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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Apr 10, 2025

Loving your country does not mean lying about its history.

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Bill Clinton
@billclinton· Democratic · AR· Apr 10, 2025

You mean to tell me that the success of the program and my re-election hinges on the Federal Reserve and a bunch of fucking bond traders?

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Pete Ricketts
@petericketts· NE· Apr 9, 2025

reserving the right to object, I echo my colleague from Arkansas' comments with regard to TikTok. Let's recall that in communist China, there really isn't such a thing as a private company, as much as ByteDance might want to say it is. The…

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Gretchen Whitmer
@gretchenwhitmer· Democratic · MI· Apr 9, 2025

While I share the president's goal of bringing good-paying manufacturing jobs back, it's got to be done right.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Apr 9, 2025

People now get their news from more different sources than, than ever.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Apr 9, 2025

That’s how people communicate with each other. Not through something scripted, not through polling data, but to actually be real and authentic.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Apr 9, 2025

We want this to be something that’s more like people’s everyday lives, where you’re going to talk about politics for 20 minutes and then you’re going to switch to entertainment or sports, family or faith.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Apr 9, 2025

I think that’s just so important right now, when Americans don’t trust certain institutions, or at least want to be able to verify what they’re hearing through messages directly from their officials.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Apr 9, 2025

I think it’s important that the Democratic Party is not simply against someone, but for something.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Apr 9, 2025

This is kind of like a cherry on top where they agreed to make an additional contribution, and so we were served well by what AHCA did.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Apr 9, 2025

The state would conduct its own investigation and could bring charges that aren't available at the federal level.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Apr 9, 2025

the state would conduct its own investigation and could bring charges that aren’t available at the federal level.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Apr 9, 2025

I’m not going to let them manufacture smears to try to tarnish my reputation.

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Abigail Spanberger
@abigailspanberger· Democratic · VA· Apr 9, 2025

All of this impacts Virginia, and the stakes of this election reflect that.

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Abigail Spanberger
@abigailspanberger· Democratic · VA· Apr 9, 2025

I think it's a ridiculous assertion given that my opponent has been eager to claim credit for some of the funding that came through some of those federal dollars to Virginia's Commonwealth.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Apr 8, 2025

If you don’t have the hope piece, this is pretty bleak.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Apr 8, 2025

If the Democrats can’t compete in the Midwest and the Great Plains, then the path back to majority is going to be a long time coming.

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Apr 8, 2025

One of the things I learned as governor is that you don’t have the luxury of saying, ‘I’m not going to work with this person and I’m not going to solve this problem.’

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