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Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on August 24, 2020 in Facebook post:
Police are "20.8 times more likely to kill than be killed by a criminal."
True
By Madeline Heim • August 27, 2020
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood
stated on March 4, 2020 in news release:
"If Roe is overturned, Wisconsin has a law on the books that would immediately make abortion a crime.”
True
By Madeline Heim • June 11, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 13, 2019 in a tweet:
The United States is the only nation "that grants legal permanent residency to more than a million people per year."   
True
By Mica Soellner • December 26, 2019
Rob Hutton
Rob Hutton
stated on December 4, 2019 in a radio interview:
 A "study showed as many as one in four people have had a package stolen from their residence."   
True
By D.L. Davis • December 13, 2019
Ron Kind
Ron Kind
stated on November 17, 2019 in a TV interview:
"I am the only member of Congress that voted for both inquiries -- the Clinton inquiry and now the Trump inquiry."  
True
By Mica Soellner • November 25, 2019
Justin Amash
Justin Amash
stated on May 20, 2019 in a tweet:
"In fact, ‘high Crimes and Misdemeanors’ is not defined in the Constitution and does not require corresponding statutory charges. The context implies conduct that violates the public trust—and that view is echoed by the Framers of the Constitution and early American scholars."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2019
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on October 6, 2018 in a tweet:
Says Joe Manchin "refused to commit to Kavanaugh until AFTER the Senate had the votes."
True
By Kristen Mohammadi • November 15, 2018
VoteVets.org
VoteVets.org
stated on October 12, 2018 in an ad:
Says Rick Scott’s "hospital company stole millions, defrauding the military’s health care program."
True
By Amy Sherman • October 23, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on February 21, 2018 in a tweet:
"The impending work stoppage is unlawful."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2018
Rebecca Dallet
Rebecca Dallet
stated on January 19, 2018 in an interview:
Says that as a judge, she has "presided over more than 10,000 cases."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • February 16, 2018
Norm Eisen
Norm Eisen
stated on January 7, 2018 in a tweet:
The White House staff risks violating federal ethics rules if they participate in Donald Trump’s "fake news awards."
True
By John Kruzel • January 11, 2018
Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
stated on August 20, 2017 in an interview:
"I think what the authors of the (25th) Amendment principally had in mind was some kind of physical incapacitation or serious mental illness or a breakdown, an inability to function in office."
True
By John Kruzel • August 29, 2017
Rafael Anchia
Rafael Anchia
stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet:
"How many federal rulings have NOW found intentional discrimination by #Txlege since 2011? 6."
True
By Bobby Cervantes • June 14, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on May 18, 2017 in a Senate floor speech:
"President Obama became the first president since Carter to leave the White House with a smaller federal prison population than when he took office."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2017
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
stated on April 5, 2017 in a fund-raising email:
Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has said Black Lives Matter "is a terrorist movement, a hate group and calls it, Black LIES Matter."
True
By Tom Kertscher • April 17, 2017
Randolph Bracy
Randolph Bracy
stated on April 4, 2017 in a New York Times op-ed:
"There are no federal or state laws that say prosecutors must seek death sentences. And the United States Supreme Court has banned all state laws that make executions mandatory for murders."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 18, 2016 in an interview:
Says Donald Trump "thinks stop-and-frisk is fine."
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 9, 2016
Deborah Ross
Deborah Ross
stated on October 13, 2016 in a debate:
Says Richard Burr "was one of only three senators who voted against a ban on insider trading for members of Congress. And he called that vote brave."
True
By Will Doran • November 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 26, 2016 in a Hillary for America television ad:
"Trump Management was charged with discriminating against African-Americans and breaking federal law."
True
By Lauren Carroll • September 14, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:
"An amendment, pushed by Lyndon Johnson many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016
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