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Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 23, 2021 Twitter
“It’s been over 50 years since minimum (wage) and inflation parted ways, then over a decade since the federal minimum went up at all.”
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By Madeline Heim • June 19, 2021
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on June 8, 2021 Twitter
“We have a record 9.3 million job openings in the U.S.”
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By Laura Schulte • June 18, 2021
Mark Born
Mark Born
stated on June 2, 2021 Twitter
“Before the pandemic, just over 40,000 were on continuing UI claims. Now, there are well over 100,000 on state or federal UI benefits.”
True
By D.L. Davis • June 18, 2021
Lorraine Lewandrowski
Lorraine Lewandrowski
stated on February 24, 2021 a hearing of the New York Senate Agriculture Committee
It’s not currently “legal for a New York state student to have a glass of fresh whole milk.”
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By John Pullano • June 7, 2021
Mandela Barnes
Mandela Barnes
stated on May 23, 2021 Twitter
“Since 1978, CEO compensation rose over 1,000% and only 11.9% for average workers.”
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By Madeline Heim • June 2, 2021
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on May 24, 2021 an op-ed on CNBC
“New Haven, Conn., had to issue bonds for a bridge after using funds for that bridge to pay for a police misconduct settlement."
True
By Jon Greenberg • May 27, 2021
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on April 7, 2021 Twitter
Wisconsin’s 2019-21 budget produced the first positive general fund balance since 2000, and the governor’s proposed 2021-23 budget would return it to a deficit.
True
By Madeline Heim • May 25, 2021
Robert Martwick
Robert Martwick
stated on May 10, 2021 a podcast interview
Opposition to having a fully elected Chicago Board of Education is in the “super minority.”
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 23, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 18, 2021 an interview
“We now have more job openings than we do people who are on unemployment. We have 60% more job openings today than we did the month before the pandemic hit the state of Texas.”
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By Brandon Mulder • May 21, 2021
Lindsay James
Lindsay James
stated on May 11, 2021 a tweet
“There are more job openings than there are people on unemployment" in Iowa.
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By Lyle Muller • May 12, 2021
Jeff Jackson
Jeff Jackson
stated on May 3, 2021 a tweet
Says he was “one of the 2 (state Senators) who voted against” North Carolina’s body camera law.
True
By Paul Specht • May 7, 2021
Kevin Kiley
Kevin Kiley
stated on April 26, 2021 a tweet
“San Francisco had twice as many drug overdose deaths as COVID deaths last year.”
True
By Chris Nichols • April 29, 2021
Kirk Cox
Kirk Cox
stated on April 7, 2021 a radio interview.
On Virginia’s new marijuana law: “You can have up to one pound with only a $25 fine.”
True
By Warren Fiske • April 28, 2021
Van Wanggaard
Van Wanggaard
stated on April 19, 2021 Statement
Foxconn “is the largest taxpayer in Racine County.”
True
By Haley BeMiller • April 27, 2021
Zach Wahls
Zach Wahls
stated on April 8, 2021 a weekly newsletter
“The federal American Rescue Plan will purchase more food from farmers for distribution."
True
April 22, 2021
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 6, 2021 an interview with The Grio
“There is racism physically built into some of our highways.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 30, 2021 a tweet
“Twice as many children are in Border Patrol custody under Biden than Trump peak in 2019.”
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By Brandon Mulder • April 6, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2021 a Facebook post
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was the lone vote in the House against an anti-human trafficking bill.
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By Amy Sherman • March 31, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 14, 2021 TV interview
“There’s still (only) a handful of school districts" doing no in-person instruction.
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By Madeline Heim • March 29, 2021
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on March 4, 2021 a tweet
West Virginia “is the only state to decline in population over the last 70 years”
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By Duncan Slade • March 25, 2021
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