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stated on October 4, 2021 in an Instagram post:

President Joe Biden cut “$30 billion to Black colleges and universities.”

By Tom Kertscher • October 7, 2021

Derrick Van Orden
stated on May 11, 2021 in Twitter:

Says U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has “spent more $ in 100+ days than was spent fighting WWII

By D.L. Davis • June 4, 2021

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stated on April 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“A year ago we had the lowest unemployment in history without using taxpayers money.”

By Tom Kertscher • May 5, 2021

George Papadopoulos
stated on April 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden is “withholding $150 million in aid from Ukraine” to “pressure Ukraine to drop all criminal investigations into him and his son, Hunter.”

By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2021

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stated on February 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“FEMA is paying for hotel rooms!!!” for Texas winter storm victims.

By Tom Kertscher • February 19, 2021

Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2020 in a discussion with business leaders:

Speaking of the federal debt before the coronavirus pandemic, “we were starting to get that number down.”

By Miriam Valverde • October 19, 2020

Tommy Tuberville
stated on October 8, 2020 in an ad:

Says Doug Jones "has voted to spend our tax dollars on late-term abortions" and "supports abortion up until birth."

By Tom Kertscher • October 14, 2020

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stated on March 25, 2020 in on social media:

Nancy Pelosi ordered a 220-seat Boeing 757 to fly to her home state, costing taxpayers nearly $5.8 million annually.

By Patrick Orsagos • June 12, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2019 in social media posts:

"California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."

By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2020

Bernie Sanders
stated on December 17, 2019 in a video posted on his presidential campaign’s social media accounts.:

"I am very proud that I am the only candidate in the Democratic primary to have voted against all of Trump's defense budgets."

By Kit Norton • December 20, 2019

Ilhan Omar
stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview:

The U.S. spends "57 cents on the dollar on defense."

By Tom Kertscher • December 13, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2019 in a tweet:

"Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before."

By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2019

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stated on March 20, 2019 in posts online:

"President Trump’s wall costs less than the ObamaCare website."

By Julianna Rennie • March 29, 2019

Joni Ernst
stated on March 6, 2019 in a speech:

"At $93 trillion, the Green New Deal would cost more than the entire recorded spending of the U.S. since the Constitution went into effect in 1789."

By Tom Kertscher • March 12, 2019

Glenn Grothman
stated on January 15, 2019 in a statement:

A provision in the first bill passed by House Democrats would "allow the billions of dollars of aid we send to other countries to be used for abortions."

By Mica Soellner • February 19, 2019

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stated on January 11, 2019 in tweets and Facebook posts:

Says Congress set aside $50 billion for the Secure Fence Act in 2006

By Amy Sherman • January 22, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on December 2, 2018 in a tweet:

"$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T. That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon."

By Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on November 10, 2018 in a tweet:

"There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor."

By Chris Nichols • November 12, 2018

Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 26, 2018 in a public forum:

Says the Trump administration "has banned the CDC even using the word ‘transgender.’ "

By D.L. Davis • August 17, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on July 26, 2018 in an interview on the Daily Show:

"Just last year we gave the military a $700 billion budget increase, which they didn’t even ask for."

By Manuela Tobias • August 1, 2018

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