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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 5, 2026

If they are a threat in any way to any person in America, they need to leave. But if they are leading good lives, doing the best they can for them and their families, give them a chance.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Aug 5, 2026

In the name of humanity, for God’s sake, don’t send these people back to an island which we have already declared is too dangerous for any American to visit.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Aug 5, 2026

For all his bluster about meritocracy, Pete Hegseth continues to find slimy ways to push out warriors who have earned their right to serve.

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Tammy Duckworth
@tammyduckworth· Democratic · IL· Aug 5, 2026

Far too often, roads that need repaving and transportation facilities that need revamping are left unfixed because states and towns don’t have the funding they need.

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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Aug 5, 2026

Senators who vote for Blanche are voting for an Attorney General who will attack abortion rights in EVERY state.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 5, 2026

Selling access to his market-moving social media posts is just one example of the brazen corruption we’ve seen coming out of the Oval Office—and I am fighting back to put a stop to it,

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 5, 2026

This is out in the open—Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in American history. Despite already being the richest president in history, President Trump’s number one priority in office is to make himself richer while everyday…

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Aug 5, 2026

Americans deserve a government that works for them, not one that’s for sale to hedge funds and Wall Street banks.

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Kamala Harris
@kamalaharris· Democratic · CA· Aug 5, 2026

We need to revisit, if they so want, statehood for Puerto Rico and D.C.

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Kamala Harris
@kamalaharris· Democratic · CA· Aug 5, 2026

It means being ruthless. They are ruthless. We need to be ruthless, too.

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Kamala Harris
@kamalaharris· Democratic · CA· Aug 5, 2026

Registering folks to vote and having an agenda that is about turning out the vote in the greatest numbers we have ever seen so that in this environment where they are cheating, we will be too big to rig.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@alexandriaocasiocortez· Democratic · NY· Aug 5, 2026

Billionaires and AIPAC are spending $50 million to stop Abdul, but they can’t stop a movement.

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James Carville
@jamescarville· Democratic · LA· Aug 5, 2026

I am not going to be in the same party with Hasan Piker, I can tell you that right now. If he becomes a force in a Democratic Party, I’m out of here. I have no intention of ever being in the political party with that guy.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Aug 5, 2026

The National Guard are not pawns and taxpayer dollars are not a piggy bank for Trump’s political stunts.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Aug 5, 2026

While American families are getting flattened by skyrocketing costs, Donald Trump is spending $1.4 billion to keep troops on the streets in Washington for years on end.

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Wes Moore
@wesmoore· Democratic · MD· Aug 5, 2026

Maryland will not be caught flat-footed while Republicans engage in political redlining that guts decades of progress that the generations before us fought for.

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