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stated on May 6, 2019 a Facebook post
"70% of Americans in poverty are white."  
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May 16, 2019
Natasha Marcus
Natasha Marcus
stated on May 8, 2019 a speech on the Senate floor
Says there’s "no wait list" for private school vouchers
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By Paul Specht • May 16, 2019
Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci
stated on May 11, 2019 an interview
China’s developing country status in the World Trade Organization "means they can tariff and embargo."
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By John Kruzel • May 15, 2019
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on April 12, 2019 a radio interview
"Tony Evers is cutting child support."  
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By D.L. Davis • May 10, 2019
Cody Smith
Cody Smith
stated on February 21, 2019 a statement
"On our current trajectory, we’ll be 2,000 prison beds short by 2021... We’ll need two new prisons soon, at the cost of $485 million over the next five years."
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By Lauren Richey • May 8, 2019
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stated on May 2, 2019 social media posts
When Joe Biden’s son Hunter was serving as "a director to Ukraine’s largest private gas producer," the elder Biden "threatened to withhold $1 BILLION in U.S. aid to Ukraine if they didn’t fire a prosecutor looking into" the gas company.
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By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2019
Dave Muntzel
Dave Muntzel
stated on February 25, 2019 legislative remarks
"One-fourth of the vehicles on (Missouri’s) highways are defective."
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By Laura Murgatroyd • May 2, 2019
Cindy O’Laughlin
Cindy O’Laughlin
stated on February 14, 2019 an opinion piece
"When comparing state by state, the data clearly demonstrates that over 20 other states with (Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs) are still substantially worse off than Missouri in terms of curbing the effects of opioid abuse."
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By Madison Conte • May 2, 2019
Cheri Toalson Reisch
Cheri Toalson Reisch
stated on April 1, 2019 in the state House during discussion of a criminal justice bill
"We have an unemployment (rate of) 1.5 in Boone County, and we can’t find enough workers."
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By Olivia Garrett • April 30, 2019
Marie Newman
Marie Newman
stated on April 24, 2019 a radio interview
"We’re in a situation right now where 80% of the country is living paycheck to paycheck."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 28, 2019
Justice Democrats
Justice Democrats
stated on April 25, 2019 a tweet
Says Joe Biden "voted for the Iraq War, for mass incarceration, and for the Bankruptcy Reform Act while voting against gay marriage, reproductive rights, and school desegregation."  
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By Jon Greenberg • April 26, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on April 17, 2019 a news release
California is leading the nation in holding drug companies accountable and fighting prescription drug prices.  
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By Samantha Young • April 25, 2019
David Craig
David Craig
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet
Says Gov. Tony Evers' budget includes tax and fee increases even while spending "more on his way to a nearly $2 billion deficit."
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By Mica Soellner • April 24, 2019
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson
stated on April 14, 2019 a CNN town hall
Says Jimmy Carter was the last "U.S. president to say flat out those (Israeli) settlements are illegal."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2019
Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell
stated on April 14, 2019 a campaign rally
In 2017, the first piece of legislation that Republicans passed "made it easier for the mentally ill to purchase guns."
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By Julianna Rennie • April 22, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 17, 2019 a podcast
"It's clear in our country right now, almost half of American families are a $400 unexpected expense away from complete upheaval."
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By Chris Nichols • April 19, 2019
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson
stated on April 4, 2019 an interview
"For every dollar we spend on actual peace creation, we spend over $1,000 on ways to prepare for war."
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April 15, 2019
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
stated on March 27, 2019 a tweet
"Governor Evers' budget would increase property taxes by the largest amount in a decade"
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By Eric Litke • April 12, 2019
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stated on April 1, 2019 a Facebook post
Says William T. Thompson, the designer of the Confederate flag, said, "As a people we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race" and "As a national emblem, it is significant of our higher cause, the cause of the superior race."
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April 11, 2019
Jim Steineke
Jim Steineke
stated on March 31, 2019 an appearance on WISN-TV's UpFront
Says GOP leaders have "made overtures to meet on a regular basis," but Gov. Tony Evers has "refused to even meet with us."
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By Eric Litke • April 10, 2019
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