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Americans for Prosperity
stated on July 28, 2025 X

“The (Evers) Era locked Wisconsin families into a 400‑year property tax increase.”

By Hope Karnopp • August 15, 2025

Gavin Newsom
stated on July 14, 2025 a podcast interview

“California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government. Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide to the federal government. 71% of the U.S. GDP comes from blue counties.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2025

Gavin Newsom
stated on June 10, 2025 posts on X

California has lower homicide rates than Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2025

Tony Evers
stated on December 28, 2024 X, formerly Twitter

“After 30 years of Wisconsin’s checking account running a deficit, we've ended every fiscal year I've been governor with a positive balance. Today, we have a $4.5 billion positive balance, and a record-high balance in our state savings account."

By Hope Karnopp • January 15, 2025

Van Wanggaard
stated on April 15, 2024 X, formerly Twitter

Says Gov. Tony Evers is asking the GOP to release money for PFAS, but "vetoed (a bill outlining) how to spend the money."

By Laura Schulte • June 14, 2024

Cavalier Johnson
stated on February 25, 2024 X, formerly Twitter

In Milwaukee, we “never defunded the police.”

By Ricardo Torres • March 15, 2024

Cindi Duchow
stated on November 9, 2023 Wisconsin Assembly

"Unfortunately during COVID, the clerks in Madison and Milwaukee told their constituents that they were actually indefinitely confined and did not have to come and vote, which was incorrect."

By D.L. Davis • January 26, 2024

Robin Vos
stated on September 15, 2023 News release

Gov. Tony Evers and Democrats "rejected our (Iowa model redistricting) proposal to enact the very plan they originally endorsed."

By Vanessa Swales • December 22, 2023

Katrina Shankland
stated on November 15, 2023 X, formerly Twitter

“I have been a state legislator for 11 years, passing over 170 bills into law and delivering for Wisconsin families.”

By Hope Karnopp • December 8, 2023

Jodi Emerson
stated on November 7, 2023 Wisconsin Assembly

"On most campuses, you cannot destroy a chalked message unless you were the one that wrote it. You can't dump water on it, you can't even walk over it."

By Hope Karnopp • December 5, 2023

Ron Johnson
stated on November 10, 2023 X, formerly Twitter

"In order to be a poll worker on the conservative side, you have to register through the Republican Party of Wisconsin."

By Hope Karnopp • December 4, 2023

Joe Manchin
stated on September 2, 2023 a post on X

“Just in the last four years, $80 billion in federal funding has come to West Virginia — $22 billion more than we've ever received.”

By Samuel Russ • October 5, 2023

LaKeshia Myers
stated on June 6, 2023 News release

During the spring 2020 election in Milwaukee, a reduction to only five polling locations “came days before the election and was done without proper notice to voters.”

By D.L. Davis • September 8, 2023

Nick LaLota
stated on March 29, 2023 a press release

“For every dollar in federal taxes my constituents pay, we get a mere 93 cents back.”

By Cameron Carr • June 19, 2023

Scott Walker
stated on January 1, 2023 Twitter

“Every pro-life Governor up for election in November won – by a large margin.”

By Madeline Heim • January 13, 2023

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.”

By Madeline Heim • February 25, 2022

Alberta Darling
stated on August 25, 2021 Twitter

“Wisconsin Governor (Tony) Evers wanted to raise your taxes by $1 billion in a pandemic. Republicans stopped him and delivered the largest tax CUT in state history.”

By Madeline Heim • September 24, 2021

Eric Toney
stated on August 22, 2021 TV interview

"I'm the only front-line prosecutor in this race that's actually used the resources of the Wisconsin Crime Lab in the prosecution of cases."

By Alan Hovorka • September 13, 2021

Julian Bradley
stated on March 15, 2021 news article

The latest stimulus package "sends stimulus checks to imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters.”

By Haley BeMiller • March 26, 2021

Tom Nelson
stated on March 7, 2021 TV interview

“Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.”

By Laura Schulte • March 25, 2021

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