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Brian Kemp
@briankemp· Republican · GA· May 4, 2025

I spoke with President Trump and Senate leadership earlier today and expressed my commitment to work alongside them to ensure we have a strong Republican nominee who can win next November.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· May 4, 2025

If you are here illegally, we will find you and we will deport you. You will never return. But if you leave now, you may have an opportunity to return.

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Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· May 4, 2025

By God's grace I did my duty that day to support the peaceful transfer of power under the Constitution of the United States of America.

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Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· May 4, 2025

The Constitution is the common ground on which we stand.

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Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· May 4, 2025

Jan. 6 was a tragic day but it became a triumph of freedom. History will record that our institutions held.

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Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· May 4, 2025

To forge a future together, we have to find common ground.

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Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· May 4, 2025

By God’s grace I did my duty that day to support the peaceful transfer of power under the Constitution of the United States of America.

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Tony Evers
@tonyevers· Democratic · WI· May 4, 2025

Yesterday, a Trump administration official, in not so many words, apparently threatened to arrest me for distributing guidance...

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Martin O'Malley
@martinomalley· May 4, 2025

As the workloads go up, the demoralization becomes deeper, and people burn out and leave.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 4, 2025

What’s going on is the destruction of the agency from the inside out, and it’s accelerating.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· May 4, 2025

If you are here illegally, self-deportation is the best, safest, and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· May 4, 2025

self-deportations are the best, safest and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest.

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Martin O'Malley
@martinomalley· May 4, 2025

In that room of 200 people, two people raised their hands and said they each had a friend who was wrongly marked as deceased when they're very much alive.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· May 4, 2025

We are going to make sure that our local jurisdictions are going to follow the Constitution.

vox.com
Katie Hobbs
@katiehobbs· Democratic · AZ· May 4, 2025

While Gov. Hobbs supports securing the border, she has been clear in her opposition to inhumane immigration enforcement practices.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· May 2, 2025

Trump Republicans are hellbent on making California smoggy again.

motherjones.com