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Tate Reeves

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Tate Reeves is an American politician serving as the 64th governor of Mississippi since January 14, 2020. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the position of lieutenant governor from 2012 to 2020. During his tenure as governor, Reeves has focused on issues such as economic development, education reform, and public health, particularly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He has been a vocal advocate for conservative fiscal policies and has worked to promote job growth in the state.

Quotes by year · 2020202635 total · peak 2021 (20)
2020: 1 quote2021: 20 quotes2022: 6 quotes2025: 3 quotes2026: 5 quotes
Jul 4, 2026

I am calling on my state’s legislature to repeal the law and require mail-in ballots to be received by the clerk by 5:00pm on Election Day in order to be counted.

dailycaller.com
Jun 29, 2026

the state legislature should repeal the COVID-era law and require mail-in ballots to be received by the clerk by 5:00pm on Election Day in order to be counted."

npr.org
Jun 17, 2026

It really wasn’t a miracle at all. It was the direct result of very good, strong policy followed by a plan to properly implement, and also — and perhaps most importantly — an accountability piece that was built into the statute.

oklahomavoice.com
Jun 17, 2026

Because what’s going to happen when you raise the bar, when you raise the level of expectations, what’s happened in Mississippi is exactly what’s going to happen in Oklahoma.

oklahomavoice.com
Nov 6, 2025

There is sadly no simple way for state government to just step in and pay the hundreds of millions of dollars in harm that this shutdown by the Washington Democrats is causing.

npr.org
Nov 5, 2025

There is sadly no simple way for state government to just step in and pay the hundreds of millions of dollars in harm that this shutdown by the Washington Democrats is causing.

npr.org
Feb 17, 2025

When it comes to keeping Mississippians safe, Governor Reeves has said that nothing is off the table.

newsweek.com
Sep 13, 2022

While the current governor, Tate Reeves, was not involved in any of this fraudulent spending, he was involved in the decision to fire the lawyer who had been hired to claw back some of the money, after that lawyer issued a subpoena seeking…

msnbc.com
Aug 30, 2022

Until it is fixed, it means we do not have reliable running water at scale. It means the city cannot produce enough water to fight fires to reliably flush toilets and to meet other critical needs.

msnbc.com
Jul 14, 2022

There`s a lot of effort, particularly in Washington and other places, mainly by the Democrats, to try to talk only about the really small, minor number of exceptions that may exist.

msnbc.com
Jul 5, 2022

I don’t believe that an exception for rape will actually make it through the Mississippi legislature and make it to my desk.

msnbc.com
May 8, 2022

We may -- maybe I`m trying to ban Plan B and IUDs.

msnbc.com
May 7, 2022

Our trigger law will go into effect, and we will ban abortions with the exceptions of rape and the life of the mother because of that trigger law that passed in 2007.

nbcnews.com
Dec 6, 2021

The difference between vaccine mandates and abortions is vaccines allow you to protect yourself. Abortions actually go in and kill other American babies.

msnbc.com
Dec 6, 2021

Well, I certainly would hope that that would not be the case.

msnbc.com
Dec 6, 2021

If you believe, as I believe very strongly, that innocent unborn child in the mother`s womb is, in fact, a child, the most important word when we talk about unborn children is not unborn, but it`s children.

msnbc.com
Dec 2, 2021

When you believe in eternal life, when you believe that living on this earth is but a blip on the screen, you don’t have to be so scared of things.

msnbc.com
Nov 30, 2021

There`s no guarantee to end abortion in our U.S. constitution. But I`d go a step further and tell you that not only is there not a guaranteed right there`s also nothing in our United States Constitution that would prevent a state, a state…

msnbc.com
Sep 20, 2021

This is an attack by the President on hardworking Americans and hardworking Mississippians who he wants to choose between getting a jab in their arm and their ability to feed their families.

msnbc.com
Sep 20, 2021

The question here is not about what we do in Mississippi, it`s what this President is trying to impose upon the American worker.

msnbc.com
Sep 19, 2021

We believe in personal responsibility, individual Americans and individual Mississippians -- make their decisions to take care of themselves.

msnbc.com
Sep 19, 2021

As you know, unfortunately, fatalities is a lagging indicator when it comes to the virus, it is a lagging indicator. And so timing has as much to do with where with that statistic that you used as anything else.

msnbc.com
Sep 19, 2021

The president want try to believe that this is -- the delta variant is only affecting Republicans in the United States. That is not true. That is not a fact.

msnbc.com
Sep 19, 2021

The best way that Americans -- we believe in personal responsibility.

msnbc.com

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