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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 4, 2025

I'm exploring with our leaders every option to redraw our state congressional lines as soon as possible

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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Aug 4, 2025

I think based upon comments made by legislators themselves, they face a possibility of facing bribery charges, which is a second-degree felony in the state of Texas.

cbsnews.com
Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Aug 4, 2025

Real Texans do not run from a fight. But that’s exactly what most of the Texas House Democrats just did.

breitbart.com
Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Aug 4, 2025

These absences are not merely unintended and unavoidable interruptions in public service.

breitbart.com
Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Aug 4, 2025

Derelict Democrat House members must return to Texas and be in attendance when the House reconvenes at 3:00 PM on Monday, August 4, 2025.

breitbart.com
Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Aug 4, 2025

For any member who fails to do so, I will invoke Texas Attorney General Opinion No. KP-0382 to remove the missing Democrats from membership in the Texas House.

breitbart.com
Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Aug 4, 2025

Any Democrat who ‘solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept’ such funds to assist in the violation of legislative duties or for purposes of skipping a vote may have violated bribery laws.

breitbart.com
Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 3, 2025

If a Republican gets elected as governor against me, think about the power that Donald Trump will have over everything in the state, including the city.

nypost.com
Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 3, 2025

I don’t want anyone who worked so hard, who put their heart and soul into their business to be subjected to something for a bureaucratic screwup with real life consequences.

nypost.com
Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 3, 2025

I’m going to stand up for them. Will find a path forward. Don’t worry.

nypost.com
Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 3, 2025

Why do we even allow these weapons of mass destruction to be sold anywhere in America? Other countries have completely banned them.

nypost.com
Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 3, 2025

It’s pathetic and especially in the time when we’re a city that’s in mourning, to be taking cheap shots and trying to infer that he had something to do with this.

nypost.com
Michelle Lujan Grisham
@michellelujangrisham· Democratic · NM· Aug 3, 2025

Absolutely not. There is no real way to implement this. It's more paperwork for everyone.

cbsnews.com
Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Aug 2, 2025

Iran-backed Hamas terrorists have held innocent people hostage, starving them for 666 days.

nypost.com
Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Aug 1, 2025

I am proud to stand with President Trump and endorse Byron Donalds for Governor of Florida.

breitbart.com
Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 1, 2025

A clean, fast, 14-mile light rail line – a connection between Brooklyn and Queens like never before.

nypost.com
Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 1, 2025

Thanks to $166 million dollar state investment, that means a lot of planning is going to occur – looking at the stations, tracks, vehicles signals – so we can get shovels in the ground and make this become a reality.

nypost.com
Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 1, 2025

We’re turning these old tracks into something remarkable.

nypost.com