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Terri Sewell
@terrisewell· Democratic · AL· Mar 6, 2025

What happened on Bloody Sunday is worthy of remembering so that we will never forget it.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Mar 4, 2025

We suffered the worst inflation in 48 years, but perhaps even in the history of our country.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Mar 4, 2025

America is great, and that our history and traditions are precisely what the world needs.

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Elissa Slotkin
@elissaslotkin· Democratic · MI· Mar 4, 2025

If previous generations had not fought for democracy, where would we be today?

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Henry Johnson
@henryjohnson· Republican · LA· Mar 4, 2025

He made history in a terrible way, and I hope he enjoys it.

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Kathleen Hochul
@kathleenhochul· Democratic · NY· Feb 19, 2025

In the 235 years of New York State history, these powers have never been utilized to remove a duly-elected mayor.

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Sean Casten
@seancasten· Democratic · IL· Feb 15, 2025

It only took 50 days for Hitler to destroy democracy in Germany.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 5, 2025

Throughout our history, black Americans have been among our country's most consequential leaders, shaping the cultural and political destiny of our Nation in profound ways.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Feb 5, 2025

Nobody's ever seen anything like it. Nobody has ever seen anything like it. The worst overruns that there have ever been in the history of our country.

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Bert Miller
@bertmiller· Republican · ID· Sep 18, 2023

I am a mama wolverine, and I want my son and daughter to be taught true history, about the Uyghur genocide, one child policy, and the repression of dissidents like Jimmy Lai, not the alleged virtues of Communism.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 27, 2023

this appears to be a, maybe the broadest sanction and position I've ever seen and maybe ever imposed in history.

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Matt Gaetz
@mattgaetz· Republican · FL· Nov 6, 2022

J.D. Looks like a young Abraham Lincoln, but he's from Ohio, like General Grant.

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Kamala Harris
@kamalaharris· Democratic · CA· Oct 6, 2020

the American people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country.

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Joseph Biden
@josephbiden· Democratic · DE· Aug 19, 2020

This is our moment to make hope and history rhyme.

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Kamala Harris
@kamalaharris· Democratic · CA· Jun 22, 2019

We cannot be ignorant of the history of race in this country, and certainly anyone who is a leader should not be.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jan 18, 2017

History will cast a harsh judgment on this aspect of our fight against terrorism.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jan 11, 2017

Today's actions will help ensure that more of our country's history will be preserved and celebrated.

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