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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Aug 20, 2025

Confidence in government is paramount, and New Yorkers deserve to know if the City followed its own rules to prevent this deadly outbreak.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Aug 20, 2025

When we start purging agents for doing their jobs, instead of toeing a partisan line, we weaken our defense against everything from violent crime to foreign threats, and that makes us all less safe.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 20, 2025

That is specifically at the request of the president, who understands that in the hot temperatures down here when something is painted black it gets even warmer and it will make it even harder for people to climb. So we are going to be…

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 20, 2025

The border wall will look very different based on the topography and the geography of where it is built.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 20, 2025

It’s tall, which makes it very, very difficult to climb, almost impossible. It also goes deep into the ground, which would make it very difficult, if not impossible, to dig under. And today we are also going to be painting it black.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 20, 2025

Not only are we going to go from vanilla and chocolate, drumroll, we’re introducing strawberry.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 20, 2025

Thanks to Governor Pillen for his partnership to help remove the worst of the worst out of our country.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 20, 2025

For all those outside New York who think New York is just a bunch of skyscrapers, welcome to the rest of the state.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Aug 19, 2025

We can minimize (the Sliwa) vote, because he’ll never be a serious candidate.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 19, 2025

Temporarily. I still pay rent at an apartment in Navy Yard but had to leave there because the media put my address, my apartment, the logistics, where the windows were, and details out to the public and the threats were so much that…

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 19, 2025

That’s really the carelessness and the thoughtlessness and the heartlessness that the media operates in right now.

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Jim Pillen
@jimpillen· Republican · NE· Aug 19, 2025

I am pleased that our facility and team in McCook can be tasked with helping our federal partners protect our homeland by housing criminal illegal aliens roaming our country’s communities today.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 19, 2025

We’re living in times where the socialists and Hakeem Jeffries are supporting criminals and illegals and prioritizing them over Americans, and I will continue to get up every day and fight for President Trump’s policies because they put…

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Jim Pillen
@jimpillen· Republican · NE· Aug 19, 2025

Homeland security starts at home, and, just as when I twice deployed troops to secure our southern border during the failed Biden administration, Nebraska will continue to do its part.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 19, 2025

As Hurricane Erin passes the East Coast, I am asking all New Yorkers to prepare for the possibility of dangerous conditions along our beaches and coastal cities and towns.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 19, 2025

Thanks to Governor Pillen for his partnership to help remove the worst of the worst out of our country.

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