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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.

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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…

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 14, 2025

incredibly important to make sure we get these worst of the worst out of our country

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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.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Jul 14, 2025

Hope you enjoy your family time, @JDVance. The families you’re tearing apart certainly won’t.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Jul 14, 2025

Every day I’m going to be hitting the streets, meeting you where you are, to hear the good and the bad, problems and solutions, because for the next few months it’s my responsibility to earn your vote. So let’s do this.

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Andrew Cuomo
@andrewcuomo· Democratic · NY· Jul 14, 2025

We need a city with lower rent, safer streets, where buying your first home is once again possible, where childcare won't bankrupt you

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

We should be there to support. We shouldn't be making the decisions.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

It needs to be redeployed, in a new way, and that’s what we did during this response.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

It’s not just FEMA that can respond in these situations because the federal government has all kinds of assets, and we deployed them.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

The president recognises that FEMA should not exist in the way that it always has been.

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Rick Scott
@rickscott· Republican · FL· Jul 13, 2025

We’re not going to do that in Florida.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Jul 13, 2025

What I’m doing right now is trying to be a reasonable voice out there that hopefully doesn’t just bring Democrats back together, but Democrats, Republicans and independents.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

These contracts were in place, and those people were in those call centers, and they were picking up the phone and answering these calls from these individuals.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Republican · SD· Jul 13, 2025

It needs to be redeployed in a new way, and that’s what we did during this response.

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Andy Beshear
@andybeshear· Democratic · KY· Jul 13, 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.

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