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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Apr 9, 2025

That’s how people communicate with each other. Not through something scripted, not through polling data, but to actually be real and authentic.

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Gretchen Whitmer
@gretchenwhitmer· Democratic · MI· Apr 9, 2025

While I share the president's goal of bringing good-paying manufacturing jobs back, it's got to be done right.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Apr 9, 2025

I’m not going to let them manufacture smears to try to tarnish my reputation.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Apr 9, 2025

This is kind of like a cherry on top where they agreed to make an additional contribution, and so we were served well by what AHCA did.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Apr 9, 2025

the state would conduct its own investigation and could bring charges that aren’t available at the federal level.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Apr 9, 2025

The state would conduct its own investigation and could bring charges that aren't available at the federal level.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Apr 9, 2025

I think that’s just so important right now, when Americans don’t trust certain institutions, or at least want to be able to verify what they’re hearing through messages directly from their officials.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Apr 9, 2025

We want this to be something that’s more like people’s everyday lives, where you’re going to talk about politics for 20 minutes and then you’re going to switch to entertainment or sports, family or faith.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Apr 9, 2025

I think it’s important that the Democratic Party is not simply against someone, but for something.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Apr 9, 2025

People now get their news from more different sources than, than ever.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Apr 8, 2025

Mr. President, I thank the majority leader for locking us in, and I think we will complete our comments well on time for the vote. I am very pleased to be joined by my colleague Senator Collins as we introduce a bill called the Religious…

Congressional Record · 2025-04-08
Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Apr 8, 2025

If the Democrats can’t compete in the Midwest and the Great Plains, then the path back to majority is going to be a long time coming.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Apr 8, 2025

One of the things I learned as governor is that you don’t have the luxury of saying, ‘I’m not going to work with this person and I’m not going to solve this problem.’

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Apr 8, 2025

If you don’t have the hope piece, this is pretty bleak.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Apr 8, 2025

I think it’s a problem that we are losing the middle.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Apr 8, 2025

It’s not just gotten more partisan, but the base has gotten to the point where, if you work with the other side, that’s considered by some to be a negative character trait.

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Kevin Stitt
@kevinstitt· Republican · OK· Apr 7, 2025

We’ve been DOGE-ing in Oklahoma before it was cool.

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Kim Reynolds
@kimreynolds· Republican · IA· Apr 7, 2025

I like to say we were doing DOGE before DOGE was a thing.

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