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Donald Trump
stated on May 22, 2019 remarks in the Rose Garden

Says Pennsylvania Republican nominee for Congress Fred Keller "was a 50-50 shot" before his landslide victory.

By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2019

Scott Wagner
stated on October 11, 2018 Campaign email

"Our unemployment rate is 20 percent higher than the national average."

By Colin Deppen • October 18, 2018

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 12, 2018 a TV ad

Scott Wallace wants to tax families of five for 'irresponsible breeding'

By Sarah Anne Hughes • September 14, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on June 4, 2018 a tweet

Philadelphia Eagles players stayed "in the Locker Room for the playing of our our National Anthem" or were "kneeling."

By Michaela Winberg • June 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on March 14, 2018 Private fundraiser

Says Conor Lamb "ran on a campaign that said very nice things about me."

By Colin Deppen • March 22, 2018

Martina White
stated on August 31, 2017 In a statement to the Northeast Times

"It is shocking to me that Police Commissioner Richard Ross and Mayor Jim Kenney allowed this illegal occupation to go on for hours without taking any action to enforce the law…"

By Mark Dent • September 1, 2017

Bob Casey
stated on July 5, 2017 a tweet

The GOP health care proposal would slash more than $135 million in federal funding available to PA schools.

By Anna Orso • July 11, 2017

Bruce Kraus
stated on March 22, 2017 an interview with The Incline

"Data shows that vehicle break-in is the No. 1 crime in the city, but also the No. 1 crime in the South Side Flats, and it’s closely followed by assault."

By MJ Slaby • April 11, 2017

Bloggers
stated on February 18, 2017 In an article

Says former Sen. Rick Santorum said, "Sometimes pregnancy is God’s way of comforting rape victims."

By Mark Dent • April 2, 2017

Scott Wagner
stated on March 28, 2017 in a State Impact article.

"...the earth moves closer to the sun every year – you know the rotation of the earth. We’re moving closer to the sun."

By Anna Orso • March 31, 2017

Jim Kenney
stated on March 27, 2017 a tweet

"Immigrants are responsible for 96 percent of our small biz growth since 2000."

By Cassie Owens • March 28, 2017

John Eichelberger
stated on February 13, 2017

Inner-city students "fall back and don’t succeed, whereas if there was a less intensive track, they would."

By Cassie Owens • February 27, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2017 In a speech at the GOP Retreat

"Here in Philadelphia murder has been steady — I mean — just terribly increasing."

By Mark Dent • January 26, 2017

Doug Pederson
stated on December 18, 2016 In a press conference

"Your chances of throwing it are actually a little bit better in that situation."

By Mark Dent • December 20, 2016

NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on September 28, 2016 an ad.

"Toomey and Trump will ban abortion and punish women who have them."

By Anna Orso • October 6, 2016

Pat Toomey
stated on September 13, 2016 In a press release

McGinty previously told a local community newspaper in her native Philadelphia that she 'has found an alarming undercurrent of misinformed people in the 'T' part of the state' outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

By Mark Dent • September 16, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 29, 2016 a speech at Temple University

Says Donald Trump "doesn't make a thing in America."

By Mark Dent • August 1, 2016

Daniel Grace
stated on May 17, 2016 a statement

A three-cents-per-ounce soda tax in Philadelphia "would result in the loss of 2,000 family-sustaining Teamster Union jobs and countless other jobs in the beverage industry."

By Anna Orso • May 20, 2016

Tom Marino
stated on May 13, 2016 In an MSNBC interview

"I have had to fill out FEC reports for the past six years now, and they’re much more detailed than a tax return..."

By Loghan Thain • May 20, 2016

Steve Santarsiero
stated on April 2, 2016 a campaign mailer.

"Steve Santarsiero wrote PA’s Gun Safety Law."

By Anna Orso • April 21, 2016

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