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Tom Wolf
stated on February 22, 2021 a speech

“We’re the only major gas-producing state in the US that doesn’t have a severance tax.”

By Jessica Calefati • February 25, 2021

Pat Toomey
stated on January 19, 2021 a hearing

“There will be several thousand dollars in payments going to families with six-figure incomes who’ve had no income interruption whatsoever.”

By Jessica Calefati • January 21, 2021

Pat Toomey
stated on December 27, 2020 an interview

“In my state, as in many other states, we have governors who are closing down businesses again.”

By Jessica Calefati • December 30, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on July 22, 2020 a speech

“Murders this year have spiked 27% in Philadelphia.”

By Jessica Calefati • July 24, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2020 a Facebook post

“The poor are, ironically, the most likely to be employed in the industries deemed ‘essential’ while their upper-class peers are freed to bunker down for weeks until the first death wave passes.”

By Jessica Calefati • April 21, 2020

Pat Toomey
stated on March 28, 2020 a video on Twitter

“My mask will keep someone else safe and their mask will keep me safe.”

By Daniel Funke, Jessica Calefati • April 1, 2020

Wendell Young
stated on March 31, 2017 an op-ed

House Bill 991 "could lead to the opening of as many as 2,000 new liquor stores."

By Cassie Owens • April 7, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 4, 2017 In a tweet

"Jackie Evancho’s album sales have skyrocketed after announcing her inauguration performance."

By Mark Dent • January 5, 2017

Freedom Partners Action Fund
stated on September 21, 2016 In a political ad

Says Senate candidate Katie McGinty "made thousands from companies she previously regulated."

By Mark Dent • October 4, 2016

John Taylor
stated on September 13, 2016 In an interview with City & State PA

"In Harrisburg, I passed more bills than all the Democrats combined, in terms of legislation affecting the city."

By Mark Dent • September 21, 2016

Josh Shapiro
stated on August 11, 2016 a platform on his campaign website

Overdosing is now the number one accidental killer in our Commonwealth.

By Anna Orso • August 11, 2016

Katie McGinty
stated on April 28, 2016 a press release.

"Pat Toomey advocated for eliminating all corporate taxes."

By Anna Orso • April 29, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 22, 2016 In a statement to Philadelphia magazine

"A tax on soda and juice drinks would disproportionately increase taxes on low-income families in Philadelphia."

By Mark Dent • April 25, 2016

Jim Kenney
stated on March 27, 2016 Pennsylvania

"Big soda has a lot of money. They make a lot of profit off their product and they market in neighborhoods that suffer from these very things that we’re trying to cure."

By Cassie Owens • March 30, 2016

Jim Kenney
stated on March 10, 2016 a budget address to City Council

"When the City and the Fairmount Park Conservancy invested $5 million in Hunting Park, crime went down 89 percent within a half mile radius of the park over the next three years."

By Anna Orso • March 10, 2016

John Fetterman
stated on February 1, 2016 in a Reddit AMA

"I am the only candidate that has endorsed Bernie Sanders for President. In PA, I've got Bernie's back."

By Cassie Owens • February 4, 2016

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