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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jan 10, 2026

Mr. Miller gave a very good definition of imperialism.

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Henry Johnson
@henryjohnson· Republican · LA· Jan 10, 2026

U.S. military action against Denmark in Greenland would not be appropriate.

latimes.com
Thomas Massie
@thomasmassie· Republican · KY· Jan 10, 2026

there was some bully pulpit intimidation going on

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Henry Johnson
@henryjohnson· Republican · LA· Jan 10, 2026

We are not at war. We do not have U.S. armed forces in Venezuela, and we are not occupying that country.

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Henry Johnson
@henryjohnson· Republican · LA· Jan 10, 2026

The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war — that is true — but it also vests the president of the United States with vast authorities as commander in chief.

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Daniel Meuser
@danielmeuser· Republican · PA· Jan 10, 2026

Things are still being hashed out. There's always the details -- the so-called devil's in the details, or maybe the angel's in the details

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Henry Johnson
@henryjohnson· Republican · LA· Jan 10, 2026

Look, I can tell you, as speaker of the House, as the person who's in charge of defending Article I powers, I'm just going to insist to you that those have not been traversed in any way by what happened here.

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Henry Johnson
@henryjohnson· Republican · LA· Jan 10, 2026

I don't think anybody's seriously considering that. And in the Congress, we're certainly not.

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Jim Himes
@jimhimes· Democratic · CT· Jan 10, 2026

My God, we’re the United States of America, right? We care — or at least we used to care — about democratic norms.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jan 10, 2026

We are powerful. We have the strongest military on Earth, and we can run any country we want.

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Vicente Gonzalez
@vicentegonzalez· Democratic · TX· Jan 10, 2026

I'm not completely against deportations, but the way they're handling it is a real disgrace

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Timothy Walz
@timothywalz· Democratic · MN· Jan 10, 2026

We’ve been warning for weeks that the Trump administration’s dangerous, sensationalized operations are a threat to our public safety, that someone was going to get hurt. Just yesterday, I said exactly that.

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Timothy Walz
@timothywalz· Democratic · MN· Jan 10, 2026

ensure there is a full, fair, and expeditious investigation to ensure accountability and justice.

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Timothy Walz
@timothywalz· Democratic · MN· Jan 10, 2026

Donald Trump and his allies – in Washington, in St Paul and online – want to make our state a colder, meaner place.

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