The George Wallace campaign in 1968 was the model for the Trump campaign in 2016. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I am not a liberal who is so afraid of the word that I had to change my name to progressive. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
A number of foreign policy experts distanced themselves from Donald Trump, not Michael Flynn. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Donald Trump would not lose a single voter over any report indicating that his tax plan might not work. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I was the first person Donald Trump threatened to sue on Twitter. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I think most Republicans would rather win this election than have transformation. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The question was, have you heard from anyone on the [Donald] Trump transition team? We have not been contacted. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Melania Trump's husband tweeted this: "Cher, I don't wear a rug, it's mine, and I promise not to talk about your massive… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
According to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center, Donald Trump's tax plan is going to increase the national debt by more… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The Daily Beast reports today that if Steve Bannon is denied a security clearance, the President could simply overrule that denial and… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
National security advisors, like White House Chiefs of Staff, their job generally if they're - if they're competent and qualified and effective… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
My pick for Best Political Move of the Year, which is the decisive (ph) and this means it is actually the best… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
In pre-election polling, momentum is more important than position, and in primary polling, national numbers are useless. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
In this case, the government will essentially be run by the people who are running it now. The top level [Barack] Obama… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
We are in a new era, a new era where campaign rules certainly don't apply, and who knows what other rules don't… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
It's hard to think of John McCain without thinking about what a ball of energy he is. I remember when I was… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The president Donald Trump told the "New York Times" that he regrets appointing Jeff Sessions. And when a president expresses no confidence… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Rudy Giuliani would bring conflicts of interest into any Senate confirmation hearing that would be impossible to clear if confirmation hearings operate… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
That's why somebody like a Tim Ryan can go to a bar in Youngstown just as well as in Congress and talk… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The [Donald] Trump plan would increase the national debt a little over a $1 trillion a year, the Trump plan would reduce… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Successful presidential campaigns follow a two-part strategy. For Republicans, Richard Nixon described it as running to the right in the primaries and… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
What I do respect is that Donald Trump knows that it is an emotional appeal and it might be emotional appeals that… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
[Adviser is] the ones who do the job very well are the ones who lay out the range of options, filter down… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
[Donald] Trump is now. And we don't know what the rules are now. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The incompetence of the [Donald] Trump transition team, the likes of which we've never seen is a bad thing. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The professional permanent staff that lies right beneath them will still be in place, making everything work until the [Donald] Trump appointees… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
You have two people who I would classify as extremists. Donald Trump because of his behavior and Ted Cruz because of his… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
169 House Democrats signed a letter to the President-elect [Donald Trump] urging him to "rescind this appointment [of Steve Bannon ] immediately." — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The Democrats - Democrats on board, the Congress said tax policy.But their tax policy was pretty bad, that added $800 billion to… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I'm just learning that according to a source familiar with the transition process, President-elect Donald Trump intends to select Lieutenant General Michael… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I'd like to curl up in a ball like Hillary [Clinton]said she would but she is out. And I think we all… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
It is highly likely that one of the two of them [ Donald Trump and Ted Cruz ] is going to be… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
That seems to be a woman who is genuinely depressed that this is the political dialogue she [Hillary Clinton] is been thrown… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Let's be the Democrats we know we have always been. And maybe every once in a when an opposition that lets you… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
In pre-Trump Washington where the old rules applied, Rudy Giuliani could never survive the Senate confirmation process. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The rise of Donald Trump is explained not so much by the hatred of Muslims, but rather the hatred of just one… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Jeff Sessions wished he wasn't the attorney general. The president Donald Trump has the most incompetent cabinet in history, and he's unhappy… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I think the fact of the matter is this is a tough moment for democrats. But it's also exciting to see so… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
