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Joe Biden
stated on October 10, 2020 a comment to reporters

Senate Republicans' move to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in an election year is "not constitutional."

By Bill McCarthy • October 13, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 the first 2020 presidential debate

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden “left me 128 judges to fill. You just don’t do that.”

By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on September 26, 2020 a Facebook post

“Amy Coney Barrett has said that a woman should not be able to own property, buy or sell without the permission of her husband or a male relative.”

September 30, 2020

William Barr
stated on September 16, 2020 a speech at a Hillsdale College event

“Putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest. Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history."

By Jon Greenberg • September 22, 2020

Ron Johnson
stated on August 31, 2020 a statement

Says Tony Evers and Mandela Barnes “have participated in rallies that have done more to incite than calm the situation” in Kenosha

By Madeline Heim • September 1, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2020 Media briefing

Says video shows Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with killing two protesters in Kenosha, "was trying to get away from them" ... "fell, and then they violently attacked him."

By Haley BeMiller • September 1, 2020

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."

By Haley BeMiller • September 1, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 28, 2020 Facebook post

Says a photo shows accused shooter Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother, armed with a long gun, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on the night two protesters were killed and one injured.

By Madeline Heim • August 31, 2020

Howard Marklein
stated on August 25, 2020 News release

Says Gov. Tony Evers and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, after police shooting of Jacob Blake, "did not call for peace. They did not encourage calm.

By D.L. Davis • August 28, 2020

Viral image
stated on August 27, 2020 a Facebook post

Suggests the alleged Kenosha shooter’s father is a deputy in the Kenosha sheriff’s department.

By Jon Greenberg • August 28, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2020 Facebook post

“Police training in Wisconsin is 21 weeks. A cosmetology license takes 40 weeks.”

By Haley BeMiller • August 27, 2020

Chris Larson
stated on August 24, 2020 Facebook post

Police are "20.8 times more likely to kill than be killed by a criminal."

By Madeline Heim • August 27, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2020 a tweet

Says President Barack Obama “spied on my campaign, and got caught!”

By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on July 20, 2020 Campaign ad

Says “Joe Biden is absolutely on board with defunding the police.”

By Laura Schulte • August 5, 2020

Charles Schumer
stated on July 28, 2020 an MSNBC interview

“You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.”

By Miriam Valverde • August 3, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 28, 2020 Facebook post

Says Milwaukee police were protecting a sex offender's house and snuck children out of it after a mother tracked her missing daughter to that address.

By Lawrence Andrea • August 3, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 29, 2020 a Facebook post

The longest filibuster in U.S. history was 75 days and “took place in 1964, when Democrats tried to block the Civil Rights Act.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on July 15, 2020 a Facebook post

Businesses that refuse any legal tender can be fined and sued.

By Samantha Putterman • July 22, 2020

Mark Pocan
stated on June 30, 2020 a tweet

"Our country and Constitution was built on a foundational separation of church and state."

By D.L. Davis • July 17, 2020

Romaine Quinn
stated on June 18, 2020 a radio interview

Says Gov. Evers “has refused to identify or discipline the staff member who secretly taped” a conversation with GOP leaders.

By Haley BeMiller • June 29, 2020

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