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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2025

It should end today. Return the hostages, end the violence. Today. I think it should have been over months ago. It is horrific.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Sep 17, 2025

ICE has received more than 150,000 applications from patriotic Americans who want to defend the homeland by removing the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens from the U.S.

nypost.com
Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 16, 2025

It’s not theoretical,” he said.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 16, 2025

I just want to remind people that we still have the death penalty in the state of Utah.

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Spencer Cox
@spencercox· Republican · UT· Sep 16, 2025

To whoever did this, we will find you. We will try you, and we will hold you accountable to the furthest extent of the law.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 16, 2025

Republicans can “vote with your constituents or vote with President Trump,”

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 16, 2025

now it’s real,” when the tariffs hadn’t been implemented yet last spring.

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Sep 15, 2025

No one party is immune from political violence.

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Sep 15, 2025

Violence transcends party lines — and the way to address it and have true peaceful debate is for leaders to speak and act with moral clarity. That needs to start with the President.

thehill.com
Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Sep 15, 2025

Using the rhetoric of rage and calling some of our fellow Americans ‘scum’ — no matter how profound our differences — only creates more division and makes it harder to heal.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 15, 2025

In the past few months, I’ve had frank conversations with him.

nbcnews.com
Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 15, 2025

In the past few months, I’ve had frank conversations with him.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 15, 2025

Zohran Mamdani and I will both be fearless in confronting the president’s extreme agenda — with urgency, conviction, and the defiance that defines New York.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 15, 2025

I look forward to working together to make sure New Yorkers of all faiths feel safe and welcome in New York City.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 15, 2025

We've had our disagreements. But in our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my commitment to a New York where children can grow up safe in their neighborhoods and where opportunity is within reach for every family.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Sep 15, 2025

In the past few months, I've had frank conversations with him.

nbcnews.com