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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Nov 9, 2025

There is no pain that is worth it. Our people are hurting, and they're hurting because of these games that we continue to see from Washington, DC.

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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Nov 9, 2025

First and foremost, California is a joke.

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

it’s not about the rule of law. It’s about the rule of Don.

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Patrick Morrisey
@patrickmorrisey· WV· Nov 9, 2025

If you subscribe to the adage a ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, what they're trying to do is invest the single largest amount of money in improving rural health.

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Maura Healey
@maurahealey· Democratic · MA· Nov 9, 2025

President Trump should be focusing on reopening the government that he controls instead of repeatedly fighting to take away food from American families.

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

But you can’t do it state by state with one arm tied behind your back.

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

You can’t unilaterally disarm as other people are not playing by the rules.

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Abigail Spanberger
@abigailspanberger· Democratic · VA· Nov 9, 2025

The government needs to open and it needs to open immediately.

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

I think just the energy that the delegation from Texas brought to the Democratic Party, to democracy as a whole, when they stood up and pushed back against (Texas Gov.) Greg Abbott and Donald Trump’s overreach … in many ways that was the…

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

As we take back the House, let’s stand up.

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Patrick Morrisey
@patrickmorrisey· WV· Nov 9, 2025

I think they know, and everyone's frustrated, that you're six votes short. These Democrats are saying no to reopening the government. It's a Schumer shutdown.

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

Clarity, conviction, purpose, energy. On our toes, not on our heels. A resurgent Democratic Party, and it’s a party that understands what’s at stake for our democracy.

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Mikie Sherrill
@mikiesherrill· Democratic · NJ· Nov 9, 2025

So the state of emergency will freeze rate hikes, because there are some rate hikes that are set to come into play in the next several months.

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