"Forty trillion gallons of rain fell in total, the equivalent of one-third of the total volume of Lake Erie, enough to cover the entire state of Massachusetts in 23 feet of water."
-- informed estimate of Hurricane Helene's impact on the Southeast

"[Thieves are] walking out of stores with air conditioners and refrigerators on their backs... If you had one really violent day...one rough hour. And I mean real rough, the word will get out and it will end immediately. End immediately. You know, it will end immediately."
-- Trump, on how to end urban shoplifting

"We won. We did win. It was a rigged election. That's why I'm doing it again. If I thought I lost I would not be doing this again."
-- Trump, on 2020

"I never supported a national ban."
-- Vance, on abortion, during debate

"I certainly would like abortion to be illegal nationally."
-- Vance, 2022

Walz:
"[Trump] is still saying he didn't lose the election. Did he lose the 2020 election?"

Vance:
"Tim, I'm focused on the future..."

Walz:
"That is a damning non-answer."

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Monday:
"The president just called me yesterday afternoon. I missed him and I called him right back. And he just said, 'Hey, what do you need?'"

Trump, Monday, visiting Valdosta GA:
"The governor's doing a very good job. He's having a very hard time getting the president on the phone. He's been calling the president, hasn't been able to get him."

Biden, on Trump:
"Let me give it to you straight. He's lying."

"Oh, there's a fly. Oh, I wonder where the fly came from. See, two years ago, I wouldn't have had a fly up here. You're changing rapidly. We can't take it any longer."
-- Trump, at rally

"Joe Biden became mentally impaired. Kamala was born that way...She's letting in people who are going to break into your door, they'll walk into your kitchen, they'll slit your throat...And in hundreds of little cities and towns...law enforcement is petrified...You'll have a group of Venezuelan killers, street gangs, occupying the town with MK-47s. I know that gun very well. I got to know it very well. I've become an expert on guns."
-- Trump

"And then I have to sit there and listen to her bullshit last night...And who puts it on? Fox News. And they shouldn't be ALLOWED to put it on. It's all lies. Everything she said is a lie."
-- Trump

Reporter: "Do you support any restrictions on a person's right to contraception?"

Trump: "We're looking at that and I'm going to have a policy on that very shortly. And I think it's something that you'll find interesting. It's another issue that's very interesting. But you will find it very smart. I think it's a smart decision. But we'll be releasing it very soon."

"I watched this poor guy [Zelensky, speaking at the UN], he didn't know what he was saying...It's sad. They just don't know what to do. Because Ukraine is gone. It's not Ukraine anymore. You can never replace those cities and towns, and you can never replace the dead people. So many dead people. Any deal, even the worst deal, would have been better than what we have right now."
-- Trump