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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Jan 10, 2026

We’ll fight this with every fiber of our being because our kids should not be political pawns in a fight that Donald Trump seems to have with blue-state governors.

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Timothy Walz
@timothywalz· Democratic · MN· Jan 10, 2026

They want a show. We can’t give it to them. We cannot.

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Timothy Walz
@timothywalz· Democratic · MN· Jan 10, 2026

we've spent years cracking down on fraudsters

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jan 10, 2026

Where will this go next? Will the President deploy our troops to protect Iranian protesters? To enforce the fragile ceasefire in Gaza? To battle terrorists in Nigeria? To seize Greenland or the Panama Canal? To suppress Americans peacefully assembling to protest his policies? Trump has threatened to do all this and more and sees no need to seek legal authorization from people’s elected legislature before putting servicemembers at risk.

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Timothy Walz
@timothywalz· Democratic · MN· Jan 10, 2026

Donald Trump and his allies – in Washington, in St Paul and online – want to make our state a colder, meaner place.

theguardian.com
Timothy Walz
@timothywalz· Democratic · MN· Jan 10, 2026

ensure there is a full, fair, and expeditious investigation to ensure accountability and justice.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jan 10, 2026

long past time for Congress to reassert its critical constitutional role in matters of war, peace, diplomacy and trade.

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Timothy Walz
@timothywalz· Democratic · MN· Jan 10, 2026

politicizing the issue to defund programs that help Minnesotans

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Timothy Walz
@timothywalz· Democratic · MN· Jan 10, 2026

We’ve been warning for weeks that the Trump administration’s dangerous, sensationalized operations are a threat to our public safety, that someone was going to get hurt. Just yesterday, I said exactly that.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Dec 27, 2025

The safety of New Yorkers is my top priority, and I continue to urge extreme caution throughout the duration of this storm.

theguardian.com
Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Dec 27, 2025

If you can stay off the roads for just a few more hours, delay your travel plans, and allow our plows to get out there and do what they do.

cbsnews.com
Joe Manchin
@joemanchin· Democratic · WV· Dec 27, 2025

They’re the kind of the centrist Democrats you need.

politico.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Dec 10, 2025

It was time to 'close the book' on the wars.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Dec 10, 2025

Violence has no place in our commonwealth or country. Let’s please pray for the families affected and for our KSU students. Let’s also pray for a world where these things don’t happen.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Dec 10, 2025

To my fellow Americans, to my fellow worshipers, whatever it is, whether you’re in a sacred place like this, whether you’re in a synagogue, whether you’re in a mosque, I don’t care where it is, you are are fellow Americans.

usatoday.com
Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Dec 10, 2025

When you're a governor, when you're a president of the United States, you're looked to for that moral clarity.

usatoday.com
Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Dec 10, 2025

We need you now more than ever, this country, if we’re going to make it another 250 years, if we’re going to make it another two point five years, we desperately need you to lay down your swords and treat each other with dignity and respect again.

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