/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

> [ Senator \[Tom\] Cotton has campaigned on wanting to kill Obamacare. He voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act back in January, but he now… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/senator-tom-cotton-has-campaigned-on-wanting-to-kill-obamacare-he/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

> [ \[Tom Cotton\] has been an absolute champion of the idea of getting rid of Obamacare, scrapping the Affordable Care Act. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/tom-cotton-has-been-an-absolute-champion-of-the-idea-of-getting-rid/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

> [If you're working on better conditions for prisoners, if you make that a popular issue and you invite mainstream media to weigh in on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/if-you-re-working-on-better-conditions-for-prisoners-if-you-make-that/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

> [Liberals say that we are secular country with a majority of Christians, absolutely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/liberals-say-that-we-are-secular-country-with-a-majority-of/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

> [What's insulting to the American people, the Senate, to this whole process is that the Republicans, with all other nominees, have said Democrats are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/what-s-insulting-to-the-american-people-the-senate-to-this-whole/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

> [Oswald Mosley's movement, it was a big movement. It was obviously anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, it was populist. Mosley wanted to replace the parliamentary system of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/oswald-mosley-s-movement-it-was-a-big-movement-it-was-obviously-anti/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

> [Pentagon dollars are essentially seen as a different kind of funding that doesn't have to stand for itself and make an argument for itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/pentagon-dollars-are-essentially-seen-as-a-different-kind-of-funding/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

> [Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/military-preparedness-is-absolutely-a-form-of-strength/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

> [When Conservatives crusade against government while they are trying to be appointed to head the government, I think that's weird!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/when-conservatives-crusade-against-government-while-they-are-trying/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

> [One of the manifestations of depression for me is that I lose my will. And I thereby lose my ability to focus. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/one-of-the-manifestations-of-depression-for-me-is-that-i-lose-my-will/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

> [There had been a proposed plank for the platform that said the Republican Party believed the United States should support Ukraine in any way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/there-had-been-a-proposed-plank-for-the-platform-that-said-the/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

> [John McCain has refused to ever criticize Sarah Palin, to ever admit there was anything wrong about her choice. He has been capital "L"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/john-mccain-has-refused-to-ever-criticize-sarah-palin-to-ever-admit/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

> [ The more you push back on Donald \[Trump\], whether you're in the media or whether you are in the GOP establishment, the stronger his… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-maddow/the-more-you-push-back-on-donald-trump-whether-you-re-in-the-media-or/)

[Rachel Maddow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-maddow/)

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