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Josh Hawley
@joshhawley· Republican · MO· Oct 7, 2025

What I care about is that people in my state are not going to be able to, for farmers, get loans; if they want to get onto Medicare, they’re not going to be able to do it.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 7, 2025

It’ll be substantial, and a lot of those jobs will never come back.

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Mike Braun
@mikebraun· Republican · IN· Oct 7, 2025

If one deleted tweet finally gets (Mears) to start paying attention to the violent crime epidemic in our capital city, putting violent criminals behind bars, and keeping Indianapolis safe then I will start deleting more tweets!

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 7, 2025

There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of, and we’ll take care of them in a different way.

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Josh Hawley
@joshhawley· Republican · MO· Oct 7, 2025

I’m willing to consider various reforms, but I think we have to do something.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Oct 7, 2025

After five failed votes, it should be clear to Republicans that we cannot go forward unless they sit down and seriously negotiate with Democrats to address the health care crisis. It’s that simple.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 7, 2025

'We’re also restoring a needed focus on defeating threats in the Western Hemisphere,' Trump told the officers.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 7, 2025

'If it’s OK with you, generals and admirals, I’ve taken that off. I say, ‘They spit, we hit.’'

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 7, 2025

'We have to put the traffickers and cartels on notice…. If you try to poison our people, we will blow you out of existence, because that’s the only language they really understand.'

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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Oct 7, 2025

I think it’s a horrible message to send to people who are basically hostages right now to the Democrats shutting down the government, not agreeing to a clean [continuing resolution],

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 7, 2025

But you’re going to have a lot closer to a balanced budget, actually.

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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Oct 7, 2025

I know there's a lot of hard working people that are at home right now or not working because the Democrats refuse to continue the current spending levels.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Oct 7, 2025

This is nothing new and has nothing to do with funding the government. These unnecessary firings will either be overturned in court or the administration will end up hiring the workers back, just like they did as recently as today.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 7, 2025

The Democrats have no leader. They remind me of Somalia.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 7, 2025

We’ll see what happens by the end of the week. But they’re going very well.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 7, 2025

There are some people that really don't deserve to be taken care of, and we'll take care of them in a different way.

cnbc.com
Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Oct 7, 2025

I would say it depends on who we’re talking about.

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