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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jan 10, 2026

We are powerful. We have the strongest military on Earth, and we can run any country we want.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jan 10, 2026

You know, maybe following Trump is like Thelma and Louise — right over the cliff.

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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Jan 10, 2026

A lot of people said it was a dark day for democracy.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Jan 10, 2026

I do not see military action being an option.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jan 10, 2026

There’s really no explanation for how American interests are changed at all with a Rodríguez administration that right now seems to be intent on carrying through and carrying forward the policies of Nicolás Maduro.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jan 10, 2026

long past time for Congress to reassert its critical constitutional role in matters of war, peace, diplomacy and trade.

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Jan 10, 2026

It's so important we be honest with the American people about what happened.

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Lisa Murkowski
@lisamurkowski· Republican · AK· Jan 10, 2026

The videos I've seen from Minneapolis yesterday are deeply disturbing

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jan 10, 2026

Only Congress can declare war — or in the modern phrase contained in the 1973 War Powers Resolution, authorize the use of military force in hostilities.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jan 10, 2026

Where will this go next? Will the President deploy our troops to protect Iranian protesters? To enforce the fragile ceasefire in Gaza? To battle terrorists in Nigeria? To seize Greenland or the Panama Canal? To suppress Americans peacefully assembling to protest his policies? Trump has threatened to do all this and more and sees no need to seek legal authorization from people’s elected legislature before putting servicemembers at risk.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Jan 10, 2026

Public sentiment in terms of how Trump is behaving as president and what he’s doing as president keeps sinking and sinking and sinking.

nytimes.com
Mitch McConnell
@mitchmcconnell· Republican · KY· Jan 10, 2026

Threats and intimidation by U.S. officials over American ownership of Greenland are as unseemly as they are counterproductive.

latimes.com
Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Jan 10, 2026

I certainly was among those who, 12 months ago or six months ago, dismissed his talk of taking over Greenland as an intentional distraction.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Jan 10, 2026

I don’t see military action being an option there.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jan 2, 2026

That America, our great country, must belong to all of us, not just a few. And that lesson begins today in New York City.

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