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Thursday 2nd of October 2025

2024 Presidential election  Age is the only thing we have in common. My vice president actually endorses me. Joe Biden, 2024 White House correspondents' dinner © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala Elon Musk, 8:41 PM – 9/15/24, which he later said was a “hilarious joke” © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election Anyone who murders Kamala Harris would be an American hero. Libertarian Party of New Hampshire, 8:39 PM – Sep 15, 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election Bill Clinton once said Americans prefer “strong and wrong” to “weak and right”. On Thursday, those two options were on the debate stage. Every Democrat, including Biden, tirelessly repeats that democracy is on the ballot this November. They argue that the stakes for America are existential. The question now is whether they have the ruthlessness to act on those beliefs. Edward Luce, Financial Times, June 28, 2024, after Biden's disastrous performnce in the first 2024 presidential debate  © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election But you know, the big difference between conservatives and liberals is that we have — no one has tried to kill  Kamala Harris in the last couple of months, and two people now have tried to kill  Donald Trump in the last couple of months. I’d say that’s pretty strong evidence that the left needs to tone down the rhetoric, and needs to cut this crap out. J. D. Vance, September 16, 2024 [Thomas Matthew Crooks, the first attempted assassin was a registered Republican; Ryan Wesley Routh, the second, was a registered independent who voted for Trump in 2016 but was “disappointed” by him by 2020] © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election Christians, get out and vote. Just this time. You wont have to do it anymore. Four more years, you know what, it'll be fixed. It'll be fine. You won't have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians. I love you Christians. I'm not Christian. I love you. Get out. You gotta get out and vote.  In four years, you don't have to vote again. Donald Trump, promising what? A Christian coup? © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election Close to half of Republicans (46%) and more than a quarter of Democrats (27%)  said they would not consider 2024 election  results to be legitimate if the other party’s presidential candidate won. … Some of them would go further:  14% of Republicans and 11% of Democrats surveyed said they would take action to overturn the 2024 election based solely on who is declared the winner. World Justice Project report on U.S. Rule of Law Trends and the 2024 Election © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election The first party to retire its 80-year-old candidate is going to be the party that wins this election.  Nikki Haley, January 2024  © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election From the moment I got into the race,  the decision that I made was really simple. I would rather lose by telling the truth than lie in order to win. I feel no differently today because this is a fight for the soul of our party and the soul of our country. Chris Christie, Windham, NH, January 10, 2024, announcing he's suspending his campaign © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election The great thing about America is, here kings and dictators do not rule — the people do. History is in your hands. The power’s in your hands. The idea of America lies in your hands. You just have to keep faith — keep the faith — and remember who we are. Joe Biden, speech announcing he's withdrawing from the race for the White House © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election He [Biden] is caught in a generational paradox. He does not, in electoral terms, actually repre- sent the boomers: a majority of “old white people” voted for Trump in 2020 and will, if given the chance, surely do so again in 2024. But he can be seen nonetheless as a represen- tative boomer figure, the most prominent and powerful embodiment of the demographic  group that has dominated American wealth, poli- tics, and culture since the 1970s. He suffers on both sides of this contradiction — most of his own generation does not identify with him, but many younger Americans identify him with  the  age-related injustices that have shaped their lives. It is this incongruity that makes Biden so vulnerable. Being the old white man brings him no rewards, only resentments. And resentment is the medium in which Trump thrives. Fintan O'Toole, NY Rev. of Books, Jan. 18, 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election How refreshing it is to see a president of the United States at an event that doesn't begin with a bailiff saying, “All rise.” Colin Jost, featured entertainer, 2024 White House correspondents' dinner © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election I like Tucker a lot! I guess I would, I think I say I would. He's got great common sense. Donald Trump,  responding when asked if he would consider Tucker Carlson to be his running mate in 2024 © 2023 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election I think that we have to take Donald Trump very seriously. We have to take seriously the extent to which you have now got a Putin wing of the Republican Party. I believe the issue this election cycle is making sure the Putin wing of the Republican Party does not take over