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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 6, 2025

If there’s conversations about Raise the Age, the legislative session is the time to do that, and I would certainly entertain conversations on every topic related to criminal justice.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 6, 2025

These public servants left the state to follow a legitimate and legal tactic to deny Republicans a quorum and stop this scheme in its tracks.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 6, 2025

Avoid arrest and self deport now using the @CBP Home App.

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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Aug 6, 2025

Texas House Democrats abandoned their duty to Texans.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 6, 2025

I’m tired of fighting this fight with my hand tied behind my back. With all due respect to the good government groups, politics is a political process.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 6, 2025

We’re not going to roll over. And we’re going to fight fire with fire.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 6, 2025

That era is over—Donald Trump eliminated it forever.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 6, 2025

COMING SOON to Indiana: The Speedway Slammer. Today, we’re announcing a new partnership with the state of Indiana to expand detention bed space by 1,000 beds.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 6, 2025

If you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in Indiana’s Speedway Slammer.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Aug 6, 2025

There is no room in the United States for the rest of the world’s terrorist sympathizers, and we are under no obligation to admit them or let them stay here.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 6, 2025

I’m not raising taxes at a time where affordability is the big issue. I don’t want to lose any more people to Palm Beach. We’ve lost enough … so let’s be smart about this.

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Gretchen Whitmer
@gretchenwhitmer· Democratic · MI· Aug 5, 2025

I've always said that I'll work with anyone to get things done for Michigan.

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Gretchen Whitmer
@gretchenwhitmer· Democratic · MI· Aug 5, 2025

This year alone, we've secured major, bipartisan wins including a new fighter mission at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Macomb County, funding to protect our Great Lakes from invasive carp, and federal disaster support for…

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Aug 5, 2025

I don’t think you’ve seen any state in the country work more closely with these federal agencies to fulfill a very key mission, a mandate from the American people after the 2024 election, to get this job done.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Aug 5, 2025

So, if you have an order to be removed, what is the possible objection to the federal government enforcing that removal order?

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Aug 5, 2025

If you don’t think those folks should be sent back, then you basically just want an open border.

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Greg Abbott
@gregabbott· Republican · TX· Aug 5, 2025

Real Texans don’t run from a fight.

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