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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Sep 18, 2025

I do believe that all leaders need to speak and act with moral clarity, and I believe that starts with the president of the United States.

nbcnews.com
Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 18, 2025

I just want to remind people that we still have the death penalty here in the state of Utah.

theintercept.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 18, 2025

obviously Charlie Kirk was a master at not only the work he did online but offline, and his capacity to organize

msnbc.com
Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2025

It should end today. Return the hostages, end the violence. Today. I think it should have been over months ago. It is horrific.

msnbc.com
Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2025

I don’t want to lose any more people to Palm Beach.

nypost.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 17, 2025

Again, no concern about your qualifications. I had concern about your backbone, and I was wrong, and I apologize to you for being wrong.

thehill.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 17, 2025

You got over the qualifications bar easily, but my worries about the direction of HHS made me question you very significantly on your backbone, a trait that is not in long supply in this town. And then when I voted against your confirmation, I cited that as the reason.

thehill.com
Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2025

New York State and New York City are at our best when we stand together against those who attempt to tear us apart.

nbcnews.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 17, 2025

Putting a gag order on a CDC director and directing her not to speak to those who have confirmed her and to whom she is responsible for oversight is a very serious matter.

thehill.com
Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2025

There is no doubt that the people of New York and the nation see the continued carnage that is happening and are deeply, deeply disturbed and want it over, and believe it has gone on way too long.

msnbc.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 16, 2025

It’s not theoretical,” he said.

apnews.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 16, 2025

now it’s real,” when the tariffs hadn’t been implemented yet last spring.

apnews.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 16, 2025

Republicans can “vote with your constituents or vote with President Trump,”

apnews.com
Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 16, 2025

I just want to remind people that we still have the death penalty in the state of Utah.

nypost.com
Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 16, 2025

To whoever did this, we will find you. We will try you, and we will hold you accountable to the furthest extent of the law.

nypost.com
Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 15, 2025

In the past few months, I've had frank conversations with him.

nbcnews.com
Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 15, 2025

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

democracynow.org
Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 15, 2025

We discussed the need to combat the rise of antisemitism urgently and unequivocally.

breitbart.com