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Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Nov 30, 2025

Many times, it’s just about being decent to people and making them feel included.

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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.

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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.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Nov 30, 2025

We are going to go through every single person that has a pending asylum claim.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Nov 30, 2025

Nobody's coming here until we’re sure they’re going to be someone who truly deserves that program.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Nov 30, 2025

They will be properly vetted. They will have new standards put in place, applied to them to ensure they’re here for that purpose.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Nov 30, 2025

Anyone who has the information on this needs to know that we will be coming after you, and we will bring you to justice.

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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.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Nov 30, 2025

This rises to the level of a war crime if it’s true

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Nov 30, 2025

We do believe it was through connections in his home community and state and we’re going to continue to talk to those who interacted with him, who were his family members.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Nov 30, 2025

If the report was accurate, the attack rises to the level of a war crime.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Nov 30, 2025

It completely undercuts the administration’s claim that they really care about narco-trafficking, and that raises the question of what is really going on with the Venezuela operation.

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Patrick Morrisey
@patrickmorrisey· WV· Nov 29, 2025

They wanted to stay. They wanted to complete the mission and serve their state and country.

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Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Nov 29, 2025

It's not surprising that the President has chosen to broadly target an entire community. This is what he does to change the subject.

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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Nov 29, 2025

The Legislature redrew our congressional maps to better reflect Texans' conservative voting preferences -- and for no other reason.

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Nikki Haley
@nikkihaley· Republican · SC· Nov 29, 2025

His best friend, Steve Witkoff, came to our house in South Carolina, spoke to me and my husband, and basically wanted a truce between me and Donald Trump.

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Patrick Morrisey
@patrickmorrisey· WV· Nov 29, 2025

Their courage and commitment to duty represent the very best of our state.

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Patrick Morrisey
@patrickmorrisey· WV· Nov 29, 2025

These two West Virginia heroes were serving our country and protecting our nation’s capital when they were maliciously attacked.

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