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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Sep 23, 2025

It was cryptic and it was really menacing.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 23, 2025

Every resident will have access to the COVID vaccine, no exceptions.

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Sep 21, 2025

We've got to universally condemn political violence, no matter where it is, whether it's against Charlie Kirk or someone else. It is not OK. We all have to work together to condemn it. We've got to find our better angels.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 21, 2025

While no injuries have been reported, any act of violence toward journalists is an attack on our democracy itself and must be condemned in the strongest terms.

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Sep 21, 2025

I think we will have a leader when we go through what I presume will be a necessary, a good and a productive, robust fight for the nomination in, you know, 2027, 2028.

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Sep 21, 2025

I don’t think there’s any question that you’ve got to fight fire with fire. You’ve got to fight back here.

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Sep 21, 2025

I think we're at an inflection point as a nation, and I think we can go in a number of different ways. I hope we go the direction of healing, of bringing people together, of trying to find our commonalities, not just focus on our…

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Sep 21, 2025

The answer to debate and speech that you don't like is not violence or taking someone's life. It's more speech, it's more debate, it's more engagement, and that's what we need more of in our communities.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2025

To ICE, [which is] unmasked. What are you afraid of.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2025

No family should ever have to carry that weight. California is choosing true public safety.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2025

I have sat with mothers who are afraid to send their children to school, and with farmworker families who live every day with the fear of being torn apart.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2025

There’s an assertion that somehow there is an exponential increase in assaults on officers, but they will not provide the data.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2025

Our places of learning and healing must never be turned into the hunting grounds this federal administration has tried to make them out to be.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2025

We celebrate that diversity. It’s what makes California great. It’s what makes America great. It is under assault.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2025

The impact of these policies all across this city, our state and nation are terrifying.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Sep 20, 2025

It’s like a dystopian sci-fi movie. Unmarked cars, people in masks, people quite literally disappearing.

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