The reason why we're in this situation from the very beginning is that extreme MAGA Republicans made the determination that they were going to use the possibility of default to hold the economy and everyday Americans hostage, period, full stop.
On the role of Republicans in the debt crisis.
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In every conversation that we have with the Trump administration, we will continue to make it explicitly clear that the affordability crisis is not a hoax and nothing short of transformational policy change is acceptable.
Three deaths at Delaney Hall — completely and totally unacceptable. Fifty-five deaths in ICE custody since the beginning of Donald Trump’s time in office, over the last 17 months or so. That means one death in ICE custody every six days…
What I’m excited about are the candidates who are running to flip seats in November, to deliver us a majority that pushes back against Donald Trump’s extremism and moves the country in the right direction.
We are acting decisively. But I think we do have to crystallize the differences between what we're about and what Republicans are all about.
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