He doesn’t even know. He said the Pentagon should do it. Wake up, Mr. President. I know he may have jet lag. It’s the Department of Energy. He doesn’t even know which agency is responsible for that.
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U.S. Lieutenant Governors
Quotes from current and former U.S. state lieutenant governors.
Current lieutenant governors
ALWill AinsworthAlabama
NVStavros AnthonyNevada6 Quotes
INMicah BeckwithIndiana1 Quote
IDScott BedkeIdaho7 Quotes
CTSusan BysiewiczConnecticut10 Quotes
NJDale CaldwellNew Jersey1 Quote
KYJacqueline ColemanKentucky4 Quotes
FLJay CollinsFlorida13 Quotes
IAChris CournoyerIowa2 Quotes
AKNancy DahlstromAlaska4 Quotes
PAAustin DavisPennsylvania
NYAntonio DelgadoNew York84 Quotes
MAKim DriscollMassachusetts
SCPamela EvetteSouth Carolina11 Quotes
MNPeggy FlanaganMinnesota52 Quotes
DEKyle Evans GayDelaware
MIGarlin GilchristMichigan18 Quotes
VAGhazala HashmiVirginia7 Quotes
WADennis HeckWashington114 Quotes
UTDeidre HendersonUtah16 Quotes
MSDelbert HosemannMississippi
NCRachel HuntNorth Carolina
GABurt JonesGeorgia14 Quotes
MTKristen JurasMontana7 Quotes
CAEleni KounalakisCalifornia
HISylvia LukeHawaii1 Quote
RISabina MatosRhode Island2 Quotes
TNRandy McNallyTennessee
MDAruna MillerMaryland7 Quotes
NMHowie MoralesNew Mexico
LABilly NungesserLouisiana98 Quotes
TXDan PatrickTexas52 Quotes
OKMatt PinnellOklahoma
CODianne PrimaveraColorado
ARLeslie RutledgeArkansas1 Quote
ILJuliana StrattonIllinois1 Quote
NDMichelle StrindenNorth Dakota1 Quote
KSDavid TolandKansas
OHJim TresselOhio1 Quote
MODavid WasingerMissouri
Former lieutenant governors
Look, this is weakness masquerading in strength. This is classic Trump and Trumpism. This guy is historically weak, and these are acts of a weak person that is trying to appear strong.
The state budget would fully fund the $68.4 billion plan.
We’re not going to do those extraordinary measures like bringing back the legislature or taxes on people to make up for the federal government’s failure.
My message to Republicans in Washington: get back to work, restore the healthcare premiums, turn the federal government back on and start feeding hungry Americans once again.
We’re not going to be passive observers to this.
To ensure New Yorkers do not go hungry this holiday season.
This is serious, this is urgent — and requires immediate action.
Some people think now we have to double down on those things or we must become more progressive or more extreme.
I am fast tracking $30 million in emergency food assistance funds to help keep food pantries stocked.
The impacts in their states, ironically, are disproportionate.
The narrative is going to shift: Democrats are finally now no longer on their back heels, they’re on their toes.
This is temporary, it’s transparent and it’s democratic.
They’re doing it as part of an intimidation strategy. They’re trying to suppress the vote.
Right now, our city and our state and our country are under attack by Donald Trump and our Republicans in Washington.
I’ve got one plea for you. I love to see this energy and this passion. ... But take that energy, that passion, and take it into ’26 so that we can take back the House of Representatives, so we can take back the Senate, and we can take back…
I think the biggest challenge for anyone who runs for any office is people see right through you.
I think it’s about our democracy. It’s about the future of this republic.
The idea that a guy who got 960 on his SAT, that still struggles to read scripts, that was always in the back of the classroom – the idea that you even throw that out is, in and of itself, extraordinary.
We've got a crisis in this country besides the crisis that we've discussed around the future of this republic.





