Some people want to portray what Donald Trump're doing now as some sort of quick action to prevent the removal of the special counsel because his termination is imminent. I don't believe that, i believe in my heart of hearts the President doesn't intend to remove the special counsel. But what I do believe is this is a policy that will have enduring value that will mean any future president will be subject to the same sort of standard.

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Back in North Carolina, I hear immigration come up, i don't really hear impeachment except for,' what the heck are you guys doing ?'.

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I remember a pattern of conduct the press tried to conjure with Brett Kavanaugh that much of it proved to be incorrect, i'm not going to judge based on media reporting. If I have facts in front of me to the contrary, then that would be a different discussion.

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I haven't read the bill to know whether or not that was in there, but when we approached pro-life measures at the (North Carolina) statehouse, we did it in a way that was respectful.

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We are still recovering from Hurricane Matthew, i think this storm will produce a greater impact.

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This pastor was in the United States after the coup and after Erdogan was rounding up people all across the country, does anybody really believe that he would have traveled back to a country that he felt like he could have been swept up into that? Samuel Brownback, US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, talks to members of the media outside the prison complex Aliaga, Izmir province, western Turkey, where jailed pastor Andrew Craig Brunson appeared on his trial at a court inside the complex (AP) Meanwhile, the year and a half of imprisonment has taken a personal toll on Brunson and his family.

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We can play this game until 1 a.m., do you want to be a senator that wants to make a point or do you want to make a difference?

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A back-end judicial review process to prevent unmerited removals of special counsels not only helps to ensure their investigatory independence, but also reaffirms our nation’s system of checks and balances.

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It is critical that special counsels have the independence and resources they need to lead investigations, a back-end judicial review process to prevent unmerited removals of special counsels not only helps to ensure their investigatory independence, but also reaffirms our nation’s system of check and balances.

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The Pope is the leader of my church, he is doing what popes have done for hundreds of years -- that does not bother me.

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You will never satisfy the far extremes on the Left and the Right.

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I resolve to work with my colleagues to succeed in producing the good rather than failing to produce the perfect.

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The number-one defender of the Second Amendment rights is the National Rifle Association. The NRA works tirelessly to elect pro-Second Amendment candidates, and it fights fearlessly to win tough public policy battles and preserve those rights.

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If Israel did not exist, the United Nations would go out of business.

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What I want to do is create jobs that make the minimum wage irrelevant.

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As a freedom-lover and avid outdoorsman, I understand the importance of protecting the Second Amendment, which has been under attack by liberal special interest groups funded by elitist billionaires.

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I think that you find out what your boss wants you to do, and you do more. To me, that's work ethic. Because, if you demonstrate that your capabilities extend past your current job, they'll probably give you a better job.

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We don't classify all doctors as incompetent because of the infrequent instances of medical malpractice. We don't use the example of one bad teacher in our children's school to draw a negative conclusion of the entire teaching profession. We should apply that same rational standard when it comes to how we view law enforcement.

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Republicans should remember that when Trump campaigned, he wasn't holding up a conservative manifesto at every rally.

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If you just focus on producing good outcomes, all that other stuff sorts itself out.

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I believe that what we should do first and foremost is seal the border. The Republicans and Democrats have both failed on this issue for decades. And one of the reasons why is I don't think we have stabilized the problem by taking credible steps to seal the border. Then let's discuss what we do with the population who is illegally present.

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