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U.S. Governors
Quotes from current and former U.S. state governors.
Current governors
TX-RGreg AbbottTexas449 Quotes
KY-DAndy BeshearKentucky280 Quotes
ND-RDoug BurgumNorth Dakota144 Quotes
UT-RSpencer CoxUtah162 Quotes
FLRon DeSantisFlorida1,472 Quotes
OH-RMike DeWineOhio298 Quotes
AK-RMike DunleavyAlaska48 Quotes
WI-DTony EversWisconsin93 Quotes
WABob FergusonWashington116 Quotes
MT-RGreg GianforteMontana252 Quotes
WY-RMark GordonWyoming31 Quotes
HI-DJosh GreenHawaii164 Quotes
MA-DMaura HealeyMassachusetts87 Quotes
AZ-DKatie HobbsArizona219 Quotes
NY-DKathy HochulNew York943 Quotes
IN-REric HolcombIndiana2 Quotes
AR-RSarah Huckabee SandersArkansas416 Quotes
AL-RKay IveyAlabama68 Quotes
MOMike KehoeMissouri103 Quotes
KS-DLaura KellyKansas46 Quotes
GA-RBrian KempGeorgia153 Quotes
OR-DTina KotekOregon94 Quotes
CT-DNed LamontConnecticut292 Quotes
LAJeff LandryLouisiana148 Quotes
TN-RBill LeeTennessee1,169 Quotes
ID-RBrad LittleIdaho48 Quotes
NV-RJoe LombardoNevada155 Quotes
NM-DMichelle Lujan GrishamNew Mexico655 Quotes
RI-DDan McKeeRhode Island77 Quotes
SC-RHenry McMasterSouth Carolina115 Quotes
DEMatt MeyerDelaware17 Quotes
ME-DJanet MillsMaine67 Quotes
MD-DWes MooreMaryland458 Quotes
WVPatrick MorriseyWest Virginia108 Quotes
CA-DGavin NewsomCalifornia1,018 Quotes
NE-RJim PillenNebraska73 Quotes
CO-DJared PolisColorado1,023 Quotes
IL-DJ.B. PritzkerIllinois267 Quotes
MS-RTate ReevesMississippi35 Quotes
IA-RKim ReynoldsIowa154 Quotes
SDLarry RhodenSouth Dakota42 Quotes
PA-DJosh ShapiroPennsylvania365 Quotes
NJ-DMikie SherrillNew Jersey439 Quotes
VA-DAbigail SpanbergerVirginia669 Quotes
NCJosh SteinNorth Carolina142 Quotes
OK-RKevin StittOklahoma78 Quotes
NH-RChris SununuNew Hampshire145 Quotes
MN-DTim WalzMinnesota1,340 Quotes
MI-DGretchen WhitmerMichigan284 Quotes
Former governors
But they are also really about how much will we let a president get away with? Do my colleagues have a gag reflex or not?
So the votes are about tariffs, and they're about the economic destruction of tariffs, but they are also really about, how much will we let a president get away with?
Tariffs are a tax on American consumers. Tariffs are a tax on American businesses. And they are a tax that is imposed by a single person: Donald J. Trump.
If a school has been failing for a prolonged period, shut it down and give a charter school or a specialized school the chance to succeed.
I know many oppose them, but when a public school fails generation after generation, and we keep it open anyway, that’s unacceptable.
On education — when schools are failing, I believe we should close them and replace them with charter schools. I’m a strong believer in charter schools.
The narrative is going to shift: Democrats are finally now no longer on their back heels, they’re on their toes.
This is temporary, it’s transparent and it’s democratic.
They’re doing it as part of an intimidation strategy. They’re trying to suppress the vote.
Make no mistake, I’ll also fight Trenton to bring down costs for families.
To Zohran, I believe you have been a divisive force in New York, and I believe that’s toxic energy for New York. It’s with the Sunni Muslims when you say decriminalize prostitution, which is haram.
Right now, our city and our state and our country are under attack by Donald Trump and our Republicans in Washington.
I’ve got one plea for you. I love to see this energy and this passion. ... But take that energy, that passion, and take it into ’26 so that we can take back the House of Representatives, so we can take back the Senate, and we can take back…
I think the biggest challenge for anyone who runs for any office is people see right through you.
I think it’s about our democracy. It’s about the future of this republic.
The idea that a guy who got 960 on his SAT, that still struggles to read scripts, that was always in the back of the classroom – the idea that you even throw that out is, in and of itself, extraordinary.
We've got a crisis in this country besides the crisis that we've discussed around the future of this republic.
He's a wrecking ball. Not just the symbolism and substance of the East Wing; he's wrecking alliances, truth, trust, tradition, institutions.





