2016 United States presidential election

== Notable expressions, phrases, and statements ==
{{See also|List of political slogans}}
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'''By Trump and Republicans:'''
* "'''Because you'd be in jail'''": Off-the-cuff quip by Donald Trump during the second presidential debate, in rebuttal to Clinton stating it was "awfully good someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nelson |first1=Louis |title=Conway walks back Trump's threat to jail Clinton, calling it a 'quip' |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/trump-jail-clinton-quip-229531 |website=[[Politico]] |publisher=POLITICO LLC |access-date=12 November 2020 |language=en |date=10 October 2016 |quote=Trump repeated his pledge that, if elected, he would instruct his attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor to examine Clinton's email practices, to which Clinton replied that "it's just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country." "Because you would be in jail," Trump shot back.}}</ref>
* "'''Big-league'''": A word used by Donald Trump most notably during the [[2016 United States presidential debates#First presidential debate (Hofstra University)|first presidential debate]], misheard by many as ''bigly'', when he said, "I'm going to cut taxes big-league, and you're going to raise taxes big-league."<ref name=DailyCal/><ref>
{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/303226-trump-ends-debate-on-bigly-big-league/ |title=Trump ends debate on 'bigly' vs. 'big league' |last=Hensch |first=Mark |date=October 28, 2016 |website=[[The Hill (newspaper) | The Hill]] }}</ref>
* "'''[[Build the Wall|Build the wall]]'''": A chant used at many Trump campaign rallies, and Donald Trump's corresponding promise of the [[Mexico–United States barrier|Mexican Border Wall]].<ref name=DailyCal/>
* "'''[[Drain the swamp]]'''": A phrase Donald Trump invoked late in the campaign to describe what needs to be done to fix problems in the federal government. Trump acknowledged that the phrase was suggested to him, and he was initially skeptical about using it.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump explains why he 'didn't like' the phrase 'drain the swamp' but now does|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-explains-why-he-didnt-like-the-expression-drain-the-swamp-but-now-does/2016/10/26/4a2f257a-9be0-11e6-b552-b1f85e484086_video.html|date=October 26, 2016|access-date=April 3, 2018|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>
* "'''[[Grab 'em by the pussy]]'''": A remark made by Trump during a 2005 behind-the-scenes interview with presenter [[Billy Bush]] on [[NBCUniversal]]'s ''[[Access Hollywood]]'', which was released during the campaign. The remark was part of a conversation in which Trump boasted that "when you're a star, they let you do it."
* "'''I like people who weren't captured'''": Donald Trump's criticism of Senator [[John McCain]], who was held as a [[U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War|prisoner of war]] by [[North Vietnam]] during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref name=CrazyQuotes>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/crazy-quotes-2016-campaign-trail-216157 |title=The 21 craziest quotes from the campaign trail |last=Gass |first=Nick |date=November 25, 2015 |website=[[Politico]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/blog-post/16-memorable-quotes-2016-campaign-trail |title=16 Memorable Quotes from the 2016 Campaign Trail |date=December 21, 2015 |website=PBS |access-date=January 24, 2019 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215010502/https://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/blog-post/16-memorable-quotes-2016-campaign-trail |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* "'''Lock her up'''": A chant first used at the [[2016 Republican National Convention|Republican convention]] to claim that Hillary Clinton was guilty of a crime. The chant was later used at many Trump campaign rallies and even against other female politicians critical of Trump, such as Michigan Governor [[Gretchen Whitmer]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/22/a-brief-history-of-the-lock-her-up-chant-as-it-looks-like-trump-might-not-even-try/|date=November 22, 2016|first=Peter|last=Stevenson|title=A brief history of the 'Lock her up!' chant by Trump supporters against Clinton|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/18/gretchen-whitmer-donald-trump-rally-lock-her-up-michigan|title=Gretchen Whitmer: Trump 'inciting domestic terrorism' with 'Lock her up!' rally chant|work=[[The Guardian]]|last=Pengelly|first=Martin|date=October 18, 2020|access-date=October 18, 2020}}</ref>
* "'''[[Make America Great Again]]'''": Donald Trump's campaign slogan.
* "'''Mexico will pay for it'''": Trump's campaign promise that if elected he will build [[Mexico–United States barrier|a wall on the border between the US and Mexico]], with Mexico financing the project.<ref>{{cite news|title='Build that wall' has taken on a life of its own at Donald Trump's rallies—but he's still serious|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=February 12, 2016|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/12/build-that-wall-has-taken-on-a-life-of-its-own-at-donald-trumps-rallies-but-hes-still-serious/|first=Jenna|last=Johnson}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/trump-mexico-will-pay-for-wall-227621|date=September 1, 2016|title=Trump insists after meeting: 'Mexico will pay for the wall!'|publisher=[[Politico]]|first=Nick|last=Gass}}</ref>
* '''[[List of nicknames used by Donald Trump|Nicknames used by Trump to deride his opponents]]''': These include "Crooked Hillary", "Little Marco", "Low-energy Jeb", and "Lyin' Ted."
