U.S. Sen. candidate @AbdulElSayed (D-MI) says it has taken long for him to campaign with Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) because "things get busy." On Trump's cancellations on rallies, he calls him an "old man" and a "loser."

U.S. Sen. candidate @jamestalarico (D-TX) calls for Texas to return to a "friendly state," reiterating that Texas is the Caddo Native American word for friend: "Friendship across divides. That's what makes Texas so great."

U.S. Sen. candidate @AbdulElSayed (D-MI) responds to Trump's comment that he should go through metal detectors if elected: "I'll go through a metal detector if you'll sit for a lie detector... My first question, Epstein. Second question, did you win the 2020 election?"

U.S. Sen. candidate @AbdulElSayed (D-MI) on Trump calling him Abdul Ramadan: "Ramadan is the month in which Muslims fast from dawn to sunset... Groceries under his leadership have gotten so expensive, I wouldn't be surprised if he's like, listen we could just to Ramadan for all."

Pennsylvania 8th Congressional District candidates on data centers:
@PaigeGCognetti (D-PA): "If data centers do go through...the table has to be set properly."
@Rob4PA (R-PA): "Under no circumstances should Washington D.C be telling anyone what they're forced to live next to."

Gov. candidate @amyactonoh (D-OH) says opponent Vivek Ramaswamy (R-OH) chose to "exploit my childhood intentionally," in reference to his political ad with her estranged mother, and says "it's not going to work."

Pennsylvania 8th Congressional District candidates on Iran war:
@PaigeGCognetti (D-PA): "It is imperative that we do what we can to end this war."
@Rob4PA (R-PA): "There needs to be a pragmatic concentrated approach to figure out how to withdraw from Iran."

U.S. Sen. candidate @SherrodBrown (D-OH) on his opponent Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH): "Pedophiles, big corporations, billionaires, they all have one thing in common. They own Jon Husted."

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Sen. Jon @ossoff (D-GA) on Trump sending federal election monitors to Fulton County, Georgia: "It's because for this committed lifelong racist the fact that black voters were instrumental to his defeat is even more offensive than the defeat itself."

Former VP Kamala Harris addresses Gen Z voters while campaigning for U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff (D-GA): "This is the moment where we turn that anger into action...You have everything at stake and you have a right to weigh in and tell people what you want."

Secretary Pete Hegseth and family at White House Halloween Event.

.@SecMullinDHS says DHS removed "4,170 illegal aliens" in a 10-day operation in Texas: "Over 60% of those individuals had a criminal background. That should've never been on our streets."

Q: "You not going to Kansas has nothing to do with you being sick of travel?"

President Trump: "You're sick to ask that question. You are sick...I don't feel I have to go to Kansas...I feel perfect. You are disgusting. Put yourself in shape. You look like hell!"

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.@donnabrazile on Alaska U.S. Senate race: It's fishy...I don't want to cast any aspersions until I know a lot more.

@RonnaMcDaniel: Well, we know a Republican didn't do it...there could be big ramifications for this if they did intentional go and find ways to mislead voters.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (D) says sales for publicly-funded grocery stores in September were $327,000: "We're on the right path, we're in the right location, and we're providing a good service."

Former Virginia Gov. @GlennYoungkin (R) on Democratic socialism: "There is no such thing as a moderate Democrat today...there's no space for them to occupy, because the far-left socialist part of the party is pulling everybody that direction."

.@VP Vance says Texans sent a message to D.C in 2024 that "Texas is ready to put America first for a change."

Sen. @DarlineGrahamSC (R-SC) thanks President Trump for his support: "This man works so hard, he goes around the whole country helping candidates... We love you Mr. President."

President Trump calls for U.S. Sen. candidate Mary Peltola (D-AK) to be "removed from the ballot and prosecuted" for alleged scheme to recruit a Sen. candidate with the same name as incumbent Dan Sullivan: "This is voter fraud at the highest level."

President Trump calls U.S. Senate candidate Annie Andrews (D-SC) "tr*nny Annie"

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde (@Lagarde) says she is resigning early because she cannot stay neutral on world affairs: "I think that my voice can help, my action can help in relation to principles that are dear to my heart."

