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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Jul 18, 2025

I’m willing to do Blanding once Alligator Alcatraz is filled, and so DHS has started moving in a significant number of people.

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Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Jul 18, 2025

These are folks — and a lot of them have of criminal records. But that’s what’s happening here, and I think it’s been very effective now.

breitbart.com
Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Jul 18, 2025

Have you ever seen these Democrats in Florida fight this hard for you as an American citizen?

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 18, 2025

What you saw happen in Texas was much more how FEMA will look in the future. It won’t look like the response to [Hurricane] Katrina, or the response to even [Hurricane] Helene, and what happened in North Carolina, where people waited weeks…

newrepublic.com
Ron DeSantis
@rondesantis· Republican · FL· Jul 18, 2025

But what I don’t want to do is set up Blanding, if, you know, one is 60 percent full and then the other is 40 percent [full].

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Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Jul 18, 2025

In order for me to support this legislation, we had to find a way to continue support for these radio stations which offer potentially life saving information in some of the most rural parts of our nation.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 18, 2025

We can sit on the sidelines and talk about the way the world should be, or we could recognize the existential nature that is this moment

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 17, 2025

Oh thank God! I’ve totally forgotten about the Epstein files now!

huffpost.com
Phil Murphy
@philmurphy· Democratic · NJ· Jul 17, 2025

I have been briefed on a lightning strike tonight at an outdoor archery range in Jackson. At this time, we have at least one fatality and multiple injuries.

nypost.com
Doug Burgum
@dougburgum· Republican · ND· Jul 17, 2025

In @POTUS’ America, law and order will be fully enforced, and today’s visit to Alcatraz with @AGPamBondi marked a powerful step toward ensuring dangerous criminals are held accountable and Americans remain safe.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Jul 17, 2025

When we deliver and make people’s lives better, they’re willing to vote in different ways. They’re willing to support different people, and that’s where we’ve got to be.

nbcnews.com
Phil Murphy
@philmurphy· Democratic · NJ· Jul 17, 2025

All injured have been transported by first responders. Please pray for everyone involved in this tragic incident.

usatoday.com
Doug Burgum
@dougburgum· Republican · ND· Jul 17, 2025

Alcatraz is the brand known around the world for being effective at housing people that are in incarceration.

nypost.com
Doug Burgum
@dougburgum· Republican · ND· Jul 17, 2025

start the work to renovate and reopen the site to house the most dangerous criminals and illegals

huffpost.com