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

We have got a lot of places where work needs to be done and a lot of different avenues to do it.

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

They are sick of a White House that wouldn't enforce the laws even when they got cheated.

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

The wind is at our backs to end this war. We have got a lot of different tools on the table to get this done.

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

People have told us they want us to stop the war, a war that is illegal, that is halfway around the world, that to this day the Trump administration can't explain what their goals are and what their exit ramp looks like.

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

Democrats won by being populist economic fighters who are unafraid to call out corrupt politicians and corporate interests who have rigged the system at the expense of everyone else.

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

If you've been making your profits by cheating American families and scamming your investors, you better get ready for some investigations, serious ones.

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Jon Tester
@jontester· Democratic · MT· Nov 9, 2026

I wanted to do away with the Patriot Act because it was about privacy.

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Jon Tester
@jontester· Democratic · MT· Nov 9, 2026

Perception is reality in Washington, D.C. and in politics in general.

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

It cannot remain free for the fossil fuel industry to pollute if we want to have any chance of a pathway to climate safety.

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Martin Heinrich
@martinheinrich· Democratic · NM· Nov 8, 2026

This is the closest we have come to actually finding something that can get signed into law, and I’m not going to wait.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Nov 8, 2026

This is a democracy, and- yes, and the American people have spoken, and it is time to listen to the American people.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Nov 8, 2026

The pressure is building to end this war. People have told us they want us to stop the war, a war that is illegal, that is halfway around the world.

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Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Nov 8, 2026

Look, President Trump himself said that he wants to reduce interest rates on credit cards to 10%. I got the bill, I'm ready to go.

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Jon Ossoff
@jonossoff· Democratic · GA· Nov 8, 2026Verified

And if, at times these last two years, amidst the ceaseless onslaught of brutality and indecency, you doubted whether our republic would survive, let tonight’s results give you courage that the first light of dawn is on the horizon.

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George W. Allen
@georgewallen· VA· Nov 8, 2026

Iran’s resources belong to Iran. Iran can give them away free of charge or refuse to dispose them at any price. … Iranians may rest assured that the United States people will support fully their freedom to make their own choice.

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Marco Rubio
@marcorubio· Republican · FL· Nov 8, 2026Verified

Cuba’s foreign backers supplied military equipment that sustained its armed forces and enabled repression.

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Elissa Slotkin
@elissaslotkin· Democratic · MI· Nov 8, 2026Verified

If you break the law or use taxpayer dollars to enrich yourself, you should be held accountable. If you didn’t break the law, then it’s all good.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Nov 8, 2026Verified

It was a Watergate-level repudiation … an ass-kicking for the Republican Party.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Nov 8, 2026

Vowing to extend "Social Security’s solvency for generations" to come, Sanders explained that the way to do that is to raise the limit at which wealthy people stop paying into the program—currently set at $184,500—so that extremely wealthy…

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Nov 8, 2026

Democrats fought the right battles in Congress, both to block the worst of the Trump agenda, and when we could not, to make clear who was to blame for the pain that people were feeling.

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Stephen Miller
@stephenmiller· Nullifier · SC· Nov 8, 2026

He saved the Republican party from the ash heap of history and has made it stronger, more popular and more resilient than ever before.

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