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Donald Trump
stated on April 13, 2020 a tweet

"It is the decision of the President," not governors, to "open up the states."

By Amy Sherman • April 13, 2020

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 1, 2019 a Tweet

"Tens of thousands" of people leave New York every week.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 8, 2019

Scott Walker
stated on May 13, 2018 a TV interview

"By law, Democrats gave the superintendent of public instruction, back in 2009, the ability to take over failing schools … The current superintendent has failed to do that."

By D.L. Davis • July 5, 2018

Kevin Nicholson
stated on April 19, 2018 news release

Says conservative mega-donor Richard Uihlein is a Wisconsin resident.

By D.L. Davis • May 4, 2018

Liberty Headlines
stated on March 7, 2018 a headline

"Seattle police begin gun confiscations: no laws broken, no warrant, no charges."

By Amy Sherman • March 14, 2018

Travis Allen
stated on February 1, 2018 an interview on Capital Public Radio

"Californians are overwhelmingly against this concept of the illegal sanctuary state."

By Chris Nichols • February 7, 2018

John Cox
stated on October 21, 2017 a Capital Public Radio interview

Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation.

By Chris Nichols • November 16, 2017

John Cox
stated on October 19, 2017 a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed.

"It costs nearly five times as much in California to build and maintain a mile of road as it does in the rest of the nation."

By Chris Nichols • November 1, 2017

North Carolina Republican Party
stated on June 8, 2017 in an official statement

Says former FBI Director James Comey admitted to leaking classified information.

By Will Doran • June 9, 2017

Chain email
stated on May 11, 2017 a chain email

Says there are thousands of registered voters over 110 years old in North Carolina, including one who is 219 years old.

By Will Doran • May 18, 2017

Jim Patterson
stated on April 10, 2017 a press release

California will have the "highest gas tax in the nation" once its 12 cent gas tax hike goes into effect.

By Chris Nichols • April 11, 2017

Caitlyn Jenner
stated on March 31, 2017

Says North Carolina's replacement for HB2 "orders NC cities to discriminate against LGBT people until at least 2020 and unfair ‘bathroom bans’ remain."

By Will Doran • April 4, 2017

X posts
stated on December 6, 2016 tweets

In Wisconsin, "300,000 voters were turned away by the state’s strict voter ID law" in the 2016 presidential election.

December 7, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on November 14, 2016 an interview

Says Donald Trump's presidential victory was "an electoral landslide."

November 21, 2016

Viral image
stated on November 9, 2016 a post-election Tweet

Says the KKK marched in Mebane, N.C., after Trump’s victory

By Will Doran • November 9, 2016

Sean Hannity
stated on August 23, 2016 while interviewing Donald Trump in Austin

"All of Texas is conservative, except a little bit of Austin."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2016

Wendy Davis
stated on March 14, 2016 an interview with Texas Monthly

"Texas is one of only a handful of states that does not have an equal pay law."

By Eleanor Dearman • May 27, 2016

Chris Sgro
stated on May 4, 2016 a press release

"We've already lost $500 million in economic impact" from HB2 fallout in North Carolina.

By Will Doran • May 16, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on February 4, 2016 her State of the State speech

"Drug overdoses are now the second-most common cause of death in New Hampshire."

By Allie Morris • February 22, 2016

Christine Gilbert
stated on July 11, 2015 a letter to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman

The Texas Capitol faces South toward Goliad, in memory of the most horrific battle of the Texas Revolution.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 24, 2015

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