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Liquid Death
Liquid Death
stated on October 27, 2022 in an ad:
In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison."
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By Tom Kertscher • November 8, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 16, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"The Texas power grid is not part of the US power grid because they wanted to avoid federal regulation.”
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By Noah Y. Kim • February 18, 2021
Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw
stated on March 13, 2020 in a tweet:
Says longstanding Food and Drug Administration regulations “created barriers to the private industry creating a test quickly” for the coronavirus.
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By Madlin Mekelburg • March 23, 2020
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper
stated on May 19, 2019 in an interview:
"We beat the NRA with tough, tough gun laws" in Colorado.  
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By Tom Kertscher • May 30, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 8, 2018:
"California is 49th out of 50 in the United States in per capita housing units. Only Utah can lay claim to being lowest in per capita production."
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By Chris Nichols • March 21, 2018
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on October 2, 2017 in a tweet:
90 percent of Americans "support universal background checks" for gun purchases.  
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By Tom Kertscher • October 3, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 5, 2017 in a tweet:
The federal government is prohibited "from negotiating lower prescription drug prices for our senior citizens."
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By Tom Kertscher • January 17, 2017
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on October 28, 2016 in an ad:
Says Russ Feingold said that with Obamacare, "we could keep our doctors and our plans, it was rated as the Lie of the Year."  
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By Tom Kertscher • November 4, 2016
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2016 in a blog post:
"More people are struck by lightning than commit in-person voter fraud" by impersonation.
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By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2016
Jeremy Bird
Jeremy Bird
stated on October 2, 2015 in a tweet after the shootings at an Oregon community college:
"90% of Americans want national background checks that close loopholes."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 5, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on August 18, 2015 in a speech:
Says Ron Johnson "opposes entirely a federal minimum wage," except perhaps for "guest workers."
True
By Tom Kertscher • August 27, 2015
Austin Scott
Austin Scott
stated on June 5, 2015 in press conference:
Ninety-seven percent of Americans do not receive subsidies for health care under the Affordable Care Act.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 15, 2015
Rich Golick
Rich Golick
stated on March 3, 2015 in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution story:
Uber and other ride-share firms are not required to carry auto insurance under Georgia law. 
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By April Hunt • March 20, 2015
Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on March 12, 2015 in a news release:
Polling shows that nearly 74 percent of National Rifle Association members "support requiring background checks for all gun sales."
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By Tom Kertscher • March 18, 2015
Trebor Banstetter
Trebor Banstetter
stated on February 2, 2015 in in a statement:
A bill to eliminate Delta Air Lines’ jet fuel tax breaks "violates federal law and puts the state at risk of losing critical funding from the Federal Aviation Administration."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • February 23, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 13, 2015 in his book ‘American Dreams’:
A private company building a natural gas pipeline into Florida "is being forced to spend months under the review of six federal agencies."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 12, 2015
Peter Kilmartin
Peter Kilmartin
stated on October 2, 2014 in an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio:
"In the past three years, we have prosecuted or brought more cases on access to public records than in the previous 12 years combined."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2014
Catherine Taylor
Catherine Taylor
stated on September 7, 2014 in a TV interview:
"Every time [the people from Newport Tent] work in a city or town they have a whole different set of permits that they have to get in order to pitch a tent."
True
By Alex Kuffner • September 25, 2014
Mike Hashimoto
Mike Hashimoto
stated on June 2, 2014 in a commentary:
"Public display of a long rifle is perfectly legal in Texas."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2014
Greg Morris
Greg Morris
stated on March 13, 2014 in an article:
You can buy lobster with food stamps.
True
By Eric Stirgus • March 21, 2014
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