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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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By Ciara O'Rourke • 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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By Natalie Dunlap, Sabine Martin • 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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By Tom Kertscher • 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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