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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Sep 2, 2026

It is far past time for President Trump to recognize the lasting harm that Pete Hegseth is inflicting on the Department of Defense.

theguardian.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Sep 2, 2026

If states want the grant funding, to recap, they must secure the election.

theguardian.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Sep 2, 2026

We will scrub all election records, looking for illegal aliens and those who are ineligible to vote, including those that somehow voted, yet they were deceased.

theguardian.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Sep 2, 2026

ICE’s job is immigration, customs enforcement. That’s their job … if we’re serving a warrant we will be where we need to be.

theguardian.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Sep 2, 2026

The only reason why we would be at polling places is if there is a threat to that polling place or we’re serving a warrant on someone that we have been actively tracking down.

theguardian.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Sep 2, 2026

ICE isn’t there to patrol the polling places. We’re there to enforce specific threats.

theguardian.com
Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Sep 2, 2026

A whistleblower is warning of a ‘catastrophic failure’ in our mail-ballot system—all because Trump is turning USPS into a voter suppression machine.

theguardian.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Sep 2, 2026

Because local leadership refuses to cooperate through the 287(g) program, we will send as many personnel as necessary to restore law and order.

foxnews.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Sep 2, 2026

In private, almost every sheriff and police chief wants to work with us. They took an oath to enforce the law, but radical local politicians prevent them from doing their jobs.

foxnews.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Sep 2, 2026

These individuals should never have been on our streets. While radical-left sanctuary states protect illegal immigrants, the Trump administration and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officers are out there every day protecting…

foxnews.com
Markwayne Mullin
@markwaynemullin· Republican · OK· Sep 2, 2026

Operation Rotten Apple was initiated because New York City has a liberal, socialist mayor who, instead of working with law enforcement, tried to cut NYPD's budget by $22 million and refused to cooperate with federal law enforcement.

foxnews.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Sep 2, 2026

Congratulations to Ed Markey on his landslide victory in the Democratic Massachusetts Senate primary. Ed knows that, at a time of massive income and wealth inequality, Congress must take on the billionaires and fight for working families.

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Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 2, 2026

Parents deserve to send their children to school without worrying that they will be indoctrinated with DEI and taught that Americans have ‘misplaced faith’ in our institutions.

foxnews.com
Bill Cassidy
@billcassidy· Republican · LA· Sep 2, 2026

Children are struggling to read and to do basic math. Instead of helping students succeed, teachers’ unions are injecting a dangerous, anti-American agenda into our classrooms.

foxnews.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Sep 2, 2026

His administration removed Nicolás Maduro from power, threw its weight behind the unelected leadership that replaced Maduro, and is now attempting to use U.S. military assets and taxpayer-backed financing to boost a private oil venture.

cbsnews.com
Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Sep 2, 2026

A blatant abuse of power and taxpayer dollars.

cbsnews.com
Richard Blumenthal
@richardblumenthal· Democratic · CT· Sep 2, 2026

It could delay ballots by the thousands in repeated verification cycles — and thus prevent states from mailing enormous numbers of ballots.

cbsnews.com
Elizabeth Warren
@elizabethwarren· Democratic · MA· Sep 2, 2026

Gutting the IRS is a win for wealthy tax cheats and a loss for working people who play by the rules.

cbsnews.com
Ruben Gallego
@rubengallego· AZ· Sep 1, 2026

What I saw when I was in Congress… was a very professional manner which Mexico, Canada, and the United States engaged in.

ipolitics.ca
Ruben Gallego
@rubengallego· AZ· Sep 1, 2026

Tariff policy is not a replacement for industrial policy, and I think the president just doesn’t understand that.

ipolitics.ca