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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Aug 24, 2025

The safety of the people of Illinois is always my top priority. There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the @IL_Natl_Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty…

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Aug 24, 2025

The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Aug 24, 2025

I think it is a shameful black mark on humanity that the world has allowed this to happen and that Israel is allowing this to happen.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Aug 24, 2025

We should be doing more, and we should have done more, absolutely.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Aug 24, 2025

I believe in the Constitution, and I believe that that's what we should follow for this case.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Aug 24, 2025

I want due process. I just simply want a court and a judge to decide, what is going to be the future fate of this case and all cases like this, and not simply the president of the United States or the secretary of homeland security.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Aug 24, 2025

The year before I became the governor, in 2022, Baltimore was averaging almost a homicide a day. And I came in and I said, I refuse to be a governor who just offers thoughts and prayers to this situation.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Aug 24, 2025

Well, there's – there's plenty of reasons. You know, one, it is not sustainable. You cannot continue this type of pace of operations, particularly when you're – when it's costing over a million dollars a day in order to do this.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Aug 24, 2025

This guy can’t bench his own body weight, let alone carry the weight of leading the most important city in the world.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Aug 24, 2025

It’s easy to talk, it’s hard to carry the burden.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Aug 24, 2025

Prime Minister Netanyahu is the point at which obstruction is happening. He needs to look at what he is doing and change his position.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Aug 24, 2025

The Israel blockade in Gaza is a shameful black mark on humanity that the world has allowed this to happen.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 24, 2025

CANCEL THE ‘FOX NEWS STINKERS’ NOW! THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO STINK UP OUR AIRWAVES ANY LONGER! AND PLEASE NO MORE NEGATIVE ADS ABOUT ME!

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 24, 2025

NO PERSONALITY, NO TALENT, VERY LOW ENERGY. SHE DESPERATELY NEEDS ‘COACHING’ FROM CRAZY FATHER-IN-LAW!!!

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 24, 2025

THEY ARE VERY DISHONEST AND ALL THEY DO IS TRASH ME, GAVIN C. NEWSOM, AMERICA’S FAVORITE GOVERNOR.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 24, 2025

FOX (’EDITS THE TAPES’) NEWS MUST CANCEL THEIR WEEKEND STINKERS IMMEDIATELY!!!

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 23, 2025

Remember that a nation without borders is no nation at all.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 23, 2025

We will not stop fighting till this Salvadoran man faces justice and is OUT of our country.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 23, 2025

By ordering this monster loose on America’s streets, this judge has shown a complete disregard for the safety of the American people.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 23, 2025

Activist liberal judges have attempted to obstruct our law enforcement every step of the way in removing the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from our country.

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Nikki Haley
@nikkihaley· Republican · SC· Aug 23, 2025

Biden was wrong to subsidize the private sector with the Chips Act using our tax dollars. The counter to Biden is not to lean in and have govt own part of Intel.

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J.B. Pritzker
@jbpritzker· Democratic · IL· Aug 23, 2025

Illinois has long worked with federal law enforcement to tackle crime, but we won’t let a dictator impose his will.

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