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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Sep 6, 2025

There is no emergency that warrants deployment of troops. He is insulting the people of Chicago by calling our home a hellhole — and anyone who takes his word at face value is insulting Chicagoans, too.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Sep 6, 2025

The president’s absurd characterizations do not match what is happening on the ground here. He has no idea what he’s talking about.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Sep 6, 2025

IBEW Local 3 has been at the heart of New York’s progress.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Sep 5, 2025

It’s not going to take forever, but we’re also not rushing to do it right this day. They’re doing what they need to do to get it done in all deliberate speed. So I’m proud of them for their work. Florida is making a difference. This is a…

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Sep 5, 2025

So I’m here to announce today that we are authorizing and will be soon be opening this new illegal immigration detention processing and deportation facility here in North Florida. We are calling this the Deportation Depot.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Sep 5, 2025

They have a pattern of hiding the truth when it doesn’t fit their narrative.

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Jeff Landry
@jefflandry· LA· Sep 5, 2025

This camp was originally built here at Angola to house the most disruptive of prisoners.

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Jeff Landry
@jefflandry· LA· Sep 5, 2025

This facility is fulfilling the President’s promise of making America safe again by giving ICE a facility to consolidate the most violent offenders into a single deportation and holding facility.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 5, 2025

There will be a sense that people are compromised if they’re getting the road cleared because of who the president wants as the next mayor that he believes he can control, clearly that’s why he’s doing it. I have to stand up against that.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Sep 5, 2025

The state of Illinois is ready to stand against this military deployment with every peaceful tool we have.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 5, 2025

California, Oregon, and Washington will not allow the people of our states to be put at risk.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 5, 2025

The CDC has become a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science, ideology that will lead to severe health consequences.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 5, 2025

President Trump’s mass firing of CDC doctors and scientists — and his blatant politicization of the agency — is a direct assault on the health and safety of the American people.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 5, 2025

By signing this executive order, we are sending a clear message that when Washington Republicans play politics with public health, New Yorkers can still get the care they need, close to home, from trusted providers in their own communities.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 5, 2025

I promised New Yorkers that their family would be my fight. In the absence of federal leadership, we must do everything we can to ensure that New Yorkers have access to the vaccines and preventative healthcare they have come to rely on.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Sep 5, 2025

Do you accept the fact that a million Americans died from COVID?

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 5, 2025

Contrary to what the president thinks, he’s not a king, he’s not a kingmaker, and he should not be anointing the next mayor of New York City.

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Bob Ferguson
@bobferguson· WA· Sep 4, 2025

The public would likely face severe consequences if the CDC becomes a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science.

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Tina Kotek
@tinakotek· Democratic · OR· Sep 4, 2025

The public would likely face severe consequences if the CDC becomes a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 4, 2025

The public would likely face severe consequences if the CDC becomes a political tool that increasingly peddles ideology instead of science.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Sep 4, 2025

The mission continues and we're going to continue leading the way when it comes to immigration enforcement.

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