the West Wing of the White House. Liz Cheney © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election I think with our little secret we are gonna do really well with the House, right? Our little secret is having a big impact. Donald Trump, alluding to an agremeent he has with Mike Johnson, the Republican House speaker, to ensure that the House of Representatives guarantees Republicans win any contested election for the House or the presidency © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election I’ve always said that if there came a point in time in this race where I couldn’t see a path to accomplishing that goal [of winning the nomination and defaating Biden], that I would get out. And it’s clear to me tonight that there isn’t a path for me to win the nomination, which is why I’m suspending my campaign tonight for President of the United States. … I also know though it’s the right thing for me to do because I want to promise you this. I’m going to make sure that in no way do I enable Donald Trump to ever be President of the United States again, and that’s more important than my own personal ambition. Chris Christie, Windham, NH, January 10, 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election  I would say to Jack Smith that right now, you guys are the hunters. On January 20th [2025], you’re going to become the hunted. Mike Davis, who promises to preside over a “three-week reign of terror” during which he'll indict Trump’s opponents and purge them from the federal government in his role as “acting attorney general” in Trump's second administration © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election [I]f Donald Trump becomes the nominee of this party, the moment that it happened was when Nikki Haley, and Ron DeSantis, and Tim Scott and Mike Pence and Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy stood on that stage in Milwaukee in August, and when we were asked would you support someone who is a convicted felon to be President of the United States, they raised their hands. Give Ron credit. He had to look at everybody  else first to see if he wanted to raise his hand, but then he raised his hand. Kind of like  cheating off somebody’s paper in high school.  They raised their hands and I did not and will not and I cannot countenance that behavior. Chris Christie, Windham, NH, January 10, 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election If I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath for the whole country. Donald Trump © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election If I don’t win this election, and the Jewish people would really have a lot to do with that if that happens because at 40 percent that means 60 percent of the people are voting for the enemy. Donald Trump, speaking at the Israeli American Council’s national conference, the theme of which was “Fighting Anti-Semitism in America” © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election If I’m going to be president of this country I’m going to put a 100, 200, 2,000 percent tariff. They’re not going to sell one car into the United States. Donald Trump © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election If we don’t win on November 5,  I think our country is going to cease to exist. It could be the last election we ever have. I actually mean that. Donald Trump © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election I'm telling you: these guys are weird. Tim Walz, 11:27 PM – Jul 23, 2024, on Donald Trump and J. D. Vance © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election In 2020, when Donald Trump questioned the results of the election, the courts decisively rejected his efforts, over and over again. In 2024, the judicial branch may be unable to save our democracy. The rogues are no longer amateurs. They have spent the last four years going pro, meticulously devising a strategy across multiple fronts — state legislatures, Congress, executive branches and elected judges — to overturn any close election. Neal Katyal, New York Times, October 16, 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term. Joe Biden, July 21, 2024,  announcing he's ending his reelection campaign © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election Let’s not forget there are more Jewish voters who care about Israel than Muslim voters who care about Hamas. Haim Saban, billionaire donor to the Biden Victory Fund in an email to Biden © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President. And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year. Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this. Joe Biden, 2:13 PM – Jul 21, 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site.  It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter.  The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth. I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. Taylor Swift, September 10, 2024, minutes after the Trump-Harris debate © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election That is a damning non answer. Tim Walz, responding to J. D. Vance's refusal to answer the question, “Did he [Trump] lose the 2020 election?” © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election That objective [in spouting the Big Lie] is  not somehow to rescind the 2020 election, as they would have us believe. That’s constitutionally impossible. Trump’s and the Republicans' far more ambitious objective is to execute succesfully in 2024 the very same plan they failed in executing in 2020 and to overturn the 2024 election if Trump or his anointed successor loses again in the next quadrennial contest. The last presidential election was a dry run for the next. J. Michael Luttig, April 27, 2022 © 2022 Kwiple.com
