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Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on December 12, 2021 TV interview
The push for high-speed internet for rural areas, from the start, “was a Democratic thing.”
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By Madeline Heim • December 28, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 19, 2021 social media posts
“More people, aged 18-45, died of Fentanyl overdoses in 2020 than covid, car accidents, cancer, + suicide combined.”
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By Louis Jacobson • December 23, 2021
Abby Finkenauer
Abby Finkenauer
stated on December 9, 2021 a tweet
Chuck Grassley was “voting to slash Medicare” when voting against the debt ceiling bill.
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By Lyle Muller • December 17, 2021
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on November 30, 2021 Twitter
Says Joe Biden “shut down travel from 8 countries in response to the Omicron variant, but he refuses to require a #COVID19 test for illegal immigrants crossing our Southern border.”
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By Laura Schulte • December 14, 2021
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on November 16, 2021 a Senate hearing
The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy."
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By Duncan Slade • December 10, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 7, 2021 a press release
The Build Back Better Act “includes $34.5 billion in cuts” for charity care funding to hospitals.
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By Jon Greenberg • December 10, 2021
Community Oncology Alliance
Community Oncology Alliance
stated on November 29, 2021 a radio ad
"An independent analysis shows that payments for cancer care will be slashed by close to 45% causing cancer clinics to close and massively raising your healthcare costs.”
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By Julie Appleby • December 7, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 28, 2021 Facebook posts
A chart shows China and India are leading in per capita carbon dioxide emissions.
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December 2, 2021
Tate Reeves
Tate Reeves
stated on November 28, 2021 an interview on NBC's Meet the Press
“39 out of 42 (countries) in Europe have more restrictive abortion laws” than Mississippi.
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By Jon Greenberg • December 1, 2021
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on October 28, 2021 in a speech
"U.S. households are on track to spend $19 billion more on energy by 2030."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • November 30, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 4, 2021 a video
"Spike protein goes to nucleus and impairs DNA repair."
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November 23, 2021
Dave Loebsack
Dave Loebsack
stated on November 6, 2021 a tweet
Ashley Hinson’s and Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ no votes on the infrastructure bill are "denying rural Iowa broadband internet."
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November 22, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 a Facebook post
Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”
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November 17, 2021
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 18, 2021 a TV interview
Over a million people apprehended at the border this year, "meaning probably another 2 or 3 million have come in illegally."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • November 15, 2021
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on October 28, 2021 Twitter
Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.”
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By Laura Schulte • November 12, 2021
Ron Klain
Ron Klain
stated on November 7, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.”
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By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 31, 2021 a Facebook post
"Atheists are prohibited from holding office in 8 states.”
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November 8, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 23, 2021 a Facebook post
Photos show Manila Bay before and during Rodrigo Duterte’s administration.
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October 28, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 22, 2021 a Facebook post
“The nation reported adding 194,000 jobs in September, and Florida accounted for 84,500.”
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By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 20, 2021 a Facebook post
“Gas prices were WAY higher in 2008, under REPUBLICAN president George W. Bush.”
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By Gabrielle Settles • October 25, 2021
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