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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 25, 2025

He’s militarizing American cities. This is Putin’s playbook. This is authoritarianism. It’s happening.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 25, 2025

This is existential, this moment. He’s trying to rig this one by literally shutting down mail-in voting. This is happening. Everyone, wake up.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 25, 2025

I said that what’s happening in L.A. and the federalization of the National Guard, sending of the United States military, the Marines—700 of them, 4,700 in total—is a preview of things to come across this country.

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Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Aug 24, 2025

I look forward to being your next mayor, next year.

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Zohran Mamdani
@zohranmamdani· Democratic · NY· Aug 24, 2025

It is such a pleasure to be here, and I want to say thank you to the organizers for celebrating what makes this community beautiful.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 24, 2025

64 vs 33. A lifetime of hard work vs. a silver spoon. The results speak for themselves.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 24, 2025

CANCEL THE ‘FOX NEWS STINKERS’ NOW! THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO STINK UP OUR AIRWAVES ANY LONGER! AND PLEASE NO MORE NEGATIVE ADS ABOUT ME!

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 24, 2025

NO PERSONALITY, NO TALENT, VERY LOW ENERGY. SHE DESPERATELY NEEDS ‘COACHING’ FROM CRAZY FATHER-IN-LAW!!!

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 24, 2025

THEY ARE VERY DISHONEST AND ALL THEY DO IS TRASH ME, GAVIN C. NEWSOM, AMERICA’S FAVORITE GOVERNOR.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 24, 2025

FOX (’EDITS THE TAPES’) NEWS MUST CANCEL THEIR WEEKEND STINKERS IMMEDIATELY!!!

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 22, 2025

This is a preview of things to come — if you think this is about California, you are fooling yourself.

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Brandon Johnson
@brandonjohnson· Democratic · IL· Aug 22, 2025

Certainly, we have grave concerns about the impact of any unlawful deployment of National Guard troops to the City of Chicago.

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Gavin Newsom
@gavinnewsom· Democratic · CA· Aug 22, 2025

There’s nothing normal about this. This should make everybody’s blood boil.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 22, 2025

We’ve come too far to go backwards.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 22, 2025

I’m not going to leave it to a person who put dangerous laws on the books that hurt us with cannabis to bail reform to 15,000 nursing homes deaths.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 22, 2025

I’m not going to leave this city to a beret-wearing carnival display.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 22, 2025

If you condemn someone without that process, it’s a slap in the face of what our Constitution stands for.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 22, 2025

The message that I am sending is due process, something we all believe in and makes our country, our country different than other places.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 22, 2025

Ingrid is like a sister to me. I love Ingrid. She’s worked with me for over forty years.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 22, 2025

Growing up in poverty, I know what it is to have someone promise me something that they can’t deliver on.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 22, 2025

The danger is not only him as a candidate, but his platform.

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Eric Adams
@ericadams· Democratic · NY· Aug 22, 2025

I think it’s the highest level of hypocrisy.

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