2020 Presidential election To understand the threat today, you have to see with clear eyes what happened, what is still happening after the 2020 election. The charlatans and cranks who filed lawsuits and led public spectacles on Trump's behalf were sideshows. They distracted from the main event: a systematic effort to nullify the election results and then reverse them. As milestones passed — individual certification by states, the meeting of the Electoral College on December 14 — Trump’s hand grew weaker. But he played it strategically throughout. The more we learn about January 6, the clearer the conclusion becomes that it was the last gambit in a soundly conceived campaign — one that provides a blueprint for 2024. Barton Gellman, The Atlantic, January/February 2022 © 2021 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election This November, I am voting for a decent person I disagree with on policy over a criminal defendant without a moral compass. Geoff Duncan,  the Georgia Republican Lieutenant Governor  who Trump pressured to stop the certification of the 2020 Georgia election results © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election Trump and his running mate, J. D. Vance, implicitly appeal to a more symbolic notion of representation: however complex and diverse American society might seem to be, its essential form is male, white, and at least culturally Christian. This has always been so in the past, and must always be so in the future. If demography, and therefore democracy, is flowing away from this eternal truth, then democracy must be frozen in time. Fintan O'Toole, New York Review of Books, September 19, 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election A Trump victory is likely to mean at least the temporary suspension of American democracy as we have known it. Robert Kagan, Washington Post, September 23, 2021 © 2021 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election We have to decide: Do we still believe in honesty, decency, respect, freedom, justice and democracy? In this moment, can we see those we disagree with not as enemies but as, I mean, fellow Americans — can we do that? Does character in public life still matter? Joe Biden, speech announcing he's withdrawing from the race for the White House © 2024 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election What s truly strange is not just Trump's chronological age but the anachronistic vision in which only white men who plant their seed in fertile women are authentic citizens and legitimate rulers. Fintan O'Toole, New York Review of Books, September 19, 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
Bullshitters say I look forward to testifying. Donald Trump, a perjury-producing machine, on possible trials to keep him off 2024 primary ballots because he violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment on January 6, 2021, and therefore is ineligible to hold office in the United States © 2023 Kwiple.com
Bullshitters say I mean, right now I say, why should I do a debate? I’m leading in the polls. And, everybody knows her, everybody knows me. Donald Trump, explaining why he won't debate Kamala Harris © 2024 Kwiple.com
Bullshitters say I’ve got everybody in the nation calling me begging me to be vice president. I have everybody calling me wanting to be in the cabinet. Everybody wants to work for me. Everybody. Donald Trump © 2024 Kwiple.com
Cocks of the walk say When I run for president in 2024, we would have created so many jobs that I'm not going to run; I'm going to walk. Kanye West, a.k.a Ye a.k.a Yeezus a.k.a. Louis Vuitton Don a.k.a. Yeezy a.k.a. Saint Pablo a.k.a. Christian Billionaire Genius, on opening a shoe manufacturing facility for his shoe brand in Cody, Wyoming © 2022 Kwiple.com
The Constitution of the United States Few Americans are aware that under the Constitution, a candidate could lose the popular vote and the Electoral College and still become president. In fact, it’s already happened [in 1824]. … In other words, assuming Mr. Trump is still a free man, he could be picked by  the House to be the 47th president, even if  Mr. Biden wins millions more popular votes and the most electoral votes. James Wegman, New York Times, October 14, 2023 © 2023 Kwiple.com
Democracy It couldn’t be more simple. A vote for Republicans is a vote to destroy Democracy. Rob Reiner, 8:03 AM – Apr 20, 2022, on the Republicans during the Trump era © 2022 Kwiple.com
Immigration As the leader of our party, there is zero chance I will support this horrible open borders betrayal of America. I’ll fight it all the way. A lot of the senators are trying to say, respectfully, they’re blaming it on me.  I say, that’s OK. Please blame it on me.  Please. Donald Trump, January 28, 2024, proudly trying to block a bipartisan Senate border security bill that gives Republicans every border security provision they've been  clamoring for for years without providing a path to citizenship for immigrsnts already here, because he believes border security will be a winning issue for him in the 2024 election © 2024 Kwiple.com
