Patience Vanderbush

Very concerned citizen. One of the Neighbors on Call since 2016.

[Tim Walz @Tim_Walz]

Found an imaginary problem, said only they could fix it, didn’t listen to experts, hired buddies who grifted millions, failed miserably, bragged how great it went.

The entire Trump presidency in a nutshell.

[Tammy Duckworth @SenDuckworth]

Before Donald Trump launched this unnecessary and costly war, the Strait of Hormuz was open, gas was $1 less and 13 more American servicemembers were alive.

Only someone as deeply incompetent, delusional and unfit as Trump would see this as “winning.”

While our nation watches to see if this ceasefire deal holds in the wake of his deranged rhetoric, including a threat to destroy an entire civilization, this chaos cannot be excused.

Congress must return to Washington immediately, vote on a War Powers Resolution to rein this dictatorial President in and be the coequal branch of government our founders intended us to be.

[Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkKelly]

The SAVE Act isn't about voter ID, it's about creating barriers to voting — rejecting military IDs, forcing seniors to find their birth certificate or buy a passport. They want to force millions of people to re-register to vote because they think that’s the only way they can win.

[Tammy Duckworth @SenDuckworth]

The SAVE Act is not about stopping voter fraud. It was designed to serve the fraud in the White House.

Trump knows his policies aren’t popular so he is desperate to stop Americans from having their voices heard.

It’s the “Save Trump’s Ass Act.”

I will vote no.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

REMINDER: Democrats tried SIX TIMES to fund the parts of DHS that Congress agrees on—like paying TSA workers, FEMA, and cyber defense.

Republicans blocked us every single time.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The Epstein class's kids won't die in this war. Poor families' kids will.

Billionaires won't suffer. Middle class families will pay more for everything.

And for what? For a different hardline cleric to run Iran than the one who was about to die soon anyway?

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The costs of this Iran war debacle will likely be more than the cost of extending the ACA health insurance subsidies.

If you asked Americans, which do you want: another war in the Middle East or lower health care costs at home, is the margin 90 to 10? 95 to 5?

[Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkKelly]

It wasn’t long ago that thousands of American families lost sons and daughters for a war with no end in sight. Trump is risking that again with Iran, and he’s doing it all without Congressional approval.

The Senate needs to come back to Washington to do its job.

[Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkKelly]

People who’ve never served are often the quickest to start dropping bombs without a plan for what’s next.

The American people have seen this play out before and they’re tired of it. Trump is sending our servicemembers into harm’s way without a clear explanation or an end goal.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

Congress must return immediately and vote to put an end to this war.

Every Senator should be on the record—the American people deserve to know which of their leaders supports another potentially bloody and costly war in the Middle East.

No war with Iran.

[Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkKelly]

If records tied to Donald Trump are missing from the Epstein files, that's not a coincidence. The FBI interviewed the victim multiple times, so those records exist. Where are they?

Release everything, as the law requires. If there's nothing to hide, prove it.

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Things Mike Johnson hasn't called "detestable":
- DOJ covering up the Epstein files
- Stripping millions of Americans of their health insurance
- Trump’s masked ICE agents killing people on our streets

So, forgive us if we don't give a damn. See you on the Mall at 8.

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[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

I want to be unequivocal here: when—not if, but when—the next pandemic hits, America will be less prepared because of the decisions made by the Trump administration.

Your family and our economy will be more vulnerable to the next pandemic. This is a choice Trump is making.

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Next week, Trump will deliver his State of the Union address. I won't be there.

Trump is marching America towards fascism, and I refuse to normalize his shredding of our Constitution & democracy.

This cannot be business as usual.

https://t.co/6j9viBramH

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

When corporate media obeys in advance, authoritarianism wins & the truth loses.

This cowardice from CBS — & the Admin's weaponization of the FCC — threatens our 1st Amendment rights. We must not be silent as corporations keep bowing down to Trump.

We must call them out.

https://t.co/uezqA27ovP

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

President Trump is a disgrace. He's easily the most corrupt President in American history by a long shot.

I'm not attending his State of the Union to listen to him ramble and lie.

Instead, I'll be sharing the ways he's hurting hardworking Americans.

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

Alex Pretti was a VA ICU nurse who spent his career caring for veterans, often in their final hours. When I met his coworkers, they shared how he treated every patient as if they were the only one. Both Renee Good and Alex should be alive today.

[Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar]

ICE officials are saying “job in Minnesota is done.”

What do they think their job is – killing two innocent people, abducting toddlers and shipping them to Texas, detaining legal citizens?

ICE didn’t make Minnesota safer – it was Minnesotans who stood together and got ICE out of our state.

[Tammy Duckworth @SenDuckworth]

Trump is yet again sacrificing our future to protect polluters' profits.

He just decimated EPA's power to protect our planet and public health from climate change—and it will hit underserved communities hardest.

He's lining billionaires' pockets, and we're paying the price.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

If ICE and CBP don't want to be called secret police, then don't wear masks. 

If they don't want to be accused of kidnapping, then don't drag people out of cars & houses without warrants.

And if they don't want to be accused of being lawless, then start following the law.