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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Aug 20, 2024

I'm trying to stand up for her. I'm trying to stand up for women all across the United States of America and that's why we have to elect the vice president.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Aug 20, 2024

Donald Trump is so focused on the past, of retribution, of vengeance of his own personal enemies. Vice President Harris is focused on building out the middle class, providing more tax credits, more affordable housing.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Aug 20, 2024

It just reminds people this is a choice between A and B. A choice between going forward and a choice -- or a choice between backwards.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Aug 20, 2024

What you see is the extremism has gotten so bad that there are laws in places like Kentucky where there is almost a total ban, no exceptions for rape, incest, non-viable pregnancies.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Aug 20, 2024

J.D. Vance will never have to go through any of this as a man. He will never be faced with very difficult decisions, yet he lacks the basic empathy, to try to put himself in Hadley Duvall's position.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Aug 20, 2024

This is a constitutional right that Donald Trump's Supreme Court ripped away from my mom, my wife, and yes, my daughter.

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Roy Cooper
@roycooper· Democratic · NC· Aug 19, 2024

Absolutely, we're in play. I have that 2008 feeling and people in North Carolina know what that means, because we participated in the historic election of a Barack Obama that was the last time we voted for a Democratic presidential…

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Roy Cooper
@roycooper· Democratic · NC· Aug 19, 2024

I think that she will be that kind of president. She will be the kind of president who understands what you have to do to get legislation through Congress.

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Gretchen Whitmer
@gretchenwhitmer· Democratic · MI· Aug 19, 2024

This platform, if it doesn't speak 100 percent, there's something in it for everyone in this country -- building a stronger future, economic opportunity, making sure that every person has a path to prosperity, and a safe school and…

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Aug 18, 2024

I want to be crystal clear about something: antisemitism played absolutely no role in the dialogue I had with the vice president.

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Chris Sununu
@chrissununu· Republican · NH· Aug 17, 2024

The message is very clear. If you stick to the issues, if you stick to what matters, this should be an easy race for Donald Trump.

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Gretchen Whitmer
@gretchenwhitmer· Democratic · MI· Aug 17, 2024

Well, any, I think, insult from the Trump campaign is laughable, when you think about his years in office and who he fought for. He fought for himself. He's laid out nothing in terms of a vision for America. He's feeding into people's…

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Gretchen Whitmer
@gretchenwhitmer· Democratic · MI· Aug 17, 2024

I think what we need to do is have a system – an immigration system that works, number one. We need to secure the border, we need to make sure that when people are in this country, that they have access to have some form of ID.

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Timothy Walz
@timothywalz· Democratic · MN· Aug 17, 2024

Being an old football coach, there's an old saying, you don't hope you're going to win. You prepare to win.

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