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The greatest thing Nikki Haley did for our Country, and the Great State of South Carolina, was accepting the position of United Nations Ambassador so that the incredible then Lieutenant Governor, Henry McMaster, could be Governor of South Carolina, where he has done an absolutely fantastic job. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 1 year ago
He's spent his campaign lying about my record on crime, i'm a Democrat that I am running on my record on crime. You know, I ran for mayor of my community out in Western Pennsylvania to confront gun violence. It's always been a very deep, personal issue for me. … Working with the police, funding the police, and working with the community, we created the kind of relationship that was successful that we went more than five and a half years without any murder loss in my community — never done before or since during my time as mayor before I became lieutenant governor. – John Fetterman	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Imagine [U.S. Sen. Bob] Casey and Fetterman as partners in the U.S. Senate, john has got a lot of experience serving the state as mayor and then as lieutenant governor. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
More concerning than the debacle last night is his career track record of not showing up for work, well documented by the AP and the Washington Post, he simply disappeared in previous roles as Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and Mayor of Braddock where he quit attending council meetings altogether. The only thing worse than being incapable of advocating for his constituents, is being uninterested in the job. – John Ashbrook	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I also condemned the 570 riots that occurred during the summer. So many people ignored those. The lieutenant governor has made excuses for those rioters saying ‘Well what do you expect? They’re frustrated,' if you want to talk about rioting, we should take a look at what happened in Kenosha. The day after the first night of rioting, when a used car lot was set on fire, instead of trying to calm things down, the lieutenant governor gave a press conference. – Ron Johnson	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The first thing you do is support law enforcement, and unfortunately, the lieutenant governor has not done that. He has a record of wanting to defund the police – I know he doesn’t necessarily use that word, but he has a long history of being supported by people leading the effort to defund, he uses code words. Like Cori Bush said, talks about ‘reallocate over bloated police budgets.’ He said it pains him to see fully funded police budgets. That’s his views. – Ron Johnson	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I’m so proud to endorse my friend, Charlie Bailey, to be the next lieutenant governor for the great state of Georgia, i am proud to be Leader@staceyabrams’ chosen running mate. – Stacey Abrams	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
To be attacked and killed in the course of helping others is both heartbreaking and enraging for our department in ways I can not describe. Lieutenant Russo exemplified FDNY-EMS, she served this city for 25 years. She was a World Trade Center first responder. She was cited multiple times for her bravery and her life-saving work. And she was absolutely beloved on this job. – Laura Kavanagh	Found on CNN 1 year ago
He was a Soviet officer, most likely a lieutenant, who simply saw the opportunities presented by three factors that came with the collapse of the USSR and the state sponsorship that entailed : abandoned aircraft on the runways from Moscow to Kiev, no longer able to fly because of the lack of money for fuel or maintenance ; huge stores of surplus weapons that were guarded by guards suddenly receiving little or no salary ; and the booming demand for those weapons from traditional Soviet clients and newly emerging armed groups from Africa to the Philippines. – Douglas Farah	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I have grown through the ranks from patrolman to detective, lieutenant, captain, and have served as interim chief for the Uvalde Police Department. – Mike Hernandez	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
As the Lieutenant Governor of New York State, I stand here on behalf of Governor Kathy Hochul to say' we will be with you to be sure that this tragedy never happens again and we will make sure that all of the families -- the 15 here, the two who are not here, and all of the families who were impacted by this fire -- know that the state will stand up and support,'. – Brian Benjamin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I’m honored to have President Trump’s complete and total endorsement for lieutenant governor because I’m the only person in my race who has fought for the President from day one—and I’ll continue to do that as we deliver results for every Georgia family. – Burt Jones	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
In the years since Debra Clayton death, Lieutenant Clayton's loved ones and the entire OPD family waited for the day when the defendant would be held accountable for his heinous crimes. Lieutenant Clayton will now face the highest penalty provided by the law. – Orlando Police Department	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Think of all the glass ceilings that Republicans broke in this last election [on Tuesday]. It wasn't just the election of the governor, the first woman minority woman elected to lieutenant governor, [but] you look at the race in Texas. This [seat] is 73 percent Hispanic. – John Lujan	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The same ‘ White nationalists ’ who elected Republican Glenn Youngkin governorof Virginia voted for Former Republican Delegate Winsome Sears, a Black woman, as lieutenant governor, how racist ! They alsoelected Republican Jason Miyares, Jason Miyares, as their next attorney general. What bigots ! – Fox News	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
With nearly 3 decades as an attorney, and experiences ranging from a young lieutenant in the United States Army to a three-term member of the United States Congress, I know that as Attorney General you can either be a champion for progress or a defender of the status quo, marylanders deserve a champion for progress. As Attorney General, I will be that champion and will never back down from a challenge. – Democratic Rep. Anthony Brown	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I really think that Kathy Hochul needs a young, energetic progressive person as lieutenant governor. It's the easiest way, quickly, to reach out to the community that is most problematic for Kathy Hochul in the primary, some of me thinks she'll want to have a man( on the ticket), but I don't think that there's anything terribly politically problematic about having two women. I think that might help her in a primary. – Kenneth Sherrill	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Kathy Hochul, who had no power as lieutenant governor to really influence things, will have all the power as governor to be able to greenlight and influence deals between state regulators and state agencies and public authorities and Delaware North, bottom line : She's in a place to make Delaware North a ton of money if she was so inclined, by granting them favorable treatment and putting her thumb on the scale. – John Kaehny	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is signage that is evident almost everywhere across the State of New York, where the state has any kind of facility, park -- any kind of edifice, any kind of building, let this be the first of many changes to come for the incoming governor, lieutenant governor now, Kathy Hochul. – Curtis Sliwa	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Today, I am announcing the appointment of Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger, an Air Force veteran and Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard, to serve on the Select Committee, adam Kinzinger brings great patriotism to the Committee's mission : to find the facts and protect our Democracy. – Speaker Pelosi	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Being in internal affairs for so long as a sergeant and then again coming back as lieutenant, I knew that Internal Affairs investigations take months and months and months, sometimes over a year, i know that it takes months and months to go through the administrative process of scrutiny by different departments. – William Kelly	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I remember asking, before we began the statement, what I was being investigated for. And they told me that it was going to be for using a city email account for personal business. And then later on, they said it could possibly be something about conduct unbecoming, being in internal affairs, as a sergeant and as lieutenant, I knew that those weren't things that ended people's careers. – William Kelly	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Lieutenant Commander Galloway [behind a chain link fence at a ball field]: Do you know what a code red is? Lieutenant Kaffee, standing on the ball field, looks at her in silence with a blank expression on his face. Galloway: What a pity. – Aaron Sorkin	added by anonymous 3 years ago
I was pissed off when I saw what happened to the young lieutenant. I thought about what I would do, a Black man on some lonely highway at night... can not expect fair and just treatment, can not expect to be treated with dignity. – Adrian Lewis	Found on CNN 3 years ago

