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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 26, 2019 a tweet
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2019
Kanye West
Kanye West
stated on October 11, 2018 remarks at the White House
In Wisconsin, Foxconn has "4,000 jobs, people making $53,000 a year."  
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October 12, 2018
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on September 25, 2018 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
Under Phil Bredesen, in sexual harassment cases, his administration chose "to shred some of the documents so that women’s voices would never be heard."  
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By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2018
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on December 27, 2017 an interview
"Come February (2018), Americans will see their paychecks grow at the tune of saving $1,000 or more a year."  
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January 10, 2018
Mike Collier
Mike Collier
stated on October 31, 2017 an email blast
"Earlier this year, Dan Patrick and Republican leadership snatched millions of dollars in benefits from retired teachers."
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on August 27, 2017 an email
"Black Americans still earn less than 73 percent of what white men make."
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By Eric Litke • October 4, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on February 8, 2017 a television interview
"Over the past 25 years, job growth in right-to-work states has been twice as high as in non-right-to-work states. ... The facts are just so clear that this is going to lead to more jobs and higher pay for the people of Missouri."
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By Allison Colburn • April 6, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 12, 2016 an interview
Fifty percent of workers ages 55 to 64 have "zero" money "in the bank as they enter retirement."
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December 21, 2016
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on September 30, 2016 a press release
Says Chris Koster "opposes right-to-work efforts because he has taken $8 million from ‘union bosses.’"
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By Erika Stark • November 3, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 31, 2016 remarks in Cocoa Beach, Fla.
"One in five American households have nobody under the same roof that's got a job."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2016
Deborah Ross
Deborah Ross
stated on October 13, 2016 a TV ad
"Richard Burr voted to protect tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas but voted against a tax break to help working people."
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By Will Doran • November 2, 2016
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 17, 2016 at a debate in Columbus, Ohio
Says Sen. Rob Portman says Ted Strickland earned $400,000 a year as a lobbyist after leaving Ohio for Washington.  
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By Nadia Pflaum • October 20, 2016
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 11, 2016 a debate
"In 67 different ways, Governor McCrory has raised taxes on middle income families."
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By Will Doran • October 14, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
Says that during President Barack Obama’s tenure, the United States has created "15 million new jobs."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
"First, Donald Trump said wages are too high, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage."
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By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2016
Deborah Ross
Deborah Ross
stated on August 22, 2016 a campaign ad
Says in Washington, D.C., Sen. Richard Burr "took millions from special interests, went there and cashed in, voted to cut (his) own taxes and raise taxes on working folks."
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By Will Doran • August 25, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 24, 2016 an Instagram post
"Hypocrisy at the Clinton Foundation: Top male staff made on average $218,029 while top female staff made $153,014 from 2010-2014."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 27, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate
"There's only three countries in the entire world where there's no paid vacation by law, we happen to be one of them."
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By Joshua Gillin • May 3, 2016
Kiki Curls
Kiki Curls
stated on April 4, 2016 following a Missouri Senate Budget Committee hearing
Missouri "is the state with the lowest paid workers."
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By Conner Smith • May 2, 2016
Lee Camp
Lee Camp
stated on April 17, 2016 an episode of "Redacted Tonight"
"In 2009 … Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents."
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By Linda Qiu • April 21, 2016
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