DeRay Mckesson Quotes

You know, I respect what Howard Dean has been able to do. It's good for our party. But I've got to tell you this: If money alone decided presidential nominations, Phil Gramm would have been nominated in '96.

In politics, familiarity doesn't breed contempt. It breeds votes.

I'm very much engaged in the political battles. But I'm doing it as a supporter of Republicans... rather than as an active candidate.

As political primaries approach, national media attention focuses on Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.

Senator Sanders, of course, has campaigned for Hillary Clinton. But what about his legions of supporters?

My support is particularly Bernie Sanders supporters but that's drawn many [Donald] Trump supporters to start with.

Al Gore has endorsed Howard Dean for president. That's pretty fitting, the guy that didn't beat Bush endorsing the guy who won't beat Bush.

Our original idea was to help three or four hundred candidates in the first election run for the Ohio State legislature and the California legislature around the country.

What people should understand is that I adore the Labour party.

I haven't always voted for the same party, mostly because I find that strange. One thing I've never quite understood is when people say 'I'm a Conservative' or 'I'm Labour,' before even hearing what the person running stands for or wants to change.

I've been intrigued by politics my whole life. And, yes, I am very close to the Clintons. I was a Hillary person until I was an Obama person. And she was a Hillary person, too, until she was an Obama one, evidently.

Even before Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton threw their exploratory committees into the ring, every reporter seemed to be asking, 'Which candidate are Americans more ready for: a white woman or a black man?'

About other Democratic candidates: Never say that any of them is not qualified to be President. Never say any of them can't win. Never suggest that any of them is the tool of an group or interest ...

People don't vote parties. They vote individuals.

Look at those Republican [Presidential Primary Nomination] debates. I feel embarrassed as an American when I hear them orate.

Hillary [Clinton] was selected by only 8 percent of the population. [Donald] Trump, by only 7 percent

I am prepared to do whatever I can do and whatever is reasonable to make sure that it is Hillary who makes it to the White House and not Trump.

Will I support our president, whoever that might be? Absolutely. Did I vote for Donald Trump? Absolutely.

I can't really speak on her policies, but I feel a certain connection to Hillary Clinton that's just not there with Donald Trump.

I honestly don't know how John Allen can look at himself in the mirror and say why he supports Hillary Clinton.

We have over 13 million people who supported my candidacy. And I have no doubt that there are some of those people who will not vote for Hillary Clinton.

Not everybody who supports Donald Trump, not everyone who supports Hilary Clinton, are exactly the kind of people that you want as supporters.

The real fight is within the Republican Party to get it to nominate grassroots-type candidates who the public wants, and not just some 'echo' of the other side.

It was a terrible idea by the Democrats to support Hillary Clinton.

Imagine a world where Hillary Clinton actually knew what she was talking about.