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Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Dec 8, 2025

The fear is, is if you regulate it, you slow it down. If you don't regulate it, you have people that could get hurt.

abcnews.go.com
Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Dec 8, 2025

The fact that people view institutions as incapable or unwilling to solve their problems is leading to hyper-frustration, which then creates anger.

theatlantic.com
Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Dec 8, 2025

I think what Democrats need to do is focus not so much on winning litmus tests but on winning elections.

theatlantic.com
Timothy Walz
@timothywalz· Democratic · MN· Dec 8, 2025

But demonizing an entire group of people by their race and their ethnicity? A very group of people who contribute to the vitality − economic, cultural − of this state, is something I hoped we'd never have to see.

usatoday.com
Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Dec 8, 2025

Wouldn’t you ask questions if someone was talking to you about forming a partnership and working together?

theatlantic.com
Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Dec 8, 2025

But I do respect his ability to communicate with these constituencies.

theatlantic.com
Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Dec 8, 2025

Democrats lost ground in some of these communities by failing to show up and failing to treat people with a level of respect that they deserve.

theatlantic.com
Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Dec 8, 2025

What this country is gonna need is someone who can actually heal and unify, and someone who can solve problems and get stuff done.

theatlantic.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Dec 8, 2025

We’re going to have the health-care debate in full view of the American public, and they’re going to see who’s standing up for them on affordability and who’s not.

theatlantic.com
Timothy Walz
@timothywalz· Democratic · MN· Dec 8, 2025

You commit crimes, you go to jail. Doesn't matter what your race is, what your ethnicity, religion.

usatoday.com
Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Dec 1, 2025

These are the wealthiest and most powerful companies in the history of the world, and they’re profiting off of destroying our kids and destroying our country, and they know it, and it’s very intentional.

politico.com
Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Dec 1, 2025

At some point we have to find an off-ramp, or else it’s going to get much worse.

politico.com