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Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2020 Speech

“All the billionaires in America, their net worth combined … has increased by $800 billion” during the pandemic.

By Nusaiba Mizan • October 12, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2020 a speech

“If you just count all the deaths in the red states, we are number two in the world in deaths, just behind Brazil.”

By Madeline Heim • October 1, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on August 31, 2020 a speech

“I am not banning fracking.”

By Jessica Calefati • September 1, 2020

Joe Biden
stated on July 9, 2020 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."

By Jessica Calefati • July 10, 2020

JB Pritzker
stated on March 17, 2020 remarks at a press conference

Says it was “unquestionably” not within his “legal authority” to postpone Illinois’ primary election by changing the date or shifting to vote-by-mail.

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 24, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 5, 2020 a Facebook post

Says 93,000 blacks didn’t vote in Milwaukee (in 2016)

By Eric Litke • March 19, 2020

Wayne Goodwin
stated on December 14, 2019 a tweet

Says his opponent for NC Insurance Commissioner is a "perennial candidate" over 30 years.

By Paul Specht • December 23, 2019

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."

By Amy Sherman • November 21, 2019

Mark Pocan
stated on May 29, 2019 a tweet

Says Donald Trump's claim that "there was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our country, a person is innocent" directly contradicts Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s statement.

By Eric Litke • May 30, 2019

Eric Burlison
stated on February 13, 2019 a Senate hearing

Says SJR 11 "seeks to fix what is very quickly becoming a problem in Missouri — initiative petitions and referendums are being filed at record highs."

By Yue Yu • April 17, 2019

Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on April 3, 2019 a tweet

"FYI: the last statewide recount in WI was in 2016. After that recount, the vote margin changed by only 131 out of the 2.7 million votes cast."

By D.L. Davis • April 7, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 10, 2019 speech at a rally in Concord, New Hampshire

I received "more votes from young people — black, white, Latino, Asian American and Native American — than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combined."

By Kit Norton • March 16, 2019

Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad

Says Beto O’Rourke crashed into barriers, "causing a collision while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene to avoid accountability."

By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019

Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad

Says Beto O’Rourke perpetuated stereotypes, "casting aspersions on working women whose ‘only qualifications seemed to be large breasts and tight buttocks’."

By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019

Dallas Woodhouse
stated on December 8, 2018 a tweet

Says no elections protest was filed, McCready conceded and "every" county board certified its results from the Mark Harris, Dan McCready race.

By Paul Specht • December 21, 2018

Tony Evers
stated on December 9, 2018 an interview

"At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously."

December 13, 2018

Gordon Hintz
stated on November 18, 2018 a TV interview

"One year ago, (Republicans) would not fill seats vacated for people who went to the administration because of the cost of those elections. Now, they’re talking about changing the rules to add additional elections that will cost millions of dollars of taxpayer expense."

By D.L. Davis • November 28, 2018

Marco Rubio
stated on November 8, 2018 a tweet

"#Broward elections department has a history of violating the law."

By Amy Sherman • November 12, 2018

Scott Galloway
stated on November 7, 2018 a tweet

"The number of people who just got their voting rights restored in Florida is greater than the populations of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware, Rhode Island, Montana, Maine and New Hampshire."

By Amy Sherman • November 8, 2018

Taylor Swift
stated on October 7, 2018 an Instagram post

Says Marsha Blackburn "voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape."

By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2018

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