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Tony Evers
@tonyevers· Democratic · WI· Jul 24, 2025

I promised you when I ran for this office that I'd always work to do the right thing, that I'd always give it to you straight, and that I'd always try to be a governor for all of Wisconsin.

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Josh Shapiro
@joshshapiro· Democratic · PA· Jul 24, 2025

You have to speak and act with moral clarity, and when supporters of yours say things that are blatantly antisemitic, you can’t leave room for that to just sit there.

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Tony Evers
@tonyevers· Democratic · WI· Jul 24, 2025

For five decades, my family has sacrificed to give me the gift of service. They’re my world, and I owe it to them to focus on doing all the things we enjoy and love doing together. It’s why, Wisconsin, I’m announcing that I will not be…

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Jul 24, 2025

I know more than anyone, our work is always far from done when it comes to protecting people because one crime, one shooting, one murder is one too many.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 24, 2025

The Mexican government’s unfair targeting of Vulcan Materials Company, a U.S.-based company that employs over 1,000 people in Virginia, is harmful to the relationship between our two countries and severely undermines investor confidence.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Jul 24, 2025

Releasing this so-called report is just another reckless act by a Director of National Intelligence so desperate to please Donald Trump that she is willing to risk classified sources, betray our allies, and politicize the very intelligence…

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Tony Evers
@tonyevers· Democratic · WI· Jul 24, 2025

I'm humbled to be your governor. This is the best job I ever had.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Jul 24, 2025

It seems as though the Trump administration is willing to declassify anything and everything except the Epstein files.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Jul 23, 2025

It’s not a prison. It’s a deportation processing center. So it is different.

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

He’s a horrible human being and a monster, and he should never be released free.

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

When I look at what Mayor Adams has done to New York City, it breaks my heart to see the families that have suffered because of his policies.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Jul 23, 2025

And they were mad that the ham sandwiches weren’t toasted.

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

There’s absolutely zero reason that someone who is scum of the earth like this should be running loose on the streets of New York City.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Jul 23, 2025

They’re making these claims, and they’re saying, ‘Oh, they’re not — they’re not fed,'

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Jul 23, 2025

First of all, they’re fed the same that the staff is fed.

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

Make no mistake, this officer is in the hospital today, fighting for his life, because of the policies of the mayor of the city and the city council and the people that were in charge of keeping the public safe refused to do so.

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