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We are pleased to have reached a settlement of our dispute with Dominion Voting Systems, we acknowledge the Court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false. This settlement reflects FOX’s continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. We are hopeful that our decision to resolve this dispute with Dominion amicably, instead of the acrimony of a divisive trial, allows the country to move forward from these issues. – Fox News	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We can’t be attacking each other so much that we lose sight of: We have to beat the Democrats. We have to beat Joe Biden in 2024. And we may have divisive primaries and differences of opinions, but in the end we have to settle those to win the big picture, which is governing our country and doing right by the American people. – Ronna McDaniel	Found on CNN 1 year ago
On behalf of the Dunwoody City Council, I want to assure everyone that hateful, divisive, and anti-Semitic rhetoric has no place here. – Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Legislation that impacts our most vulnerable youth requires careful consideration and deliberation. While not a perfect bill, we are grateful for Sen. Kennedy’s more nuanced and thoughtful approach to this terribly divisive issue, more and more experts, states and countries around the world are pausing these permanent and life-altering treatments for new patients until more and better research can help determine the long-term consequences. – Utah Gov. Spencer Cox	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
In Colorado, we have a magazine limit – 15 bullets, no more than 15 bullets in a magazine. So effectively, it reduces the ability of high-powered weapons to do harm. So look, I think all these things, including the red flag law, and expanding its use should really be looked at, but again, it's not just about gun policy. Yes, that should be on the table to discuss in a thoughtful, rational way. But we also need to talk about mental health. We need to talk about the divisive rhetoric that even some people who aspire to positions of leadership in our country unfortunately use almost every day. – Jared Polis	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I'm making a plea to my Republican colleagues. We can disagree on so many issues. That's fair. But let's not have this kind of divisive negativity. Let's not have the condemnation of viciousness and even violence against poll workers, against so many others. Let us try to come together. – Chuck Schumer	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We are confident that a majority of justices will uphold the U.S. Constitution and end the divisive and failing policy of using race in college admissions, because of such horrendous discrimination, many Asian-American applicants have to hide their racial identity to get admitted by America’s selective colleges. Unfortunately, in 21st century America, our children are still being treated as second-class citizens. – Mike Zhao	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
This heinous assault is yet another example of the dangerous consequences of the divisive and hateful rhetoric that is putting lives at risk and undermining The Police very democracy and Democratic institutions. Those who are using their platforms to inciteviolence must be held to account, the Police leaders should never fear for their safety and the safety of their families in serving the people they were elected to represent – not in their homes, not at the U.S. Capitol, not anywhere. Jennifer and I wish Paul Pelosi a speedy recovery and send The Police thoughts to Paul Pelosi and their family during this time. – Gavin Newsom	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The Defense Department did it with its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team and appointed a senior official with concerning and divisive rhetoric in its top post, the Department of Homeland Security did it with the Disinformation Governance Board and had a wannabe TikTok ‘influencer’ as its leader. – Kat Cammack	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It seems like perpetual-failed-candidate Hillary Clinton’s basket of deplorables has run stale, not unlike herself, it’s pathetic, it’s divisive, and it is further cementing her legacy of cringe. – Taylor Budowich	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Parents and community members play an important role in shaping what students learn in school but this goes far beyond organic expressions of concern or the normal give-and-take between parents and educators in a healthy school environment, these groups have made it their mission to undermine educators, sabotage students' freedom to read and stoke divisive battles that distract from teaching and learning. – Suzanne Nossel	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In the face of the existential threats like climate change and MAGA extremism, House and Senate leadership has a greater responsibility than ever to avoid risking a government shutdown by jamming divisive policy riders into a must-pass continuing resolution, permitting reform hurts already-overburdened communities, puts polluters on an even faster track, and divides the caucus. – Natural Resources	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
If Russia, because of the incredibly high tensions created by the Ukraine invasion, seeks to lash out at the US by mucking up our midterm elections, one way they could do that is by hacking into Twitter, taking over accounts of prominent people, having them say divisive things and creating chaos the way Russians have shown they like to do. – Paul Barrett	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There’s a way to embrace the policies that worked during the Trump administration without getting bogged down in the divisive intra-party squabbles that have created real resentment and frustration throughout the party at a time when Republicans should be scoring easy victories up and down the ballot. – House Republicans	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
To have this come though was like that breakthrough moment for us, this can be positive. This can be good. It doesn't have to be hateful or divisive. – Brandon Brown	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Despite this backlash, I truly believe I could win this election, but it would be an incredibly divisive election for both the Republican Party and for the people of the 23rd District, many of whom I have not ever represented, the last thing we need is an incredibly negative, half-truth filled media attack funded by millions of dollars of special interest money coming into our community around this issue of guns and violence and gun control. – The Buffalo-area congressman	Found on CNN 1 year ago
All 133 Virginia public school division superintendents have urged Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) to scrap the ‘tip line’ set up to let parents complain about teachers and principals and have asked him to stop his campaign against the teaching of 'divisive' content in schools. – The Post	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
So coming here, I really feel there was a sense of coming home, i feel just as American as Chinese. I don't feel I'm taking advantage of one or another. They understand that my mission is to foster a connection between countries and not a divisive force. – Eileen Gu	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If this desire to continue on as Zucker would want them to with divisive rhetoric toward non-Democrats and an obsession with Trump and Russia, CNN will only continue to decline and truly become unsalvageable as a news organization. – Curtis Houck	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Most rational thinkers agree that public schools should not be home to political activism, from any side of the political divide, but public schools across America, from Boston to Seattle, have opened their doors for activist teachings from the divisive Black Lives Matter political organization, under the cover of a week of action, called ‘Black Lives Matter at School,’ children as young as 5 years old are being trained how to be political activists. – Asra Nomani	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is divisive times, and we don’t need this. The school district has overreacted. – Jamie Ward	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
In office less than two weeks and Governor Glenn Youngkin has already set up an email tip line for parents to report teachers for teaching divisive subjects. – Glenn Youngkin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
And I think that’s part of the problem. We, for lack of a better word, segregate ourselves in divisive ways, that’s not conducive to healthy relationships. – Elizabeth Frantz	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If a Democrat runs, it would be viewed as divisive within the party and is likely not to attract a marquee candidate. I think it might be someone who is still looking to raise some issues and create some attention. – Lee Miringoff	Found on FOX News 2 years ago

