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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
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on October 26, 2020 Twitter
"In 2019, Republicans stripped $40 million from the budget for lead pipe replacement - because they thought it helped MKE too much."
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By D.L. Davis • December 4, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 24, 2020 Facebook post
An “anti-Black Lives Matter” flag replaced the American flag behind President Trump during a Waukesha campaign rally.
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By Laura Schulte • October 28, 2020
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 30, 2020 a tweet
"Our country and Constitution was built on a foundational separation of church and state."
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By D.L. Davis • July 17, 2020
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2020 a CNN interview
Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.”
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By Miriam Valverde • June 4, 2020
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on December 13, 2019 news release
“Getting access to a gun in America is easier than adopting a dog or registering to vote.”
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By Laura Schulte • May 22, 2020
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
stated on April 19, 2020 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Stay-at-home orders “actually are the law of these states.”
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By Louis Jacobson • April 21, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 19, 2019 a Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles
"You have to have congressional authority" to close Guantanamo Bay prison.  
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By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2019
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 7, 2019 an interview on ABC's "The View"
"It’s only a federal crime for the" inspector general to out a whistleblower.
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By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2019
Roland Martin
Roland Martin
stated on July 21, 2019 a panel on ABC's "This Week"
Republicans "are advancing federal judges who won't even say that Brown vs. Board of Education was properly decided."
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By Bill McCarthy • July 25, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on February 27, 2019 a tweet
"#MichaelCohen: Convicted of lying to Congress re: Russia investigation … #ElliottAbrams: Convicted of lying to Congress re: arming Contra death squads"
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By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2019
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 9, 2018 an interview
"At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously."  
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December 13, 2018
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 8, 2018 a tweet
"#Broward elections department has a history of violating the law."
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By Amy Sherman • November 12, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on October 23, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Tony Evers wants to give in-state tuition and drivers licenses to "illegal aliens."
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By Eric Litke • November 2, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on October 8, 2018 a gubernatorial debate
"Only Duterte’s Philippines and Trump’s United States of America have money bail."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on September 4, 2018 a campaign ad
Says he "beat (President Barack) Obama at the Supreme Court, saving coal jobs."
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By Anja Martin • September 20, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on August 17, 2018 A campaign ad
Says Joe Radinovich "was cited 30 times for not paying court fines."
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By Stephen Koff • September 10, 2018
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on July 9, 2018 a campaign website
Says "Claire McCaskill voted for 100 percent of President Obama’s judicial nominees."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on June 22, 2018 a tweet
"Pat Morrisey joined a federal lawsuit to allow insurance companies to deny coverage for people with pre-existing conditions."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 21, 2018 an interview
Says Donald Trump's executive order "doesn't address the over 2,000 children who are already separated from their parents, and it doesn't change the fact that we would be jailing children with their families."  
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June 22, 2018
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