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Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 13, 2021 in an interview on Fox News:
"When I became governor, we banned sanctuary cities and we also did E-Verify."
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By Amy Sherman • March 19, 2021
Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar
stated on March 14, 2021 a CNN interview:
"We saw the increases (of unaccompanied minors at the southern U.S. border) dating back almost a year."
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By Miriam Valverde • March 17, 2021
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on March 8, 2021 a Facebook post and tweet:
Current immigration "apprehension numbers are worse than the 'crisis' Biden/Obama/Pelosi acknowledged in 2014!"
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By Bill McCarthy • March 11, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 6, 2021 a tweet:
“Senate Democrats just voted to give stimulus checks to criminals in prison.”
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By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 3, 2021 a Facebook post:
In Aberdeen, Miss., “Massive 78% of mail-in ballots proved fraudulent, judge orders election do-over.”
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By Tom Kertscher • March 5, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 22, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says Al Gore said in 2009 that “the North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by 2013 because of man-made global warming.”
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By Samantha Putterman • March 2, 2021
Stand for America
Stand for America
stated on February 24, 2021 a Facebook post:
The COVID-19 rescue bill includes money for a list of projects that are not COVID-related.
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By Tom Kertscher • February 26, 2021
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 24, 2021 a Senate floor speech:
In the American Rescue Plan, “just about 1% of the money is for vaccines.”
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By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 21, 2021 Facebook post:
The shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline project will mean “nearly 2,000 (union jobs lost) with Wisconsin companies”
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By Nusaiba Mizan • February 26, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 19, 2021 on social media:
“COVID-19 infections down 61% from Trump’s last day. COVID-19 vaccinations up 85% from Trump’s last day. Competence Matters.”
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By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2021
Alma Adams
Alma Adams
stated on February 9, 2021 a tweet:
“Almost 40% of borrowers with student loan debt didn't finish their degree.”
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By Paul Specht • February 12, 2021
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 14, 2021 a tweet:
“No state gets back less from Washington than New York state.”
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By Cassidey Kavathas, Hannah Roesch • February 11, 2021
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 29, 2021 a news conference:
“But we’re below the national average in number of deaths in nursing homes.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 9, 2021
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on February 4, 2021 a Senate speech:
“More than 200,000 DACA recipients are essential infrastructure workers” including “41,700 DACA recipients in the healthcare industry”
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By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2021
Stefan Mychajliw
Stefan Mychajliw
stated on January 29, 2021 a press release:
"The (Erie Co., N.Y.) health commissioner makes more than the governor, the vice president of the United States, and has a salary that is comparable to Dr. Anthony Fauci.”
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By John Pullano • February 5, 2021
Christina Blackcloud
Christina Blackcloud
stated on January 23, 2021 a tweet:
The school voucher bill the Iowa Legislature is considering would "give your education tax dollars to corporations."
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By Seth Taylor • February 4, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 27, 2021 remarks when signing climate change executive orders:
“84% of all new electric capacity planned to come onto the electric grid this year is clean energy.”
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By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2021
Garlin Gilchrist
Garlin Gilchrist
stated on January 17, 2021 a speech at MLK Day Jr. Youth Conference:
In Michigan, “we were able to really flatten” the racial disparity in COVID-19’s impact “and make significant progress.”
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By Clara Hendrickson • January 22, 2021
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on January 14, 2021 a tweet:
“Wisconsin is second to last in the Midwest in our vaccination rate and the governor says he’s ‘satisfied.’”
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By Eric Litke • January 20, 2021
Jon Rosenthal
Jon Rosenthal
stated on January 5, 2021 a tweet:
Says that “the way to reach ‘herd immunity’ is for >70% of the population to get vaccinated.”
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By Brandon Mulder • January 15, 2021
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