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John Fetterman
@johnfetterman· Democratic · PA· Sep 29, 2025

I refuse to vote to shut our government down, and that's not going to change.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· Sep 29, 2025

It was hours upon hours of religious slurs and bigotry.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 28, 2025

I think there is a role for the federal government.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 28, 2025

I think both the people in Portland and across America have to decide about this.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 28, 2025

I think you lose the description as activists once you start wielding weapons, and you show up with helmets and you're breaking windows.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 28, 2025

I don't know that it's helpful to label groups, particularly since antifa, there are some real people in antifa, they're real violent people.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Sep 28, 2025

This decision, in my judgment at this point in time, is up to a handful of Democrats.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 28, 2025

I was very heartened that the President said that, and you're right. I support what the United States voted for in the UN in 1947 a state of Israel and a state of Palestine.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Sep 28, 2025

We need the meeting. It’s a first step, but only a first step. We need a serious negotiation.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 28, 2025

It would be a big mistake for the Prime Minister Netanyahu to look at all of these nations that have been allies, saying you need to change course, and for him to just pull his head in the shell and turn inward and continue to isolate…

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Sep 28, 2025

The Russians have got to wake up and accept reality here.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 28, 2025

The only thing about the president's threat to fire more people is, he's already doing it.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Sep 28, 2025

We are really worried about it, Margaret.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Sep 28, 2025

How many more people are they willing to lose? How many more people are they willing to kill for very little, if any, gain in the military advantage on the ground there?

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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Sep 28, 2025

Our responsibility is to, yes, express our views. Yes, protest. But best done at a distance from these federal troops … because their goal is to create an engagement, an engagement that will lead to conflict.

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Rand Paul
@randpaul· Republican · KY· Sep 28, 2025

I think he has the legal authority to send troops to protect federal buildings and federal proceedings such as courts.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Sep 28, 2025

Now if the President at this meeting is going to rant and just yell at Democrats and talk about all his alleged grievances and say this, that and the other thing, we won’t get anything done.

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