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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Jun 7, 2021

If you want to deal with the effects of a problem, then you have to go to the core what is causing it.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Jun 7, 2021

We need to prioritize what`s happening at the border and we have to prioritize why people are going to the border.

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

The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our border.

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

Do not come. Do not come. The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our border.

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

The United States will continue to enforce our laws and secure our border.

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· Jun 1, 2021

There's been no accountability for the politicians who are connected to January 6 then tragedy in our U.S. Capitol, there's been no accountability for politicians who continue to spread the big lie.

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· Jun 1, 2021

What shows the connection between what happened after the 2020 election and what is continuing to escalate in new battle friends around the country in a new ways. And Anderson, I think it's really important to note, this is no longer about…

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· May 26, 2021

I believe everything we saw and endured and survived in 2020 will be back again in 2022 and in stronger forces in 2024 by those forces who sought to undermine democracy in 2020 will be back.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· May 25, 2021

We are waiting. We`re listening, we`re hearing the work is happening.

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

I commend them. I am in awe of their courage, their continuing courage. Their selflessness, I mean, truly selfness in the way they approached this, and George Floyd should be alive today. No question about that.

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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· May 23, 2021

I think what's happening here is that we won and they lost. It's as simple as that. They can't get over it. The votes have been certified. The election has been certified, so it's over.

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Brad Raffensperger
@bradraffensperger· GA· May 23, 2021

I made the same request of the Secretary of State and his representatives, if you have something, bring it to me, otherwise put up or shut up.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· May 21, 2021

Every American not only deserves the same, has a right to the same -- these are our constitutional rights we’re talking about.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· May 21, 2021

Republicans are trying to stack the deck against American voters to take power.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· May 21, 2021

We are facing a party who is trying to dismantle our democracy for their own corrupt wins. It’s un-American.

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

I have seen how hate can impede our progress. This bill brings us one step closer to stopping hate, not only for Asian Americans, but for all Americans.

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· May 20, 2021

Those who are trying to undermine democracy and who did so in the months immediately following the election have not stopped, indeed they have just escalated their effort. This is a nationally coordinated partisan and well-fund strategy…

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· May 18, 2021

The dismissal of the last of the lawsuits attempting to undermine democracy and furtherance of the big lie affirms that despite the intense scrutiny and an unprecedented misinformation campaign, the 2020 election was fair and secure and…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· May 11, 2021

But they are not going to stop. They are not going to stop. They are not. This is a movement, I am telling you. They are not going to stop, and everyone beware.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· May 7, 2021

Roughly 5 million women still can`t get work or still can`t work due to child care issues. Our American Families Plan will lower the cost of child care, making it possible for more women to work. When we lift up women, we lift up families…

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