“There’s always the appeals process in the courts, so that’s certainly not settled.”
“To think that it’s going to cost a billion dollars — I mean, that’s a thousand millions.”
“We are making sure that working people will not be priced out of the game that they helped to create.”
“the nation's top law enforcement official asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops …. Utterly stupid, morally wrong.”
“It extends to making it possible for every New Yorker to take part in the things that make us human.”

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On the recordJune 13, 2025
It will be a dark day if we do not stand up for ourselves, for our Constitution and for our republic.
Said by
Ilhan Omar
Democratic · Minnesota
Source
democracynow.org

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Omar warns of dire consequences if citizens fail to defend constitutional rights.

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