* "'''Russia, if you're listening'''": Used by Donald Trump to invite Russia to "find the 30,000 emails that are missing" (from Hillary Clinton) during a [[Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections (July 2016 – election day)#20160727|July 2016 news conference]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trumps-russia-if-youre-listening-remark-one-year-ago-today-still-dogging-him |title=Trump's 'Russia, if you're listening' remark one year ago today still dogging him |last=Diaz |first=Alex |date=July 27, 2017 |publisher=[[Fox News]] }}</ref>
* "'''[[Nasty woman|Such a nasty woman]]'''": Donald Trump's response to Hillary Clinton after her saying that her proposed rise in [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]] contributions would also include Trump's Social Security contributions, "assuming he can't figure out how to get out of it."<ref name=DailyCal/> Later [[reappropriated]] by supporters of Clinton<ref>{{cite web |title=#MemeOfTheWeek: Nasty Woman, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton And Janet Jackson |date=October 20, 2016 |author=Sanders, Sam |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/10/20/498729702/-memeoftheweek-nasty-woman-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-and-janet-jackson |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=Goldman, Nate |date=October 20, 2016 |title=Presenting The Best Memes Of The Third Presidential Debate |url=https://www.wired.com/2016/10/best-memes-third-presidential-debate/ |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=How Pepe the Frog and Nasty Woman Are Shaping the Election |author=Williams, Alex |date=October 28, 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/style/know-your-meme-pepe-the-frog-nasty-woman-presidential-election.html}}</ref> and [[liberal feminist]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title='Nasty': A Feminist History|date=October 12, 2016|author=Garber, Megan|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/10/nasty-a-feminist-history/504815/|work=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nasty Women|date=November 1, 2016|author=Jones, Ann|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/entry/nasty-women_us_5818b1fee4b0990edc338747|work=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=[[The Guardian]]|title='This is just the beginning': women who marched against Trump vow to fight on|author=Siddiqui, Sabrina|author2=Gambino, Lauren|author3=Redden, Molly|author4=Walters, Joanna|date=January 22, 2017|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/21/womens-march-what-next-donald-trump}}</ref>
* "'''They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people'''": Donald Trump's controversial description of those crossing the [[Mexico–United States border]] during the June 2015 launch of his campaign.<ref>{{cite web|title=Full text: Donald Trump announces a presidential bid |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/06/16/full-text-donald-trump-announces-a-presidential-bid/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 16, 2015 |access-date=March 9, 2019}}</ref>
* "'''What the hell do you have to lose?'''": Said by Donald Trump to inner-city African Americans at rallies starting on August 19, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|last1=LoBianco|first1=Tom|last2=Killough|first2=Ashley|title=Trump pitches black voters: "What the hell do you have to lose?"|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/19/politics/donald-trump-african-american-voters/index.html|access-date=May 9, 2018|work=[[CNN]]|date=August 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Gass|first1=Nick|title=Trump defends telling black voters "what do you have to lose?"|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/trump-what-have-you-got-to-lose-228462|access-date=May 9, 2018|work=[[Politico]]|date=September 21, 2016|quote="Then one day I said, 'what do you have to lose?' I mean what do you have to lose? I'm going to fix it. What do you have to lose?" Trump said. "And somehow that resonated."}}</ref>

'''By Clinton and Democrats:'''
* "'''[[Basket of deplorables]]'''": A controversial phrase coined by Hillary Clinton to describe half of those who support Trump.
* "'''I'm with her'''": Clinton's unofficial campaign slogan ("Stronger Together" was the official slogan).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90109190/the-story-behind-im-with-her|title=The Story Behind "I'm With Her"|date=April 11, 2017|first=Meg|last=Miller}}</ref>
* "'''What, like with a cloth or something?'''": Said by Hillary Clinton in response to being asked whether she "[[Lost television broadcast#Wiping|wiped]]" [[Hillary Clinton email controversy|her emails]] during an August 2015 press conference.<ref name=CrazyQuotes/>
* "'''Why aren't I 50 points ahead?'''": Question asked by Hillary Clinton during a video address to the [[Laborers' International Union of North America]] on September 21, 2016, which was then turned into an opposition ad by the Trump campaign.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/09/21/clinton-asks-why-she-isnt-beating-trump-by-50-points/ |title=Clinton asks why she isn't beating Trump by 50 points |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |first=John |last=Wagner |date=September 21, 2016 |access-date=January 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://adage.com/article/campaign-trail/clinton-i-50-points-ahead-trump-ad/306114/ |title=Clinton: Why aren't I 50 points ahead? New Trump ad: Uh, here's why |work=[[AdAge]] |first=Simon |last=Dumenco |date=September 30, 2016 |access-date=January 24, 2019}}</ref>
* "'''When they go low, we go high'''": Said by then-first lady [[Michelle Obama]] during her [[2016 Democratic National Convention|Democratic convention]] [[2016 Democratic National Convention#Michelle Obama|speech]].<ref name=DailyCal>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailycal.org/2016/11/08/16-memorable-quotes-2016-presidential-election/ |title=20 memorable quotes from 2016 presidential election |last=Follett |first=Taylor |date=November 8, 2016 |website=The Daily Californian }}</ref> This was later inverted by [[Eric Holder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/10/politics/eric-holder-republicans-when-they-go-low/index.html|title=Eric Holder on Republicans: 'When they go low, we kick them'|first=Dan|last=Merica|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=October 10, 2018|access-date=December 12, 2019}}</ref>
* "'''Feel the Bern'''": A phrase chanted by supporters of the [[Bernie Sanders]] [[Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign|campaign]] which was officially adopted by his campaign.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://time.com/4213999/bernie-sanders-feel-the-bern-hashtag-origin/|title=Here's the Origin Story of Bernie Sanders' 'Feel the Bern' Hashtag|magazine=Time|access-date=February 12, 2018|date=February 9, 2018}}</ref>
* "'''[[Pokémon Go]] to the polls'''": A phrase coined by Hillary to encourage young people to go to the polls.<ref>{{cite news|title=Remember When Hillary Joked About 'Pokémon Go to the Polls'?|url=https://www.thecut.com/2020/11/hillary-clinton-pokemon-go-to-the-polls-sexism.html|publisher=[[New York Magazine]]|date=November 2, 2020|first= Kelly| last= Conaboy}}</ref>