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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Jul 8, 2025

Minutes before, there were more than 20 kids playing — then, the MILITARY comes through. The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW. Absolutely outrageous.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Jul 8, 2025

It is outrageous and un-American that we have federal armed vehicles in our parks when nothing is going on in the parks.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Jul 8, 2025

I walked over to him and I hugged him and said, 'Do you work here?'

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Andy Barr
@andybarr· Republican · KY· Jul 8, 2025

Some of these ‘nativists,’ frankly, are directly at odds with the agriculture sector in Kentucky. We are a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws.

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Mary E Miller
@maryemiller· Republican · IL· Jul 8, 2025

Last time I checked, the Constitution gives Congress, not activist judges, the power of the purse. This abuse of power must be stopped.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Jul 8, 2025

I believe PreCheck will still be something many travelers will want to utilize.

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Rob Garcia
@robgarcia· Democratic · KS· Jul 8, 2025

The Trump-appointed Supreme Court just surrendered to a dangerous vision for America, letting the administration gut federal agencies by firing expert civil servants.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Jul 8, 2025

I met some of the children who had to leave the park today because of a military-style operation designed to strike fear in the heart of our city today. We will not be afraid and we will not be divided. We will stand TOGETHER.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Jul 7, 2025

President Trump has done worse than Biden [on Ukraine], and I’m embarrassed to say that.

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Jeff Van Drew
@jeffvandrew· Republican · NJ· Jul 7, 2025

No, I think that it’s possible. The point being that it is being done slowly.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jul 7, 2025

To honor the lives of those lost, we have a responsibility to the American people to determine whether preventable failures contributed to this tragedy — and to ensure that it never happens again.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Jul 7, 2025

The SECOND I heard about this, I went to the park to speak to the person in charge to tell them it needed to end NOW. Absolutely outrageous.

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Jul 7, 2025

It looks like there’s a meltdown going on.

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Karen Bass
@karenbass· Democratic · CA· Jul 7, 2025

We need these federal agents off our streets. End the raids NOW.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Jul 7, 2025

There have to be consequences to these votes, and we have to decide if this is just a joke or just for TV, or if this is our real lives. And I hope people vote like it’s our real life.

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Kristi Noem
@kristinoem· Jul 7, 2025

Temporary Protected Status, as the name itself makes clear, is an inherently temporary status.

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