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title: "39 Trump Quotes By Jane Mayer"
description: "39 Trump quotes by Jane Mayer. Plus more from Jane Mayer and more Trump sayings from other authors."
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> [“merged all forms of political spending—campaign, lobbying, and philanthropic—”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/merged-all-forms-of-political-spending-campaign-lobbying-and/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [ The possibility exists that the Kochs will walk away with even more power if \[Donalds\] Trump's defeated. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-possibility-exists-that-the-kochs-will-walk-away-with-even-more/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [If you have an informed electorate, it makes great choices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/if-you-have-an-informed-electorate-it-makes-great-choices/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [We would see another president being accused of being illegitimate, and undermined from day one, which is exactly what these donors did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/we-would-see-another-president-being-accused-of-being-illegitimate/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“Scaife even insisted in an interview that Clinton “can order people done away with at will…God there must be 60 people \[associated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/scaife-even-insisted-in-an-interview-that-clinton-can-order-people/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [ Donald Trump actually is a pretty big-government conservative. He doesn't see eye-to-eye with them \[the Kochs\] on trade. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/donald-trump-actually-is-a-pretty-big-government-conservative-he/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [ One of the oddities of this election is the man that \[Donald\] Trump chose as his vice-president, Mike Pence, is one of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/one-of-the-oddities-of-this-election-is-the-man-that-donald-trump/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [ \[Donald\] Trump has put forward a list of people he would like to see on the Supreme Court, whom the Kochs would… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/donald-trump-has-put-forward-a-list-of-people-he-would-like-to-see-on/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“Obama won, but he had few illusions that he had vanquished big money. “I’m an incumbent president who already had this huge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/obama-won-but-he-had-few-illusions-that-he-had-vanquished-big-money-i/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [The great unknown in this country is where this leaves the Republican Party after this election. Will it be the party of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-great-unknown-in-this-country-is-where-this-leaves-the-republican/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [ There are some areas where the Kochs are on the same page with \[Donald\] Trump. He doesn't believe in global warming. He… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/there-are-some-areas-where-the-kochs-are-on-the-same-page-with-donald/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [So in a strange way, even though Trump is a billionaire, what he's been saying is, "Everything's rigged, it's all corrupt and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/so-in-a-strange-way-even-though-trump-is-a-billionaire-what-he-s-been/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [What I write about is how much influence it's had in things like state legislatures and governorships and congressional races. The other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/what-i-write-about-is-how-much-influence-it-s-had-in-things-like/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“They turned on Obama so early,” he later recalled ruefully. “Not only did we not have the answers yet, we barely knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/they-turned-on-obama-so-early-he-later-recalled-ruefully-not-only-did/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“Rather than compromising their principles and working with the new administration, DeMint argued, Republicans needed to take a firm stand against Obama,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/rather-than-compromising-their-principles-and-working-with-the-new/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [Barack Obama was elected President in 2008 and re-elected in 2012. The natural thing would be to suggest money on the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/barack-obama-was-elected-president-in-2008-and-re-elected-in-2012-the/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“Bill Clinton, a “New Democrat,” later embraced his ideas, calling Murray’s analysis “essentially right” and incorporating many of his prescriptions, including work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/bill-clinton-a-new-democrat-later-embraced-his-ideas-calling-murray-s/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“Trump’s popularity suggested that voters were hungry for independent candidates who wouldn’t spout the donors’ lines. His call to close the carried-interest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/trump-s-popularity-suggested-that-voters-were-hungry-for-independent/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“By channeling donors’ money to largely overlooked state and local races, Republicans succeeded not only in advancing their political agenda but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/by-channeling-donors-money-to-largely-overlooked-state-and-local/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“Obama nonetheless continued to seek bipartisan support. His experience with what Hillary Clinton labeled the “vast right-wing conspiracy” was limited. He had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/obama-nonetheless-continued-to-seek-bipartisan-support-his-experience/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“Scaife rationalized his foundations’ funding of an obsessive investigation of President Clinton’s marital infidelities during the 1990s that came to be known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/scaife-rationalized-his-foundations-funding-of-an-obsessive/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“In Kansas, where Triad Management was especially active, the funds were suspected of having tipped the outcome in four close races. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/in-kansas-where-triad-management-was-especially-active-the-funds-were/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“The candidates promised to cut taxes for those in the highest brackets, preserve Wall Street loopholes, tolerate the off-shoring of manufacturing jobs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-candidates-promised-to-cut-taxes-for-those-in-the-highest/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“The often-told tale was that the remarkable awakening of antigovernment rage that spread across the country in 2009 was triggered by an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-often-told-tale-was-that-the-remarkable-awakening-of/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“radicals in Congress refused to back down, bringing virtually the entire federal government to a halt for sixteen days in October, leaving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/radicals-in-congress-refused-to-back-down-bringing-virtually-the/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [ It's hard to look at \[Donald\] Trump as a hopeful sign because, in his own way, he is offering false solutions to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/it-s-hard-to-look-at-donald-trump-as-a-hopeful-sign-because-in-his/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“Then, in a stunning turnaround in 2008, Scaife met with Hillary Clinton, who had fingered him as the ringleader of what she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/then-in-a-stunning-turnaround-in-2008-scaife-met-with-hillary-clinton/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“In a Senate debate on proposed campaign-finance restrictions, McConnell reportedly told colleagues, “If we stop this thing, we can control the institution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/in-a-senate-debate-on-proposed-campaign-finance-restrictions/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“Very rich benefactors in the Republican Party were far more opposed to taxes and regulations than the rest of the country. “The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/very-rich-benefactors-in-the-republican-party-were-far-more-opposed/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“There’s not a Republican president or presidential candidate in the last fifty years who hasn’t known the DeVoses,” Saul Anuzis, a former…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/there-s-not-a-republican-president-or-presidential-candidate-in-the/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“The advent of computers had turned redistricting into an expensive, cynical, and highly precise science. Hofeller, the foremost practitioner on the Republican…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-advent-of-computers-had-turned-redistricting-into-an-expensive/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [ “\[David\] Maraniss sees \[Barack\] Obama as a man with "a moviegoer's or writer's sensibility, where he is both participating and observing himself… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/david-maraniss-sees-barack-obama-as-a-man-with-a-moviegoer-s-or/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [ The Kochs are very much involved in this election, not backing \[Donald\] Trump but backing everything down the ballot from him. They're… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-kochs-are-very-much-involved-in-this-election-not-backing-donald/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [ \[Donald\] Trump comes along and is singing a different song. He says, "I don't need your money; I'm rich enough on my… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/donald-trump-comes-along-and-is-singing-a-different-song-he-says-i/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“Another early sign that the investment was yielding real results on the national scale was the Republican wave that swept the 1978…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/another-early-sign-that-the-investment-was-yielding-real-results-on/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“the gerrymandering of 2010 had created what Ryan Lizza of The New Yorker called a “historical oddity.” Political extremists now had no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-gerrymandering-of-2010-had-created-what-ryan-lizza-of-the-new/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“In previous eras,” Lizza noted, “ideologically extreme minorities could be controlled by party leadership. What’s new about the current House of Representatives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/in-previous-eras-lizza-noted-ideologically-extreme-minorities-could/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“What happened? We had bad data,” a Koch insider conceded after it was over. They had counted on an electorate less diverse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/what-happened-we-had-bad-data-a-koch-insider-conceded-after-it-was/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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> [“Mike Lofgren, a Republican who spent thirty years observing how wealthy interests gamed the policy-making apparatus in Washington, where he was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/mike-lofgren-a-republican-who-spent-thirty-years-observing-how/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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## Other authors on Trump

