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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 31, 2022

There's going to be serious consequence for Vladimir Putin and Russian aggression as it relates to Ukraine.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 31, 2022

We cannot expect people to knock on our door, to have to come to us in order for us to be responsive to their needs.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 31, 2022

I definitely think that the court needs to take a critical look at its rules around ethics.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 31, 2022

I experienced great joy when I watched this brilliant, phenomenal black woman jurist be so smart and just cut through the political gamesmanship that they were attempting to incite.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 31, 2022

Not one Republican voted for the American Rescue Plan, which brought $1,400 checks to people when they needed it most, when we had millions of people out of work through no fault of their own.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 31, 2022

So, yes, the sanctions are going to be severe, and they will last as long as these atrocities and this aggression is continuing.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 31, 2022

The reason I`m here is because there are people here who matter, right? And when you look at a place like Greenville, Mississippi, with a population of about 30,000 people, we`re talking about families. We`re talking about children. We`re…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 31, 2022

We need to get those passed, because, after 2013, in Shelby v. Holder, when the Voting Rights Act was gutted, essentially, we need to put back in place those protections.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 31, 2022

I believe that we are stronger than any of these attempts to undermine us as a nation in terms of our democracy. But I do believe our democracy is being tested.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 31, 2022

I think that you framed the point quite accurately and well, which is America`s policy has been and will continue to be focused on the real issue at hand, which is, one, the needs of the Ukrainian people, which we will continue to support…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 31, 2022

There should be accountability. In terms of elected leaders, to the extent that they were complicit in a crime, of course, there should be some kind of response to that. But also, there should be a -- I think a continuing discussion about…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 30, 2022

Finding ever more creative ways to slime the reputation of one of the most qualified Supreme Court nominees ever, Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 30, 2022

The Republican Party is preparing a midterm campaign to terrify Americans into thinking their kids are being taught Critical Race Theory in kindergarten.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 30, 2022

Vladimir Putin's army continues its terror campaign against Ukrainian civilians.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 28, 2022

Today, we are gathered to do unfinished business, to acknowledge the horror in this part of our history.

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

The purpose of the sanctions has always been and continues to be deterrence.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 11, 2022

I`ll say it again. We are clear that any intentional attack or targeting of civilians is a war crime. Period.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 10, 2022

Any intentional attack on innocent civilians is a violation.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Mar 10, 2022

Absolutely there should be an investigation, and we should all be watching, and I have no question the eyes of the world are on this war and what Russia has done in terms of this aggression and these atrocities. No doubt.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Feb 18, 2022

What we`re seeing in the states is a massive swelling of voter suppression that many of these candidates are pushing.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Feb 18, 2022

You deconstruct the administrative state by having people run for offices they want to destroy.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Feb 18, 2022

I think my opponent, Tina Peters, is a danger to Colorado elections. She`s completely unfit.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Feb 18, 2022

We remain, of course, open to and desirous of diplomacy as it relates to the dialogues and discussions we`ve had with Russia, but we are also committed if Russia takes oppressive action to ensuring there will be severe consequence in terms…

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