“The charity that Trump has given the most money to over his lifetime appears to be his own: the Donald J. Trump Foundation. But that charity, too, was not what it seemed. The Trump Foundation appeared outwardly to be a typical, if small, philanthropic foundation — set up by a rich man to give his ri…”— David Fahrenthold, washingtonpost.com
“Instead, The Post found that his personal giving has almost disappeared entirely in recent years. After calling 420-plus charities with some connection to Trump, The Post found only one personal gift from Trump between 2008 and the spring of this year. That was a gift to the Police Athletic League o…”— David Fahrenthold, washingtonpost.com
“Trump promised to give away the proceeds of Trump University. He promised to donate the salary he earned from ‘The Apprentice.’ He promised to give personal donations to the charities chosen by contestants on ‘Celebrity Apprentice.’ He promised to donate $250,000 to a charity helping Israeli soldier…”— David Fahrenthold, washingtonpost.com
“Strategy No. 4: Drop an opposition research bomb on Trump Speaking of which, I often see reporters speculating or predicting that the Clinton campaign is sitting on one or two major pieces of opposition research about Trump, which they’ll leak to the press at a time of maximum strategic advantage. T…”— Nate Silver, fivethirtyeight.com
“Strategy No. 3: Let it go This is the opposite of strategy No. 1. Here the Clinton campaign lays low after calculating that the story will die of its own accord. And it may be what we see if the campaign doesn’t see much impact from the FBI news in public and internal polls by early next week. The C…”— Nate Silver, fivethirtyeight.com
“Strategy No. 2: Rile up Democratic partisans by attacking Comey and other targets While Clinton herself hasn’t yet attacked Comey’s motivations, her top surrogates and advisors like John Podesta are already doing so. There’s the risk of hypocrisy here given that some of these same Clinton surrogates…”— Nate Silver, fivethirtyeight.com
“Strategy No. 1: Demand more details from Comey This was Clinton’s initial strategy during her brief press conference on Friday, where she said that ‘the American people deserve to get the full and complete facts immediately.’ This approach carries a couple of advantages. First, Clinton may reasonabl…”— Nate Silver, fivethirtyeight.com
“I’ve heard from people who wonder whether Friday’s news – that FBI director James Comey was investigating additional emails that may be pertinent to Hillary Clinton’s private email server — might have come too late in the campaign to be reflected in the polls, and therefore in our forecast, before E…”— Nate Silver, fivethirtyeight.com
“For as long as he has been rich and famous, Donald Trump has also wanted people to believe he is generous. He spent years constructing an image as a philanthropist by appearing at charity events and by making very public — even nationally televised — promises to give his own money away. It was, in l…”— David Fahrenthold, washingtonpost.com
“In the fall of 1996, a charity called the Association to Benefit Children held a ribbon-cutting in Manhattan for a new nursery school serving children with AIDS. The bold-faced names took seats up front. [...] Then, all of a sudden, there was Donald Trump. ‘Nobody knew he was coming,’ said Abigail D…”— David Fahrenthold, washingtonpost.com
“I need to open with a very critical breaking news announcement. The FBI has just sent a letter to Congress informing them that they have discovered new emails pertaining to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s investigation […] I have great respect for the fact that the FBI and DOJ are now wi…”— Donald Trump, donaldjtrump.com
“But what do the polls say? The race probably is tightening — but perhaps not as much as the hype on the cable networks would imply. In our polls-only forecast, Trump has narrowed Clinton’s lead in the popular vote to roughly 6 percentage points from 7 points a week ago, and his chances of winning ha…”— Nate Silver, fivethirtyeight.com
“Pretty much everyone has an incentive to push the narrative that the presidential race is tightening. The television networks would like for you to keep tuning in to their horse-race coverage. Hillary Clinton’s campaign would like for you to turn out to vote, instead of getting complacent. Donald Tr…”— Nate Silver, fivethirtyeight.com
“I’m a cook. Inclusion is how I make a living. I feed the few, but I want to feed the many. I want everyone at the same table. Republicans, Democrats, independents, everyone. Please, pass the salsa!”— José Andrés, washingtonian.com
“Someone wants to make America great again. Who are you? Where have you been? Maybe he skipped history class. America has always been great!”— José Andrés, washingtonian.com
“And I promise you this. Together we’re going to prove that we can make the future what it should be for all of you; that there is a positive, optimistic, confident America out there; that America’s best days are ahead of us, not the dark and divisive vision of my opponent, but one in keeping with wh…”— Hillary Clinton, dispatch.com
“Trump even had the nerve – this is what kills me about him – he even had the nerve to brag about how American steel will send new skyscrapers soaring. And the whole time he was hiding the truth. Hiding the fact that he chose to buy illegally-dumped Chinese steel instead of American steel. You know,…”— Hillary Clinton, dispatch.com
“What that meant was Trump paid zero, zero for the military, zero for our vets, zero for Pell Grants to help a lot of you afford college and get through college. And then he did something that, in retrospect, seemed both odd and not very smart. He brought in Warren Buffett. He said, ‘Well, everybody…”— Hillary Clinton, dispatch.com
“Everywhere I go in this country, all I see is untapped potential waiting to be set free. And the biggest element of all is our incredible people — the people of this country. They’re just waiting. They’re waiting and waiting, and I think maybe now their time has come.”— Donald Trump, time.com
“There is nothing we cannot accomplish. The United States is great. It’s great. Its people are great. There is no task or project too great. There is no dream outside of our reach. Don’t ever let anyone tell you it can’t be done. The future lies with the dreamers, not the cynics and the critics.”— Donald Trump, time.com