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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Feb 17, 2026

Get the files out. They are slow-walking it. They are redacting the names of men who are in it.

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Feb 17, 2026

We have nothing to hide. We have called for the full release of these files repeatedly.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Feb 17, 2026

helped lead some of the most significant movements for change in human history

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Feb 17, 2026

I called Secretary [Kristi] Noem because I was very concerned about what I was hearing from constituents and seeing in news reports and ... it also struck me that the term that was being used, 'Catch of the Day,' was highly offensive.

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Feb 17, 2026

There's something about this administration's attitude toward this, which I think really leads us to conclude they have something to hide.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 17, 2026

Jackson was a courageous civil rights leader who put his life on the line in the fight against segregation and racism.

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Kamala Harris
@kamalaharris· Democratic · CA· Feb 17, 2026

He let us know our voices mattered. He instilled in us that we were somebody.

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Feb 17, 2026

We will show up, but we think it would be better to have it in public.

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Susan Collins
@susancollins· Republican · ME· Feb 17, 2026

But I am running on my record of independence.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Feb 17, 2026

I’d be a firm no until lawmakers agree that federal immigration officers need to be held accountable.

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Alex Padilla
@alexpadilla· Democratic · CA· Feb 17, 2026

His message to the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV is clear: their lives are not a priority, political retribution is

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Feb 17, 2026

We’ll pay the price of having an albatross like our corrupt attorney general around their neck.

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Mark Warner
@markwarner· Democratic · VA· Feb 17, 2026

He sees the political winds turning against him, and he's going to try to interfere in the 2026 election.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Feb 17, 2026

We will not support an extension of the status quo, a status quo that permits masked secret police to barge into people’s homes without warrants, no guardrails and zero oversight from independent authorities.

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John Cornyn
@johncornyn· Republican · TX· Feb 17, 2026

I am the only electable Republican in this primary, a proven conservative with real experience and results who votes with President Trump more than 99% of the time

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Raphael Warnock
@raphaelwarnock· Democratic · GA· Feb 17, 2026

With an eloquence and rhythmic rhetoric all his own, Jesse Jackson reminded America that equal justice is not inevitable.

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