Immigration I said [in 2018], you know, “Why can’t we allow people to come in  from nice countries, I’m trying to be nice.” Nice countries, you know, like Denmark, Switzerland? Do we have any people coming in from Denmark? How about Switzerland? How about Norway? Donald Trump. who reportedly raised $50 million from the millionaires and billionaires who attended the April 6, 2024, fund raiser hosted by billionaire John Paulson in Palm Beach, where he called for immigration from “nice”/white countries © 2024 Kwiple.com
Leftists There’s always a category of leftist who sees voting as a form of self-expression akin to writing a song, rather than the way to choose who gets power. These people often feel only a perfunctory animus against the right, which barely intrudes on their field of vision. They get much more het up about the centre-left, which they are always running up against in big cities, university campuses and, above all, on social media. In the US, the natural home for such people is the Green party, which functions as a vehicle for marginal narcissists to siphon votes from Democrats so that Republicans can win world-changing elections. Simon Kuper, Financial Times, August 31, 2023 © 2023 Kwiple.com
Money in politics Anybody that makes a “Contribution” to Birdbrain, from this moment forth, will be permanently barred from the MAGA camp. Donald Trump, Jan 24, 2024, 8:49 PM [By “Birdbrain,” Trump means Nikki Haley, not himself or his spawn. “MAGA camp” is a nationwide day camp where disinformed adults frolic and wallow.] © 2024 Kwiple.com
Money in politics With the RNC now joining President Trump's campaign in a joint fundraising committee, we're issuing new guidelines for candidates and committees who choose to use President Trump's name, image, and likeness in fundraising solicitations.  Beginning tomorrow, we ask that all candidates and committees who choose to use President Trump's name, image, and likeness split a  minimum of 5% of all fundraising solicitations to Trump National Committee JFC. … Any split that is higher than 5% will be seen favorably by the RNC and President Trump's  campaign and routinely reported to the highest  levels of leadership within both organizations.  April 15, 2024, letter from JFC to all (R) campigns © 2024 Kwiple.com
Public discourse She destroyed the city of San Francisco, it’s — and I own a big building there — it’s no —I shouldn't talk about this but that’s OK. I don’t give a damn because this is what I’m doing. I should say it's the finest city in the world — sell and get the hell out of there, right? But I can’t do that. I don’t care, you know? I lost billions of dollars, billions of dollars. You know, somebody said, “What do you think you lost?” I said, “Probably two, three billion. That’s OK, I don’t care.” They say, “You think you’d do it again?” And that’s the least of it. Nobody. They always say, I don’t know if you know.  Lincoln was horribly treated. Uh, Jefferson was pretty horribly. Andrew Jackson they say was the worst of  all, that he was treated worse than any other presi-. ident. I said, “Do that study again, because I think there’s nobody close to Trump.” I even got shot!  And who the hell knows where that came from, right? Donald Trump, Potterville MI, August 29, 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
Selfie I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT! Donald Trump, Sep 15, 2024, 10:44 AM, pissed that she endorsed Kamala Harris © 2024 Kwiple.com
Sleepers at the wheel say I think it's a mistaken concept that there's a body of this country that's loyal to a person — they're loyal to a country, most of them. Vivek Ramaswamy,, venture capitalist and multimillionaire who's vowed to spend $100 million of his money trying to win the Republican nomination (or to become Trump's running mate) in 2024 by moving to the right of him  © 2023 Kwiple.com
Snapshot Shrugging off Mr. Trump’s 2024 candidacy or writing his political obituary is a fool's errand — he endures persecution and eludes prosecution like no other public figure. That could change, of course, though that cat has nine lives. Donald Trump portrayed by Kellyanne Conway, New York Times, January 13, 2023 © 2023 Kwiple.com
Snapshot Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people, so let’s be clear about that, and clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that, but we cannot afford to have a President of the United States who attempts, as he did in the past, to upend the will of the voters in a free and fair election. Donald Trump portrayed by Kamala Harris © 2024 Kwiple.com
State of the union We are barely two months into the republic’s year from hell. In 2024, US politics is hitting a perfect storm of partisan loathing in a society where algorithms become ever more skilled at generating outrage among the exhausted majority. Conditions are as good as they get for an outrage entrepreneur like Trump. The rest of this year promises to be nastier than anything we have seen. Edward Luce, Financial Times, February 29, 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
Trumpism As long as Donald Trump is breathing,  the odds are that he will run again in 2024. This has become clear not because his ambitions have changed — Trump is no longer concerned with his business except to prevent its collapse — but because Republicans are all in for Caesarism. The party as a whole now has one truth, which is whatever Trump says, even if it is different after breakfast than before. Edward Luce, Financial Times, July 29, 2021 © 2021 Kwiple.com
