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Jeff Merkley
@jeffmerkley· Democratic · OR· Feb 12, 2025

We can stop all three of these assaults on American democracy.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 10, 2025

We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not going to have to vote.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Feb 9, 2025

Your courage in stepping forward as whistleblowers to expose corruption and misconduct is essential to preserving the integrity of our democratic institutions.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Feb 9, 2025

Make no mistake about it: The Republicans' entire agenda is to further enrich the rich and powerful by cutting investments in working families and handing our democracy over to 21st century robber barons.

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Ilhan Omar
@ilhanomar· Democratic · MN· Feb 8, 2025

What we are witnessing is a constitutional crisis.

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Gregorio Casar
@gregoriocasar· Democratic · TX· Feb 5, 2025

This fight isn’t just about USAID or the Department of Education, it’s about whether the people and their elected representatives should govern, or whether the richest man in the world gets to call all the shots.

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Jasmine Crockett
@jasminecrockett· Democratic · TX· Feb 4, 2025

We are not going to sit around while you go ahead and desecrate our Constitution.

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Timothy Walz
@timothywalz· Democratic · MN· Aug 16, 2024

When they try to overturn fair elections, that’s not just weird, that’s un-American.

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Dina Titus
@dinatitus· Democratic · NV· Jun 25, 2024

We have heard a lot about democratic backsliding and in Europe... But it's not limited there.

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Stanyarne Wilson
@stanyarnewilson· Republican · SC· Jun 25, 2024

The entire world is in a global battle of dictators with rule of gun invading democracies with rule of law.

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W. Steube
@wsteube· Republican · FL· Feb 14, 2024

His crusade to violate President Trump's rights was an attack on our constitutional democracy, and I could not agree more.

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Joseph Morelle
@josephmorelle· Democratic · NY· Feb 13, 2024

The franchise is a fundamental political right because it is the preservation of all rights.

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Greg Stanton
@gregstanton· Democratic · AZ· Sep 27, 2023

the safety of the people of Taiwan, protecting the democracy in Taiwan, protecting trade with Taiwan is critically important to the local economy in Phoenix.

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María Elvira Salazar
@maraelvirasalazar· Republican · FL· Sep 27, 2023

The Biden Administration has not shown the same respect toward those governments who are democratically elected.

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Michelle Steel
@michellesteel· Republican · CA· Sep 18, 2023

We cannot allow these who hate democracy and freedom to infiltrate our classrooms.

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Charles Boyle
@charlesboyle· Democratic · PA· May 23, 2023

the decisions ultimately should be made by the people as expressed to their elected representatives.

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