Top 154 Quotes & Sayings by Chuck Todd - Page 3

At the moment, the extremists have significant financial popular and theological backing in the Middle East. And that is an enduring phenomenon. And it's one that is going to require a long, ideological war to win.

[Donald] Trump`s business conflicts are big enough and have come up throughout various aspects of this transition.

[Donald] Trump`s hunt for a cheap enemy right now comes as journalists and members of Congress are looking at potentially serious conflicts of interest at Trump`s sprawling multinational business empire.

I think that we may lose the argument, but I think we have to talk about gun control.

The rules have changed so dramatically.They are not the Jeb Bush rules of the 90s, they are the reality television rules of this decade and he was not suited for it.

Jeb Bush is conservative governor,his record as governor is more conservative than any current republican governor in the country.

Not only can [business conflicts] not be ignored, it needs to be dealt with really front and center before he can conduct [Donald's Trump] presidency.

The establishment? Well, guess what? Donald Trump now is the establishment. His primary opponents, many of them are interviewing for White House gigs.

[Donald] Trump seems to be begging for a fight or is it begging for a distraction?

[Muhammad] Ali had [Jo] Frazier , that man had the joker, Coke had Pepsi and [Donald] Trump had [Barack] Obama, or 16 primary opponents or the entire political establishment.

This feels like a Steve Bannon whispering in [Donald Trump's] ear.

It seems to me that this debate, whether Islam is a religion of peace or not, really, it's irrelevant for outsiders. It's for Muslims to decide whether it's a religion of peace or not.

Like the others though,[Donald] Trump thrives when he has a clear enemy.

[Donald] Trump appears to be searching for an enemy. Is it flag burners, recounts, the press, the popular vote? Trump has gone after them all at times, using wild experience theories even as president-elect to do it.

I`m obsessed with how the press handles Donald Trump and how Trump handles the press.

The question I have heard from some Democrats saying that "You know what? Push for gun control, but not now."

There's no way you are going to get rid of the Second Amendment, there's no way you're going to get rid of the First Amendment, and people have to understand how important this is. But I think when they see more and more killings, we have to figure out, of course what we are going to do about it. And I don't think the criminal justice system has an answer.

[Donald] Trump`s pension for distractions is starting to frustrate members of his own party.

South Carolina put George H.W. Bush into the White House. But George W. Bush into the White House and sent Jeb Bush back to Miami.

It's funny how the history of Jeb Bush is going to be rewritten.

Paul Ryan, was saying [on election 2016 "I don`t see any evidence of systemic fraud."

[Donald] Trump has many and one of the most obvious is right here in Washington.

[Donald Trump] even quoted a tweet from a self-identified 16-year-old as a way to justify crazy unsupported claims about the popular vote.

House majority leader, Kevin McCarthy, slammed [Donald's] Trump`s wild claims about election fraud, saying, quote, "The election is over, let`s move on."

[Hillary] Clinton, she conceded. [Donald Trump] beat her.

Jeb Bush is the new John Connelly.

[Barack] Obama, he`ll be out of office soon and, frankly,[Donald] Trump relies on him .

The president-elect [Donald Trump] finds himself in an unfamiliar and, perhaps, uncomfortable position. The enemies he`s been fighting against are gone.

[Donald] Trump continues to dismiss those concerns though, even as some Republicans, like Lindsay Graham, are making the case that Trump`s business ties deserve the scrutiny.

I mean, [tweeting] just - it makes you wonder about whatever else Donald trump is doing. It undermines much more than just a single tweet.

As the saying goes, when you`re a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Republican Michigan Congressman Justin Amash said, no president is allowed to burn the first amendment.

I had some people say to me, you don`t - you wouldn`t give air time to a holocaust denier. Why bother covering if [Donald Trump] tweet is totally crazy?

Newt Gingrich gave voice to something that was said throughout this campaign from Democrats and Republicans.