The greatest thing Nikki Haley did for our Country, and the Great State of South Carolina, was accepting the position of United Nations Ambassador so that the incredible then Lieutenant Governor, Henry McMaster, could be Governor of South Carolina, where he has done an absolutely fantastic job.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He's spent his campaign lying about my record on crime, i'm a Democrat that I am running on my record on crime. You know, I ran for mayor of my community out in Western Pennsylvania to confront gun violence. It's always been a very deep, personal issue for me. … Working with the police, funding the police, and working with the community, we created the kind of relationship that was successful that we went more than five and a half years without any murder loss in my community — never done before or since during my time as mayor before I became lieutenant governor.

– John Fetterman

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Imagine [U.S. Sen. Bob] Casey and Fetterman as partners in the U.S. Senate, john has got a lot of experience serving the state as mayor and then as lieutenant governor.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

More concerning than the debacle last night is his career track record of not showing up for work, well documented by the AP and the Washington Post, he simply disappeared in previous roles as Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and Mayor of Braddock where he quit attending council meetings altogether. The only thing worse than being incapable of advocating for his constituents, is being uninterested in the job.

– John Ashbrook

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I also condemned the 570 riots that occurred during the summer. So many people ignored those. The lieutenant governor has made excuses for those rioters saying ‘Well what do you expect? They’re frustrated,' if you want to talk about rioting, we should take a look at what happened in Kenosha. The day after the first night of rioting, when a used car lot was set on fire, instead of trying to calm things down, the lieutenant governor gave a press conference.

– Ron Johnson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The first thing you do is support law enforcement, and unfortunately, the lieutenant governor has not done that. He has a record of wanting to defund the police – I know he doesn’t necessarily use that word, but he has a long history of being supported by people leading the effort to defund, he uses code words. Like Cori Bush said, talks about ‘reallocate over bloated police budgets.’ He said it pains him to see fully funded police budgets. That’s his views.

– Ron Johnson

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I’m so proud to endorse my friend, Charlie Bailey, to be the next lieutenant governor for the great state of Georgia, i am proud to be Leader@staceyabrams’ chosen running mate.

– Stacey Abrams

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

To be attacked and killed in the course of helping others is both heartbreaking and enraging for our department in ways I can not describe. Lieutenant Russo exemplified FDNY-EMS, she served this city for 25 years. She was a World Trade Center first responder. She was cited multiple times for her bravery and her life-saving work. And she was absolutely beloved on this job.

