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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ:
Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.”
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By Miriam Valverde • August 12, 2020
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on June 5, 2020 in on social media:
“Central Park actually used to be a town called Seneca Village” founded by African Americans in 1825.
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By Hannah Roesch, Julia Schneider • August 12, 2020
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 2, 2020 in a tweet:
“34% of Wisconsin renters are at risk of eviction.”
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By D.L. Davis • August 12, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with journalism associations:
“If the vaccine came out tomorrow, how in the heck would we get it to people? There is no game plan.”
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By Amy Sherman • August 11, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 5, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photos show six fires around the world “in the last 24 hours.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • August 7, 2020
Mandy Cohen
Mandy Cohen
stated on July 28, 2020 in a press conference:
There’s a “direct correlation” between North Carolina’s mask requirement and COVID-19 stabilization.
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By Paul Specht • August 5, 2020
Brett Giroir
Brett Giroir
stated on August 2, 2020 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:
“There have been five randomized controlled, placebo controlled trials that do not show any benefit to hydroxychloroquine.”
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By Jon Greenberg • August 5, 2020
The Family Foundation
The Family Foundation
stated on July 9, 2020 in a blog.:
“...Virginia, more than any other state, had the steepest drop in the number of abortions between 2011 and 2017.”
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By Warren Fiske • August 5, 2020
Brett Giroir
Brett Giroir
stated on July 26, 2020 in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”:
“Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.”
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By Julie Appleby • August 4, 2020
Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on July 21, 2020 in an interview:
Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.”
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By Jessica Calefati • August 4, 2020
Wisconsin state Senate Democrats
Wisconsin state Senate Democrats
stated on July 24, 2020 in a news release:
Say Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have done nothing "while neighboring states like Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan have already implemented safety precautions like requiring individuals to wear masks."
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By Haley BeMiller • July 31, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 22, 2020 in a campaign video:
There’s already 10,000 businesses that are not likely to open again, and a significant number of small businesses and minority businesses.”
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By Samantha Putterman • July 24, 2020
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 1, 2020 in an interview:
“PPP on average probably provided a grant of around $11,000 per employee."
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By Lawrence Andrea • July 24, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 20, 2020 in an interview with Joy Reid on MSNBC:
“I, all the way back in January, warned (President Trump that) this pandemic was coming. I talked about what we needed to do.”
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By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 13, 2020 in Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden has said 150 million Americans died from guns and another 120 million from COVID-19
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By Nusaiba Mizan • July 20, 2020
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 30, 2020 in 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
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on July 14, 2020 in at a press conference:
“Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.”
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By Lyle Muller • July 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 3, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says a leader of the Blackfeet Nation tribe designed the current Washington Redskins logo and once said it “made us all proud to have an Indian on a big-time team."
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By Samantha Putterman • July 16, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.”
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By Tom Kertscher • July 10, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech in Dunmore, Pa.:
"Three hundred sixty thousand Pennsylvanians fought on the side of the Union to defeat the flag, that Confederate flag, including more Black soldiers coming from Pennsylvania than any other state in the nation."
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By Jessica Calefati • July 10, 2020
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