“For 250 years, America has been a nation made stronger by immigrants. The framers of the Fourteenth Amendment wove that value into our Constitution, affirming that those born on American soil are citizens. No matter how much President Trump tries to steal citizenship from people that the Constitution has said have earned it and reverse the grand American tradition of welcoming newcomers to our nation, the Supreme Court confirmed today that those born in America are American.
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Senator • New York
Senior United States Senator from New York
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“Trump's MAGA Supreme Court just gave the very wealthy and big-money special interest groups the green light to buy elections.
“Trump's petty refusal to sign our bipartisan bill shows how reluctant he is to do anything that would help the American people.
“When you look at the 14 points that the administration has agreed to, it looks like Iran has won on just about every one of them.
“Republicans refused to permanently outlaw Trump's $2 billion slush fund, leaving taxpayers to rely on nothing more than a promise from Donald Trump's personal fixer. That is not accountability. That is a permission slip.
“The timing of this announcement could not be worse. With just over a week until FISA Section 702's authorities expire, this announcement and its timing clearly make passing an extension of FISA much harder.
“Republicans fought like hell to please Donald Trump and his slush fund but didn't lift a finger to help working Americans.
“Blanche not only shields Trump from the law, he uses the justice system to go after his boss' political enemies. Unless Republicans want to remain complicit in Trump's corruption, they ought to oppose Blanche as well.
“Trump picked Blanche because he's loyal to the president alone, not the Constitution, not the rule of law, and certainly not to the American people, and not to the values that this country has had for 250 years.
“The only way to stop Trump's nearly $2 billion MAGA slush fund and his blank check to commit tax fraud is to abolish it by law — permanently.
“A partisan thug with no experience in intelligence. He is another unqualified Trump appointee that will make our country less safe. And you won't hear a word from the Republicans who claim to care about national security.
“Of all Trump's corrupt schemes, his insurrectionist slush fund is one of the most depraved. This ruling is an important win — but the fight is far from over. Democrats will keep fighting in the courts and in Congress to make sure this $2 billion giveaway to cop beaters, criminals, and MAGA cronies never sees the light of day.
“Trump's order is not about election integrity. It is voter suppression, plain and simple. Democrats will do everything in our power to ensure that every American can exercise their right to vote.
“Trump's strategy is simple: if he can't win voters, he'll silence them — and now a MAGA judge is enabling him.
“As working families shorten their grocery lists as they struggle to make ends meet, Donald Trump has added a nearly two-billion-dollar slush fund for his MAGA allies and January 6th insurrectionists to his wish list of pet projects he wants to fund with taxpayer dollars.
“Vote by vote, Democrats are breaking through Republicans' wall of silence on Trump's illegal war. For more than 80 days, Trump has dragged America into a costly, chaotic conflict with no plan, no objective, and no legal authority. Today proved our pressure is working: Republicans are starting to crack, and momentum is building to check him.
“He sued the government he runs, had his own DOJ settle the case and pocketed the prize: special IRS protection for the Trump family. That is self-dealing with a government seal.
“Trump has weaponized the Department of Justice as his personal law office, targeted his perceived political enemies. It is a blatant and obvious conflict for the President to be able to use the administration as his own personal ATM.
“Moody's downgrade of the United States' credit rating should be a wake-up call to Trump and Congressional Republicans to end their reckless pursuit of their deficit-busting tax giveaway. Republicans are hell-bent on a multi-trillion tax cut for the ultra-wealthy, leading to nothing but higher prices, more debt, and fewer jobs.
“The Republican bill would pump tens of billions of dollars into ICE and Border Patrol without any guardrails... At a time when Americans are struggling to put food on the table, Republicans say 'let them eat cake'... This staggering waste of taxpayer dollars has nothing, nothing to do with security and everything to do with Trump's ego. The American people are calling out for help, but these Ballroom Republicans have a constituency of one: Donald Trump's ego.
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