All writers are forced to live within deadlines, and deadlines determine how good they can be. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The question for the Republicans running the confirmation hearings in the United States Senate is whose rules are they going to use? — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Prosecutors have absolutely no control over what witnesses say when they leave the grand jury room. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Because Republicans defected and voted with all the Democrats to reject Jeff Sessions' nomination when they discovered that when he was working as a… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
In this case, the government will essentially be run by the people who are running it now. The top level [Barack] Obama appointees will… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I've never understood the value of putting someone on television to lie, knowing that they're going to lie ahead of time, knowing that that… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The Trump view of immigration defies our history. Immigration is a transaction that has historically benefited the country. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I don't think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC. She [Hillary Clinton] is saying Russia, Russia, Russia. Maybe it was.… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
If a reader comes across a story that makes them cry, you can be sure that the writer felt every single thing that makes… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
National security advisors are not there to be advocates, generally. They're not there to be partisans, they're not there to be ideologues. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Never once has Republican world said hey, maybe we should look into how police officers are carrying out their solemn public responsibility to serve… — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
When Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for federal district court judgeship, the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected his nomination. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
![“The question was, have you heard from anyone on the [Donald] Trump transition team? We have not been contacted.” quote by Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/617/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_heard_the-question-was-have-you-heard-from-any_3016968.jpg)
![“In this case, the government will essentially be run by the people who are running it now. The top level [Barack] Obama appointees will leave by inauguration day.” quote by Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1ae/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_barack_in-this-case-the-government-will-essenti_78004.jpg)
![“The [Donald] Trump plan would increase the national debt a little over a $1 trillion a year, the Trump plan would reduce taxes at all income levels with, of course, the biggest tax cuts going to the richest taxpayers as they always do.” quote by Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3ec/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_courses_the-donald-trump-plan-would-increase-the_638343.jpg)
![“[Adviser is] the ones who do the job very well are the ones who lay out the range of options, filter down the range of options that are available to the president, lay them out in an honest, brokerage way and then let the president make the choice among those options.” quote by Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c4c/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_adviser_adviser-is-the-ones-who-do-the-job-very_910002.jpg)
![“[Donald] Trump is now. And we don't know what the rules are now.” quote by Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1bd/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_knows_donald-trump-is-now-and-we-don-t-know-wh_1774977.jpg)
![“The incompetence of the [Donald] Trump transition team, the likes of which we've never seen is a bad thing.” quote by Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0c0/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_bad-thing_the-incompetence-of-the-donald-trump-tra_2037653.jpg)
![“The professional permanent staff that lies right beneath them will still be in place, making everything work until the [Donald] Trump appointees start populating the offices on top of them.” quote by Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e1c/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_lying_the-professional-permanent-staff-that-li_2356171.jpg)
![“169 House Democrats signed a letter to the President-elect [Donald Trump] urging him to "rescind this appointment [of Steve Bannon ] immediately."” quote by Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ab5/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_appointments_169-house-democrats-signed-a-letter-to-t_1661108.jpg)
![“I'd like to curl up in a ball like Hillary [Clinton]said she would but she is out. And I think we all have to go do that. The fact of the matter is we don't have the luxury of pulling back from this.” quote by Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6c4/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_balls_i-d-like-to-curl-up-in-a-ball-like-hilla_1408659.jpg)
![“It is highly likely that one of the two of them [ Donald Trump and Ted Cruz ] is going to be the nominee. This is a - look here, what is this - what this is really is a prescription for remaking the Republican Party.” quote by Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e5c/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_cruz_it-is-highly-likely-that-one-of-the-two_2118091.jpg)
![“That seems to be a woman who is genuinely depressed that this is the political dialogue she [Hillary Clinton] is been thrown into in the 21st century in running for president of the United States.” quote by Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d42/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_21st-century_that-seems-to-be-a-woman-who-is-genuinel_1017600.jpg)
![“I don't think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC. She [Hillary Clinton] is saying Russia, Russia, Russia. Maybe it was. I mean, it could be Russia. But it could also be China. It could also be lots of other people.” quote by Lawrence O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c72/lawrence-o-donnell-1701_broke_i-don-t-think-anybody-knows-it-was-russi_115025.jpg)
