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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Dec 2, 2021

As significant as it is, as historic as it is, our bipartisan infrastructure law is part one of two. Part two of two is our Build Back Better Act.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Nov 30, 2021

Electing people who are trying to chip away at democracy as secretaries of state is like electing or putting in place an arsonist to oversee a Fire Department.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Nov 30, 2021

The misinformation, the lies have fueled real action. We`re seeing a three- part attack on elections.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 24, 2021

We feel the weight of grief. Ahmaud Arbery should be alive. Ahmaud Arbery was a son. He was a brother. He was a friend. His life had meaning. We will not forget him. We honor him best by continuing the fight for justice.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 24, 2021

These verdicts send an important message but the fact remains that we still have work to do that offense counsel chose to set a tone that casts the attendance of ministers at the trial as intimidation and dehumanize the young black man…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 24, 2021

The defense counsel chose to set a tone that cast the attendance of ministers of the trial's intimidation and dehumanized a young black man with racist tropes. The jury arrived at its verdict despite this tactics.

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· Nov 23, 2021

I`m committed to ensuring that these attacks on democracy are unsuccessful, both in 2022 and beyond.

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· Nov 23, 2021

In 2020, democracy ultimately prevailed. The will of the people was protected, because good people on both sides of the aisle did the right thing and they followed the truth and the facts and they stood up to the conspiracy theorists.

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· Nov 23, 2021

The sanctions awarded today, they send an important message that if you blatantly misuse your authority and abuse the legal system to manipulate the public into thinking that our elections are anything but safe and secure, you`ll face…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 19, 2021

The verdict really speaks for itself. As many of you know, I’ve spent a majority of my career working to make the criminal justice system more equitable and we have more work to do.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 19, 2021

I was disappointed in the verdict, and that the verdict speaks for itself that she’s worked, you know, she as a former prosecutor work to make criminal justice of the criminal justice system more fair, and equitable, and that it’s clear…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 19, 2021

Because of our work together, America is moving forward. And ultimately that is what infrastructure is all about.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 19, 2021

The verdict really speaks for itself. As many of you know, I spent the majority of my career working to make this criminal justice system more equitable. And, clearly, there is a lot more work to do.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 15, 2021

This bill, as significant as it is, as historic as it is, is part one of two.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 15, 2021

Now this bill as significant as it is, as historic as it is, is part one of two. To lower cost and cut taxes for working families, to tackle the climate crisis at its core, Congress must also pass the Build Back Better Act. The work of…

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

We are here because of the millions of Americans who believed that we could get this done. Well, we got it done, America.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Nov 10, 2021

I think that`s exactly what`s happening. And we`re seeing a lot of these threats focused on Democratic women, secretaries of the state.

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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· Nov 9, 2021

Oh, he asked me to recalculate or look. But we had facts on our side. We had the truth on our side. And that`s why I wrote 'Integrity Accounts,' to set the record straight.

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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· Nov 9, 2021

I will continue to fight hard for election integrity. But I think you need to elect officials that will have that -- walk by integrity, they will stay within the law, and they will also then stand for the Constitution.

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Al Schmidt
@alschmidt· PA· Nov 8, 2021

Yes. I think -- I think the concern that these same officials are replaced by people who don't want to count voters' votes, who want to discredit the results of the elections that they themselves are running.

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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· Nov 8, 2021

I absolutely understood president Trump to be threatening him on that call.

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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· Nov 7, 2021

At the end of the day, President Trump came up short, and that every allegation was never supported by the facts.

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