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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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By Tom Kertscher • 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.
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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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By Tom Kertscher • 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."
Half-True
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
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on November 20, 2019 comments at Democratic debate:
"Over 70% of the people support Roe v. Wade. Over 90% of the people support funding for Planned Parenthood and making sure women can get the health care they need." 
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By Shefali Luthra • November 21, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 20, 2019 comments during the November Democratic presidential primary debate.:
 "160 million people like their private insurance."
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By Shefali Luthra • November 21, 2019
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on November 8, 2019 a tweet:
Says Governor Cooper has vetoed "every single teacher pay raise we've ever passed."
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By Paul Specht • November 19, 2019
Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on October 19, 2019 a tweet:
"One in eight American adults, or 12.7 percent of the U.S population, now meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder."
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By Claudia Breaux, Jacqueline Kautz, Olivia Vigna • November 19, 2019
Nicole Galloway
Nicole Galloway
stated on October 12, 2019 a mass email:
"Missouri has one of the highest rates of uninsured children in the country."
Half-True
By Caitlyn Rosen • November 16, 2019
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on October 31, 2019 an interview:
"Illinois lost population in 94 out of the last 95 years, so it’s not like it’s a new thing that we have a slight out-trickle of people leaving the state."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 8, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 4, 2019 a Facebook post:
"People with pre-existing mental health conditions have access to firearms and not health care."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • November 7, 2019
Jerome Adams
Jerome Adams
stated on August 30, 2019 remarks at a substance abuse conference.:
"Marijuana has a unique impact on the developing brain. It can prime your brain for addiction to other substances."
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By Shefali Luthra • November 5, 2019
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