I would agree if the race were today, most likely, our nominee would be Donald Trump, but it isn't today. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
The Republicans don't need black folks to vote Republican, they just need them to not vote. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
Donald Trump has changed the rule and so have the stations and the media coverage. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
I do feel like there's this Republican Party establishment is in disarray. That's the story that the Donald Trump surge seems to… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
With Donald Trump, you know, what I would tell you is that he's got shelf life like I never would have guessed. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
A recent analysis of election coverage by the Tindall report which tracks network nicely news programs found that Bernie Sanders received just… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
The [Bernie] Sanders campaign became the center of a good old-fashioned political controversy. His coverage went from no news to bad news… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
The leading non-establishment Republican candidate for president, Donald Trump, is just sailing past [establishment Republican candidates] in the polls. He is still… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
The folks like myself that do this for a living, we were expecting a regular campaign had built the databases, done all… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
The debate was a chance for senator [Bernie] Sanders to have a game-changing moment to recapture the news cycle and build momentum… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
A big part of the Republican 2016 race is now basically a bunch of establishment Republicans going after each other. Jeb Bush… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
While the establishment Republican candidates are busy doing this, attacking each other, and doing everything they can to bring each other down,… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
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… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
As we watch Republican candidates like Scott Walker and Rick Perry and Bobby Jindal and George Pataki, and even Jeb Bush and… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
I think the most critical needs of the African-American communities aren't being addressed primarily because of decisions being made by Republican Congressional… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
We were looking for the Rick Perries, the Scott Walkers, the Bobby Jindals, all to probably still be on the stage.They're all… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
I learned that you can't write a book in the margins of your life. I'd forgotten how much uninterrupted time it takes to write… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
The debate was a chance for senator [Bernie] Sanders to have a game-changing moment to recapture the news cycle and build momentum going into… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
Having a white parent undoubtedly makes for a different childhood experience than having two black parents. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
Drink lots of water, and nap. I've made some really big messes along the way, whether on the academic side or on the media… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
Terrifying mass shooting and high-profile officer-involved incidents have dominated the national conversation on gun violence in recent years. But most deaths by gun are… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
Stereotypes work to help divide women from recognizing their common interests. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
I would agree if the race were today, most likely, our nominee would be Donald Trump, but it isn't today. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
The Republicans don't need black folks to vote Republican, they just need them to not vote. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
I had a friend say to me the other day, I hate when I see Jonathan Metzl on your show because I know it's… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
I am a supporter of much of the Arab Spring, as a matter of indigenous self-determination. So, I see the United States' role in… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
The leading non-establishment Republican candidate for president, Donald Trump, is just sailing past [establishment Republican candidates] in the polls. He is still surging. He… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
I think the idea that you're somehow rejecting whiteness if you don't identify yourself as biracial is odd because everybody engages in whiteness. If… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
Popular films are so powerful and compelling that it's often easier to accept their versions of history than the much more complicated true stories. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
Donald Trump has changed the rule and so have the stations and the media coverage. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
As we watch Republican candidates like Scott Walker and Rick Perry and Bobby Jindal and George Pataki, and even Jeb Bush and Chris Christie,… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share
![“The [Bernie] Sanders campaign became the center of a good old-fashioned political controversy. His coverage went from no news to bad news with the revelation that four Sanders staffers took advantage of a software glitch to access confidential voter data belonging to the Hillary Clinton campaign.” quote by Melissa Harris-Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08a/melissa-harris-perry-10452_access_the-bernie-sanders-campaign-became-the-c_3074557.jpg)
![“The leading non-establishment Republican candidate for president, Donald Trump, is just sailing past [establishment Republican candidates] in the polls. He is still surging. He is basically killing them all.” quote by Melissa Harris-Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/melissa-harris-perry-10452_candidates_the-leading-non-establishment-republican_589250.png)
![“The folks like myself that do this for a living, we were expecting a regular campaign had built the databases, done all the new social media, learned our lessons from [Barack] Obama whipping us twice on how to do voter contact, and then Donald Trump gets in it and turns it into a national election.” quote by Melissa Harris-Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bb/melissa-harris-perry-10452_barack_the-folks-like-myself-that-do-this-for-a_2002718.png)
![“The debate was a chance for senator [Bernie] Sanders to have a game-changing moment to recapture the news cycle and build momentum going into 2016 and he took his best shot at having a moment.” quote by Melissa Harris-Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/melissa-harris-perry-10452_bernie-sanders_the-debate-was-a-chance-for-senator-bern_81018.png)
![“We were looking for the Rick Perries, the Scott Walkers, the Bobby Jindals, all to probably still be on the stage.They're all gone and [Donald] Trump has sucked the oxygen out of race and made it a national race courtesy a little bit of NBC making him a celebrity, second of all, just his…” quote by Melissa Harris-Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/melissa-harris-perry-10452_bits_we-were-looking-for-the-rick-perries-the_2097856.png)