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Ryan Fournier
Ryan Fournier
stated on October 20, 2019 a tweet:
"Starting January 1, 2020, California will tax legal citizens if they don’t have health insurance. Why? The state needs to come up with $98,000,000 to pay for free health insurance for illegal aliens."
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By Miriam Valverde • October 30, 2019
Brian Kolb
Brian Kolb
stated on September 24, 2019 a Tweet:
The Buffalo Billion is "still breaking every job promise"
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 29, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 17, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says Ann Landers said, "At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don’t care what they think. At age 60, we discover that they have not been thinking of us at all."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • October 25, 2019
Glenn Kage
Glenn Kage
stated on September 16, 2019 a Missouri Times interview:
"General Motors is making record profits."
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By Caitlyn Rosen • October 25, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 19, 2019 a rally in New York City:
Says Congress gave Wall Street "trillions of dollars of zero interest loans."  
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By Jon Greenberg • October 25, 2019
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 10, 2019 a tweet:
"The City of Austin is dedicating more than $20,000 PER HOMELESS PERSON in Austin."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • October 17, 2019
Tom Steyer
Tom Steyer
stated on October 15, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate:
"People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years."
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By Chris Nichols • October 16, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on October 12, 2019 a tweet:
"The 1% is paying less in taxes than everyone else."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on September 30, 2019 a tweet:
"$575 billion cut from Medicare in Trump’s proposed 2020 budget."
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By Amy Sherman • October 3, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on August 22, 2019 a tweet:
"Our WV highways rank 16th in the country in a national survey of highway systems, up 20 spots from last year’s ranking! This ranking affirms all the hard work we’ve done, and that we continue to do, fixing our state’s roads."
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By Claudia Breaux, Olivia Vigna • October 1, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2019 a speech:
"For the first time in history, most new hires of prime working age are minorities and women."
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By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2019 a speech to the U.N. General Assembly:
"80% of the world’s population lives in countries where religious liberty is in significant danger or even completely outlawed."  
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By Jon Greenberg • September 25, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 16, 2019 a viral meme:
Says Elizabeth Warren "was paid $400,000 to teach one class."
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By Bill McCarthy • September 18, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 a tweet:
 "The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them."
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By Miriam Valverde • September 18, 2019
stated on September 15, 2019 an appearance on WISN-TV's UpFront:
Milwaukee has less taxing power than most similar cities and is the only U.S. city of 400,000 or more "that does not have a sales tax or local income tax."
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By Eric Litke • September 18, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 12, 2019 a speech:
The United States is "very energy independent."
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By John Kruzel • September 13, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic debate in Houston:
"54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster."
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By Amy Sherman • September 13, 2019
Chris Jones
Chris Jones
stated on August 20, 2019 TV ad.:
Says he "led the fight to expand Medicaid."
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By Warren Fiske • September 10, 2019
Tom Reed
Tom Reed
stated on August 20, 2019 a Tweet:
After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, "the typical American worker’s pay growing at more than 3 percent a year, record low unemployment."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 6, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 4, 2019 a CNN town hall on climate change:
"70% of the pollution of the carbon that we're throwing into the air comes from three industries."  
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By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2019
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