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Chip Roy
Chip Roy
stated on July 29, 2021 a hearing
A quorum-breaking Texas Democrat said in 2007 that mail-in ballot fraud “is the greatest source of voter fraud in this state.”
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By Brandon Mulder • August 6, 2021
Robert Martwick
Robert Martwick
stated on May 10, 2021 a podcast interview
Opposition to having a fully elected Chicago Board of Education is in the “super minority.”
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 2, 2021 a Facebook post
The Georgia House passed a bill that “makes it a misdemeanor to give food or water to voters waiting in line.”
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By Amy Sherman • March 9, 2021
Jenna Wadsworth
Jenna Wadsworth
stated on January 26, 2021 a tweet
North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall "has won more statewide races than probably anyone else alive."
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By Paul Specht • February 2, 2021
Devin LeMahieu
Devin LeMahieu
stated on January 10, 2021 a TV interview
"It takes quite a while on Election Day to load those ballots, which is why we have the 1 a.m. or 3 a.m. ballot dumping in Milwaukee."
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By Eric Litke • January 15, 2021
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 8, 2021 an interview with Ohio reporters
Summer “protesters outside the White House were met with tear gas, rubber bullets, a full militarized response. While ... rioters were able to breach the Capitol.”
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By Jon Greenberg • January 11, 2021
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 6, 2021 a Senate floor speech
"This election actually was not unusually close."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 7, 2021 a speech
In more than 60 cases, judges “looked at the allegations that Trump was making and determined they were without any merit.”
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By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde • January 8, 2021
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on January 3, 2021 a statement
“Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.”
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By Eric Litke • January 4, 2021
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on November 9, 2020 Twitter
“Jurisdictions representing about 80% of WI residents have passed referendums or resolutions in favor of fair maps.”
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By Laura Schulte • December 21, 2020
Tim Carpenter
Tim Carpenter
stated on December 11, 2020 a news release
“Wisconsin is one of the few states that doesn’t allow absentee ballots to be processed before Election Day.”
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By Eric Litke • December 15, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on November 18, 2020 tweets
When Donald Trump lost the Iowa caucus to Ted Cruz in 2016, "he immediately cried that Cruz cheated.”
True
November 20, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on November 15, 2020 a TV interview
"We heard from the Department of Homeland Security ... that this was probably the most secure election that’s ever been run in the United States.”
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By Madeline Heim • November 17, 2020
Robyn Vining
Robyn Vining
stated on October 25, 2020 an interview
My 2018 election was the first time Speaker Robin Vos has lost a Republican-held seat
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By Eric Litke • October 29, 2020
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on August 17, 2020 a Democratic convention speech
“In one of the states that determined the outcome” of the 2016 presidential race, “the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct, two votes.”
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By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2020
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 5, 2020 a tweet
"The GOP lawyer who helped Kanye West get on the ballot in Wisconsin is actively working for Donald Trump's campaign."
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By Haley BeMiller • August 6, 2020
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on April 6, 2020 an email
Says it’s illegal to hold an absentee-only election or mail ballots to every registered voter
True
By Haley BeMiller • May 8, 2020
Jay Chaudhuri
Jay Chaudhuri
stated on April 10, 2020 an op-ed
North Carolina is "in the small minority of states that requires an absentee ballot to be signed by two witnesses or a notary public."
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By Paul Specht • April 23, 2020
Jane O’Meara Sanders
Jane O’Meara Sanders
stated on January 26, 2020 a tweet
"@BernieSanders receives strong support from the conservative & most rural part of Vermont."
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By Kit Norton • February 21, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 14, 2020 a debate
"Look at the men on this stage. Collectively, they have lost 10 elections. The only people on this stage who have won every single election that they’ve been in are the women, Amy and me."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2020
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