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Katie Hobbs
@katiehobbs· Democratic · AZ· Jul 14, 2025

I am calling on the federal government for a comprehensive and independent investigation into the management of the fire and a report detailing the decisions that led to this devastating outcome.

thehill.com
Katie Hobbs
@katiehobbs· Democratic · AZ· Jul 14, 2025

But Arizonans deserve answers for how this fire was allowed to decimate the Grand Canyon National Park.

thehill.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 14, 2025

Hope you enjoy your family time, [JD Vance]. The families you’re tearing apart certainly won’t.

huffpost.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 14, 2025

I wish they would have said that back during the Biden administration and back when the Democrats were in the White House when they were piling people on top of each other on cement floors and they didn’t have two feet to move. They never…

nypost.com
Katie Hobbs
@katiehobbs· Democratic · AZ· Jul 14, 2025

An incident of this magnitude demands intense oversight and scrutiny into the federal government’s emergency response.

nbcnews.com
Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Jul 14, 2025

In mid-September, we will determine which candidate is strongest against Mamdani and all other candidates will stand down, rather than act as spoilers and guarantee Mamdani's election.

usatoday.com
Kay Ivey
@kayivey· Republican · AL· Jul 14, 2025

If the Good Lord made you a boy, you're a boy. And if he made you a girl, you're a girl.

cnbc.com
Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Jul 14, 2025

Please pray for everyone affected by these senseless acts of violence, and let’s give thanks for the swift response by the Lexington Police Department and Kentucky State Police.

nbcnews.com
Brian Kemp
@briankemp· Republican · GA· Jul 14, 2025

They didn’t know what was in the bill, and we did, and we stood our ground, and we stood for our values of having secure, accessible, and fair elections in Georgia and making it easy to vote and hard to cheat, and they were just wrong on…

breitbart.com
Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 14, 2025

President Trump's signing the One Big Beautiful Bill is a win for law and order and the safety and security of the American people.

newsweek.com
Brian Kemp
@briankemp· Republican · GA· Jul 14, 2025

It’s really a tragedy it [pulling the game] ever happened. But, in some ways, it helped galvanize our state.

breitbart.com
Brian Kemp
@briankemp· Republican · GA· Jul 14, 2025

It’s good for the Braves organization. It’s good for all the vendors and small business people in and around the ballpark and in the city of Atlanta, up in Cobb County, and really for our whole state.

breitbart.com
Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Jul 14, 2025

all of us who love New York City must be united in running the strongest possible candidate against Zohran Mamdani in the November general election for mayor.

nbcnews.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 14, 2025

The President of the United States just called for the arrest of a sitting Governor. This is a day I hoped I would never see in America.

usatoday.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 14, 2025

I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican, this is a line we cannot cross as a nation — this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism.

usatoday.com