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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Nov 9, 2026

What kind of sickos are these people? They attack refrigerators. France is not even involved in this, really.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Nov 9, 2026Verified

It is not uncommon to have a division of power in this country.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Nov 9, 2026Verified

We obviously have to get past the conflict to get to that point.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Nov 9, 2026Verified

If they want to avoid the actions we are going to take against the ICC, they should convince the ICC once and for all to do the things that are necessary to ensure that no American servicemember or leader ever has jurisdiction from the ICC…

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Nov 9, 2026Verified

The President would always prefer to solve this and every problem diplomatically. Sometimes that’s not possible, unfortunately.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Nov 9, 2026Verified

Sometimes when you do the right thing – I don’t know if it’s popular or not, but it’s the right thing to do.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Nov 9, 2026

I think there’s bipartisan – I would hope there’s bipartisan – maybe not anymore – but there used to be bipartisan acknowledgment that a nuclear Iran would be completely unacceptable and dangerous for the United States.

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Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Nov 9, 2026Verified

Excited for my friend @StephenM. President Trump made an excellent choice by choosing him as his chief of staff.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 9, 2026Verified

Norway is one of the most democratic and prosperous countries on earth. Free college, strong democracy, free press.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Nov 9, 2026

Democrats won by recognizing Americans’ economic pain, denouncing Washington corruption that has made a rigged economy worse.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 9, 2026

What I think this election was about was the American not only expressing disgust with Trump and his policies, but also demanding real change.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 9, 2026

How? By scrapping the cap and demanding that the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes.

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Nov 9, 2026

We need a fast, fair transition to clean energy, but not one built on the backs of communities that live next to mines and pipelines.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 9, 2026

We cannot and must not run away from them when Democrats assume power in January.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 9, 2026

Now is the moment when Democrats have got to stand up to big money, create an economy and government that works for all of us.

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Christopher S. Murphy
@christophersmurphy· CT· Nov 9, 2026

The doctors are very encouraged by the progress I’ve made so far. In order to take my recovery seriously and get back to work on the quickest timeline possible, I will be spending several weeks at a rehabilitation center after being…

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Sheldon Whitehouse
@sheldonwhitehouse· Democratic · RI· Nov 9, 2026Verified

Now it’s time to pass this bill so we can lower costs, juice the clean energy economy, build big things again in America, reduce pollution, and create tons of new well-paying union jobs.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Nov 9, 2026

There should be no coronation for his caucus’ next congressional leader.

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