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Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on March 15, 2017 In a tweet :
"Our families have the highest property taxes in the country. We must change this."
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By Anna Bruzgulis • April 20, 2017
Jay Chaudhuri
Jay Chaudhuri
stated on April 5, 2017 an interview explaining his bill:
Says the T.R.U.M.P. Act, which would force presidential candidates to release their tax returns to run in North Carolina, "has a lot of support – by a majority of North Carolinians and members of both parties."
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By Will Doran • April 19, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 a speech:
"We’ve lost 70,000 factories since China joined the World Trade Organization."  
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By Tom Kertscher • April 19, 2017
USF Divest
USF Divest
stated on April 11, 2017 a video on Facebook:
Says the University of South Florida invests in oil companies like BP, tobacco companies, weapons manufacturers and private prisons.
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By Allison Graves • April 19, 2017
Randolph Bracy
Randolph Bracy
stated on April 4, 2017 in a New York Times op-ed:
"African-Americans are grossly overrepresented on Florida’s death row."
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By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2017
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on February 14, 2017 a video:
"Here are some of the things that are more popular than Congress: hemorrhoids, Nickelback, traffic jams, cockroaches, root canals, colonoscopies, herpes. Even herpes, they couldn’t beat herpes in the polls."
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By Chris Nichols • April 14, 2017
Greg Murphy
Greg Murphy
stated on April 10, 2017 a speech:
"Every day, four North Carolinians die from a medication or drug overdose."
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By Will Doran • April 13, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 7, 2017 a Pensacola jobs roundtable:
Says Florida has "the second-lowest taxes, per capita, state taxes of any state in the country."  
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By Allison Graves • April 13, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on March 26, 2017 an interview on Meet the Press:
California’s Central Valley and Inland Empire "are experiencing tremendous job growth."
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By Chris Nichols • April 4, 2017
John Conyers, Jr.
John Conyers, Jr.
stated on March 28, 2017 a subcommittee hearing:
"Apprehension rates at the southern border have plummeted since the 1980s, and apprehensions of Mexicans specifically have reached their lowest point in nearly half a century."  
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By Miriam Valverde • April 3, 2017
Patrick Gallivan
Patrick Gallivan
stated on March 27, 2017 a press conference:
Of "30,000 individuals arrested a year for crimes that are 16 or 17, over 95 percent of them do not result in a criminal conviction. Only 1.5 percent of them ultimately go to state prison."
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By Dan Clark • April 3, 2017
Fight for the Future
Fight for the Future
stated on March 28, 2017 a tweet:
"215 members of Congress just voted to let your ISP spy on what type of underwear you buy and sell that data to advertisers." 
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By Lauren Carroll • March 30, 2017
Jacqueline Collins
Jacqueline Collins
stated on February 24, 2017 an email newsletter:
"Governor Rauner has called every year for eliminating funding for afterschool programs for at-risk youth, homeless prevention services and programs that help autistic children."
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By Marc Filippino • March 30, 2017
Carlos Guillermo Smith
Carlos Guillermo Smith
stated on March 21, 2017 a vote on HB 697:
Says if a Florida bill (HB 697) punishing sanctuary cities becomes law "it will be the only law of its kind in the nation."
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By Allison Graves • March 30, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on March 21, 2017 a press conference:
"Global food demand is expected to increase by 50 to 97 percent by 2050."
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By Gabrielle Healy • March 30, 2017
Florida Immigrant Coalition
Florida Immigrant Coalition
stated on March 27, 2017 a Florida House subcommittee hearing:
"As an undocumented immigrant, you do have constitutional rights here in the United States."
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By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2017
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on March 9, 2017 a U.S. Senate floor speech:
Texas "spent close to a third of its budget on Medicaid last year, a third of all state spending."
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By W. Gardner Selby • March 28, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 1, 2017 a Senate floor speech:
"In fact, if you add up the net wealth of his cabinet, it has more wealth than a third of the American people total -- close to 100 million people."  
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By Jana Heigl • March 27, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on March 17, 2017 a Tiger Bay speech:
Says Florida officials amended a contract from Lockheed Martin from 305 promised jobs to six.  
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By Allison Graves • March 27, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 remarks at a Kentucky rally:
"Since China joined — that’s another beauty — the WTO in 2001, the U.S. has lost many more than 60,000 factories."
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By Lauren Carroll • March 24, 2017
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