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Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Aug 28, 2026

If government can’t do the small things, how could you ever trust it to do the big ones? How can we promise to transform our city if we can’t pave your street?

vox.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 28, 2026

California will not sit idle as Trump and his Republican lapdogs shred our country’s democracy before our very eyes.

foxnews.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 26, 2026

T. Rex Trump, devours you if you're not strong.

cbc.ca
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 26, 2026

His strength, clarity, conviction: Trump respects strength, he does not respect weakness.

cbc.ca
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 26, 2026

I'm the most un-Trump state in America.

cbc.ca
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 26, 2026

We do not in any way, shape or form condone the behaviour of this president as it relates to how he's treated you.

cbc.ca
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 26, 2026

I absolutely believe within a matter of days, I can't imagine more than two, three weeks, he'll be back at the table.

cbc.ca
Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Aug 26, 2026

Our stations do not just get hot, they turn into underground saunas.

theguardian.com
Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Aug 26, 2026

We would be making these stations cool again, and we’d be making what is old new again.

theguardian.com
Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Aug 26, 2026

What we can do is continue with our approach citywide of looking for ways to cut costs and cut the regulations that so many bodegueros, as well as grocery store owners, have to jump through in order to do their work.

foxnews.com
Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Aug 26, 2026

I’m confident in both the legality of this – that it will stand up in court – and the importance of delivering it.

foxnews.com
Pete Buttigieg
@petebuttigieg· Democratic · IN· Aug 26, 2026

I came to South Carolina to propose something about the country’s future.

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Quinton Lucas
@quintonlucas· MO· Aug 25, 2026

Great cities address issues in a number of different ways. And it doesn’t mean that you are not addressing issues by also continuing to grow your city, to build jobs, to bring more people to your city, to bring more investment to the whole…

missouriindependent.com
Quinton Lucas
@quintonlucas· MO· Aug 25, 2026

The Royals and Hallmark downtown will bring millions of people to our city core, build thousands of jobs in the heart of our region and will extend benefits to every corner of Kansas City and our area.

missouriindependent.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 25, 2026

The Supreme Court just let the Trump administration move ahead (for now) with its plan to disenfranchise voters across the country.

theguardian.com
Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 25, 2026

California will be suing AGAIN to block these Orwellian rules from being implemented.

theguardian.com
Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Aug 25, 2026

I very much oppose these proposed changes, by the current Brooklyn Democratic Party chair. I oppose them because they are an attempt to circumnavigate the will of voters.

foxnews.com
Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Aug 25, 2026

Mamdani is offering ‘free’ babysitting so they could turn your kids into socialists.

foxnews.com
Carlos Gimenez
@carlosgimenez· Republican · FL· Aug 25, 2026

I have seen socialism. I want no part of it. And hopefully the American people once they understand exactly what that brings and the price that you're going to pay because they lose your freedom, that they'll say we want no part of this.

foxnews.com
Carlos Gimenez
@carlosgimenez· Republican · FL· Aug 25, 2026

Why are they broke? Because they're incompetent. Why are incompetent? Because they are communists.

foxnews.com
Carlos Gimenez
@carlosgimenez· Republican · FL· Aug 25, 2026

These socialists … are actually using democracy to destroy democracy.

foxnews.com
Carlos Gimenez
@carlosgimenez· Republican · FL· Aug 25, 2026

I don't know what the heck she thought she was joining… Socialists [and] communists, deny what they are until they get into power.

foxnews.com
Michelle Wu
@michellewu· Democratic · MA· Aug 25, 2026

Were ICE to procure such resources, it would constitute an unprovoked and unwarranted escalation, creating potentially significant risks to public safety and halting economic activity across our entire region.

foxnews.com