We are pleased to have reached a settlement of our dispute with Dominion Voting Systems, we acknowledge the Court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false. This settlement reflects FOX’s continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. We are hopeful that our decision to resolve this dispute with Dominion amicably, instead of the acrimony of a divisive trial, allows the country to move forward from these issues.

– Fox News

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We can’t be attacking each other so much that we lose sight of: We have to beat the Democrats. We have to beat Joe Biden in 2024. And we may have divisive primaries and differences of opinions, but in the end we have to settle those to win the big picture, which is governing our country and doing right by the American people.

– Ronna McDaniel

Found on CNN
1 year ago

On behalf of the Dunwoody City Council, I want to assure everyone that hateful, divisive, and anti-Semitic rhetoric has no place here.

– Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Legislation that impacts our most vulnerable youth requires careful consideration and deliberation. While not a perfect bill, we are grateful for Sen. Kennedy’s more nuanced and thoughtful approach to this terribly divisive issue, more and more experts, states and countries around the world are pausing these permanent and life-altering treatments for new patients until more and better research can help determine the long-term consequences.

– Utah Gov. Spencer Cox

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

In Colorado, we have a magazine limit – 15 bullets, no more than 15 bullets in a magazine. So effectively, it reduces the ability of high-powered weapons to do harm. So look, I think all these things, including the red flag law, and expanding its use should really be looked at, but again, it's not just about gun policy. Yes, that should be on the table to discuss in a thoughtful, rational way. But we also need to talk about mental health. We need to talk about the divisive rhetoric that even some people who aspire to positions of leadership in our country unfortunately use almost every day.

– Jared Polis

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I'm making a plea to my Republican colleagues. We can disagree on so many issues. That's fair. But let's not have this kind of divisive negativity. Let's not have the condemnation of viciousness and even violence against poll workers, against so many others. Let us try to come together.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We are confident that a majority of justices will uphold the U.S. Constitution and end the divisive and failing policy of using race in college admissions, because of such horrendous discrimination, many Asian-American applicants have to hide their racial identity to get admitted by America’s selective colleges. Unfortunately, in 21st century America, our children are still being treated as second-class citizens.

