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A Better Wisconsin Together
A Better Wisconsin Together
stated on February 24, 2025 Social media ads
“71 out of 72 Wisconsin counties filed lawsuits against Purdue Pharma. Brad Schimel refused to join them.”
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By Hope Karnopp • March 11, 2025
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
stated on June 5, 2024 News release
Republican legislatures “have targeted birth control” and in Wisconsin “refused to schedule a vote on a bill that would have codified a right to birth control.”
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By Hope Karnopp • June 14, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 2, 2024 an X post
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called voter ID “racist,” calls NRA a “terrorist organization” and supports affirmative action.
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By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2024
Shannon Watts
Shannon Watts
stated on October 25, 2023 a post on X
“It is harder to buy Sudafed than an AR-15 in Maine.”
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By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2023
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on September 12, 2023 a news conference
“We know the bank records show that nearly $20 million in payments were directed to the Biden family members and associates through various shell companies.”
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By Louis Jacobson, Madison Czopek • September 18, 2023
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on April 3, 2023 a tweet
“The 5 states with the highest gun homicide rates in the nation all have loose gun laws” while “the 5 states with the lowest rates have some of the toughest laws.”
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By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2023
Janet Protasiewicz
Janet Protasiewicz
stated on March 9, 2023 TV ad
As a sitting Supreme Court justice, Daniel Kelly recused himself from a case, then “he pocketed $20,000 in contributions” from the plaintiff and family members and “unrecused himself so he could judge the case.”
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By Laura Schulte • March 24, 2023
Darrin Madison
Darrin Madison
stated on February 8, 2023 News release
Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail."
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By Madeline Heim • March 17, 2023
Elaine Luria
Elaine Luria
stated on September 14, 2022 a tweet.
“Jen Kiggans’ campaign confirmed today that she would support a national abortion ban.”
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By Warren Fiske • September 26, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 9, 2022 News release
“Mandela Barnes…wants to release 50% of the prison population when 68% is classified as ‘violent offenders.’”
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By Laura Schulte • September 21, 2022
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 27, 2022 News release
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, his prospective opponent, has received $1.2 million from the gun lobby.
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By Laura Schulte • June 28, 2022
Opportunity Wisconsin
Opportunity Wisconsin
stated on February 21, 2022 YouTube ad
"Ron Johnson pushed through a special tax loophole that benefited his own family's business … Then he cashed out of the company for $5 million … (he has) doubled his wealth since taking office."
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By Vanessa Swales • April 27, 2022
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 22, 2022 a Senate judiciary committee hearing
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson called former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals in a legal filing.”
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By Madison Czopek • March 24, 2022
Shelia Stubbs
Shelia Stubbs
stated on February 2, 2022 Public statement
"48-Hour waiting periods limit crimes of passion and keep our communities safe.”
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By D.L. Davis • February 18, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 30, 2021 Twitter
“It took the Legislature nearly 300 days to act on a (COVID-19) bill during this pandemic.”
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By Eric Litke • April 2, 2021
LaKeshia Myers
LaKeshia Myers
stated on February 16, 2021 News release
"Wisconsin is one of only nine states in the nation in which 17 year-olds are automatically treated as adults in the criminal justice system."
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By D.L. Davis • March 16, 2021
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on February 24, 2021 statements at a confirmation hearing
“I have never sued a nun — any nuns.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2021
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 26, 2020 Twitter
In contrast to how a Black man who was shot by police was treated, Kenosha police officers "let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people."
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By Haley BeMiller • September 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 Facebook post
“Police training in Wisconsin is 21 weeks. A cosmetology license takes 40 weeks.”
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By Haley BeMiller • August 27, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 15, 2020 a Facebook post
Businesses that refuse any legal tender can be fined and sued.
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By Samantha Putterman • July 22, 2020
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