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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jan 20, 2021

After all, you know, what these two senators, they were part and parcel of trying to overturn fair and free elections. And they both participated in perpetuating the big lie that this election was stolen, and that Trump actually won.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jan 20, 2021

Neither one of these senators have expressed any contrition for what happened. And in spite of the fact that newspapers and people have been calling on them to resign, including myself, they're not going to resign.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Jan 19, 2021

There needs to be a real search into people who are motivated by extremist ideology, because I think that, if you -- if the United States military or any other law enforcement agency has to function, it has to know that everybody`s…

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Jan 19, 2021

As a country, we need to come together and have a series of local community meetings about what it means to live in a multiracial democracy.

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Jan 15, 2021

I think it's very important that Republicans in our state and nationally understand these are anti-democratic groups.

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Jan 14, 2021

I think it's important to remember that in terms of the siege that we saw at the Capitol in Lansing last April, that firstly, many of those, ultimately, were involved in the plot to kidnap and kill the governor.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jan 13, 2021

This is unprecedented, of course, historic that a president gets impeached twice for -- and this time for inciting an insurrection, which all of us experienced right in front of our eyes.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jan 13, 2021

Four years of lying, chaos, mindless cruelty does not get wiped up away because of one staged video, no.

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Mazie Hirono
@maziehirono· Democratic · HI· Jan 13, 2021

This time for inciting an insurrection, which all of us experienced right in front of our eyes.

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Jan 11, 2021

We look forward to Mr. Becerra's continued leadership to ensure access to occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech-language pathology services.

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Ken Paxton
@kenpaxton· TX· Jan 5, 2021

We will not quit fighting. We're Texans, we're Americans, and the fight will go on.

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Xavier Becerra
@xavierbecerra· Democratic · CA· Dec 31, 2020

We don't want to continue to see a child languish in our care if there is a responsible sponsor.

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Dec 21, 2020

Well, as a prosecutor myself, who has an entire division that is devoted just to Public Integrity cases, where we hold public officials accountable when they reach the public trust, all I can say is it's incredibly disturbing.

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Dec 21, 2020

I mean, is it really surprising in light of all the other news that you're broadcasting tonight? You know, this is a president who, you know, surrounds himself by people who are wholly and completely lacking in integrity of any kind.

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Dec 11, 2020

The fact that we even find ourselves in this place where we have to be relieved that something ridiculous didn't occur that should never have occurred, you know, is it it's a sad chapter in American history that we really need to put…

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Dec 11, 2020

I think I had a lot of problems with the way that I saw voter suppression handled in the state of Texas.

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Dec 11, 2020

It is literally shredding the fabric of our democracy.

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Josh Kaul
@joshkaul· WI· Dec 11, 2020

And so, I hope we will see legislation that reconstitutes Voting Rights Act and strengthens it.

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Josh Kaul
@joshkaul· WI· Dec 11, 2020

I'd like to see a constitutional amendment expressly providing for the right to vote.

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Josh Kaul
@joshkaul· WI· Dec 11, 2020

I do think it's critical that we take this opportunity to recognize how important it is that we protect our right to vote.

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Josh Kaul
@joshkaul· WI· Dec 11, 2020

We need to make sure that we are strengthening democracy and reinforcing our elections are decided by the voters and not politicians.

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Josh Kaul
@joshkaul· WI· Dec 11, 2020

This decision is a victory for our democracy and for the rule of law. This lawsuit was seeking to discard the votes of every voter who voted for president in Wisconsin as well as three other states and instead to have politicians select…

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Dec 10, 2020

It erodes people's confidence in our system of elections, and it really decimates our democratic system of government.

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Dana Nessel
@dananessel· MI· Dec 10, 2020

We will continue to fight as vigorously as possible to ensure that the person who actually won the presidential election is sworn into office on January 20.

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