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Steve Troxler
Steve Troxler
stated on July 10, 2018 a speech
The Black River’s water quality is "rated at the very top in North Carolina."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • August 1, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 19, 2018 a blog post
"Satanic leader confesses to sacrificing 675 children 'gifted' to him by doctors."
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By Katie Akin • August 1, 2018
Chris Sununu
Chris Sununu
stated on June 26, 2018 an interview
"Every time they’ve done those border patrols, they’ve taken out people who have trafficked drugs. That’s the federal government’s role. They’re doing their job."
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By Ethan DeWitt • July 27, 2018
Missouri Democratic Party
Missouri Democratic Party
stated on July 17, 2018 a tweet
If a lawsuit backed by Josh Hawley succeeds, "nearly 2.5 million Missourians with pre-existing conditions could lose their health care coverage."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2018
Larry Fedora
Larry Fedora
stated on July 18, 2018 an interview
"I don’t think it’s been proven that the game of football causes CTE."
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By Paul Specht • July 26, 2018
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on July 23, 2018 a tweet
"Trump tax cut benefits all congressional districts, up to $44,697 per family."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 12, 2018 a blog post
"Republicans vote to make it legal nationwide to ban gays and lesbians from adopting."
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By Bill McCarthy • July 24, 2018
Democratic Governors Association
Democratic Governors Association
stated on July 13, 2018 a post on Medium
Says Adam Putnam "backed a water bill that gutted water quality regulations."
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By Allison Graves • July 18, 2018
Demand Justice
Demand Justice
stated on July 12, 2018 a television ad
Says Brett Kavanaugh "refused to uphold key patient protections in the past."  
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By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2018
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on July 10, 2018 a tweet
Says Patrick Morrisey’s "family’s firm was paid $500,000 to lobby AGAINST Trump’s last Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 10, 2018 a blog post
Say "Pope says that the rights of Muslim migrants trump any safety concerns that you might have with them in your country."
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By Lucia Geng • July 12, 2018
Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
stated on July 11, 2018 comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
European allies "pay us $2.5 billion a year to keep our forces there. It would cost us more money to bring the troops home than to keep them in Europe."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 12, 2018
Paul Soglin
Paul Soglin
stated on March 23, 2018 a public forum
"If there is a firearm available, it is 17 times more likely to be used either for suicide or for assaulting a friend, relative, an acquaintance than it is to be used in fending off an intruder."  
Half-True
By Taylor Palmby • July 12, 2018
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on July 10, 2018 an interview on MSNBC
Says Brett Kavanaugh "has said the president shouldn't be investigated."
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By Amy Sherman • July 10, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 5, 2018 a blog post
"Facebook removes, censors Declaration of Independence as ‘hate speech’"
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By Bill McCarthy • July 10, 2018
For Our Future PAC
For Our Future PAC
stated on July 2, 2018 a website
"Repealing the Affordable Care Act — and with it, Ohio’s Medicaid expansion — could cost Ohio more than 81,000 jobs, jeopardize nearly 1 million Ohioans’ health care coverage, and leave more than 220,000 Ohioans with mental illness or substance use disorders without insurance."  
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By Amy Sherman • July 10, 2018
Tax March
Tax March
stated on June 21, 2018 a television ad in Nevada
"83% of Trump tax breaks go to the wealthiest 1%."
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By Jon Greenberg • July 10, 2018
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
stated on April 17, 2018 an editorial
Marijuana and THC "have caused emergency room visits to skyrocket."
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By Katie Akin • July 6, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on May 28, 2018 a radio interview
"There are a lot of private charters. And in fact, (Tony Evers) sought and received the largest charter school grant in the country from the Trump-DeVos administration to start new charter schools in Wisconsin."
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By Anna Groves • July 3, 2018
Ted Lieu
Ted Lieu
stated on June 16, 2018 a tweet
"Every day over 450,000 Americans sit in jail not because they've been convicted of anything, but because they are too poor to pay bail & don't have high powered attorneys."
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By Lucia Geng • June 29, 2018
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