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Nicholas Langworthy
Nicholas Langworthy
stated on March 17, 2021 in a mass email:
Residents of New York state “pay the highest taxes in the nation.”
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By Landon Allison, John Pullano • April 12, 2021
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 4, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal “is fully paid for. Across 15 years, it would raise all of the revenue needed for these once-in-a-lifetime investments."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 7, 2021
Rick Gundrum
Rick Gundrum
stated on March 29, 2021 in Twitter:
Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +"
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By D.L. Davis • April 6, 2021
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on March 26, 2021 in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper:
“People don’t pretend to be someone else to go in and vote. You just don’t see that kind of fraud.”
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By Paul Specht • April 5, 2021
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stated on August 2, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Sen. Cory Booker wants to require a federal license for gun owners but criticizes voter ID laws as discriminatory.
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March 30, 2021
Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla
stated on March 22, 2021 in remarks in a Senate hearing:
“In a majority of states, new voters are able to obtain a rifle quicker than they’re able to cast their first ballot.”
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By Gabrielle Settles, Louis Jacobson • March 29, 2021
Julian Bradley
Julian Bradley
stated on March 15, 2021 in news article:
The latest stimulus package "sends stimulus checks to imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters.”
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By Haley BeMiller • March 26, 2021
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on February 23, 2021 in an interview with WNYC:
“We had the highest number of (military) sexual assaults ever reported in the last year” and “we had the lowest conviction rate and the lowest prosecution rate.”
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By Landon Allison, Cassidey Kavathas • March 25, 2021
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson
stated on March 7, 2021 in TV interview:
“Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.”
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By Laura Schulte • March 25, 2021
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Viral image
stated on March 22, 2021 in a tweet:
These 11 mass shootings involved an AR-15-style weapon.
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By Jon Greenberg • March 24, 2021
Nicole Malliotakis
Nicole Malliotakis
stated on March 8, 2021 in a Tweet:
"If you are a hard-working law-abiding citizen who earns $80,000, you don’t get a stimulus check. But if you are a convicted murderer or rapist sitting in jail, you do."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 19, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 13, 2021 in in an interview on Fox News:
"When I became governor, we banned sanctuary cities and we also did E-Verify."
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By Amy Sherman • March 19, 2021
Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar
stated on March 14, 2021 in a CNN interview:
"We saw the increases (of unaccompanied minors at the southern U.S. border) dating back almost a year."
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By Miriam Valverde • March 17, 2021
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on March 8, 2021 in a Facebook post and tweet:
Current immigration "apprehension numbers are worse than the 'crisis' Biden/Obama/Pelosi acknowledged in 2014!"
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By Bill McCarthy • March 11, 2021
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 6, 2021 in a tweet:
“Senate Democrats just voted to give stimulus checks to criminals in prison.”
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By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 3, 2021 in a Facebook post:
In Aberdeen, Miss., “Massive 78% of mail-in ballots proved fraudulent, judge orders election do-over.”
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March 5, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Al Gore said in 2009 that “the North Pole will be ice-free in the summer by 2013 because of man-made global warming.”
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By Samantha Putterman • March 2, 2021
Stand for America
Stand for America
stated on February 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The COVID-19 rescue bill includes money for a list of projects that are not COVID-related.
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February 26, 2021
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 24, 2021 in a Senate floor speech:
In the American Rescue Plan, “just about 1% of the money is for vaccines.”
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By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2021
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 21, 2021 in Facebook post:
The shutdown of the Keystone Pipeline project will mean “nearly 2,000 (union jobs lost) with Wisconsin companies”
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By Nusaiba Mizan • February 26, 2021
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