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Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on December 12, 2021 in TV interview:
The push for high-speed internet for rural areas, from the start, “was a Democratic thing.”
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By Madeline Heim • December 28, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 19, 2021 in social media posts:
“More people, aged 18-45, died of Fentanyl overdoses in 2020 than covid, car accidents, cancer, + suicide combined.”
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By Louis Jacobson • December 23, 2021
Abby Finkenauer
Abby Finkenauer
stated on December 9, 2021 in a tweet:
Chuck Grassley was “voting to slash Medicare” when voting against the debt ceiling bill.
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By Lyle Muller • December 17, 2021
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on November 30, 2021 in Twitter:
Says Joe Biden “shut down travel from 8 countries in response to the Omicron variant, but he refuses to require a #COVID19 test for illegal immigrants crossing our Southern border.”
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By Laura Schulte • December 14, 2021
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on November 16, 2021 in a Senate hearing:
The United States had 589 coal-fired plants 10 years ago, and “we're down to 504. … We are the only nation that has reduced our reliance (on) coal energy."
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By Duncan Slade • December 10, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on December 7, 2021 in a press release:
The Build Back Better Act “includes $34.5 billion in cuts” for charity care funding to hospitals.
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By Jon Greenberg • December 10, 2021
Community Oncology Alliance
Community Oncology Alliance
stated on November 29, 2021 in a radio ad:
"An independent analysis shows that payments for cancer care will be slashed by close to 45% causing cancer clinics to close and massively raising your healthcare costs.”
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By Julie Appleby • December 7, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 28, 2021 in Facebook posts:
A chart shows China and India are leading in per capita carbon dioxide emissions.
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December 2, 2021
Tate Reeves
Tate Reeves
stated on November 28, 2021 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:
“39 out of 42 (countries) in Europe have more restrictive abortion laws” than Mississippi.
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By Jon Greenberg • December 1, 2021
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on October 28, 2021 in in a speech:
"U.S. households are on track to spend $19 billion more on energy by 2030."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • November 30, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 4, 2021 in a video:
"Spike protein goes to nucleus and impairs DNA repair."
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November 23, 2021
Dave Loebsack
Dave Loebsack
stated on November 6, 2021 in a tweet:
Ashley Hinson’s and Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ no votes on the infrastructure bill are "denying rural Iowa broadband internet."
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November 22, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Timothy Simpkins, a Black teen shooter, got 1 day in jail and $75,000 bail, while Kyle Rittenhouse, a white teen, got 2 months in jail and $2 million bail. “I think it’s pretty evident ... that white privilege is a myth.”
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November 17, 2021
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on October 18, 2021 in a TV interview:
Over a million people apprehended at the border this year, "meaning probably another 2 or 3 million have come in illegally."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • November 15, 2021
Bryan Steil
Bryan Steil
stated on October 28, 2021 in Twitter:
Says President Joe Biden “is in talks to pay illegal immigrants $450,000.”
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By Laura Schulte • November 12, 2021
Ron Klain
Ron Klain
stated on November 7, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The Biden administration inherited gains of “50,000 jobs a month. We're now finally back to 500,000 jobs a month. We inherited a country where 4,000 people a day were dying from Covid. That's now down 75%.”
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By Louis Jacobson • November 10, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 31, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"Atheists are prohibited from holding office in 8 states.”
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November 8, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 23, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Photos show Manila Bay before and during Rodrigo Duterte’s administration.
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October 28, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The nation reported adding 194,000 jobs in September, and Florida accounted for 84,500.”
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By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Gas prices were WAY higher in 2008, under REPUBLICAN president George W. Bush.”
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By Gabrielle Settles • October 25, 2021
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