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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Dec 8, 2025

What this country is gonna need is someone who can actually heal and unify, and someone who can solve problems and get stuff done.

theatlantic.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Dec 8, 2025

agents only need reasonable suspicion to make arrests, not probable cause.

slate.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Dec 8, 2025

Voters Want Democrats to Fight Fire With Fire

slate.com
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Dec 8, 2025

But demonizing an entire group of people by their race and their ethnicity? A very group of people who contribute to the vitality − economic, cultural − of this state, is something I hoped we'd never have to see.

usatoday.com
Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Dec 8, 2025

Wouldn’t you ask questions if someone was talking to you about forming a partnership and working together?

theatlantic.com
Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Dec 8, 2025

I think what Democrats need to do is focus not so much on winning litmus tests but on winning elections.

theatlantic.com
Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Dec 8, 2025

The fear is, is if you regulate it, you slow it down. If you don't regulate it, you have people that could get hurt.

abcnews.go.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Dec 8, 2025

We’re going to have the health-care debate in full view of the American public, and they’re going to see who’s standing up for them on affordability and who’s not.

theatlantic.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Dec 8, 2025

the UM prohibition would limit the ability of health plans to engage in practices that have been shown to ensure appropriate care while limiting unnecessary costs.

latimes.com
Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Dec 1, 2025

At some point we have to find an off-ramp, or else it’s going to get much worse.

politico.com
Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Dec 1, 2025

These are the wealthiest and most powerful companies in the history of the world, and they’re profiting off of destroying our kids and destroying our country, and they know it, and it’s very intentional.

politico.com
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Nov 30, 2025

They bring the diversity and the energy to a place like Minnesota and for him to just randomly decide to do this, it makes no sense.

usatoday.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Nov 30, 2025

We’re still going through all that information, and I’ll let the FBI and (Justice Department) reveal new information, but I will say, we believe he was radicalized since he’s been here in this country.

usatoday.com
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Nov 30, 2025

At first, I think it’s just because he’s not a good human being. But secondly, (it’s) to distract from his incompetency.

usatoday.com
Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Nov 30, 2025

This is what Donald Trump has done. He has normalized this type of hateful behavior and this type of language.

usatoday.com