--- --- # Who Said It: Trump or Another 2016 Republican? by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Feb 8, 2016 7:01 PM UTC by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Feb 8, 2016 7:01 PM UTC Who Said It: Donald Trump or Another 2016 Republican? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4212567/donald-trump-insults-attacks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4212567/donald-trump-insults-attacks/"},"headline":"Who Said It: Trump or Another 2016 Republican?","datePublished":"2016-02-08T19:01:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:52:49.122Z","description":"Donald Trump is softening his approach to politics, even as some of his Republican rivals have copied his tone. See if you can tell who said what.","url":"https://time.com/4212567/donald-trump-insults-attacks/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic","Chris Christie","Sen. Marco Rubio","ted cruz","jeb bush","Carly Fiorina"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4212567/donald-trump-insults-attacks/","name":"Who Said It: Trump or Another 2016 Republican?"}}]}] ```