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Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on February 12, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Amy Klobuchar vows to resettle 500 percent more refugees, none in her neighborhood.”
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By Miriam Valverde • February 17, 2020
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stated on December 15, 2018 a Facebook post:
Says Maxine Waters said: “I say, we knock off Trump and then, go after Pence. We have the power.”
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By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020 the State of the Union:
“Under my administration, 7 million Americans have come off of food stamps, and 10 million people have been lifted off of welfare.”
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By Samantha Putterman • February 6, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020 the State of the Union:
“I have also overseen historic funding increases for high-quality child care, enabling 17 states to help more children, many of which have reduced or eliminated their waitlists altogether.”
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By Amy Sherman • February 5, 2020
Scott Jenkins
Scott Jenkins
stated on January 13, 2020 remarks:
“There are more guns in this country than there are citizens.”
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By Warren Fiske • February 5, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 4, 2020 his State of the Union:
“Over 130 legislators in this chamber have endorsed legislation that would bankrupt our nation by providing free taxpayer-funded health care to millions of illegal aliens, forcing taxpayers to subsidize free care for anyone in the world who unlawfully crosses our borders."
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By Shefali Luthra • February 5, 2020
Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar
stated on February 4, 2020 a speech:
“The president has exploded the debt by more than $3 trillion — all to give billion-dollar tax cuts to the wealthiest few.”
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By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2020 an interview on Fox News:
“Cory Booker and all these people couldn't get any of the things that (Michael) Bloomberg's getting now" with respect to DNC debate rules.
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • February 3, 2020
Phil Scott
Phil Scott
stated on January 21, 2020:
“In 2018, the providers the state paid through the ACO reduced the amount of money spent on healthcare services by $7.7 million.”
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By Katie Jickling • February 3, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 28, 2020 comments at a campaign rally:
"Earnings for the bottom 10% are rising faster than earnings for the top 10%.”
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By Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 21, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says a 392-year-old shark was discovered in the Arctic Ocean  
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By Samantha Putterman • January 28, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 12, 2020 a Facebook post:
The percent of millionaires in Congress is 50% while the percent among the U.S. public is 1 percent
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By Amy Sherman • January 22, 2020
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on January 10, 2020 an email newsletter:
Says Democratic opponents Cal Cunningham and Erica Smith support sanctuary policies.
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By Paul Specht • January 22, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 23, 2019 a Facebook post:
Up until 1913 Americans kept all of their earnings.
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By Samantha Putterman • January 21, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 13, 2020 a Sun Sentinel op ed:
"In Florida children are required to take their first standardized test within 30 days of beginning kindergarten and Gov. DeSantis wants to extend that requirement to preschoolers."  
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By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2020
Young America's Foundation
Young America's Foundation
stated on January 2, 2020 a Facebook post:
"FACT: Less than 1% of the trash in the ocean is from the United States."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2020
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stated on January 4, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Hillary Clinton "threatened to bomb Iran — totally obliterate them — if she was president."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 13, 2020
Erica Smith
Erica Smith
stated on December 6, 2019:
Says she's beating Democratic opponent Cal Cunningham and is also the first black, female US Senate candidate to be beating an incumbent Senator (Thom Tillis) in "every poll out of the gate."
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By Paul Specht • January 10, 2020
Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on November 20, 2019 news release:
Lead levels in Milwaukee's water "are higher than Flint, MI." 
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By D.L. Davis • January 10, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 29, 2019 a Facebook post:
There have been 317 criminal indictments under three recent Republican presidents and only three indictments under three recent Democratic presidents.  
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By Tom Kertscher • January 9, 2020
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