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J.D. Scholten
J.D. Scholten
stated on July 21, 2021 a tweet
“By 2040, 70% of the population is expected to live in just 15 states.”
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August 6, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 23, 2021 a speech.
When Terry McAuliffe was governor, “Unemployment went down in every single county, including rural Virginia by nearly 50%.
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By Warren Fiske • July 30, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 29, 2021 a tweet
“George Washington mandated smallpox vaccines for the Continental Army.”
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July 30, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 21, 2021 a CNN town hall
“Ten thousand people have recently died. 9,950 of them, thereabouts, are people who hadn’t been vaccinated."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2021 a speech in Philadelphia
"In 2020, more people voted in America than ever in the history of America, in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on May 21, 2021 a radio interview.
“Over the last few years, more Virginians are moving away from Virginia than are moving to Virginia from the other 49 states.”
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By Warren Fiske • June 17, 2021
Kedron Bardwell
Kedron Bardwell
stated on May 20, 2021 a tweet
"These 2 Ankeny moms standing next to the Governor are known Qanon and anti-vaxx conspiracy theorists."
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June 11, 2021
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2021 an interview on MSNBC
"Sadly during the course of the pandemic one-third of our small businesses have closed."
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By Chris Nichols • June 7, 2021
Clarence McNeill
Clarence McNeill
stated on April 7, 2021 an email to students
The use and possession of marijuana on U.S. college campuses “remains prohibited under federal law”
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By Landon Allison • June 7, 2021
Don Huffines
Don Huffines
stated on May 10, 2021 campaign material
"Texans have some of the highest property taxes in the nation”
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By Brandon Mulder • June 4, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 29, 2021 a Facebook post
The New York Times published an old stock photo of a young girl and claimed Israeli forces killed her during its recent war with Hamas.
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By Samantha Putterman • June 3, 2021
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on May 5, 2021 Statement
The Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan will be “the biggest non-defense investment in research and development in the history of our country.”
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By Laura Schulte • May 28, 2021
Wisconsin Assembly GOP
Wisconsin Assembly GOP
stated on May 7, 2021 Twitter
“Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed more than $8 billion in spending increases from Gov. Evers' budget proposal.”
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By Haley BeMiller • May 18, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 14, 2021 Twitter
“Regulating and taxing marijuana—much like we do alcohol—would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022”
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By D.L. Davis • May 12, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 5, 2021 remarks
After the American Rescue Plan’s food and nutrition assistance, “hunger is already sharply down in the United States.”
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By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2021
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on April 28, 2021 a GOP response to President Joe Biden's speech
Says Democrats blocked his efforts at police reform.
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By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2021
Jill Underly
Jill Underly
stated on April 11, 2021 TV interview
For mitigating COVID-19 spread, “masks (are) the number one way to do so."
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By D.L. Davis • April 23, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 6, 2021 a debate.
“I restored felons’ rights - 173,000 - more than any governor in the history of America.”
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By Warren Fiske • April 19, 2021
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on March 4, 2021 a press conference
President Joe Biden’s American Relief Plan “has a lot of money in it for schools, but if you really look at it … it says that the school money is going to go out until the year 2028.”
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By Lara Bonatesta, Mackenzie Gilligan • April 15, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 7, 2021 remarks at the White House
“A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income tax in 2020.”
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By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2021
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