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

The air traffic control system is under increasing strain.

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

Countless public servants are now not being paid.

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

Millions of Americans are going to be without SNAP benefits.

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

We must get the government back open soon — and really, immediately.

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

The shutdown was a big factor, negative for the Republicans.

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Pete Hegseth
@petehegseth· Nov 4, 2025

NO cartel terrorist stands a chance against the American military

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Pete Hegseth
@petehegseth· Nov 4, 2025

Find and and terminate EVERY vessel with the intention of trafficking drugs to America to poison our citizens

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

SNAP payments will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!

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

Any Jewish person that votes for Zohran Mamdani, a proven and self-professed JEW HATER, is a stupid person!!!

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Nov 2, 2025

We will slow and stop traffic if we don't think we can manage it in a way that keeps people safe as they go from point A to point B.

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Nov 2, 2025

I have encouraged them all to come to work. I want them to come to work. But they're making life decisions that they shouldn't have to make.

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Nov 2, 2025

We don't have the best equipment in our towers and centers for air traffic control. But we have the safest airspace, we have the most efficient airspace because we have the best controllers in the world that work our skies and keep our…

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Nov 2, 2025

These people should be paid. And to say that it's Donald Trump's fault, to say he has to find money, when Democrats have said there's no money for you because we've shut the government down, I mean, that's a contorted analysis.

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Nov 2, 2025

We will slow traffic down. You'll see delays. We'll have flights canceled to make sure the system is safe.

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Nov 2, 2025

Vote to open the government, negotiate your differences. That's fine. That's fair. But, again, these people should be paid.

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Nov 2, 2025

President Trump has done all he can to minimize the pain of the shutdown on the American people.

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Nov 2, 2025

These are the decisions of life and survival that these controllers have to make.

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Nov 2, 2025

We will stop traffic. So we're not going to let that happen.

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Sean Duffy
@seanduffy· Republican · WI· Nov 2, 2025

Let's open the government up. Let's pay these people, these young controllers.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Nov 2, 2025

'We would never do anything while President Trump is president,' because they know the consequences.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Nov 2, 2025

He never brought it up. People were a little surprised at that.

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Donald Trump
@donaldtrump· Republican · FL· Nov 2, 2025

I want to help everybody. I want to help Democrats and Republicans. But when you're talking about SNAP, if you look, it's largely Democrats. They're hurting their own people.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Nov 2, 2025

The Republicans, who are running Congress right now, they're not even pretending to solve – try to solve the problem. They're not even going to work.

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