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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
Nicholas Langworthy
Nicholas Langworthy
stated on March 17, 2021 a mass email:
Residents of New York state “pay the highest taxes in the nation.”
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By Landon Allison, John Pullano • April 12, 2021
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 4, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal “is fully paid for. Across 15 years, it would raise all of the revenue needed for these once-in-a-lifetime investments."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 7, 2021
Rick Gundrum
Rick Gundrum
stated on March 29, 2021 Twitter:
Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +"
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By D.L. Davis • April 6, 2021
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on March 26, 2021 an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper:
“People don’t pretend to be someone else to go in and vote. You just don’t see that kind of fraud.”
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By Paul Specht • April 5, 2021
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Viral image
stated on August 2, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says Sen. Cory Booker wants to require a federal license for gun owners but criticizes voter ID laws as discriminatory.
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By Madison Czopek • March 30, 2021
Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla
stated on March 22, 2021 remarks in a Senate hearing:
“In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they’re able to cast their first ballot.”
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By Gabrielle Settles, Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2021
Julian Bradley
Julian Bradley
stated on March 15, 2021 news article:
The latest stimulus package "sends stimulus checks to imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters.”
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By Haley BeMiller • March 26, 2021
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on February 23, 2021 an interview with WNYC:
“We had the highest number of (military) sexual assaults ever reported in the last year” and “we had the lowest conviction rate and the lowest prosecution rate.”
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By Landon Allison, Cassidey Kavathas • March 25, 2021
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson
stated on March 7, 2021 TV interview:
“Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.”
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By Laura Schulte • March 25, 2021
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Viral image
stated on March 22, 2021 a tweet:
These 11 mass shootings involved an AR-15-style weapon.
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By Jon Greenberg • March 24, 2021
Nicole Malliotakis
Nicole Malliotakis
stated on March 8, 2021 a Tweet:
"If you are a hard-working law-abiding citizen who earns $80,000, you don’t get a stimulus check. But if you are a convicted murderer or rapist sitting in jail, you do."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 19, 2021
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