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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Jul 7, 2024

More than a week since the debate and after talking with my constituents, I believe President Biden must do more to demonstrate he can campaign strong enough to beat Donald Trump. There is such a case to be prosecuted against Donald Trump…

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jul 7, 2024

The bottom line here is that we're not going anywhere. I am not going anywhere. I don't think I should run - run against me. Go ahead, announce the president. Challenge me at the convention.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jul 7, 2024

I was also the guy that expanded NATO. I'm the guy that put NATO together. I'm the guy that shut Putin down. Who's going to be able to hold NATO together like me?

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jul 7, 2024

Oh, it wasn't -- look, GDP still grew. Look at the response to the markets, overwhelmingly positive, overwhelmingly positive.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jul 7, 2024

Try sitting behind his desk and making these decisions. You know it, both of you know it, they know it. I'm not bad at what I do. It doesn't mean I never make a mistake, I do, but I'm making those decisions.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jul 6, 2024

I know I will respect the limits of the president's powers, I have for three and a half years, but any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to ignore the law.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jul 6, 2024

I am running and going to win again.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jul 6, 2024

I have a cognitive test every single day. Every day I’ve got tests. Everything I do.

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Joe Biden
@joebiden· Democratic · DE· Jul 6, 2024

If the Lord Almighty came down and said, 'Joe, get out of the race,' I'd get out of the race. The Lord Almighty's not coming down.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Jul 6, 2024

If you don’t have immunity, you just have a ceremonial president.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Jul 6, 2024

Donald Trump is the pragmatic leader here.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Jul 6, 2024

I would absolutely support investigating prior wrongdoing by our government, absolutely.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Jul 6, 2024

The prosecution of Donald Trump in New York... has fundamentally been thrown in doubt by this immunity case.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Jul 6, 2024

I think what Donald Trump is simply saying is we ought to investigate the prior administration. There are obviously many instances of wrongdoing.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Jul 6, 2024

I support that opinion. I think it's important to say that we actually have to have an important conversation in this country about what our abortion policy should be.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Jul 6, 2024

So long as it's a free and fair election, Kristen, of course we will. We will use constitutional processes to challenge issues if we think there are issues. But if it's a free and fair election, we will do what the Constitution requires…

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Jul 6, 2024

It is one of the great failures of recent political history that the Republican Party was too often unable to disconnect legitimate political disagreements from the fact that the president himself is an admirable man.

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