– Laura Kavanagh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He was a Soviet officer, most likely a lieutenant, who simply saw the opportunities presented by three factors that came with the collapse of the USSR and the state sponsorship that entailed : abandoned aircraft on the runways from Moscow to Kiev, no longer able to fly because of the lack of money for fuel or maintenance ; huge stores of surplus weapons that were guarded by guards suddenly receiving little or no salary ; and the booming demand for those weapons from traditional Soviet clients and newly emerging armed groups from Africa to the Philippines.

– Douglas Farah

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I have grown through the ranks from patrolman to detective, lieutenant, captain, and have served as interim chief for the Uvalde Police Department.

– Mike Hernandez

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

As the Lieutenant Governor of New York State, I stand here on behalf of Governor Kathy Hochul to say' we will be with you to be sure that this tragedy never happens again and we will make sure that all of the families -- the 15 here, the two who are not here, and all of the families who were impacted by this fire -- know that the state will stand up and support,'.

– Brian Benjamin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I’m honored to have President Trump’s complete and total endorsement for lieutenant governor because I’m the only person in my race who has fought for the President from day one—and I’ll continue to do that as we deliver results for every Georgia family.

– Burt Jones

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

In the years since Debra Clayton death, Lieutenant Clayton's loved ones and the entire OPD family waited for the day when the defendant would be held accountable for his heinous crimes. Lieutenant Clayton will now face the highest penalty provided by the law.

– Orlando Police Department

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Think of all the glass ceilings that Republicans broke in this last election [on Tuesday]. It wasn't just the election of the governor, the first woman minority woman elected to lieutenant governor, [but] you look at the race in Texas. This [seat] is 73 percent Hispanic.

– John Lujan

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The same ‘ White nationalists ’ who elected Republican Glenn Youngkin governorof Virginia voted for Former Republican Delegate Winsome Sears, a Black woman, as lieutenant governor, how racist ! They alsoelected Republican Jason Miyares, Jason Miyares, as their next attorney general. What bigots !

– Fox News

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

With nearly 3 decades as an attorney, and experiences ranging from a young lieutenant in the United States Army to a three-term member of the United States Congress, I know that as Attorney General you can either be a champion for progress or a defender of the status quo, marylanders deserve a champion for progress. As Attorney General, I will be that champion and will never back down from a challenge.

– Democratic Rep. Anthony Brown

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I really think that Kathy Hochul needs a young, energetic progressive person as lieutenant governor. It's the easiest way, quickly, to reach out to the community that is most problematic for Kathy Hochul in the primary, some of me thinks she'll want to have a man( on the ticket), but I don't think that there's anything terribly politically problematic about having two women. I think that might help her in a primary.

– Kenneth Sherrill

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Kathy Hochul, who had no power as lieutenant governor to really influence things, will have all the power as governor to be able to greenlight and influence deals between state regulators and state agencies and public authorities and Delaware North, bottom line : She's in a place to make Delaware North a ton of money if she was so inclined, by granting them favorable treatment and putting her thumb on the scale.

– John Kaehny

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This is signage that is evident almost everywhere across the State of New York, where the state has any kind of facility, park -- any kind of edifice, any kind of building, let this be the first of many changes to come for the incoming governor, lieutenant governor now, Kathy Hochul.

– Curtis Sliwa

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Today, I am announcing the appointment of Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger, an Air Force veteran and Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard, to serve on the Select Committee, adam Kinzinger brings great patriotism to the Committee's mission : to find the facts and protect our Democracy.

– Speaker Pelosi

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Being in internal affairs for so long as a sergeant and then again coming back as lieutenant, I knew that Internal Affairs investigations take months and months and months, sometimes over a year, i know that it takes months and months to go through the administrative process of scrutiny by different departments.

– William Kelly

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I remember asking, before we began the statement, what I was being investigated for. And they told me that it was going to be for using a city email account for personal business. And then later on, they said it could possibly be something about conduct unbecoming, being in internal affairs, as a sergeant and as lieutenant, I knew that those weren't things that ended people's careers.

– William Kelly

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Lieutenant Commander Galloway [behind a chain link fence at a ball field]: Do you know what a code red is? Lieutenant Kaffee, standing on the ball field, looks at her in silence with a blank expression on his face. Galloway: What a pity.

– Aaron Sorkin

added by anonymous
3 years ago

I was pissed off when I saw what happened to the young lieutenant. I thought about what I would do, a Black man on some lonely highway at night... can not expect fair and just treatment, can not expect to be treated with dignity.

– Adrian Lewis

Found on CNN
3 years ago

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