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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 23, 2023 in TV interview:
"WOW county swing suburban voters (in Wisconsin) don't vote for Donald Trump.”
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By D.L. Davis • April 18, 2023
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 28, 2022 in Twitter:
“Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.”
True
By Laura Schulte • February 2, 2023
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter:
"Latina workers make 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men."
True
By D.L. Davis • December 16, 2022
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on August 28, 2022 in an interview on CNN:
"40% of the folks who have student loans do not have a college diploma, four-year diploma. These are people who are truck drivers and who are nail technicians and nurses’ aides.”
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 13, 2022
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 24, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Image claims to show a list of "Republican members of Congress whose PPP loans were forgiven."
True
By Andy Nguyen • August 30, 2022
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on August 13, 2022 in Twitter:
Says Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson “called climate change ‘bull----’ during a record heatwave” and “raked in over $700k in fossil fuel cash.”
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By Laura Schulte • August 19, 2022
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on October 3, 2021 in Twitter:
“The annual Pentagon budget hovers over $750 billion annually, twice that of the much debated Build Back Better Act that costs about $350 billion annually as currently proposed.”
True
By Laura Schulte • October 14, 2021
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on August 16, 2021 in Twitter:
In Afghanistan, “over 100 billion dollars spent on military contracts.”
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By D.L. Davis • August 31, 2021
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 23, 2021 in Twitter:
“Since 1978, CEO compensation rose over 1,000% and only 11.9% for average workers.”
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By Madeline Heim • June 2, 2021
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on May 24, 2021 in an op-ed on CNBC:
“New Haven, Conn., had to issue bonds for a bridge after using funds for that bridge to pay for a police misconduct settlement."
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By Jon Greenberg • May 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2021 in a Facebook post:
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was the lone vote in the House against an anti-human trafficking bill.
True
By Amy Sherman • March 31, 2021
Tom Wolf
Tom Wolf
stated on February 22, 2021 in a speech:
“We’re the only major gas-producing state in the US that doesn’t have a severance tax.”
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By Jessica Calefati • February 25, 2021
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on January 19, 2021 in a hearing:
“There will be several thousand dollars in payments going to families with six-figure incomes who’ve had no income interruption whatsoever.”
True
By Jessica Calefati • January 21, 2021
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on January 8, 2021 in 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.”
True
By Jon Greenberg • January 11, 2021
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on December 27, 2020 in an interview:
“In my state, as in many other states, we have governors who are closing down businesses again.”
True
By Jessica Calefati • December 30, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 31, 2020 in a rally:
"I’ve released 22 years of my tax returns. You can go online and look. (Donald Trump) hasn’t released one.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • October 31, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 13, 2020 in an op-ed on the CNN website:
“Iran has stockpiled 10 times as much enriched uranium as it had” in 2016.
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2020
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
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on July 30, 2020 in an interview:
Says the U.S. Senate is “dominated by millionaires” and that he is “not one of them.”
True
By Jessica Calefati • August 13, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 22, 2020 in a speech:
“Murders this year have spiked 27% in Philadelphia.”
True
By Jessica Calefati • July 24, 2020
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