“I know Hillary. I love her. We’re dear friends. But she was not a very effective candidate. She seemed too centered on the bureaucracy of the campaign. So I don’t think that we Democrats are blameless in this.”— Walter Mondale, minnpost.comTagged: Hillary Clinton, Democrats, 2016 Campaign
“And now he’s president and you still can’t sleep. And now you’d like to get under the bed. You’re right to be scared. You’ve gotta be scared. I don’t know why you wouldn’t be scared.”— Walter Mondale, minnpost.comTagged: Donald Trump, Trump Derangement Syndrome, Insomnia
“To use nukes is not just another form of warfare. It’s existential. It can wipe out parts of the earth. It’s a cataclysmic event. It’s not just okay to do. And during some of the talk around North Korea, I thought there was some loose talk there about using nukes.”— Walter Mondale, minnpost.comTagged: Nuclear Warfare, north korea, Donald Trump
“[Trump] has an appalling record for using lies or near lies to draw outrageous conclusions and that’s what he did there. We can’t accept that. This nation has to be based on truth and facts. And our public officers have got to be measured against a standard of what’s necessary for a healthy America.”— Walter Mondale, minnpost.comTagged: Donald Trump, Fake News, Truth, Facts
“A leader has to be held responsible for the result of what he says. The result of what he’s been saying is that our whole nation believes that he was supporting white extremism. Didn’t have anything bad to say about Nazis. That sort of thing. If he didn’t mean it, he should have corrected it in a wa…”— Walter Mondale, minnpost.comTagged: Donald Trump, Nazis, leaders, Responsibility