The one thing both parties can agree upon is that this election has been unlike any other. To put this seemingly never-ending — and perpetually more surreal — presidential race into perspective, we’ve ranked the top 10 quotes that are sure to live on well past Election Day.
10. “Please clap” — Jeb Bush, Feb. 3
The complete collapse of Jeb Bush’s campaign was embodied in this single moment, when the former Florida governor had to beg his supporters to applaud during a rally in New Hampshire. At least the crowd obediently followed his command.
9. “I like people who weren’t captured.” — Donald Trump, July 18, 2015
Trump called the pope “disgraceful,” so clearly no one is off-limits — not even John McCain, the 2008 Republican nominee and former Navy pilot who spent more than five years in a North Vietnamese prison.
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8. “… your damn emails.” — Bernie Sanders, Oct. 13, 2015
Oh, Bernie. You thought the American people were sick of hearing about Clinton’s emails a year ago? Just wait. If Clinton wins, we’ll likely have four more years of talking about those damn emails.
7. “What, like with a cloth or something?” — Hillary Clinton, Aug. 18, 2015
Who hasn’t tried to play dumb to get out of something? (Officer, I thought the speed limit was 70.) Clinton’s problem with her email server was probably not that it was wiped clean with a cloth.
6. “Nasty woman” — Trump, Oct. 19
Trump certainly didn’t help his cause by calling Clinton a “nasty woman” in the final debate, but he did help Janet Jackson, whose 1986 hit “Nasty” saw a 250 percent spike in streaming on Spotify. The phrase has turned into a rallying cry for Clinton supporters.
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5. “Blood coming out of her wherever”Trump, Aug. 7, 2015
Trump clarified the comments he made about Megyn Kelly after the Fox News anchor aggressively questioned him during a debate, tweeting that the “wherever” he was referring to was Kelly’s nose. … Glad that’s cleared up.
4. “What is Aleppo?” — Gary Johnson, Sept. 8
How does a third-party candidate steal some publicity away from Trump and Clinton? Apparently, just by asking someone on live TV, “What is Aleppo?” Johnson’s clueless and awkward MSNBC interview made headlines everywhere.
3. “Basket of deplorables” — Clinton, Sept. 9
Making generalizations about large groups of people wasn’t just a Trump thing this election. Clinton got in on the stereotyping action when she lumped together half of Trump’s supporters in this highly ridiculed quote.
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2. “They’re rapists. … And some, I assume, are good people.” — Trump, June 26, 2015
Referring to Mexicans as drug dealers, criminals and rapists probably wasn’t the best way to reach Hispanic voters. Sadly, the portion of this rant that Trump labeled an assumption was that “some … are good people.”
1. “Grab them by the p—y” — Trump in a video released Oct. 8.
What potential leader of the free world hasn’t engaged in a little “locker room talk”? Besides offending just about everyone, Trump’s candid comment forced serious news people to say the P-word on TV.
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