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Jacky Rosen
stated on May 10, 2018 in a Rosen campaign press release:

Says Dean Heller "has voted for a GOP bill that funded efforts to revive Yucca Mountain."

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By Jon Greenberg • May 14, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on May 4, 2018 in the NRA convention:

"I doubled my African-American poll numbers. We went from 11 to 22 in one week."

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By John Kruzel • May 7, 2018

Mahlon Mitchell
stated on April 30, 2018 in a website campaign statement:

Says he was "instrumental to passing two (recent) pieces of legislation that were a huge victory for firefighters across the state."

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By Eric Litke • May 7, 2018

Don Blankenship
stated on April 23, 2018 in a debate:

Says illegal immigration is "costing us $130 billion a year to house and feed and give benefits to people that shouldn’t be even in the country."

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By Miriam Valverde • April 30, 2018

Ron Johnson
stated on April 3, 2018 in a radio interview:

"We have laws on the books where people can walk right up to our ports of entry, say ‘I have a credible fear of persecution,’ and we bring them in. We don’t send them back."

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By D.L. Davis • April 27, 2018

For Our Future Florida
stated on April 22, 2018 in in a tweet:

Says Florida Gov. Rick Scott "just signed a bill that could make most of Florida’s beaches private."

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By Allison Graves • April 26, 2018

Oath Keepers
stated on April 19, 2018 in a blog post:

"California State Assembly bill would ban the (sale of the) Bible!"

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By Jon Greenberg • April 26, 2018

Newstarget
stated on February 23, 2016 in on a website:

"USDA approves slaughterhouses producing horse meat for human consumption"

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By Mica Soellner • April 24, 2018

Greg Abbott
stated on April 9, 2018 in an interview by Trey Ware of San Antonio's KTSA radio station:

Says that as of March 2018 compared with 2017, "there’s been a more than 200 percent increase in the number of people who are apprehended coming across the border. And, I’ll tell you this, there’s been a more than 200 percent increase in apprehension of heroin coming across the border."

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By W. Gardner Selby • April 24, 2018

Dean Heller
stated on April 17, 2018 in a campaign ad press release:

Says Jacky Rosen promised "to repeal middle-class tax cut."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • April 24, 2018

Republican Party of Florida
stated on April 9, 2018 in a website:

"Out of 860 bills (Sen. Bill Nelson has) introduced in Congress, only 10 have passed."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • April 20, 2018

Tony Evers
stated on March 23, 2018 in an interview:

Says that despite a recent increase in school funding, Scott Walker "has taken over a billion dollars from the public schools."

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By Tom Kertscher • April 20, 2018

Charles Schumer
stated on April 16, 2018 in a news release from Senate Democrats:

In the wake of the Republican-backed tax bill, "more than 100,000 American workers have already been laid off in 2018."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2018

Evan Jenkins
stated on April 9, 2018 in a campaign ad:

"In Congress, (Patrick) Morrisey wrote the health care law giving free health care to illegals."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2018

Tina Smith
stated on April 10, 2018 in a tweet:

"On average, American women only earn 80 cents for every dollar a man earns for doing the same job."

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By Louis Jacobson • April 13, 2018

Todd Rokita
stated on April 3, 2018 in an ad:

"Luke Messer? He plotted with the Never-Trumpers to steal the nomination from President Trump."

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By Manuela Tobias • April 13, 2018

Jonathan Saenz
stated on March 28, 2018 in an email blast:

Says that in the U.S. Capitol, "Stephen F. Austin’s and Sam Houston’s statues" are "the only ones holding a rifle or a sword."

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By W. Gardner Selby • April 12, 2018

Jon “Bowzer” Bauman
stated on April 9, 2018 in a press release:

"Rick Scott wants to destroy Social Security by privatizing it."

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By Allison Graves • April 12, 2018

stated on April 3, 2018 in a website:

"Congresswoman Martha McSally voted to let companies sell your internet data to the highest bidder without your consent. Then she got paid $42,000 by the very corporations she allowed to sell your personal info."

Mostly False

By Miriam Valverde • April 11, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on April 9, 2018 in an interview:

Says "Eric Holder and his group came in and made" the Wisconsin Supreme Court race "highly partisan."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • April 11, 2018

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