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Mick Mulvaney
@mickmulvaney· Republican · SC· Aug 3, 2026

That being said, there’ve been two areas where the states have almost always been entirely sovereign: That’s on booze and gambling.

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Mick Mulvaney
@mickmulvaney· Republican · SC· Jul 31, 2026

“So that will be fascinating to see how it shakes out at the Supreme Court,” he told Stateline.

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Mick Mulvaney
@mickmulvaney· Republican · SC· Jul 31, 2026

So that will be fascinating to see how it shakes out at the Supreme Court.

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Mick Mulvaney
@mickmulvaney· Republican · SC· Feb 28, 2025

I think the fair question to ask is, would Barack Obama have won for helping bring an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine?

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Aug 13, 2024

She has united the party behind her forcefully and effectively, and that's what we need to win this fall.

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Aug 13, 2024

I think he's absolutely up to the job. If you saw after the debate -- he had a bad night at the debate, I won't deny that. But after the debate, he gave an hour-long press conference. After the NATO Summit, where he talked about world…

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Aug 13, 2024

We have a better chance than ever to defeat Donald Trump this fall and to elect an experienced, talented, intelligent president to lead the country for the next four years.

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Aug 13, 2024

I think the president had won the nomination fair and square. 14 million people went and voted for him and the vice president as vice president.

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Aug 13, 2024

The way to beat down Trump is to unite the Democratic Party, and he had lost the ability to do that.

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Mick Mulvaney
@mickmulvaney· Republican · SC· May 21, 2024

as it currently stands, it appears as if the National Weather Service intentionally contradicted the President, and we need to know why

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Mick Mulvaney
@mickmulvaney· Republican · SC· Mar 8, 2023

If there is one criticism that I would level against the President is he didn't hire very well.

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Mick Mulvaney
@mickmulvaney· Republican · SC· Jan 2, 2023

I think the President probably should be coming to McCarthy's aid simply because the President is already associated with McCarthy, regardless what the President does in the next 24 or 48 hours.

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Mick Mulvaney
@mickmulvaney· Republican · SC· Jan 2, 2023

If Kevin McCarthy is not the Speaker, yes, Kevin McCarthy loses. There is no question.

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Mick Mulvaney
@mickmulvaney· Republican · SC· Jan 2, 2023

It's a complete breakdown here tonight, Anderson. There is no question that to have 19 votes against Kevin. It's just -- it is outrageous.

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Mick Mulvaney
@mickmulvaney· Republican · SC· Nov 21, 2022

No, never. Nor should they. That's an issue that was already litigated during the election. Voters knew the President could have given his tax returns, they knew that he didn't and they elected him anyway.

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Mick Mulvaney
@mickmulvaney· Republican · SC· Nov 14, 2022

What struck me, Anderson, was that he stayed on script almost the entire time.

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Oct 19, 2022

So my focus isn't so much on the polls, but on us continuing to do our job, delivering for the American people, doing things that are at the top of people's agenda, like the President's announcement yesterday to try to bring down the price…

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Oct 19, 2022

I think the polls do show a very, very close midterm election as a whole. I think on inflation, look, prices are high and the President is working to bring them down.

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Oct 19, 2022

The Republicans have said if they get control of the Congress, what they are going to do is repeal the President's plan to let Medicare negotiate for the price of prescription drugs.

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Oct 19, 2022

I think what people need to look at is the choice between what the President -- what congressional Democrats have done are doing, and what Republicans are talking about this season.

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Oct 19, 2022

Well, look, Anderson, I'm covered by the Hatch Act, I have to be careful what I say about electoral politics here at the White House.

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Ron Klain
@ronklain· Democratic · DC· Oct 19, 2022

So I don't think rallies have proved effective for candidates in the midterms. And so we're trying something different that we think will be effective.

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Mick Mulvaney
@mickmulvaney· Republican · SC· Oct 12, 2022

Now is the time for the President to be Presidential. I thought he failed at doing it.

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