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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 6, 2019 a tweet:
"I have consistently voted against the Hyde Amendment."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2019
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on May 17, 2019 an interview:
"We’ve lifted hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty in the last five years."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 10, 2019
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Viral image
stated on June 6, 2019 a Facebook post:
A photo shows "brave women of the Red Cross" arriving in Normandy on D-Day to help injured troops.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • June 7, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 4, 2019 a press conference in London:
"I’ve had tremendous Republican support. I have a 90% — 94% approval rating, as of this morning, in the Republican Party. That’s an all-time record."    
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By Jon Greenberg • June 6, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 14, 2019 a campaign event:
The 1994 crime bill "did not generate mass incarceration."
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By Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel • May 30, 2019
Heidi Scheuermann
Heidi Scheuermann
stated on May 16, 2019 floor debate:
They understand the importance (of medical monitoring). It’s clear, though, that they want to do it in a way that is consistent with other states and S.37 just isn’t.
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By Elizabeth Gribkoff • May 24, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 22, 2019 a Facebook post:
Quotes Mark Twain as saying of journalists that it is "far better" to "fear the media for they will steal your honor" and describes them as "a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons…"
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By Samantha Putterman • May 24, 2019
Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on May 15, 2019 in a tweet:
 "Local Government debt in Texas has increased nearly 40% in the past 5 years."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • May 24, 2019
Chris Coons
Chris Coons
stated on May 14, 2019 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe.":
Obamacare granted "the protection against preexisting condition discrimination that extended to more than 150 million Americans, folks who get their health insurance through their employer."
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By Julie Rovner • May 21, 2019
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on May 1, 2019 a speech:
Says states with graduated income taxes "create jobs and grow their economies faster" than Illinois.
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 19, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 14, 2019 a Facebook post:
"When you pull up to the gas pump to fill up your car, get your cell phone and search for Bluetooth devices. If a sequence of letters and numbers show up don’t pay at the pump. One of the pumps has a credit card skimmer inside of it. All of these skimmers run on bluetooth."
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By Cade Moisey, Davis Versprille, Mary Alice Truitt, Patrick Orsagos • May 17, 2019
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 3, 2019 a tweet:
"More than a million Wisconsinites have voted to raise their own property taxes because Republicans have failed to fully fund our public schools for the past eight years."
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By Eric Litke, Mica Soellner • May 17, 2019
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Viral image
stated on May 6, 2019 a Facebook post:
"70% of Americans in poverty are white."  
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By Ciara O'Rourke • 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
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