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Eric Schmitt
Eric Schmitt
stated on November 25, 2019 a roundtable:
"You have literally 140 people dying every day of opioid-related overdoses."
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By Madison Czopek • December 31, 2019
Wayne Goodwin
Wayne Goodwin
stated on December 14, 2019 a tweet:
Says his opponent for NC Insurance Commissioner is a "perennial candidate" over 30 years.
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By Paul Specht • December 23, 2019
New York City Police Benevolent Association
New York City Police Benevolent Association
stated on December 2, 2019 a Tweet:
"Defendants charged with producing, directing or promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child will be arraigned & set free." 
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 22, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 19, 2019 a Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles:
"You have to have congressional authority" to close Guantanamo Bay prison.  
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By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2019
Jim Himes
Jim Himes
stated on December 18, 2019 in an impeachment debate:
Says President Donald Trump "has not given this Congress a single email, phone record or document."
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By Bill McCarthy • December 19, 2019
Woody Thrasher
Woody Thrasher
stated on August 21, 2019 a tweet:
"West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth."
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By Alayna Degenhardt, Farrah Frattaroli • December 6, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on June 10, 2019 a press conference:
China today is "burning seven to eight times the amount of coal that we’re burning in the United States."
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By Minh Do • December 4, 2019
Alma Adams
Alma Adams
stated on November 26, 2019 a tweet:
"The President wants to cut 3 MILLION people from SNAP, including children, seniors and veterans."
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By Paul Specht • December 3, 2019
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on November 17, 2019 a speech:
"No other city in America did what (New York) did. We reduced murders by 50%, reduced police shootings to historic lows, reduced the number of people incarcerated by nearly 40%."
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By Tom Kertscher • December 2, 2019
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
stated on November 20, 2019 a tweet:
"In Texas, Latinas make less than $0.45 for every dollar a man makes. That makes us 49th in the nation."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • November 27, 2019
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 10, 2019 a TV interview:
Says 1,000 people failed gun background checks in Wisconsin in 2018, but "almost none of them were prosecuted for trying to do a background check and illegally buy a weapon."
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By Eric Litke • November 26, 2019
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on November 20, 2019 a radio interview.:
"We now have the first decline in overdose deaths due to drugs in 30 years - since 1990."  
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By Warren Fiske • November 26, 2019
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 17, 2019 an interview on "Face the Nation":
President Trump "hasn’t built any new (border) wall" during his time in office.
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By Chris Nichols • November 23, 2019
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on October 29, 2019 a pre-legislative media forum:
While previous clemency boards granted restoration of civil rights to thousands of Floridians,  "so far this year, under this clemency board, four (felons) have gotten their rights back."
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By Amy Sherman • November 21, 2019
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on November 20, 2019 a tweet:
"Since President (Donald Trump’s) election, 36,000 jobs have been created in WI."
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By Eric Litke • November 21, 2019
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on October 13, 2019 an article in a local newspaper:
"$53 million a week is coming across the border in drugs."
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By Matthew Digby, Minh Do • November 18, 2019
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on November 9, 2019 a Facebook post:
"Confederate veterans were conferred with many of the same benefits of other United States military veterans by Acts of Congress back in 1929 and 1957."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • November 15, 2019
William Taylor
William Taylor
stated on November 13, 2019 impeachment inquiry testimony:
"The Russians are violating all of the rules, treaties, understandings that they committed to that actually kept the peace in Europe for nearly 70 years."
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By Tom Kertscher • November 14, 2019
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 7, 2019 an interview on ABC's "The View":
"It’s only a federal crime for the" inspector general to out a whistleblower.
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By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on August 19, 2019 a tweet:
"In WI, over 79% of Title X patients rely on Planned Parenthood for their basic health care."
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By Mica Soellner • November 8, 2019
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