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Joan Ballweg
Joan Ballweg
stated on January 24, 2023 Twitter
"Wisconsin has seen over 63 billion dollars of federal pandemic-related funding funnel into our state over (Gov. Tony Evers') tenure."
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By D.L. Davis • March 14, 2023
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
stated on February 2, 2022 Twitter
Gov. Tony Evers has “only gotten one-third of the money meant for COVID relief out the door. He is sitting on $930 million in ARPA funds left unspent. In fact, he still has CARES Act money from two years ago.”
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By Madeline Heim • February 25, 2022
Patrick Gaspard
Patrick Gaspard
stated on February 13, 2022 remarks on ABC's "This Week"
"Inflation has been caused by the global economies shutting down all at once, reopening all at once. And … the U.S. economy is recovering at a far faster pace than any other country in the OECD."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2022
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on February 2, 2022 the 2022 State of the State address.
“A larger percentage of Illinoisans have been vaccinated than in any other Midwestern state.”
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By Analisa Trofimuk • February 11, 2022
Christine Drazan
Christine Drazan
stated on January 5, 2022 a Facebook post
“Governor Kate Brown wants to make Oregon’s mask mandate PERMANENT.”
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By Gabrielle Settles • February 7, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 5, 2022 a video on Facebook
Omicron is “the fastest-spreading virus known to humankind."
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By Monique Curet • January 20, 2022
Anthony Fauci
Anthony Fauci
stated on October 3, 2021 an interview on CNN
“There are precious few religions that actually say you cannot” get vaccinated.
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By Jon Greenberg • October 6, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on September 13, 2021 remarks at an event in Gainesville, Fla.
People who “have recovered (from COVID-19) have very strong immunity.”
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By Jon Greenberg • September 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 4, 2021 a Facebook post
“Ivermectin has been FDA approved for human use since 1996.”
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September 15, 2021
Pramila Jayapal
Pramila Jayapal
stated on August 30, 2021 an Instagram post
“The average hospital stay for a case of COVID-19 costs about $17,064. The vaccine is free.”
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By Miriam Valverde • September 2, 2021
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 4, 2021 a press conference
“North Carolina during this pandemic had among the lowest COVID-related deaths, as well as job losses per capita.”
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By Paul Specht • August 20, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 12, 2021 a Facebook post
"100 Sailors at sea. All vaxxed. All with COVID (seven) weeks following deployment."
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By Andy Nguyen • August 19, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 21, 2021 a CNN town hall
“Ten thousand people have recently died. 9,950 of them, thereabouts, are people who hadn’t been vaccinated."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2021
Kedron Bardwell
Kedron Bardwell
stated on May 20, 2021 a tweet
"These 2 Ankeny moms standing next to the Governor are known Qanon and anti-vaxx conspiracy theorists."
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June 11, 2021
Jill Underly
Jill Underly
stated on April 11, 2021 TV interview
For mitigating COVID-19 spread, “masks (are) the number one way to do so."
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By D.L. Davis • April 23, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 6, 2021 a tweet
“Senate Democrats just voted to give stimulus checks to criminals in prison.”
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By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2021
Stand for America
Stand for America
stated on February 24, 2021 a Facebook post
The COVID-19 rescue bill includes money for a list of projects that are not COVID-related.
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February 26, 2021
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 24, 2021 a Senate floor speech
In the American Rescue Plan, “just about 1% of the money is for vaccines.”
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By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 19, 2021 on social media
“COVID-19 infections down 61% from Trump’s last day. COVID-19 vaccinations up 85% from Trump’s last day. Competence Matters.”
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By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2021
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 29, 2021 a news conference
“But we’re below the national average in number of deaths in nursing homes.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 9, 2021
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