## More by Jane Mayer

> [“David Brock, a conservative apostate who became a liberal activist, described the Heritage Foundation, where he was a young fellow, as almost completely under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/david-brock-a-conservative-apostate-who-became-a-liberal-activist/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

> [“The early think tank was not a spy operation, but it was funded by wealthy men who had no objections to using pretexts and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-early-think-tank-was-not-a-spy-operation-but-it-was-funded-by/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

> [“Americans for Prosperity annoyed some of the Tea Partiers,” recalls the libertarian blogger Ralph Benko. “These people drove up, opened the door, put T-shirts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/americans-for-prosperity-annoyed-some-of-the-tea-partiers-recalls-the/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

> [“When Barack Obama took office, the fossil fuel industry was not only eager to preserve its perks but also more militant in its opposition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/when-barack-obama-took-office-the-fossil-fuel-industry-was-not-only/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

> [If you have an informed electorate, it makes great choices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/if-you-have-an-informed-electorate-it-makes-great-choices/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

> [ One of the oddities of this election is the man that \[Donald\] Trump chose as his vice-president, Mike Pence, is one of the Kochs'… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/one-of-the-oddities-of-this-election-is-the-man-that-donald-trump/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

> [“The candidates promised to cut taxes for those in the highest brackets, preserve Wall Street loopholes, tolerate the off-shoring of manufacturing jobs and profits,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-candidates-promised-to-cut-taxes-for-those-in-the-highest/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

> [“Amway in fact was structured to avoid federal taxes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/amway-in-fact-was-structured-to-avoid-federal-taxes/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

> [“radicals in Congress refused to back down, bringing virtually the entire federal government to a halt for sixteen days in October, leaving the country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/radicals-in-congress-refused-to-back-down-bringing-virtually-the/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

> [What I write about is how much influence it's had in things like state legislatures and governorships and congressional races. The other thing that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/what-i-write-about-is-how-much-influence-it-s-had-in-things-like/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

> [“Two months into their tenure, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee also led a crusade against alternative, renewable energy programs. They successfully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/two-months-into-their-tenure-republicans-on-the-house-energy-and/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

> [ \[The Kochs\] they hate big government. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-kochs-they-hate-big-government/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

> [“Rob Reich, a professor of political science at Stanford University and co-director of the Stanford Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society, explains that private…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/rob-reich-a-professor-of-political-science-at-stanford-university-and/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

> [“During the previous eight years of Republican rule, this conservative corporate elite had consolidated its power, amassing enormous sway over the U.S. government’s regulatory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/during-the-previous-eight-years-of-republican-rule-this-conservative/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

> [“Noble again chose Larry McCarthy, the veteran media consultant who was known for his ability to distill a complicated subject into a simple, potent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/noble-again-chose-larry-mccarthy-the-veteran-media-consultant-who-was/)

[Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/)

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