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stated on April 4, 2019 a Facebook post:

"Health and Human Services admits they have never conducted federally-required monitoring of vaccine safety for over 30 years."

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 10, 2019

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stated on February 26, 2019 Facebook posts:

Says the WIC program was created by the Black Panthers to help feed single mothers and children in their communities.

By Samantha Putterman • March 5, 2019

Cory Booker
stated on February 4, 2019 an interview on CBS This Morning:

"Even the (Congressional Budget Office) says if you lower Medicare to allow 50 year olds to get into it, you can not only save the government money, but you can lower premiums for all Americans."

By Jon Greenberg • February 8, 2019

Alberta Darling
stated on December 5, 2018 a news release:

"Democrats flip flop on pre-existing conditions."

By Tom Kertscher • December 18, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on December 2, 2018 a tweet:

"$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T. That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon."

By Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2018

Tony Evers
stated on November 1, 2018 a public forum:

Says Walker "wants to get rid of" students’ ability to stay on their parents’ health insurance.

By Eric Litke • November 2, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 26, 2018 a campaign rally:

"The Democrat plan would just obliterate Medicare and terminate Medicare Advantage ... seniors who have been paying for this for years (and) will not be taken care of anymore."

By Manuela Tobias • November 2, 2018

Kevin Cramer
stated on October 26, 2018 U.S. Senate debate:

"Protections on pre-existing conditions have been there since the 1970s."

By Manuela Tobias • November 1, 2018

John Culberson
stated on October 25, 2018 a TV ad:

Says Texas Democrat Lizzie Pannill Fletcher contradicted herself on her health care position by saying "we need universal health care."

By Samantha Putterman • October 30, 2018

George Holding
stated on October 22, 2018 a debate:

"Obamacare raised premiums by 100 percent and after that 91 percent of the people were covered, but we’re all paying 100 percent more."

By Bill McCarthy • October 26, 2018

North Carolina Republican Party
stated on October 23, 2018 an ad campaign:

Democrats pledged to "force all North Carolinians into a single-payer health insurance scheme" that would cost $72 billion.

By Paul Specht • October 23, 2018

Sydney Batch
stated on October 23, 2018 a TV ad:

John Adcock and Republicans’ plan for health care "would get rid of coverage altogether for thousands of families and raise premiums on the rest of us."

By Paul Specht • October 23, 2018

Dave Brat
stated on October 11, 2018 Facebook post.:

Abigail Spanberger "wants a tax increase of $32 trillion - that’s with a `T,’ to pay for her socialist health care plan."

By Warren Fiske • October 23, 2018

Mike Bishop
stated on September 21, 2018 a TV ad:

Says Elissa Slotkin’s plan is to take Medicare away from current senior recipients.

By Samantha Putterman • September 26, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on September 13, 2018 tweets:

Says 3,000 people "did not die" in two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. That death toll estimate was "done by Democrats."

By Amy Sherman • September 18, 2018

Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 26, 2018 a public forum:

Says the Trump administration "has banned the CDC even using the word ‘transgender.’ "

By D.L. Davis • August 17, 2018

Marsha Blackburn
stated on August 8, 2018 a speech to farmers:

"Hospitals are closing in rural America because they don't have access to high-speed internet."

By Jon Greenberg • August 15, 2018

AFSCME
stated on June 6, 2018 an attack ad:

Says Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt "tried to cut a deal with big pharma" in a lawsuit.

By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on December 20, 2017 a speech:

"We essentially repealed Obamacare because we got rid of the individual mandate ... and that was a primary source of funding of Obamacare."

By Jon Greenberg • December 21, 2017

Shared This
stated on November 28, 2017 an article on a website:

A Colgate toothpaste is subject to "recall."

By Amy Sherman • December 12, 2017

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