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James Clyburn
James Clyburn
stated on October 8, 2025 in an X post:
“Trump’s budget called for a $300 (million) cut” to the Women, Infants and Children program.
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By Amy Sherman • October 16, 2025
Francesca Hong
Francesca Hong
stated on June 12, 2025 in X, formerly Twitter:
“Nearly 25 cents of every $1 spent via SNAP goes to farmers and ranchers.”
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By Madeline Heim • July 30, 2025
stated on May 5, 2025 in a CNN NewsNight episode:
“China makes 80% of all toys” and “90% of all Christmas goods” sold in the U.S.
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By Loreben Tuquero • May 9, 2025
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense In America
stated on April 17, 2025 in a Threads post:
“Gun violence is the leading killer of college-aged people in the U.S.”
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By Loreben Tuquero • April 22, 2025
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on April 1, 2025 in a Senate floor speech:
"The consumer confidence in this country has gone way down."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2025
Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on January 19, 2025 in TV interview:
“After the referendum, Milwaukee Public Schools has a larger tax levy than the City of Milwaukee.”
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By D.L. Davis • March 3, 2025
Joel Kitchens
Joel Kitchens
stated on February 19, 2025 in News conference:
“90% of the (school) districts in Wisconsin already have a policy” banning cellphones during class time.
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By Hope Karnopp • February 28, 2025
Susan Crawford
Susan Crawford
stated on February 9, 2025 in TV interview:
Wisconsin does not “require judges to automatically recuse just because they have done some kind of legal work in the past as a lawyer.”
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By Hope Karnopp • February 19, 2025
Common Cause
Common Cause
stated on January 8, 2025 in News release:
Wisconsin makes it more difficult for its citizens to vote than almost any state in the nation.
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By Madeline Heim • January 28, 2025
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on January 8, 2025 in News conference:
Voter ID "is supported, if you look at any poll, by 70 to 80% of the public."
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By Hope Karnopp • January 23, 2025
Sara Jacobs
Sara Jacobs
stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post:
Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”
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By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2024
Jay Rothman
Jay Rothman
stated on December 1, 2024 in TV interview:
“The Universities of Wisconsin are 43rd out of 50 states in the nation, in terms of public support for our universities. The $855 million (budget request) gets us up to average.”
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By Hope Karnopp • December 12, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on October 23, 2024 in a CNN town hall:
"As of today, we have cut the flow of immigration by over half."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2024
Social Media
Social Media
stated on September 24, 2024 in social media posts:
Project 2025 would “cut” the Federal Emergency Management Agency and “kill federal-backed flood insurance.”
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October 3, 2024
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 10, 2024 in the ABC News presidential debate:
“Donald Trump said he was going to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. He never did. We did.”
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By Jacob Gardenswartz • September 30, 2024
Robert Cowles
Robert Cowles
stated on July 12, 2024 in Radio address:
“The most recent State Budget increased funding for the Department of Tourism by 98 percent.”
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By D.L. Davis • September 16, 2024
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on August 25, 2024 in an interview:
“JD Vance actually sent a letter last year to the Department of Justice saying, ‘enforce the Comstock Act.’”
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By Samantha Putterman • August 30, 2024
Tim Walz
Tim Walz
stated on August 6, 2024 in a speech:
JD Vance “literally wrote the foreword for the architect of the Project 2025 agenda."
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By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • August 14, 2024
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on August 7, 2024 in a news conference:
Says Tim Walz said he carried weapons in war, but “he has not spent a day in a combat zone.”
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August 12, 2024
Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on August 6, 2024 in una entrevista:
"Tim Walz firmó una ley para dar licencia de conducir a inmigrantes ilegales en Minnesota".
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By Maria Briceño • August 9, 2024
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