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stated on May 2, 2020 a Facebook post:
“(Retail) milk has gone up 7.5% since this time last year. The price farmers are paid has dropped 23%.”
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By Eric Litke • May 15, 2020
Coalition for the Homeless
Coalition for the Homeless
stated on April 8, 2020 a newspaper interview:
New York City could pay to house its homeless population in hotel rooms currently sitting vacant, but Mayor Bill de Blasio “has absolutely to this point refused to do that.”
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By Rachel Kimmel, Julia Schneider • May 13, 2020
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 21, 2020 a tweet:
“Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.”
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By John Pullano, Jaren Holmes • May 7, 2020
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on April 8, 2020 a tweet:
Congressional candidate Chris Jacobs “voted against paid leave for COVID-19.”
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By Meghan Hall, Hannah Roesch • May 6, 2020
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 21, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Wisconsin measures have "prevented the death of at least 300 Wisconsinites, and perhaps as many as 1,400 lives."
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By Eric Litke • May 1, 2020
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stated on April 26, 2020 a Facebook post:
COVID-19 is “here to stay” and “we need to accept that and be prepared to deal with COVID long term.”
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By Eric Litke • April 29, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 12, 2020 a tweet:
“Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.”
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By Meghan Hall, Hannah Roesch • April 29, 2020
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stated on April 22, 2020 a Facebook post:
During the 1918 flu pandemic, San Francisco residents formed the “Anti-Mask League.” San Francisco “was ultimately one of the cities that suffered the most with a high death rate.”
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By Amy Sherman • April 24, 2020
Mun Choi
Mun Choi
stated on February 25, 2020 an email update:
“The facility (NextGen Precision Health Institute) construction alone will bring 3,400 jobs and $472 million in revenue to Missouri.”
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By Julia Garlich • April 24, 2020
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on April 20, 2020 a public forum:
Says Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm is a “career bureaucrat with no past ties to Wisconsin.”
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By Haley BeMiller • April 22, 2020
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
stated on April 19, 2020 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Stay-at-home orders “actually are the law of these states.”
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By Louis Jacobson • April 21, 2020
Gretchen Whitmer
Gretchen Whitmer
stated on April 15, 2020 an April 15, 2020 press conference:
“During the flu pandemic of 1918, some cities lifted social distancing measures too fast, too soon, and created a second wave of pandemic.”
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By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2020
Public Citizen
Public Citizen
stated on April 4, 2020 a tweet:
Says 3.5 million U.S. citizens lost their employer-tied health insurance in March, while zero lost their coverage in 20 other large nations combined.
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By Madeline Heim • April 16, 2020
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stated on April 10, 2020 Facebook posts:
Images show COVID-19 victims being buried in mass graves in New York City.
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By Samantha Putterman • April 15, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 8, 2020 an op-ed published in The Guardian:
“It has been estimated that only 12% of workers in businesses that are likely to stay open during this crisis are receiving paid sick leave benefits as a result of the second coronavirus relief package."
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By Shefali Luthra • April 13, 2020
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Viral image
stated on April 8, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says a California surfer was “alone, in the ocean,” when he was arrested for violating the state’s stay-at-home order.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 9, 2020
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on March 31, 2020 a briefing:
Says for the coronavirus, “the death rate in Texas, per capita of 29 million people, we're one of the lowest in the country."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • April 3, 2020
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stated on March 29, 2020 a viral post:
Says a study projects Wisconsin’s coronavirus cases will peak on April 26, 2020
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By Eric Litke • March 31, 2020
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stated on March 20, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says truck drivers are being turned away from fast-food restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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By Samantha Putterman • March 26, 2020
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stated on March 15, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Bill Gates told us about the coronavirus in 2015.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 25, 2020
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