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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 30, 2018 a tweet:
Rep. Dan Donovan "voted for Tax Cuts"
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By Dan Clark • June 4, 2018
Keith Rothfus
Keith Rothfus
stated on May 22, 2018 a press release:
"Since the end of the financial crisis, we have seen an average of one community bank or credit union disappear every day."
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By Colin Deppen • May 31, 2018
Lupe Valdez
Lupe Valdez
stated on May 23, 2018 a New York Times news story:
"One in six Texans don’t have health care. We’re the most uninsured state in the U.S."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 31, 2018
stated on May 8, 2018 an Austin American-Statesman news story:
Says Austin has "been ranked repeatedly as one of the most, if not the most, economically segregated cities in the country."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 31, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 17, 2018 an online ad:
"Property and income taxes will be lower in 2018 than they were in 2010."
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By Tom Kertscher • May 30, 2018
John Cox
John Cox
stated on April 23, 2018 a campaign ad:
Republican candidate for California governor Travis Allen "gave campaign donations to Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Barbara Boxer."
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By Chris Nichols • May 25, 2018
Bob Donovan
Bob Donovan
stated on May 23, 2018 a news release:
"Since 2015, the City of Milwaukee has spent more than $22 million on settlements with litigants accusing police of misconduct."  
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By Tom Kertscher • May 24, 2018
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on May 18, 2018 a Facebook post:
"So far this year, more students have been killed in schools than soldiers in combat zones."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2018
Andrew White
Andrew White
stated on May 11, 2018 a Democratic gubernatorial debate:
Says Cecile Richards recently said there’s room in "her movement" for people who personally believe abortion is wrong.
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 15, 2018 a speech:
"In 2016, an officer was assaulted in America on an average of every 10 minutes."
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By Manuela Tobias • May 15, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on May 9, 2018 an interview with Hoppy Kercheval:
"By 2022, just the interest payment on our debt will be greater than the defense of our country."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2018
Kevin Nicholson
Kevin Nicholson
stated on May 4, 2018 an interview:
"Tammy Baldwin cosponsored legislation that wanted to establish the Department of Peace and Nonviolence."  
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By Tom Kertscher • May 9, 2018
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on April 25, 2018 a radio interview:
"President Trump is still supported by almost 85 percent of the Republican Party in the state of Ohio, and that's from recent polling, and still has a 58 percent approval rating in Ohio."
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By Amy Sherman • May 4, 2018
Lupe Valdez
Lupe Valdez
stated on April 11, 2018 an interview with Austin American-Statesman commentator Ken Herman:
"I come from the poorest ZIP code in San Antonio."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2018
Ja'Mal Green
Ja'Mal Green
stated on April 24, 2018 a radio interview:
Under Rahm Emanuel, "We’ve got tree trimmers making six figures."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 1, 2018
Sue Bell Cobb
Sue Bell Cobb
stated on April 24, 2018 Democratic debate for governor:
"Alabama is operating government on the lowest amount of tax revenue of any state in the nation."
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By Manuela Tobias • May 1, 2018
Diamond and Silk
Diamond and Silk
stated on April 26, 2018 in a hearing:
"We have never been paid by the Trump campaign."
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By John Kruzel • April 27, 2018
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on April 25, 2018 a tweet:
Says Austin is the "safest big city in Texas with an unemployment rate under 3% that has been named the best place to live in the entire United States two years running."    
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 26, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2018 an interview on "Fox & Friends":
"Kanye (West) looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees (women’s unemployment) the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on April 23, 2018 a U.S. Senate debate:
"I’ve cut a half a billion (dollars) out of the EPA just in the last two years. We’ve cut 3,000 jobs out of the EPA."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
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