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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 2, 2020

America, we cannot afford four more years of Donald Trump.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 2, 2020

We have witnessed the greatest failure of a presidential administration in America's history.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 2, 2020

He looks straight into the cameras, at the American people, and lied about it. He covered it up.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 2, 2020

They know our power. They know when we vote things change. They know when we vote we win. So let's not let anyone take our power from us. We will not be sidelined. We will not be silenced. We know our power.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Nov 2, 2020

Your vote is your voice, and your voice is your power. And don't let anyone ever take your power from you. Now is the time to stand up. Now is the time to speak out. And now is the time to vote and vote like our lives depend on it because…

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Steve Simon
@stevesimon· MN· Nov 1, 2020

We want it to be as small as possible. And again, those are not just ballots. It is not just as called detached clinical thing. It is not a pile of paper. It is people's votes.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Oct 30, 2020

I do think that we need to demand of Congress and the next president that we have a voting rights legislation to make sure that all Americans, just like Coloradoans, have the access they deserve.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 30, 2020

So, today is the last day of early voting in Texas. We want to make sure we see it through, and then let's make sure on Election Day, everybody we know has made sure that their voice, their powerful voice is represented in this election…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 30, 2020

That which people died and sacrificed to get to us, has to be used between now and Tuesday to end the corruption, to end the incompetence, to put us in a better place.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 30, 2020

And you will tell them when they ask that you elected Joe Biden, the president of the United States.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 30, 2020

My final point is this. This moment will pass. It will pass.

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Jocelyn Benson
@jocelynbenson· MI· Oct 29, 2020

The idea of instilling fear in the heart of any voter right before they're about to cast their vote for the leader of the free world is antithetical to everything our democracy stands for.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 28, 2020

Our values reflect the values of America. Our values tell us we have witnessed the worst, the biggest disaster of any presidential administration in the history of this country. Our values tell us that we should not be in a moment where…

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Oct 23, 2020

We need national law to make sure that every American has access to exercise their constitutional right to vote.

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Jena Griswold
@jenagriswold· CO· Oct 23, 2020

Despite the obstacles, Americans are showing up to vote in record numbers.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 23, 2020

It's why Kamala Harris was here today. Among the place that she went to, Morehouse College, trying to push to get out the vote.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 23, 2020

The people of Georgia deserve to have a president who sees them, who cares about them. Georgia has been so hard hit by the pandemic. You're looking at, you know, almost -- nationally almost half of black businesses will be permanently…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 20, 2020

It is more than fair to say that Donald Trump has -- has exhibited a reckless disregard for human life.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 19, 2020

Justice is on the ballot in 2020. Economic justice is on the ballot in 2020. Criminal justice reform is on the ballot in 2020. Reproductive justice is on the ballot in 2020. Climate justice is on the ballot in 2020.

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 19, 2020

There is so much on the ballot in 2020. Justice is on the ballot in 2020. Economic Justice is on the ballot in 2020. Climate Justice is on the ballot in 2020. Health care justice is on the ballot in 2020. Reproductive justice is on the…

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Katherine Harris
@katherineharris· Republican · FL· Oct 18, 2020

Justice is on the ballot in 2020. Economic justice is on the ballot in 2020. Climate justice is on the ballot in 2020. Health care justice is on the ballot in 2020. Reproductive justice is on the ballot in 2020. Criminal justice reform is…

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