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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· Sep 10, 2023

Let the people decide. It's the way it should happen. I think not to let people have that vote taken away is really un-American.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Sep 6, 2023

Americans have decided time and time again at the ballot box that they choose democracy over chaos.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Sep 6, 2023

I do believe that Donald Trump incited the insurrection. I do believe he has been attacking American democracy in an attempt to steal American elections.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Sep 6, 2023

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment says that if anybody swears to uphold the Constitution, they are disqualified from office if they subsequently engage in rebellion or insurrection, or provide aid or comfort to the enemies of the…

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· Jul 17, 2023

We need to be very clear going into the 2024 election cycle that any attempts to overturn a subsequent election result people disagree with, though accurate... will be met with consequences, and serious ones at that.

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· Jul 17, 2023

It's not OK for you, for anyone to try to block the will of the people from coming to fruition in any election regardless of the winner.

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· Jul 17, 2023

I think it's -- one, I'm very pleased to see these charges brought because this was far more than just a ceremonial attempt. This was an actual actionable effort to undermine the will of the voters, one that we fought at the time…

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Frank LaRose
@franklarose· OH· Jul 4, 2023

This is a hundred percent about keeping a radical pro-abortion amendment out of our constitution the left wants to jam it in there this coming November.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Apr 15, 2023

They attack medication that for 20 years the FDA ruled as being safe.

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Frank LaRose
@franklarose· OH· Mar 9, 2023

Federal elections, of course, are the foundation of our democratic republic.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 18, 2023

We had Vice President Harris in her speech at Munich mimicking that same language, warning China not to provide that lethal aid.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 18, 2023

Gruesome acts of murder, torture, rape and deportation. We have examined the evidence. We know the legal standards.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 4, 2023

We demand that Congress pass the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Dec 24, 2022

The president has been very clear that he intends to run again. And if he does, I will be running with him.

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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· Dec 18, 2022

The numbers are the numbers. The numbers don't lie. We had many allegations, and we investigated every single one of them.

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Al Schmidt
@alschmidt· PA· Oct 22, 2022

It's important that we, we stand up against these lies and that we not surrender the Republican Party.

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