Bob Beckel

“In the black community, Trump's history of racial discrimination is deeply embedded.”

“I've been involved in five presidential campaigns, once as national campaign manager for Walter Mondale.”

“It is Trump who plays with the tax code to pay no taxes; it is Trump whose Trump-brand products are made overseas by cheap labor; it is Trump who hires undocumented workers from Poland to work on his projects, then refuses to pay them minimum wages.”

“Liberal arts colleges have traditionally provided a forum for debating ideas. Avoiding controversy and 'playing it safe' by not inviting - or disinviting - speakers with 'controversial' views stifles debate.”

“Trump is part of the reason you are suffering. Trump is the one playing on the not-so-level playing field where he wins and you lose.”

“The media role in highlighting racial incidents only serves to exacerbate tension. We rarely write about racial harmony.”

“I always say if anybody is running for president, for office, I always take them seriously.”

“Rural voters believed the Democrats traded millions in campaign cash at their expense. Along came a guy named Trump to give these voters a political voice.”

“If I never hear of Kim Kardashian and Casey Anthony again, it would make my entire day.”

“Some credit is due to Trump for seizing the anti establishment mood of the country, but most of his success can be attributed to pure luck.”

“Anger in the black community towards Republicans is established and immutable.”

“Not only has celebrity dumbed down our politics, it has become intertwined with it.”

“Republicans want to use Obamacare in the 2014 elections against Democrats who voted for it. They want to see it fail, even at the expense of people's health.”

“Jim Crow laws stripped blacks of basic rights. Despite landmark civil rights laws, many public schools were still segregated, blacks still faced barriers to voting, and violence by white racists continued. Such open racism is mostly gone in America, but covert racism is alive and well.”

“Ideological purity does not now, nor has it ever, produced results.”

“When issues emerge that might harm a campaign, like the Clinton e-mails, you have to get all the facts out right away, but not before you have all the facts.”

“The vast majority of Secret Service agents are incredibly competent people.”

“When anyone in Washington asks for a favor, no matter how little the favor means to you, act pained and get as much as you can in exchange - even if the person asking is the president of the United States.”

“Too many younger people seem to prefer following celebrities instead of doing the work required to get an education that will someday lead to a job. If students today spent as much time on math and science and history as they do following these shallow celebrities, they might actually become contributors to society someday.”

“If politicians of both parties would spend more time legislating and less time attacking each other, we would all be better off.”