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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Jul 24, 2026

I think Japan has the Naval capabilities and others, and I think – not just Japan, but there’s a lot of countries that rely on the straits and should be outraged and troubled by the fact that Iran is sinking and – not sinking, but…

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Jul 24, 2026

The only regret we were going to have is if Iran ever had a nuclear weapon, and that’s what they were aiming to have.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Jul 24, 2026

They don’t seem yet to realize that they have to make a deal or they’re going to face catastrophic collapse of their economy.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Jul 24, 2026

Well, right now their negotiating position is they’re begging to make a deal.

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Tommy Tuberville
@tommytuberville· Republican · AL· Jul 24, 2026

As Deputy and Acting Attorney General, Todd Blanche has already begun delivering on President Trump’s AMERICA FIRST agenda. He is going to be an OUTSTANDING AG. Let’s get him CONFIRMED!

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Patty Murray
@pattymurray· Democratic · WA· Jul 24, 2026

The Trump administration is attempting a transparent end run around the Constitution and Congress by appointing Pete Serrano to a position he is not qualified to hold after the Eastern District declined to extend his tenure as U.S…

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Jul 24, 2026

Maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It’s 50 around here,

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Jul 24, 2026

I want to see two normal parties that are not filled with crazy people, who can actually do something reasonable, and who actually love the country.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Jul 24, 2026

I think Mamdani is the single most powerful Democrat in the country and I gotta say, by the way, there are some Republicans that are celebrating, ‘This is great, our opponents are crazy this is going to help us.’ I want to say, for the…

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Jul 24, 2026

There are costs in every war and every life is sacred, and we don’t see that kind of attitude from the president, which I think is completely despicable.

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Jul 24, 2026

What we’re seeing here is a failure of leadership.

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Jul 24, 2026

When you have people coming back as casualties and families that are grieving, this is a president that’s disconnected from the kind of humanity that we expect in the leader of our country.

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Jul 24, 2026

This is a war. People die. It impacts people in a major way.

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Gary Peters
@garypeters· Democratic · MI· Jul 24, 2026

Well, certainly this is not a skirmish. That’s really a mischaracterization of what’s happening.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Jul 24, 2026

That may be the case, but we are there now. We’re in the belly. Which means that you’ve got to, from this point forward, have that sort of forethought.

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Jim Justice
@jimjustice· Republican · WV· Jul 24, 2026

I think if we were going to go, and we made the decision to go, we got to win. It’s all there is to it.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Jul 24, 2026

Let us stop pretending that Congress has no role to play while American service members remain in harm’s way.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Jul 24, 2026

Their industrial base has been decimated. Their defense industrial base has been decimated. They’re losing launchers; they’re losing radars every single night. They are suffering billions of dollars in damage, and their economy is a…

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Jul 24, 2026

The President’s policy is ‘a head for an eye.’ I mean, honestly, that’s what it’s going to be. I mean, they will pay a very heavy price for the things they’re doing.

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Thom Tillis
@thomtillis· Republican · NC· Jul 24, 2026

I have 1,000% confidence in Thune, and anybody in the White House who thinks he's not a good leader isn't qualified for their job.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Jul 24, 2026

Smith’s collection of text messages is un-American and comes uncomfortably close to spying on a coequal, coordinate branch.

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Josh Hawley
@joshhawley· Republican · MO· Jul 24, 2026

Jack Smith illegally scooped up the text messages of Senators — including mine.

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Ron Johnson
@ronjohnson· Republican · WI· Jul 24, 2026

This is yet another grotesque example of the Biden administration’s weaponization of the Justice Department.

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