Protester interrupts Trump as he urges audience to vote for Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC)

U.S. Sen. candidate @AbdulElSayed (D-MI) on his decision to run after Sen. Gary Peters (D) announced his retirement: "I had to ask myself, 'Where's the fight for the public's health go now?'"

.@SenGaryPeters (D-MI) on Republican candidates campaigning throughout the country: "Let's be clear, it's despicable the way they're running their campaign...we're better than that. We believe that America is stronger when we're united."

U.S. Sen. candidate @AbdulElSayed (D-MI) calls for the passage of the PRO Act, (Protecting the Right to Organize Act) which expands labor protections: "We need unions."

U.S. Sen. candidate @AbdulElSayed (D-MI) on RFK Jr.'s comments on Arab scientific contributions: "Which is ironic because you've got a guy in one of the highest scientific posts in our country who has zero scientific credentials... I'll take my contributions over yours any day."

Sen. @ElissaSlotkin (D-MI) on midterm election: "There's really only two teams...it is team fight versus team flight."

Sen. @GaryPeters (D-MI) says he decided to forgo reelection because he says the founders of the U.S. believed "members of Congress should go and serve in Congress and then go back to their private life, not stay their whole life."

Sen. @DarlineGrahamSC (R-SC) on opponent Annie Andrews (D): "She's just plain old bat shit crazy."

Sen. @DarlineGrahamSC (R-SC) on opponent Annie Andrews (D): "She's just plain old bat shit crazy."

Sen. @ElissaSlotkin (D-MI): "If we do not fight for the country we believe in, it will not be here for our kids and our grandkids."

President Trump on Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) criticizing DOJ for suing against Senate election results and endorsing Alaska governor candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D): "That's her problem. I noticed that she also agrees that what they did here was a very bad thing."

President Trump on campaigning with Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC): "In honor of Lindsey Graham, I'd like to see his sister win."

Rep. Mariannette @millermeeks (R-IA) on national groups pulling funding out of her race: "That's just part of the nature of being in a swing district. They pulled funding to help other people because we had a lot of cash on hand, and because we've done our job the entire term."

President Trump on Pentagon Director for Strategy, Army Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia, for allegedly leaking info: "She's gonna have big problems...we're very much looking for leakers."

President Trump says "you're gonna have to see what happens" when asked about seating Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola (D-AK) if she wins election to U.S. Senate

President Trump on Brazilian election results: "I thought the election was a very great embarrassment to the people of Brazil."

President Trump on Democrats threatening to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: "All they do is talk about impeaching everybody, I mean honestly if they wanted to play that game, we could play it just as well."

Former President Barack Obama responds to President Trump criticizing his comparison of Trump's Oval Office decor to The Cheesecake Factory: "I am not making this up. He is literally doing arts and crafts while we are fighting a war and trying to deal with out-of-control prices."

Former President Barack Obama on Iran war: "This is the reason why the price of oil is up...why the price of diesel is up...the price about just everything is up."

President Trump shouts out "Blacks for Trump" members: "I love you guys...they have a whole group. Say hello to your friends."

President Trump on Alaska election: "This is voter fraud at the highest level, and the Democrat candidate who was involved in the scheme, Mary Peltola...she should be removed from the ballot and prosecuted. So should the fake Dan Sullivan."

Sen. Jon @ossoff (D-GA): "When voting rights and civil rights that heroes died to secure are under attack, we defend those rights by using them. That's why Georgia democrats are answering with a mobilization so massive and a defense of voting rights so fierce."

President Trump on Ohio Gov. Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R) campaign ad with opponent Amy Acton's (D) mother: "Vivek was treated very unfairly. He had the mother of his opponent say that her daughter was a liar. I said, 'Why can’t I have an opponent like that?'”

Sen. Jon @ossoff (D-GA): "In 6 days, Georgia will rebuke the crook President Donald Trump with such clarity and power that no president will dare such abuse again for centuries."