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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
Viral image
Viral image
stated on January 4, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Hillary Clinton "threatened to bomb Iran — totally obliterate them — if she was president."
Half-True
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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January 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 29, 2019 a social media post
"Elaine Chao BUSTED Sending $97 Million Contract To Help Mitch McConnell Win Reelection."
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January 9, 2020
PJ Media
PJ Media
stated on December 25, 2019 an article
"CBC Cuts Donald Trump's 'Home Alone 2' Cameo Out of Broadcast."
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By Bill McCarthy • January 2, 2020
Jeff Jensen
Jeff Jensen
stated on November 20, 2019 an interview with St. Louis Public Radio
"It’s nothing I do, but the probation office here in the Eastern District of Missouri is the best in the country. They have about a 7.5% recidivism rate, compared to national averages of 70 or 80%"
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By Libby Stanford • December 31, 2019
Sean Casten
Sean Casten
stated on December 11, 2019 a Facebook livestream appearance
"From 2000 to 2016, every major drug that was introduced came out of" National Institutes of Health funding.
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • December 22, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on December 20, 2019 a Democratic presidential primary debate
"They banned face masks in Hong Kong. Why? Because they have AI technology that now is using facial recognition to identify protesters if they so much as do anything on the street, so they can follow up with them and detain them later."
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By Bill McCarthy • December 20, 2019
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on December 13, 2019 an email
Says minimum markup law goes beyond gas, tobacco and alcohol to make "many doorbuster deals and holiday shopping specials technically against the law."
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By Eric Litke • December 18, 2019
Dave Syverson
Dave Syverson
stated on November 17, 2019 a TV interview
Says a proposed change to Illinois’ gambling law would result in "lower taxes paid to the state and higher taxes paid" to Chicago from a city casino so that the total amount would be the same, but the city would get to "keep more of it."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • December 15, 2019
Paul Gigot
Paul Gigot
stated on December 7, 2019 an interview
Says the impeachment of President Donald Trump would be the first in U.S. history "without a specific criminal statute or crime that the president who is impeached would have allegedly committed."  
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December 12, 2019
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on June 21, 2019 a speech
"In West Virginia, we have 20,000 jobs in which we don’t have skilled workers."
Half-True
By Steven Murphy, Victoria Gennuso • December 6, 2019
Jerry Tillman
Jerry Tillman
stated on November 15, 2019 a speech
Says the U.S. Constitution "doesn’t say anything about (redistricting) being fair. … it’s set up to be partisan."
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By Paul Specht • November 26, 2019
Jean Evans
Jean Evans
stated on October 7, 2019 Missouri Times article
"Missouri, in general, has more crime, percentage-wise, than the rest of the country. So, we are seeing overall crime throughout the country is going down but not here in Missouri."
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By Greta Serrin • November 25, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 6, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Nike pays factory workers, 80% of whom are women, "20 cents an hour" and has them work "70 to 80 hours a week."  
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By Samantha Putterman • November 22, 2019
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