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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 12, 2025

California may be first – but it clearly won’t end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 12, 2025

Clearly there's no invasion, there's no rebellion, it's absurd.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Jun 12, 2025

It is wrong to deploy the National Guard and active duty Marines into an American city, over the objection of local law enforcement.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Jun 12, 2025

We will not participate in abuses of power. We will not violate court orders. We will not ignore the Constitution.

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Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jun 12, 2025

Nothing Minnesota has done to serve its own people stands in the way of the federal government managing border security and policies.

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Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jun 12, 2025

It's the federal government's job to secure the border.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 12, 2025

California will sue to stop this latest illegal action by a President who is a wholly-owned subsidiary of big polluters.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 12, 2025

If they can handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 12, 2025

This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.

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Doug Burgum
@dougburgum· Republican · ND· Jun 12, 2025

Public land is an incredible asset on America's balance sheet that could be used to solve our nation's affordable housing crisis.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Jun 12, 2025

We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Jun 12, 2025

I would rather that he came and arrested me than do that to the people of my state.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jun 11, 2025

We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city.

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Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jun 11, 2025

Nothing we do precludes them from doing their job.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Jun 11, 2025

When the president of the United States is calling up your National Guard over the top of local law enforcement, saying that they don’t need it, that they have things under control, it tends to have an inflaming effect on what’s going on…

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jun 11, 2025

We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate this city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and mayor have placed on this country.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Jun 11, 2025

FEMA fundamentally needs to go away as it exists.

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