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Brenna Bird
@brennabird· IA· Feb 12, 2025

President Trump is right: we must restore the meaning and value of American citizenship.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Feb 12, 2025

President Trump may believe that he is above the law, but this injunction sends a clear message: he cannot rewrite the Constitution with the stroke of a pen.

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Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Feb 12, 2025

We just won a court order blocking President Trump's hateful and unlawful executive order on birthright citizenship.

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Kris Mayes
@krismayes· AZ· Feb 12, 2025

President Trump has delegated virtually unchecked authority to Mr. Musk without proper legal authorization from Congress and without meaningful supervision of his activities.

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Kris Mayes
@krismayes· AZ· Feb 12, 2025

The founders of this country would be outraged that, 250 years after our nation overthrew a king, the people of this country—many of whom have fought and died to protect our freedoms—are now subject to the whims of a single unelected…

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Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Feb 12, 2025

Our state laws, including the Green Light law, protect the rights of all New Yorkers and keep our communities safe.

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Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Feb 11, 2025

President Trump does not have the power to give away Americans’ private information to anyone he chooses, and he cannot cut federal payments approved by Congress.

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Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Feb 11, 2025

Our state laws, including the Green Light law, protect the rights of all New Yorkers and keep our communities safe. I am prepared to defend our laws, just as I always have.

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Kris Mayes
@krismayes· AZ· Feb 11, 2025

I am confident that executions can now proceed in compliance with state and federal law.

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Kris Mayes
@krismayes· AZ· Feb 11, 2025

We are on the brink of a dictatorship, and America has never been in a more dangerous position than she is today.

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Kathy Jennings
@kathyjennings· DE· Feb 11, 2025

He was elected president, but no one put a crown on this guy's head.

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Alan Wilson
@alanwilson· SC· Feb 10, 2025

It is clear that Attorney General Alan Wilson has built his career on protecting the most vulnerable in our state; any statement otherwise is blatantly false and politically motivated.

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Ken Paxton
@kenpaxton· TX· Feb 10, 2025

Republicans deserve better in their next leader and Texans deserve another conservative senator.

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Keith Ellison
@keithellison· MN· Feb 9, 2025

This is really outrageous. It's completely unprecedented and I believe that the courts are going to make the right decision.

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Letitia James
@letitiajames· NY· Feb 9, 2025

Shutting down gender-affirming care programs in response to Trump’s executive order would violate state law.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Feb 9, 2025

California hospitals and clinics remain legally required to provide this care under California’s anti-discrimination laws.

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Andrea Joy Campbell
@andreajoycampbell· MA· Feb 9, 2025

Massachusetts is the medical research capital of the country. We are the proud home of nation-leading universities and research institutions that save lives, create jobs, and help secure a better future. We will not allow the Trump…

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Andrea Joy Campbell
@andreajoycampbell· MA· Feb 9, 2025

We will not allow the Trump Administration to unlawfully undermine our economy, hamstring our competitiveness, or play politics with our public health.

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Rob Bonta
@robbonta· CA· Feb 9, 2025

State hospitals and clinics remain legally required to provide this care under California’s anti-discrimination laws.

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