"Nobody wants to put on a uniform and serve in Kamala Harris's military."
-- J.D. Vance

"I didn't quite make it, just a little bit short."
-- Trump, on 2020 election, 8/22/24

"He beat us by a whisker."
-- Trump, to Moms for Liberty, 8/30/24

"I lost by a whisker."
-- Trump, to podcaster Lex Fridman, 9/3/24

"I am urging you, from this day forward, never, ever, ever, to refer to Kamala Harris by her first name. Kamala, Kamala, Kamala -- she is not a soccer star, okay?...It personalizes her, and it creates a favorable impression. We haven't been able to...turn 'Kamala' into a four-letter word like 'Hillary' was. So stop doing that, okay?"
-- former Trump adviser Peter Navarro

"You will never see anyone more honorable than me. I'm an honorable person."
-- Trump

"She's a nasty person. The way she treated Mike Pence was horrible. The way she treats people is horrible."
-- Trump, on Harris

"Whoever heard? You get indicted for interfering with a presidential election, where you have every right to do it. You get indicted and your poll numbers go up."
-- Trump

"Beautiful. That's beautiful. That's all right. That's okay. He's on our side. (Chuckle.)"
-- Trump at rally, as man attacking press section is wrestled to ground by security

"You know, I do 'the weave.' You know what the weave is? I'll talk about like nine different things, and they all come back brilliantly together. And friends of mine that are, like, English professors, they say, 'It's the most brilliant thing I've ever seen.' But the Fake News, you know what they say? 'He rambled.'"
-- Trump

"You deserve a president who respects you, who talks to you, and who levels with you -- puts it right on the level -- and who always has your best interests, has your back. I have your back, I have your heart, and I have every other part of your body."
-- Trump

"We got the most votes of any sitting president in history. And he beat us by a whisker."
-- Trump, on 2020

"He is weird. He's weird, I'm not weird, he's weird. No, he's a weird guy, he's a weird dude. See, they come up with sound bites, they always have sound bites, and one of the things is that J.D. and I are 'weird.' That guy is so straight, J.D. is so -- he's doing a great job, smart, top student, great guy, and he's not weird and I'm not weird. I mean we're a lot of things but we're not weird, I will tell you, but that guy is weird."
-- Trump on Gov. Tim Walz

"And in six states, you're allowed to kill the baby after it's born. And you know, one of those states is Minnesota, where Tampon Tim is from."
-- Trump

"Let's give votes to all children in this country, but let's give control over those votes to the parents of those children."
-- J.D. Vance