“Trump's more outre economic ideas, like repealing trade bills and impl...” — Joy Reid Quote

“Trump's more outre economic ideas, like repealing trade bills and implementing a massive surcharge on imports, would seem like non-starters in a Republican-led House and Senate, except when you consider a second point as a kind of syllogism: Republicans fear their angry, white electorate. Their angry, white electorate chose Donald Trump.”

“The reversion of American society to a nation of the superrich and the rest... is straining the country in ways that go way beyond economics.”

“The presidency is, in many ways, America's comment on itself; our collective national costume. In the occupant of our sole nationwide elected office, we see who we think we are, or who we want to be.”

“I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced a few civil rights bills.”

“There's no excuse for panel games, other TV comedy shows, or even live bills to be made up mainly of men.”

“There are so many of us that just do things to pay bills, but I never wanted that to be me.”