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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Mar 28, 2025

I want you to know that I love and appreciate you and I am grateful that you are part of our state.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Mar 28, 2025

Politics can be a bit of a blood sport at times and I know we’ve had our disagreements.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Mar 28, 2025

To our LGBTQ community, I know that recent legislation has been difficult.

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Tim Walz
@timwalz· Democratic · MN· Mar 27, 2025

The Democratic Party is unified — they’re unified in being pissed off at the Democrats.

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Tony Evers
@tonyevers· Democratic · WI· Mar 27, 2025

When people are getting million-dollar [checks] up in Green Bay through Musk, what in the hell is going on?

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Mar 26, 2025

Yes, we had people that left because of those rules, but you’ve also been able to hire other people. And what’s wrong with expecting our young people to be working part-time now?

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Jeanne Shaheen
@jeanneshaheen· Democratic · NH· Mar 26, 2025

Parents, students and teachers across this country deserve to know just how badly Trump’s extreme actions will decimate our education system and obstruct our ability to invest in our kids’ futures.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Mar 26, 2025

Why I’m so upset is this puts our guys and gals in harm’s way.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Mar 26, 2025

It’s a level of arrogance and incompetence that frankly is terrifying.

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Maura Healey
@maurahealey· Democratic · MA· Mar 25, 2025

Expanding private luxury jet services during a climate emergency is indefensible and irresponsible.

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Maura Healey
@maurahealey· Democratic · MA· Mar 25, 2025

Most Massachusetts lawmakers understand that private jet expansion at Hanscom is a direct and immediate threat to Massachusetts’s efforts to combat climate change.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Mar 25, 2025

These programs do not serve a significant public benefit, are not necessary to reduce levels of illegal immigration, did not sufficiently mitigate the domestic effects of illegal immigration, are not serving their intended purpose, and are…

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Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Mar 25, 2025

But the problem we got is Maduro sent a whole bunch of gang members.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Mar 25, 2025

Why do we say we need to import foreigners, even import them illegally, when you know, teenagers used to work at these resorts, college students should be able to do this stuff?

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Maura Healey
@maurahealey· Democratic · MA· Mar 25, 2025

It's a very bad thing for the economy if foreign students are afraid to come and study and live here and contribute.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Mar 25, 2025

Putting aside that classified information should never be discussed over an unclassified system, it's also just mind-boggling...

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Mar 25, 2025

The Trump administration as having a cavalier attitude.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Mar 25, 2025

Yes, we had people that left - aka were brutally deported - but you're also able to hire other (imaginary) people.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Mar 25, 2025

Putting aside that classified information should never be discussed over an unclassified system, ... it's also just mind-boggling to me that all these senior folks were on this line, and nobody bothered to even check – security hygiene 101…

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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Mar 25, 2025

Democrats have nothing to sell but hate.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Mar 24, 2025

Yes, we had people that left because of those rules, but you’ve also been able to hire other people. And what’s wrong with expecting our young people to be working part-time now? I mean, that’s how it used to be when I was growing up.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· FL· Mar 24, 2025

Why do we say we need to import foreigners, even import them illegally, when you know, teenagers used to work at these resorts, college students should be able to do this stuff.

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Angus King
@angusking· Independent · ME· Mar 24, 2025

This wasn’t just a casual mistake. This wasn’t a bunch of teenagers deciding what they were going to do on the weekend.

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