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J.D. Scholten
J.D. Scholten
stated on July 21, 2021 in a tweet:
“By 2040, 70% of the population is expected to live in just 15 states.”
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August 6, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 23, 2021 in a speech.:
When Terry McAuliffe was governor, “Unemployment went down in every single county, including rural Virginia by nearly 50%.
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By Warren Fiske • July 30, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 29, 2021 in a tweet:
“George Washington mandated smallpox vaccines for the Continental Army.”
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July 30, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 21, 2021 in a CNN town hall:
“Ten thousand people have recently died. 9,950 of them, thereabouts, are people who hadn’t been vaccinated."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2021 in a speech in Philadelphia:
"In 2020, more people voted in America than ever in the history of America, in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on May 21, 2021 in a radio interview.:
“Over the last few years, more Virginians are moving away from Virginia than are moving to Virginia from the other 49 states.”
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By Warren Fiske • June 17, 2021
Kedron Bardwell
Kedron Bardwell
stated on May 20, 2021 in a tweet:
"These 2 Ankeny moms standing next to the Governor are known Qanon and anti-vaxx conspiracy theorists."
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June 11, 2021
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2021 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Sadly during the course of the pandemic one-third of our small businesses have closed."
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By Chris Nichols • June 7, 2021
Clarence McNeill
Clarence McNeill
stated on April 7, 2021 in an email to students:
The use and possession of marijuana on U.S. college campuses “remains prohibited under federal law”
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By Landon Allison • June 7, 2021
Don Huffines
Don Huffines
stated on May 10, 2021 in campaign material:
"Texans have some of the highest property taxes in the nation”
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By Brandon Mulder • June 4, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The New York Times published an old stock photo of a young girl and claimed Israeli forces killed her during its recent war with Hamas.
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By Samantha Putterman • June 3, 2021
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on May 5, 2021 in Statement:
The Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan will be “the biggest non-defense investment in research and development in the history of our country.”
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By Laura Schulte • May 28, 2021
Wisconsin Assembly GOP
Wisconsin Assembly GOP
stated on May 7, 2021 in Twitter:
“Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed more than $8 billion in spending increases from Gov. Evers' budget proposal.”
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By Haley BeMiller • May 18, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 14, 2021 in Twitter:
“Regulating and taxing marijuana—much like we do alcohol—would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022”
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By D.L. Davis • May 12, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 5, 2021 in remarks:
After the American Rescue Plan’s food and nutrition assistance, “hunger is already sharply down in the United States.”
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By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2021
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on April 28, 2021 in a GOP response to President Joe Biden's speech:
Says Democrats blocked his efforts at police reform.
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By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2021
Jill Underly
Jill Underly
stated on April 11, 2021 in TV interview:
For mitigating COVID-19 spread, “masks (are) the number one way to do so."
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By D.L. Davis • April 23, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 6, 2021 in a debate.:
“I restored felons’ rights - 173,000 - more than any governor in the history of America.”
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By Warren Fiske • April 19, 2021
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on March 4, 2021 in a press conference:
President Joe Biden’s American Relief Plan “has a lot of money in it for schools, but if you really look at it … it says that the school money is going to go out until the year 2028.”
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By Lara Bonatesta, Mackenzie Gilligan • April 15, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 7, 2021 in remarks at the White House:
“A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income tax in 2020.”
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By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2021
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