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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Jan 6, 2022

It's akin to electing someone, who's an arsonist, to oversee a fire department. It's very troubling.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Jan 6, 2022

In every swing state, where there's a Secretary of State race, in 2022, there is a Republican candidate, who is either, at the Insurrection, or lying about 2020, including, here in Colorado, where there are two Republicans running, who are…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Jan 6, 2022

Let`s be clear. We must pass voting rights bills that are now before the Senate. And the American people must also do something more. We cannot sit on the sidelines. We must unite in defense of our democracy.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Jan 6, 2022

What the extremists who roamed these halls targeted was not only the lives of elected leaders, what they sought to degrade and destroy was not only a building, hallowed as it is, what they were assaulting are the institutions, the values…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Dec 31, 2021

As of now, we have, had, as in past tense, lifted 40 percent of America`s children out of poverty.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Dec 28, 2021

It’s incumbent on all of us to really pay attention and demand more from elected officials, and make sure that we turn all these big liars into big losers in 2022.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Dec 28, 2021

What Senator Paul is doing is saying the quiet part loud. They don’t want certain people to vote.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Dec 28, 2021

We have to extend that. You don’t give up. That’s how we do it.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Dec 23, 2021

Six months ago, we launched a call to action for businesses to invest in Central America. Six months ago, 12 People were around this table. Today we have 77 partners who are here and virtually here, with 1300 more businesses, civil society…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Dec 20, 2021

No, I don`t feel -- I don`t have any personal feelings about this. This is about let`s get the job done.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Dec 17, 2021

Here`s the truth, and it`s a hard truth. Millions of people in our country, many of them children, are still exposed to lead every day. The action is to direct and coordinate the efforts of local state and federal partners to a single…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Dec 14, 2021

We have got to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. And we have got to pass the Freedom to Vote Act, because we need the tools to be able to fight against what these states are trying to do.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Dec 14, 2021

I think it's one of the most critical battles before us right now, is what we must do to protect the integrity of the right to vote.

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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· Dec 10, 2021

Now that the signature matching has been attacked again and again with no evidence, I feel we need to take steps to restore confidence in our elections.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Dec 9, 2021

We know that our democracy is not immune from threats. January 6th looms large in our collective conscience, and the anti-voter laws that many states have passed are part of an intentional effort to exclude Americans from participating in…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Dec 9, 2021

The status of women is the status of democracy in this country.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Dec 9, 2021

Here in the United States we know that our democracy is not immune from threats. January 6th looms large in our collective conscience. And the anti-voter laws that many states have passed are part of an intentional effort to exclude…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Dec 9, 2021

Democracy is presently under threat and for 15 years has been on the decline. Around the world, autocrats have become emboldened, human rights violations have multiplied, and corruption is undermining progress, and misinformation is…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Dec 6, 2021

Putin is acting today because he wants to reconstitute the Russia he knew.

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