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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 15, 2025

I hear all the time that words are violence. Words are not violence. Violence is violence.

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Sep 15, 2025

Violence transcends party lines — and the way to address it and have true peaceful debate is for leaders to speak and act with moral clarity. That needs to start with the President.

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Sep 15, 2025

Using the rhetoric of rage and calling some of our fellow Americans ‘scum’ — no matter how profound our differences — only creates more division and makes it harder to heal.

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Sep 15, 2025

No one party is immune from political violence.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 15, 2025

I don’t think Donald Trump wants another election.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Sep 15, 2025

This is a part of his plan to do something really nefarious, which is to interfere with elections in 2026.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 14, 2025

New York City deserves a mayor who will stand up to Donald Trump and make life more affordable for New Yorkers.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 14, 2025

But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 14, 2025

Tonight I am endorsing Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 14, 2025

The question of who will be the next mayor is one I take extremely seriously and to which I have devoted a great deal of thought.

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Mike Kehoe
@mikekehoe· MO· Sep 13, 2025

I support the bill to change the ballot measure process.

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Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Sep 13, 2025

No one has ever been more dangerous to this country than Donald Trump, and he is a fascist to his core.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Sep 12, 2025

A great opportunity for us to make sure that all companies are reassured that when you come to the United States, you’ll know what the rules of the game are.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

I still believe that there is more good among us than evil.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

Is this the end of a dark chapter in our history, or the beginning of a darker chapter in our history?

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

We need as much help as we can possibly get.

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Kay Ivey
@kayivey· Republican · AL· Sep 12, 2025

They got him! Now, justice must be served for Charlie Kirk, for his family and for our country.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

Suspected Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson hated Kirk because of his political views

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

I hear all the time that words are violence, words are not violence. Violence is violence.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 12, 2025

We can always point the finger at the other side, and at some point we have to find an off-ramp, or it's going to get much, much worse.

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