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Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Jul 13, 2025

Every elected official of New York on the Democratic side seems like they’re just recruiting people to move to Florida. It’s just insanity.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Jul 13, 2025

It’s going to hit all over the United States. It is a betrayal of rural America.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Jul 13, 2025

Twenty thousand healthcare workers are going to get fired because of this bill.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Jul 13, 2025

In my state, we are looking at 200,000 people projected to lose their coverage.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Jul 13, 2025

It is wrong and cruel, but also devastating to the rural economies.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Jul 13, 2025

The work requirements, they are a ruse, they’re doubling the paperwork on everyone, not just able-bodied adults but everyone.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 13, 2025

Hope you enjoy your family time, @JDVance. The families you’re tearing apart certainly won’t.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

It needs to be redeployed in a new way, and that’s what we did during this response.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

He isn’t looking to eliminate the agency but simply wants to see it 'remade.'

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

We should be there to support. We shouldn't be making the decisions.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

The way statute lays out is that every emergency that happens in this country should be locally executed.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

I'm so proud of them because for the very first time, we acted in a way that disaster response should, you know.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

I'm also very proud of the fact that I have the super advisory authority over the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 13, 2025

California prosecutes child exploiters and traffickers. Trump tear-gasses children, rips them from their parents, and deports farmworkers. Priorities.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Jul 13, 2025

Donald Trump was a patriot who changed the course of our nation. We honor his memory by building a stronger, more united America.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

These contracts were in place, and those people were in those call centers, and they were picking up the phone and answering these calls from these individuals.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

Every one of them was answering calls, so false reporting, fake news, and it’s discouraging.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

It’s not just FEMA that can respond in these situations because the federal government has all kinds of assets, and we deployed them.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

It needs to be redeployed, in a new way, and that’s what we did during this response.

thedailybeast.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

The president recognises that FEMA should not exist in the way that it always has been.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

This response was by far the best response we’ve seen out of FEMA, the best response we’ve seen out of the federal government in many, many years and certainly much better than what we saw under Joe Biden.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

The false reporting has been something that is inappropriate and it’s something that I think we need to clear up.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

It’s discouraging that during this time, when we have such a loss of life and so many people’s lives have turned upside down, that people are playing politics with this because the response time was immediate.

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