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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Nov 2, 2025

I hope it ends it this week. Frankly, I see it from my folks. I was greeting voters yesterday.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Nov 2, 2025

Get the darn thing open. Deal with the health care cliff. Don't let people go hungry, when we've got money set aside on SNAP.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Nov 2, 2025

This is a classic thing where there's no one, you know, part of government that's got the whole answer to this.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Nov 2, 2025

The Republicans, who are running Congress right now, they're not even pretending to solve – try to solve the problem. They're not even going to work.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Nov 2, 2025

Get the money out to people in need, sit down with us, get this resolved this week, and let's get everybody back to work.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Nov 2, 2025

If you want to put Americans in harm's way, it needs to be done on a bipartisan basis.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Nov 1, 2025

Even though I’m the hope and change guy, there are things I’m worried about.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Nov 1, 2025

Costs haven’t gone down, they’ve gone up, partly because of Trump’s shambolic tariff policy.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Nov 1, 2025

Abigail’s opponent does seem to care a lot about what Trump and his cronies are doing. She praised the Republican tax law that would raise the cost of health care and housing and energy in Virginia.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Nov 1, 2025

It’s like everyday is Halloween, except it’s all tricks and not treats.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Nov 1, 2025

There is absolutely no evidence that Republican policies have made life better for the people of New Jersey.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Nov 1, 2025

Let’s face it, our country and our politics are in a pretty dark place right now.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Nov 1, 2025

It’s like every day is Halloween, except it’s all tricks and no treats.

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John Hickenlooper
@johnhickenlooper· Democratic · CO· Oct 31, 2025

You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. I can’t remember a situation where I felt there were less palatable choices.

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Raphael Warnock
@raphaelwarnock· Democratic · GA· Oct 31, 2025

How am I supposed to choose between those two constituencies? I care about all those people.

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Ted Cruz
@tedcruz· Republican · TX· Oct 31, 2025

Merrick Garland was a fundamentally corrupt attorney general. Jack Smith was a fundamentally corrupt prosecutor. This was a political enemies list from the beginning.

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