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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 12, 2025

I have a lot of respect for him for saying that and that he is going to do what he can to earn the respect of the men or women of the NYPD

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 12, 2025

I’ve said I don’t want to raise income taxes on high-net-worth people. I want them to know that New York is a place where we want to foster innovation — be open to your success

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Kay Ivey
@kayivey· Republican · AL· Sep 12, 2025

They got him! Now, justice must be served for Charlie Kirk, for his family and for our country.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

I still believe that there is more good among us than evil.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

Is this the end of a dark chapter in our history, or the beginning of a darker chapter in our history?

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

We need as much help as we can possibly get.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

suspected Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson hated Kirk because of his political views

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

I hear all the time that words are violence, words are not violence. Violence is violence.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

We can always point the finger at the other side, and at some point we have to find an off-ramp, or it's going to get much, much worse.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

And yet, all of us have an opportunity right now to do something different.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

There is one person responsible for what happened here, and that person is now in custody and will be charged soon and will be held accountable.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

Your generation has an opportunity to build a culture that is very different than what we are suffering through right now.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

Social media is a cancer on our society.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Sep 12, 2025

a great opportunity for us to make sure that all companies are reassured that when you come to the United States, you’ll know what the rules of the game are.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 11, 2025

We got a colleague, Mark Kelly, whose life was unalterably shaped by political violence. President Trump survived an assassination attempt, and then another assassination plot was foiled. It’s just too common.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 11, 2025

The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible. In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.

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