Trumpists  You can dismiss Trump voters all you want but give them this: They're every bit as American as any idealized vision of the place. If Trump wins in 2024, his detractors will have to reckon once again with the voters who got us here — to reconcile what it means to share a country with so many citizens who keep watching Trump spiral deeper into his moral void and still conclude, “Yes, that's our guy.” Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, January/February 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say The American people are smart and understand this is the epitome of the illegal and unprecedented weaponization of the federal government against Joe Biden’s leading opponent, President Donald J. Trump. The radical Far Left will stop at nothing to  interfere with the 2024 election in order to prop up the catastrophic presidency and desperate campaign of Joe Biden. Elise “Girl from the North Country” Stefanik, responding to the DOJ's 37-count indictment against Trump for mishandling classified documents [NOTE: it's “President Trump”, not “former/ex-President Trump”] © 2023 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say The assassination failed, so they took out Biden. Tucker Carlson, on Kamala Harris replacing Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket in 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say  CNN pledges to “fact check” Trump all night — i.e. lie, smear and spin for Biden. Stephen Miller, 9:53 PM – Jun 26, 2024 [CNN promised no such thing. In fact, its moderators at the first 2024 “debate” let Trump “gish gallop” — intentionally spew forth lies, half truths, non sequitors and disdinformation so fast that it's not possible to fact check it in real time — i.e., they let Trump be Trump.] © 2024 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say The gloves are off. There are no holds barred here. He is going full-throttle. He’s not worried about winning another election. It’s four years of scorched earth when Donald Trump retakes the White House. Lara Trump © 2024 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say I don’t care what the hell happens in this world. If President Trump gets reelected, the border’s going to be sealed, the military will be deployed, the National Guard will be activated, and the illegals are going home. Stephen Miller © 2024 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say If he [Trump] is the nominee, if he was up against Biden [in 2024], I'd vote for him again. Simply because what he did the first time, before COVID, was so good for the country. … [Even though] I think this man does not have the character to lead the country again. Rusty Bowers, the Arizona House Speaker who testified before the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol about Trump's pressures to violate his oath to the Consitution by appointing fake electors from Arizona © 2022 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say  They should give it a more fitting name like: Cucks for Kamala Donald Trump, Jr., 2:56 PM – Jul 29, 2024, reacting to news that more than 75,000 white men had registered for a “White Dudes for Kamala” Zoom call © 2024 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say We don’t need a federal ban [on abortion] when we have Comstock on the books. … I think the pro-life groups should  keep their mouths shut as much as possible until the [2024] election. Jonathan Mitchell [Their objective is to estsblish a nationwide ban on abortion by enforcing the Comstock Act  of 1873, which makes it illegal to use the mail to  distribute anything “obcene,” including anything pertaining to abortion and contracepti0n] © 2024 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say We have to ensure that  every single penny of every dollar donated [to the Republican National Committee] goes to causes that people care about. That’s part of the reason that I think I’m such a great fit for this.  There’s no one more loyal to Donald Trump  and the Make America Great Again move- ment than this person you’re looking at right here; than me. Lara Trump, Etric's wife and Trump's daughter-in-law on her appointment as co-chair of the RNC [The “causes” are reelecting Donald Trump and paying his legal bills; nothing else.] © 2024 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say We’re the railhead of the big steal every day, with every aspect of it, and we take pride in it. I’m adamant. There shouldn’t be anybody in the Trump campaign or the RNC in a paid position that does not believe to the marrow of their bones that the 2020 election was stolen. If you don’t believe that, to me, you miss the point of where we are. and why we’re here. Steve Bannon © 2024 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say When I'm secretary of state of Nevada, we are going to fix it, and when my coalition of secretary of state candidates around the country get elected, we're going to fix the whole country, and President Trump is going to be president again in 2024. Jim Marchant, Republican candidate for Secretary of State in Nevada in 2022 and head of a coalition of election deniers running for secretary of state in key battleground states © 2022 Kwiple.com
 
Wannabe autocrats say I WILL APPOINT A REAL SPECIAL “PROSECUTOR” TO GO AFTER THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE USA, JOE BIDEN, THE ENTIRE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY, & ALL OTHERS INVOLVED WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR ELECTIONS, BORDERS & COUNTRY ITSELF! Donald Trump, @realDonaldTrump, Jun 16, 2023, 1:27 PM © 2023 Kwiple.com