– Mike Zhao

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

This heinous assault is yet another example of the dangerous consequences of the divisive and hateful rhetoric that is putting lives at risk and undermining The Police very democracy and Democratic institutions. Those who are using their platforms to inciteviolence must be held to account, the Police leaders should never fear for their safety and the safety of their families in serving the people they were elected to represent – not in their homes, not at the U.S. Capitol, not anywhere. Jennifer and I wish Paul Pelosi a speedy recovery and send The Police thoughts to Paul Pelosi and their family during this time.

– Gavin Newsom

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The Defense Department did it with its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team and appointed a senior official with concerning and divisive rhetoric in its top post, the Department of Homeland Security did it with the Disinformation Governance Board and had a wannabe TikTok ‘influencer’ as its leader.

– Kat Cammack

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It seems like perpetual-failed-candidate Hillary Clinton’s basket of deplorables has run stale, not unlike herself, it’s pathetic, it’s divisive, and it is further cementing her legacy of cringe.

– Taylor Budowich

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Parents and community members play an important role in shaping what students learn in school but this goes far beyond organic expressions of concern or the normal give-and-take between parents and educators in a healthy school environment, these groups have made it their mission to undermine educators, sabotage students' freedom to read and stoke divisive battles that distract from teaching and learning.

– Suzanne Nossel

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In the face of the existential threats like climate change and MAGA extremism, House and Senate leadership has a greater responsibility than ever to avoid risking a government shutdown by jamming divisive policy riders into a must-pass continuing resolution, permitting reform hurts already-overburdened communities, puts polluters on an even faster track, and divides the caucus.

– Natural Resources

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

If Russia, because of the incredibly high tensions created by the Ukraine invasion, seeks to lash out at the US by mucking up our midterm elections, one way they could do that is by hacking into Twitter, taking over accounts of prominent people, having them say divisive things and creating chaos the way Russians have shown they like to do.

– Paul Barrett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There’s a way to embrace the policies that worked during the Trump administration without getting bogged down in the divisive intra-party squabbles that have created real resentment and frustration throughout the party at a time when Republicans should be scoring easy victories up and down the ballot.

– House Republicans

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

To have this come though was like that breakthrough moment for us, this can be positive. This can be good. It doesn't have to be hateful or divisive.

– Brandon Brown

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Despite this backlash, I truly believe I could win this election, but it would be an incredibly divisive election for both the Republican Party and for the people of the 23rd District, many of whom I have not ever represented, the last thing we need is an incredibly negative, half-truth filled media attack funded by millions of dollars of special interest money coming into our community around this issue of guns and violence and gun control.

– The Buffalo-area congressman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

All 133 Virginia public school division superintendents have urged Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) to scrap the ‘tip line’ set up to let parents complain about teachers and principals and have asked him to stop his campaign against the teaching of 'divisive' content in schools.

– The Post

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

So coming here, I really feel there was a sense of coming home, i feel just as American as Chinese. I don't feel I'm taking advantage of one or another. They understand that my mission is to foster a connection between countries and not a divisive force.

– Eileen Gu

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If this desire to continue on as Zucker would want them to with divisive rhetoric toward non-Democrats and an obsession with Trump and Russia, CNN will only continue to decline and truly become unsalvageable as a news organization.

– Curtis Houck

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Most rational thinkers agree that public schools should not be home to political activism, from any side of the political divide, but public schools across America, from Boston to Seattle, have opened their doors for activist teachings from the divisive Black Lives Matter political organization, under the cover of a week of action, called ‘Black Lives Matter at School,’ children as young as 5 years old are being trained how to be political activists.

– Asra Nomani

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is divisive times, and we don’t need this. The school district has overreacted.

– Jamie Ward

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

In office less than two weeks and Governor Glenn Youngkin has already set up an email tip line for parents to report teachers for teaching divisive subjects.

– Glenn Youngkin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

And I think that’s part of the problem. We, for lack of a better word, segregate ourselves in divisive ways, that’s not conducive to healthy relationships.

– Elizabeth Frantz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If a Democrat runs, it would be viewed as divisive within the party and is likely not to attract a marquee candidate. I think it might be someone who is still looking to raise some issues and create some attention.

– Lee Miringoff

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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