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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Oct 9, 2025

What we’re seeing today is nothing less than the weaponization of the Justice Department to punish those who hold the powerful accountable.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Oct 9, 2025

Why would you keep a citizen in Uganda, which is a country that outlaws the LGBTQ community? Why?

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

California has never waited for Washington or anyone else to lead on kids’ health — we’ve been out front for years, removing harmful additives and improving school nutrition.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Oct 9, 2025

I will continue to be dismissive of outrageous claims like those. I will always support the outcomes of elections. That’s what our country has been founded on over the last 250 years.

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

This first-in-the-nation law builds on that work to make sure every California student has access to healthy, delicious meals that help them thrive.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Oct 8, 2025

It’s a movement that should unite all of us, regardless of political stripes.

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Greg Gianforte
@greggianforte· Republican · MT· Oct 8, 2025

a promise to our dedicated civil servants, both those forced to the sidelines and those still hard at work without pay.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Oct 8, 2025

Let’s make a major start by stopping a major debacle — the new jail construction to replace Rikers Island.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Oct 8, 2025

Now everyone’s jumping over each other — Louisiana, all these conservative states — trying to get in on this, which is sort of interesting and I think wonderful at the same time.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Oct 8, 2025

No one understood it when we started talking about Skittles. Somehow everyone got upset and offended.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Oct 8, 2025

Crime can not go up under the next administration, it just can’t.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Oct 8, 2025

As it comes to specific proposals on any restructuring that’s necessary, we’ll talk about it.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Oct 8, 2025

I believe that we need to have a strong police commissioner, No. 1. I have highly recommended that he retain Jessica Tisch.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Oct 7, 2025

But you are a citizen of Uganda, running for mayor. Why wouldn’t you say, “I am going to give up my citizenship?” Because I will not be a citizen of a country that would kill gay people.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Oct 7, 2025

To the Jewish people — I stand with you.

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