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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Sep 4, 2025

I think you should not ever be discriminated against regardless of these choices.

reason.com
Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Sep 4, 2025

Alligator Alcatraz is, in fact, like we’ve always said, open for business.

breitbart.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Sep 4, 2025

The notorious prison—built on a former slave plantation and still infamous for farm labor and abuse allegations—was chosen to encourage self-deportation.

thedailybeast.com
Jeff Landry
@jefflandry· LA· Sep 4, 2025

With 18,000 acres bordered by the Mississippi River, swamps filled with alligators, and forests filled with bears, nobody really wants to leave the place.

thedailybeast.com
Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Sep 4, 2025

You purge your independent intelligence community and make them loyal not to a constitution but something else.

motherjones.com
Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Sep 4, 2025

New Yorkers deserve answers. I challenge him to five debates, one in every borough where we speak about the issues in that borough.

nypost.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 4, 2025

The safety of our public officials should never be subject to erratic, vindictive political impulses.

nypost.com
Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Sep 4, 2025

Time and time again, socialism has led to the same, inevitable outcomes: misery, poverty, and oppression.

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Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Sep 4, 2025

Just look at Cuba and Venezuela, or talk to any of the thousands of families in my state who fled those regimes after evil dictators stripped them of every opportunity.

breitbart.com
Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Sep 4, 2025

Socialism NEVER works. It’s destroyed countries, crushed economies and robbed millions of their basic human rights. I’m proud to lead a resolution condemning this failed ideology and reminding the far-left that Americans will ALWAYS reject…

breitbart.com
Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Sep 4, 2025

If you're not the strongest candidate, step aside.

cbsnews.com
Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Sep 4, 2025

I challenge him to five debates, one in every borough, where we speak about the issues in that borough.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Sep 3, 2025

I don't think there's another state that's done as much as Florida. We want to stay ahead of the curve.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Sep 3, 2025

A nakedly political decision that undermines the dedicated, nonpartisan staff at NGA and threatens the principle of civilian oversight that protects our national security.

thedailybeast.com
Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Sep 3, 2025

Blocking and setting arbitrary conditions on these sessions sets a dangerous precedent, calling into question whether oversight is now allowed only when it pleases the far-right fringe.

thedailybeast.com
Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Sep 3, 2025

Let me be clear: I will never be deterred from carrying out my constitutional responsibilities.

thedailybeast.com
J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Sep 3, 2025

Unidentifiable agents in unmarked vehicles with masks are planning to raid Latino communities and say they’re targeting violent criminals.

msnbc.com
J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Sep 3, 2025

I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal. ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it’s being done in the fake guise of fighting crime.

msnbc.com
Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Sep 3, 2025

Because it gives our Democrat colleagues a reason not to work with us and to protest the bipartisan approach that we’ve taken on appropriations.

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