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Democrats don't have a day to waste in unifying around that shared goal.

Donald Trump’s attacks on our democracy are only accelerating, and the best way that I can serve our state and country at this moment is by focusing exclusively on my role as Secretary of State.

I think we have to trust but verify.

I want to understand if they're doing this again, and if so, how are they proceeding? What are the targets? Are they in fact going after people with criminal records?

The single idea from Graham Platner that spoke most deeply to me is that he's right, the democracy that we thought we had has been deeply corrupted by those in power in Washington, the billionaires and the massive corporations.

Nobody deserves to get shot and killed in the streets when their three-year-old daughter is still in her pajamas.

I agree with Platner’s description that democracy in the U.S. has been corrupted by those in power.

I’ll do my homework.

Any information from the Intelligence Community should be independent of political consideration. Analytic assessments must not be distorted by or shaped by advocacy of a particular audience or policy viewpoint.

It’s always a tragedy when someone is killed.

The democracy that we thought we had has been deeply corrupted by those in power in Washington.

I know him from working with him in the Senate before he became secretary. I have no reason to think that he's not telling me the truth. But my motto, as with Ronald Reagan, is trust but verify.

One of your qualifications is to tell the truth to power and you will not answer reasonable questions.

There's been some discussion earlier about the importance of analytical integrity. Telling truth to power.

“I believe that all of us must avoid that kind of dangerous and disturbing rhetoric, because it could in fact trigger violence,” Collins added.

“It’s appalling to me that some of the rhetoric is coming from public officials on both sides of the aisle who should know better than to levy personal and political attacks against the judiciary and the court specifically,” Collins said.

Overheated language” about the justices “could in fact trigger violence.

But to be fair to the Department of Homeland Security, they couldn’t enter into contracts when the government was shut down by the Democrats.