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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Feb 24, 2025

School choice will NOT take away funding from Texas high school football. Period.

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Glenn Youngkin
@glennyoungkin· Republican · VA· Feb 24, 2025

Listen, we have a federal government that is inefficient, and we have an administration that is taking on that challenge of rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse and driving efficiency in our federal government. It needed to happen.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Feb 24, 2025

She's never angled for anything, right? Because that's just not who she is. But I will tell you this: I won by the biggest margin that any Republican has ever won a governor's race here in Florida. She would do better than me, there's no…

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Katie Hobbs
@katiehobbs· Democratic · AZ· Feb 24, 2025

keep criminals and drugs out of Arizona's communities.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Feb 24, 2025

They haven't done very much yet, they're not putting his executive orders into place.

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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Feb 24, 2025

Texans must be able to trust in our state’s lottery system and know that the lottery is conducted with integrity and lawfully.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Feb 24, 2025

Anything we’ve accomplished, she’d be able to take to the next level.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Feb 24, 2025

In just one month since President Trump's inauguration, DOGE has exposed wasteful spending, tackled the entrenched bureaucracy, and challenged the way the federal government operates.

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Katie Hobbs
@katiehobbs· Democratic · AZ· Feb 24, 2025

I’m proud to launch Operation Desert Guardian to combat the cartels, stop drug smuggling and human trafficking, and secure Arizona’s border.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Feb 24, 2025

There aren't many natural disasters where we lose 22 people.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Feb 24, 2025

This is how Kentucky bands together and I couldn't be prouder of the local and the state response.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Feb 24, 2025

This wasn't just a murder—it was a hate crime. And every single Illinoisan—including our Muslim, Jewish, and Palestinian neighbors—deserves to live free from the threat of such evil.

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Katie Hobbs
@katiehobbs· Democratic · AZ· Feb 24, 2025

I look forward to continued partnership on our shared border security priorities.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Feb 24, 2025

We’ve achieved victories in Florida.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Feb 23, 2025

Taxing land/property is the more oppressive and ineffective form of taxation.

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Glenn Youngkin
@glennyoungkin· Republican · VA· Feb 23, 2025

I understand, and I actually have extraordinary empathy, for the fact that there are many workers In Virginia today from our federal workforce who are experiencing real concerns.

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