Top 51 Quotes & Sayings by Michael Caputo

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Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Michael Raymon Caputo is an American political strategist and lobbyist. In April 2020, Caputo was appointed as assistant secretary of public affairs in the Department of Health and Human Services in the Trump administration. He worked for the Reagan Administration with Oliver North, and later as director of media services on the campaign for President George H. W. Bush in the 1992 United States presidential election. Caputo moved to Russia in 1994, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and was an adviser to Boris Yeltsin. He worked for Gazprom Media in 2000 where he worked on improving the image of Vladimir Putin in the U.S. He moved back to the U.S. and founded a public relations company, and then moved to Ukraine to work on a candidate's campaign for parliament.

American - Public Servant | Born: March 24, 1962

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I come from Big Tree, and the people of Big Tree are Bannon Republicans.

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In high school, I enlisted in the Army and served in the 25th Infantry Division.

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The top two goals of every presidential nominating convention are to unify the party and to define the candidate for the grueling weeks ahead.

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The term 'perjury trap' means interviewing someone for no underlying crime and no other purpose except with the hope that the person forgets something, or another witness remembers things differently. Either way, somebody gets charged with perjury.

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We live across the street from our Roman Catholic parish, 39 steps away from the holy water, so close that the church bells mark every moment of our day. We wake up to the pealing, we pause several times a day to hear the beautiful songs ring out.

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I returned to the United States after Putin ascended in 2000.

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My parish priest regularly rebuilt me in counseling sessions with remarkable and simple advice.

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America loves a forgiveness story. America is the land of second chances.

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In New York, politics is a crime scene from the very beginning. We have the most corrupt state government in the United States.

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I urge my critics to get passports and see the world.

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If you don't go into a congressional hearing thoroughly prepared, then you should bring a toothbrush, because you're going to be there a while.

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I did not say BLM leaders called for rioting, as some are accusing me of saying on CNN.

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Our government needs heroes.

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If I were to run for office, my skeletons would come dancing out of the closet in a can-can.

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There was absolutely no discussion of Russia on the Trump campaign 'til the day I left.

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It's important for the public to know that Chris Collins has the overwhelming support of his district.

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I believe in forgiveness.

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I was trying to help Gazprom Media explain why they took over NTV, a television network. If that somehow down the line helped the Kremlin, that wasn't what I was hired for.

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Increasing detection and enforcement at points of entry means hiring new Customs officers and purchasing more equipment to screen vehicles for contraband.

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I get to share ideas with some of the smartest people in conservative politics.

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I was sent to Russia in 1994 by the Clinton administration to meddle in Russian elections and stayed seven years doing it.

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If you read anything I've written about Putin, heard anything I've said about Russia since I left in 2000, you'd know that I'm not Vladimir Putin's image consultant.

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Omarosa is a distraction. She's always been a distraction. She's never been a positive influence on anything to do with Donald Trump.

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I think that Roseanne can find her way through to apologize to the community, to apologize to the people she offended most, and move on with her life. To think that she can't is almost totalitarian.

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I think people make mistakes when they're on Twitter when they're trying to crack jokes, none of it's funny, and it tends to happen to people who are trying to be funny.

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With the Internet and blockchain, everything is changed. It's the future of content.

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In 2014, with the help of Donald Trump, my friend Chuck Sonntag and I got a group of Big Tree Boys together to organize fans to help keep the Bills in Buffalo. We started Bills Fan Thunder, and we played a small public role in saving our team.

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Receiving a reputable pro-Israel award isn't a bad idea for a Democrat or a Republican in a New York City congressional district.

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I advised the Kremlin on election law and created Rock the Vote Russia, later called 'Choose or Lose,' to push democracy-minded youth to vote.

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Coming from Buffalo, N.Y., I recognize the distinct difference between inside-the-Beltway conservatives and lake-shore conservatives. It's populist conservatism.

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Until David Bellavia tells me to shut up, I'm going to keep trying to convince him that our country needs him.

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You try to find ways to trip up your opponent. And if somebody comes to you and says, 'I've got, you know, the smoking gun on the... Clinton campaign,' you have that meeting. You definitely have that meeting.

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I cannot imagine how I could ever stop rooting for the Buffalo Bills over the actions of a few players in a time of political upheaval.

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This whole blockchain thing is so compelling to me - I don't know where it's going, but it's such an interesting ride.

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Leadership is about good and sound judgment.

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Pros in state capitals across the country and inside the Beltway might be more skeptical, but they're still vulnerable. They should be on vigilant watch for Sacha Baron Cohen and a legion of his imitators.

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Putin must stand as the guarantor of media freedom.

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After President Boris Yeltsin was elected in 1996, I opened a PR firm there to help American companies entering the new market work with the Kremlin and parliament.

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Presidential candidates don't get quite the upward favorable rating surge they used to after their nominating conventions.

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After directing broadcast media coverage for seven House committees, I know the signs of a sideshow - and delivering demand letters to reporters before they go to the person being asked to produce documents is one of the chief signs.

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Most people I know have had problems paying their taxes. I am just like everybody else.

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I'm a Republican but I have a lot of respect for Byron Brown. He's a gentleman. He's bright, engaging, community-focused, and resourceful.

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I don't regret anything I've done. But all I have to show for it are stories.

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I should never have left East Aurora.

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There are plenty of politically motivated pretenders out there preparing to punk you, and you better be on your toes.

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I never went to war, but I served alongside some real heroes and grew deeply loyal to the service of those who fought and died. To me, as you might guess, the United States flag and National Anthem represent solemn reverence to combat veterans, the fallen and their families.

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The Somali people deserve the kind of life we have here in the United States.

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I've had a couple of very significantly in-depth discussions with Donald Trump about America and about patriotism and about the gifts this country has given him.

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To pay the bills, I've liquidated my children's college fund.

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Let's face it, the White House is a treacherous place.

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I have worked on behalf of storm survivors for 10 years, and compared to historic hurricanes on the mainland, Hurricane Maria is the worst recovery I've ever witnessed.

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Top 51 Quotes & Sayings by Michael Caputo

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