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Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· May 4, 2025

I believe that America is the leader of the free world and must continue to stand with Ukraine until the Russian invasion is repelled and a just and lasting peace is secured.

cnn.com
Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· May 4, 2025

I hold to that old Reagan doctrine that if you’re willing to fight our enemies on your soil, we’ll give you the means to fight them there so we don’t have to fight them.

cnn.com
Tony Evers
@tonyevers· Democratic · WI· May 4, 2025

Chilling threats like this should be of concern to every Wisconsinite and every American who cares about this country...

democracynow.org
Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· May 4, 2025

Keeping dolls affordable, keeping our kids’ toys affordable, that really is part of the American dream.

cnn.com
Katie Hobbs
@katiehobbs· Democratic · AZ· May 4, 2025

While Gov. Hobbs supports securing the border, she has been clear in her opposition to inhumane immigration enforcement practices.

nbcnews.com
Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· May 4, 2025

Jan. 6 was a tragic day but it became a triumph of freedom. History will record that our institutions held.

nbcnews.com
Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· May 4, 2025

The Constitution is the common ground on which we stand.

cbsnews.com
Martin O'Malley
@martinomalley· May 4, 2025

I truly believe that the Musk-Trump co-presidency has already taken 90 percent of the actions necessary to crater this agency.

truthout.org
Martin O'Malley
@martinomalley· May 4, 2025

In that room of 200 people, two people raised their hands and said they each had a friend who was wrongly marked as deceased when they're very much alive.

cbsnews.com
Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· May 4, 2025

The very idea that a Republican president would nominate an abortion rights supporter to lead the Department of Health and Human Services is just unacceptable to me.

cnn.com
Martin O'Malley
@martinomalley· May 4, 2025

As the workloads go up, the demoralization becomes deeper, and people burn out and leave.

cbsnews.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· May 4, 2025

self-deportations are the best, safest and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest.

nbcnews.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· May 4, 2025

If you are here illegally, we will find you and we will deport you. You will never return. But if you leave now, you may have an opportunity to return.

nbcnews.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· May 4, 2025

If you are here illegally, self-deportation is the best, safest, and most cost-effective way to leave the United States to avoid arrest.

commondreams.org
Maggie Hassan
@maggiehassan· Democratic · NH· May 4, 2025

But President Trump's tariffs are needlessly causing immense uncertainty for small business owners, forcing them to make layoffs, increase prices for their customers and even close their doors.

cbsnews.com
Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· May 4, 2025

What’s going on is the destruction of the agency from the inside out, and it’s accelerating.

truthout.org
Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· May 4, 2025

We are going to make sure that our local jurisdictions are going to follow the Constitution.

vox.com