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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 6, 2025

I’m not raising taxes at a time where affordability is the big issue. I don’t want to lose any more people to Palm Beach. We’ve lost enough … so let’s be smart about this.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 6, 2025

That era is over—Donald Trump eliminated it forever.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 6, 2025

I’m tired of fighting this fight with my hand tied behind my back. With all due respect to the good government groups, politics is a political process.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 6, 2025

The money that was allocated for programs as alternatives has not gotten out fast enough.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 6, 2025

If there’s conversations about Raise the Age, the legislative session is the time to do that, and I would certainly entertain conversations on every topic related to criminal justice.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 6, 2025

That whole case they built to show society that there will be justice for victims is turned upside down on its head, and there was no justice for victims. So, my goal is to stop this.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 6, 2025

This is a war. We are at war. That’s why the gloves are off, and I say, bring it on.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 6, 2025

If Republicans are willing to rewrite these rules to give themselves an advantage, then they’re leaving us no choice. We must do the same.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 6, 2025

These public servants left the state to follow a legitimate and legal tactic to deny Republicans a quorum and stop this scheme in its tracks.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 6, 2025

What Texas is doing isn’t a clever strategy, it’s political arson — torching our democracy to cling to power.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 6, 2025

We’re not going to roll over. And we’re going to fight fire with fire.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 5, 2025

We will offer them the opportunity to make judgments for themselves, again, only if Texas moves forward.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 4, 2025

I'm exploring with our leaders every option to redraw our state congressional lines as soon as possible

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 4, 2025

If Republicans are willing to rewrite these rules to give themselves an advantage, then they're leaving us no choice, we must do the same.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 4, 2025

We're not going to tolerate our democracy being stolen in a modern day stagecoach heist by a bunch of law breaking cowboys.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 4, 2025

To subvert the will of the people, they’re hellbent on rigging the system. Rigging the system is un-American.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 4, 2025

Saving democracy is my top priority at any cost.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 4, 2025

If that’s what’s called for, that’s what’s called for.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 4, 2025

This is war. We are at war. And that’s why the gloves are off and I say, bring it on.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 3, 2025

I don’t want anyone who worked so hard, who put their heart and soul into their business to be subjected to something for a bureaucratic screwup with real life consequences.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 3, 2025

I’m going to stand up for them. Will find a path forward. Don’t worry.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 3, 2025

Why do we even allow these weapons of mass destruction to be sold anywhere in America? Other countries have completely banned them.

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Kathy Hochul
@kathyhochul· Democratic · NY· Aug 3, 2025

It’s pathetic and especially in the time when we’re a city that’s in mourning, to be taking cheap shots and trying to infer that he had something to do with this.

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