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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Sep 19, 2025

I don’t love it. I don’t like when that happens. Could be big trouble.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Sep 19, 2025

I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 19, 2025

We will certainly engage in oversight of all the agencies within the committee’s jurisdiction.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 19, 2025

He says, ‘We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way.’ And I got to say, that’s right out of ‘Goodfellas.’ That’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going, ‘nice bar you have here. It’d be a shame if something…

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 19, 2025

But let me tell you: If the government gets in the business of saying, ‘We don’t like what you, the media, have said. We’re going to ban you from the airwaves if you don’t say what we like,’ that will end up bad for conservatives.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 19, 2025

I think it is unbelievably dangerous for government to put itself in the position of saying, ‘We’re going to decide what speech we like and what we don’t, and we’re going to threaten to take you off air if we don’t like what you’re saying.’

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Sep 19, 2025

We'll continue to talk to the Democrats, but I think you could very well end up with a closed country for a period of time.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Sep 19, 2025

The call was a very good one, we will be speaking again by phone, appreciate the TikTok approval, and both look forward to meeting at APEC!

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Sep 19, 2025

The First Amendment protects a lot of very ugly speech, but if you celebrate Charlie Kirk’s death, you should not be protected from being fired for being a disgusting person.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 19, 2025

And it might feel good right now to threaten Jimmy Kimmel, but when it is used to silence every conservative in America, we will regret it.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Sep 19, 2025

I just completed a very productive call with President Xi of China. We made progress on many very important issues including Trade, Fentanyl, the need to bring the War between Russia and Ukraine to an end, and the approval of the TikTok…

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 19, 2025

They will silence us, they will use this power, and they will use it ruthlessly. And that is dangerous.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 19, 2025

No, no, no, no, no.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 19, 2025

Let me tell you what will happen: Going down this road, there will come a time when a Democrat wins again, wins the White House.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 19, 2025

Look, look, I like Brendan Carr. He’s a good guy. He’s the chairman of the FCC. I work closely with him. But what he said there is dangerous as hell.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 19, 2025

Going down this road, there will come a time when a Democrat wins again – wins the White House … they will silence us. They will use this power, and they will use it ruthlessly. And that is dangerous.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 19, 2025

We're prepared, when we get back, to have a vote on a bill already passed by the House, ready to be signed by the president.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Sep 19, 2025

I hate what Jimmy Kimmel said. I am thrilled that he was fired.

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