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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Apr 27, 2025

I’m blasting Democratic politicians for embracing a culture of incrementalism.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Apr 27, 2025

We’re going to hold people responsible. They can’t just get away with what they’re doing right now.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Apr 27, 2025

Ron DeSantis recently signed a law that makes it easier to contest medical costs.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Apr 27, 2025

Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption. But I am now.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Apr 27, 2025

If you think I’m overreacting and sounding the alarm too soon, consider this: It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Apr 26, 2025

I was at a company in New Hampshire last week that does ball bearings for the aerospace industry. They told me that because of the tariffs on steel, that what used to take them 20 weeks to get steel. They're now having a two and a half…

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Apr 26, 2025

I don’t think I can comment on it yet. It’s not resolved yet.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Apr 26, 2025

He has created chaos that is now embroiling uniform- our uniform military in the chaos that he's creating at the Pentagon.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Apr 26, 2025

Well, I think we ought to take up the Graham legislation, and we ought to pass it through both houses and put those secondary sanctions on Russia.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Apr 26, 2025

Unfortunately, so many families in this country have been made victims by crime, and that’s why President Trump is working every single day to make America safe and get these criminal aliens off of our streets.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Apr 26, 2025

Why the hell are they doing this?

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Apr 26, 2025

Some people feel threatened by the first lady. Let’s just be clear about that.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Apr 26, 2025

Florida is leading the nation in active cooperation with the Trump administration for immigration enforcement and deportation operations!

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Apr 26, 2025

The fact is, Pete Hegseth was not qualified to take the job as Secretary of Defense, and he has shown that time and again.

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Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Apr 25, 2025

This is not like running the car out of gas, and you can put gas back in it and it will take off again; this is like running the car out of oil.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Apr 25, 2025

Florida is not just the place that woke goes to die, it’s the place that babies go to live.

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Gretchen Whitmer
@gretchenwhitmer· Democratic · MI· Apr 23, 2025

When we have an economy that's sputtering because of national policy, it's going to impact our ability to fund our schools and build roads.

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