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Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on August 22, 2022 a tweet:
Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.”
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By Louis Jacobson, Tori Gantz • September 1, 2022
Cheri Beasley
Cheri Beasley
stated on August 2, 2022 a campaign ad:
“Sixty-four members of Congress — Republicans and Democrats — have broken a law to stop insider stock trading, yet Washington refuses to do anything about it.”
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By Paul Specht • September 1, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 7, 2022 posts:
“The Earth just started spinning faster than ever before and scientists are gravely concerned.”
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By Kristin Hugo • August 31, 2022
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on August 24, 2022 a Tweet:
“Harvard is sitting on top of a $54 billion hedge fund they call an ‘endowment’ that they pay zero taxes on. Yale has $31 Billion. Stanford $29 Billion. Princeton $26 Billion.”
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By Madison Czopek • August 31, 2022
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on August 24, 2022 a newsletter:
“The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says with the supersized staff, the IRS audit rate ‘would rise for ALL taxpayers’ regardless of income, and would even result in audits of innocent Americans who have paid their taxes and don’t owe the IRS anything.”
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By Lyle Muller • August 31, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 22, 2022 a Facebook post:
Sarasota, Florida, teachers told they cannot purchase books, accept donated reading materials, order from Scholastic or hold book fairs.
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By Yacob Reyes • August 29, 2022
Miguel Cardona
Miguel Cardona
stated on August 21, 2022 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Adjusted for inflation, over the last 25 years teachers have made a $29 increase in their salary."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2022
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on July 24, 2022 TV interview:
"We are number one in the country as far as our spending (COVID-19 relief) money on businesses as it relates to the percentage of federal funds that we receive."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • August 16, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on June 17, 2022 an ad:
"Adam Laxalt fought an investigation into the oil industry, then they funded his campaign."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 12, 2022
Power to the Patients
Power to the Patients
stated on April 19, 2022 a television ad:
About a federal hospital price transparency requirement, “Nobody’s enforcing that law.”
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By Julie Appleby • August 9, 2022
Adam Laxalt
Adam Laxalt
stated on July 30, 2022 a tweet:
A Democratic bill negotiated between Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer would "increase taxes on millions of Americans across every income bracket."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2022
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on July 7, 2022 an ad:
"Karrin Taylor Robson gave illegals tuition discounts and made us pay for it."
Half-True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 1, 2022
Janet Yellen
Janet Yellen
stated on July 24, 2022 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We've cut the deficit by a record $1.5 trillion this year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2022
One Nation
One Nation
stated on July 16, 2022 ads:
Raphael Warnock and Catherine Cortez Masto “voted to allow hundreds of millions of dollars of COVID relief funds to be squandered” on leisure projects.
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By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on June 28, 2022 Twitter:
"Thanks to failed Dem policies, beer is 9.1% more expensive."
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • July 18, 2022
Planned Parenthood Votes
Planned Parenthood Votes
stated on June 30, 2022 an ad:
Mehmet Oz “wants to make abortion a crime in Pennsylvania.”
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By Tom Kertscher • July 18, 2022
Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on May 27, 2022 News conference:
The RNC is “a $200 million economic infusion into our communities.”
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By Vanessa Swales • July 8, 2022
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on June 15, 2022 an ad:
J.D. Vance "wants to defund law enforcement."
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By Tom Kertscher • June 30, 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
Jonathan Turley
Jonathan Turley
stated on June 24, 2022 an interview on Fox News:
“The majority of citizens in the country will have no change at all because … most of the population resides in states that have already protected abortion rights.”
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By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2022
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