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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Jun 14, 2025

The ability to freely speak out and assemble is a cornerstone of American democracy—and one of our greatest heirlooms as a state and nation.

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Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jun 14, 2025

This was an act of targeted political violence.

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Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jun 14, 2025

Americans don't settle our differences with violence or at gunpoint.

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Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jun 14, 2025

The deaths of Hortman and her husband were a political assassination.

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Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Jun 14, 2025

A politically motivated assassination

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 14, 2025

What an embarrassment. Honestly, … that’s about as small as it gets. How weak.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 14, 2025

He is not the same person that I dealt with just four years ago, and he’s incapable of even a train of thought

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Mike Pence
@mikepence· Republican · IN· Jun 14, 2025

Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be president of the United States.

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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Jun 14, 2025

State officials should be able to do their duty free from political intimidation.

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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Jun 14, 2025

The Governor and First Lady fully condemn the heinous acts of violence in Minnesota.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 14, 2025

Most important office is office of citizen.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 14, 2025

Democracy is under assault right before our eyes.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 14, 2025

He’s a tough guy, why doesn’t he do that? He knows where to find me. But you know what? Lay your hands off four year old girls that are trying to get educated. Lay your hands off these poor people who are just trying to live their lives…

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Jun 13, 2025

Our New York City is in trouble,” he says, “you feel it when you walk down the street and try not to make eye contact with a mentally ill homeless person.

thenation.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 13, 2025

We push back against these authoritarian tendencies of a president that has pushed the boundaries, push the limit, but no longer can push this state around.

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

A big day for the Constitution of the United States and our democracy.

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

I hope it’s the beginning of a new day in this country where we push back against overreach

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Jun 13, 2025

If you’re driving on one of those streets and a mob comes and surrounds your vehicle and threatens you, you have a right to flee for your safety.

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Mike Kehoe
@mikekehoe· MO· Jun 13, 2025

We respect, and will defend, the right to peacefully protest, but we will not tolerate violence or lawlessness in our state.

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

This man burst into the room and started lunging toward the podium.

truthout.org
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jun 13, 2025

Maybe he actually believed he said those things and he’s not all there. I mean that.

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