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Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 21, 2023 an interview with Noticias Telemundo
"Latino small businesses are 1 in 4 new businesses, but only 1% of venture capital funding goes to Latino businesses."
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May 16, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 13, 2023 a speech
Florida has “the second lowest tax burden per capita in the United States.”
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 19, 2023
Joan Ballweg
Joan Ballweg
stated on January 24, 2023 Twitter
"Wisconsin has seen over 63 billion dollars of federal pandemic-related funding funnel into our state over (Gov. Tony Evers') tenure."
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By D.L. Davis • March 14, 2023
Devin LeMahieu
Devin LeMahieu
stated on January 3, 2023 Senate address
"In 2010, (Wisconsin Republicans) inherited a multi-Billion dollar deficit … Today we are looking at a projected surplus approaching 7 Billion."
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By Vanessa Swales • February 3, 2023
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 23, 2023 a speech.
Virginia tax receipts “in just the last four years alone have grown 50%.”
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By Warren Fiske • January 25, 2023
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on January 8, 2023 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
A “default on our debt” would be unprecedented in American history.
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By Louis Jacobson • January 11, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 13, 2022 remarks at the White House
“For the last several months, wages have gone up more than prices have gone up.”
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By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2022
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 4, 2022 a campaign ad
"When I was your governor, we reduced insurance rates by 10%."
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By Yacob Reyes • October 19, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on August 7, 2022 News release
"Last year the IRS audited Americans earning less than $25,000 a year at five times the rate of other groups."
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By D.L. Davis • August 25, 2022
Tim Michels
Tim Michels
stated on June 23, 2022 Twitter
“My company was building the Keystone Pipeline when (President Joe) Biden canceled it.”
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By Kelly Smits • July 21, 2022
Zach Wahls
Zach Wahls
stated on May 31, 2022 an end-of-year Senate Democrats newsletter
“There are fewer Iowans working today than when Gov. Reynolds took office.”
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By Lyle Muller • June 9, 2022
Kathy Barnette
Kathy Barnette
stated on May 12, 2022 an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham
Joe Biden “inherited inflation of 1.7%. Now we're well over 8% and growing.”
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By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2022
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on April 12, 2022 News release
“Inflation has gone up every month of the Biden presidency and just hit another 40-year high.”
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By Laura Schulte • April 22, 2022
Tony Kurtz
Tony Kurtz
stated on April 7, 2022 Twitter
If Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers "had passed his (gas) tax increases ... fuel prices would be at least a dime higher.
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By D.L. Davis • April 19, 2022
Sarah Godlewski
Sarah Godlewski
stated on February 18, 2022 Campaign statement
"Here in Wisconsin, prescription drug costs grew at a pace of nearly twice as much as the average Wisconsinite's income from 2015-2019."
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By D.L. Davis • March 8, 2022
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
Wisconsin Senate Republicans
stated on February 2, 2022 Twitter
Gov. Tony Evers has “only gotten one-third of the money meant for COVID relief out the door. He is sitting on $930 million in ARPA funds left unspent. In fact, he still has CARES Act money from two years ago.”
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By Madeline Heim • February 25, 2022
Patrick Gaspard
Patrick Gaspard
stated on February 13, 2022 remarks on ABC's "This Week"
"Inflation has been caused by the global economies shutting down all at once, reopening all at once. And … the U.S. economy is recovering at a far faster pace than any other country in the OECD."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on January 17, 2022 a speech.
Virginia’s economic growth “has stalled at less than 1% per year for eight years.”
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By Warren Fiske • February 14, 2022
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on January 12, 2022 a speech.
“We’ve brought in more than $81 billion in economic investment, more than four times any previous administration.”
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By Warren Fiske • January 14, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 3, 2021 remarks from the White House
“Even after accounting for rising prices, the typical American family has more money in their pockets than they did last year.”
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By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2021
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