[Donald Trump's] instincts are way more favorable to the LGBTQ community than any other Republican that was on the stage. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
I run a gay-rights organization from the Republican side of the aisle. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
Most people aren't Republicans four generations down from a president. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
My Republican Party has no choice but to reach out to millennials. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
What I hope we will see from [Donald] Trump very quickly is inclusive rhetoric and rhetoric that brings the temperature down and… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
I will tell you my position now, as somebody who is ardently against [Donald Trump], as the sort of standard-bearer of the… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
As an optimist, I choose to be glass-half-full about [Donald Trump] while still very cautiously appreciating and understanding the fear that a… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
Republicans were historically the party ever-expanding freedom to disenfranchised minorities, from newly liberated slaves to giving women the right to vote. Susan… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
I'm shocked, like all of us, including Donald Trump, 'cause let's not pretend that even Donald Trump thought he was going to… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
I had folks in the RNC spinning me the night of the election because they were sure that their guy [Donald Trump]… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
The real action in Washington now is actually going to be on the - from the center to the center-right to the… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
As somebody who didn't support [Donald] Trump but works in the LGBTQ space, it was unprecedented that Donald Trump stood on that… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
I was talking to a friend of mine who's a teacher in Iowa and, you know, she teaches kids - English is… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
I think there's an extraordinary overlap between - sort of philosophically, and even in terms of their supporters - between Ted Cruz… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
You have a sense that [Donald] Trump will probably reimagine where the Republican Party is on that issue and some others. But… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
I think this [ statement that Donald Trump would fight for LGBTQ people] is not just a story of the media spinning… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
For sure, certain policies and positions that the party has had for 30 years are going to have to be rethought because… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
From his lifetime of experience as a turnaround expert in private equity to his experience with the turnaround mission of the Olympics… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
[ Donald Trump] is a man who ran on building a wall. And I know it was about legal immigration, but he… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
Republicans can take cold comfort in the fact that the surge in millennial support for Obama that Democrats had hoped for in… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
There's no problem with a woman being president of the United States if you take her gender as a sole issue. Gender… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
In 2010, the excesses of the social welfare state are well known and understood to all Americans except the liberal wing of… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
I worked on Capitol Hill, I worked in the White House and I've worked in politics enough to be familiar with the… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share Image
In my mid-20s I worked at the White House Office of Management and Budget. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share
I think the Tea Party has brought enormous strength to the Republican Party and I absolutely support its fiscal responsibility message, yes. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share
The real action in Washington now is actually going to be on the - from the center to the center-right to the right. Part… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share
Hoover also loved new media the way Millennials do now. He was the first person to ever appear on television. As commerce secretary, he… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share
I'm always trying to see the forest for the trees. I try to look at broader brushstrokes and focus on what we can be… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share
In any civil society, there's a serious problem when confidence in the rule of law is shaken. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share
Some Republicans support gay rights, but prefer progress through legislative action or majority rule at the ballot box, rather than judicial action. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share
Pragmatic and nonpartisan solutions will increase confidence in law enforcement and support good police while offering more transparency and accountability to citizens who have… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share
I'm not suggesting that we promote a homosexual lifestyle and we impose it on people, but I am suggesting that it is important to… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share
I think there's an extraordinary overlap between - sort of philosophically, and even in terms of their supporters - between Ted Cruz and Donald… — Margaret Hoover Copy Share
Hoovers didn't like Democrats because of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's libelous partisan attacks on my great-grandfather Herbert Hoover, tethering him to the Great Depression. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share
While the reigning stereotype is that Republicans are opposed to gay rights, growing Republican support in state-by-state fights belies this perception. — Margaret Hoover Copy Share
![“[Donald Trump's] instincts are way more favorable to the LGBTQ community than any other Republican that was on the stage.” quote by Margaret Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/margaret-hoover-4164_community_donald-trump-s-instincts-are-way-more-fa_1129137.jpg)
![“What I hope we will see from [Donald] Trump very quickly is inclusive rhetoric and rhetoric that brings the temperature down and comforts people so that children feel safe going to school.” quote by Margaret Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/margaret-hoover-4164_children_what-i-hope-we-will-see-from-donald-trum_902336.jpg)
![“I will tell you my position now, as somebody who is ardently against [Donald Trump], as the sort of standard-bearer of the Republican Party and as sort of an impostor in the conservative movement, is, frankly, cautiously optimistic.” quote by Margaret Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ad/margaret-hoover-4164_conservative_i-will-tell-you-my-position-now-as-someb_1657246.jpg)
![“As an optimist, I choose to be glass-half-full about [Donald Trump] while still very cautiously appreciating and understanding the fear that a lot of our fellow citizens have.” quote by Margaret Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ad/margaret-hoover-4164_appreciate_as-an-optimist-i-choose-to-be-glass-half_935901.jpg)
![“I had folks in the RNC spinning me the night of the election because they were sure that their guy [Donald Trump] was going to lose. But they were trying to make the case the RNC had at least done its job.” quote by Margaret Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/921/margaret-hoover-4164_cases_i-had-folks-in-the-rnc-spinning-me-the-n_2027582.jpg)
![“The real action in Washington now is actually going to be on the - from the center to the center-right to the right. Part that's going to be interesting is going to be how [Donald] Trump and the Republicans, frankly, navigate this new climate.” quote by Margaret Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/margaret-hoover-4164_action_the-real-action-in-washington-now-is-act_68864.jpg)
![“As somebody who didn't support [Donald] Trump but works in the LGBTQ space, it was unprecedented that Donald Trump stood on that stage and accepted the Republican nomination and then said he would fight for LGBTQ people.” quote by Margaret Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1a/margaret-hoover-4164_accepted_as-somebody-who-didn-t-support-donald-tr_3049837.jpg)
![“I was talking to a friend of mine who's a teacher in Iowa and, you know, she teaches kids - English is their second language, and they're scared that they're going to get sent home, their family's going to get broken up. Regardless of whether [Donald Trump] does it or not, whether it's true or…” quote by Margaret Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/margaret-hoover-4164_broken_i-was-talking-to-a-friend-of-mine-who-s_476004.jpg)
![“You have a sense that [Donald] Trump will probably reimagine where the Republican Party is on that issue and some others. But then I think conservatives may win in some areas, too - tax reform. So it's just - it's an enormously exciting time in terms of the possibilities.” quote by Margaret Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc5/margaret-hoover-4164_areas_you-have-a-sense-that-donald-trump-will_1086919.jpg)
![“I think this [ statement that Donald Trump would fight for LGBTQ people] is not just a story of the media spinning people up, but it's a story of special interests on the left, who also feel like their candidate lost, and stoking the flames on the fire because it helps spin up their supporters and…” quote by Margaret Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/267/margaret-hoover-4164_benefits_i-think-this-statement-that-donald-trump_2478485.jpg)
![“For sure, certain policies and positions that the party has had for 30 years are going to have to be rethought because [Donald] Trump does have a bit of a mandate when it comes to sort of thinking through trade and rebalancing our trade and how Republicans are going to sort of have a posture…” quote by Margaret Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1a/margaret-hoover-4164_bits_for-sure-certain-policies-and-positions_2538023.jpg)
![“[ Donald Trump] is a man who ran on building a wall. And I know it was about legal immigration, but he did say incredibly vociferous things about Mexican-Americans and the Latino community that, frankly, regardless of if you take him literally or not, which most of his supporters don't - while…” quote by Margaret Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/margaret-hoover-4164_building_donald-trump-is-a-man-who-ran-on-buildin_2349404.jpg)
