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Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson
stated on April 11, 2021 Twitter
"Since 2010, student debt has increased by 102% and real wages have fallen by over 8%.”
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By Haley BeMiller • May 21, 2021
Janet Yellen
Janet Yellen
stated on May 2, 2021 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“Corporate income has increased as a share of” gross domestic product.
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By Louis Jacobson • May 3, 2021
Amy Pechacek
Amy Pechacek
stated on December 20, 2020 News release
“We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.”
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By Laura Schulte • March 17, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on January 12, 2021 Speech
"The Legislature spent the last decade passing laws deliberately making it even harder for people to access these critical supports when they need it most, exacerbating the problems with our already-outdated system.”
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By Laura Schulte • February 2, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 29, 2020 a rally in Tampa, Fla.
“Nobody's ever seen a number like this… (33.1%) economic growth is four times greater than what the experts expected.”
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By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 the first 2020 presidential debate
Says Joe Biden “passed a tax bill that gave us all these privileges for depreciation and for tax credits. We built a building, and we get tax credits like the hotel on Pennsylvania Ave.”
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By Bill McCarthy • October 1, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 18, 2020 a video in a tweet
Says Donald Trump is “the worst jobs president in recorded history."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 3, 2020 a Facebook post
Says fluid milk production limitations mean grocery stores are short on milk even as farmers are dumping it
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By Eric Litke • April 10, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 31, 2020 a Facebook post
“If you’ve let somebody claim your kids for income tax purposes, you will not receive a stimulus check. The person who claimed your kids is gonna get it.”
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By Madison Czopek • April 8, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2020 a Facebook post
“Unemployment now pays $24/hour, even if your wages were lower. Why don’t ‘essential’ people forced to still work get $24, too?”
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April 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2020 a Facebook post
“All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.”
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By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 14, 2020 a news conference
Says that “over a 45-minute period that we had the press conference” on the coronavirus on March 13, 2020, the stock market set "an all-time record."
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March 19, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 15, 2020 the Democratic debate in Washington D.C.
Says Bernie Sanders voted against the auto bailout
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By Amy Sherman • March 16, 2020
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on January 16, 2020 a tweet
"In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada."
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By D.L. Davis • February 26, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 28, 2020 comments at a campaign rally
"Earnings for the bottom 10% are rising faster than earnings for the top 10%.”
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By Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2020
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
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
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
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."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 16, 2019
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