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Donald Trump's Most Ridiculous Quotes_ by [Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News Aug 31, 2015 10:26 AM UTC by [Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Alexandra Jaffe / NBC News Aug 31, 2015 10:26 AM UTC Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and businessman Donald Trump — the two biggest anti-establishment candidates in the Democratic and Republican presidential primary fields, respectively — have seen their support surge, according to a new survey of voters likely to participate in the Iowa caucuses. In [the Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics poll](http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2015/08/29/iowa-poll-democrats-august/71387664/), Sanders is now polling just seven points behind Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton, nearly doubling his share of the vote since [the last survey was conducted in May](http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/06/01/iowa-poll-democrats-hillary-clinton-controversies/28279617/). Sanders takes 30 percent support, while Clinton draws 37 percent, marking the first time she’s dropped below 50 percent in the poll… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/sanders-trump-surge-new-iowa-poll-n418471?cid=par-time-article%5F20150831) ## Transcript Rosie O'Donnell's disgusting, I mean both inside and out. You take a look at her, she's a slob. She talks like a truck driver. So he could have been born in Kenya and gone over to the United States. And everybody wants to be a US citizen. And his grandparents put an ad in saying he was born in the United States. He didn't kill Bin Laden. He gets so much credit for that. Ok excuse me. He had the guts to make that decision. And the genius. Excuse me. Guts. First of all Vince, your grapefruits are no match for my Trump Towers. They're bringing drugs They're bringing crime, they're rapist, and some I assume are good people, and I love the Mexican people. I've had thousands of Mexicans working for me. I sell apartments for millions of dollars to people from Mexico. They love me, they love me. [ CROSSTALK ]. He's a war hero cuz he was captured. I like people that weren't captured, okay? I hate to tell you this. And I see your Senator. What a stiff? What a Stiff? Lindsay Graham. I'm not using the lobbyists, I'm not using donors. I don't care. I'm really rich. 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