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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 9, 2025

This move was purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 9, 2025

Come after me. Arrest me. Let’s just get it over with, tough guy.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Jun 9, 2025

The failure..to promptly and clearly identify who they are and the authority under which they are acting has led witnesses…to justifiably question the law enforcement status, authority, and constitutionality of ICE officers and agents and…

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 9, 2025

The level of escalation is completely unwarranted, uncalled for, and unprecedented.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 9, 2025

At no point in the past three days has there been a rebellion or an insurrection.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jun 9, 2025

the Trump administration had almost achieved operational control of the US-Mexican border.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Jun 9, 2025

You have to be idealistic, but you have to be realistic.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jun 9, 2025

This agency fundamentally needs to go away as it exists, and we need to have a response to states that supports them when terrible things come.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 9, 2025

This isn't just about protests here in Los Angeles.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Jun 9, 2025

The far-left has become the Democratic Socialists of America. They basically preach a socialist economic theory: free transportation, free education, free housing, and tax the rich.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 9, 2025

We pay over $80 BILLION more in taxes than we get back. Maybe it’s time to cut that off, @realdonaldtrump.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Jun 9, 2025

You have to hope they have a brain in their head. It’s not real, but it’s appealing.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 9, 2025

When Donald Trump sought blanket authority to commander the National Guard, he made that order apply to every state in this nation.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jun 9, 2025

enduring the train wreck and poor leadership of Joe Biden leading this country.

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