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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 21, 2021 in a CNN town hall:
“You’re not going to get COVID if you have these vaccinations.”
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By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2021
Wiley Nickel
Wiley Nickel
stated on June 30, 2021 in a tweet:
“Over 75% of (North Carolina) supports medical marijuana.”
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By Paul Specht • July 14, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 2, 2021 in remarks at the White House:
“We have now created over 3 million jobs since I took office, more jobs than have ever been created in the first five months of any presidency in modern history.”
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By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2021
Jon Erpenbach
Jon Erpenbach
stated on June 15, 2021 in Twitter:
“Wisconsin is 49th in public health spending.”
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By Madeline Heim • July 9, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 30, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Four pharmaceutical companies have questionable track records that suggest their COVID-19 vaccines aren’t safe.
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July 8, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 27, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Three white former police officers were sentenced to less prison time — combined — for killing three Black people than a Black man was for selling marijuana.
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By Andy Nguyen • July 7, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on June 22, 2021 in an Instagram post:
"President Trump's net gain while in office $0, Nancy Pelosi's net gain while in office $191 million."
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July 7, 2021
Adriano Espaillat
Adriano Espaillat
stated on June 8, 2021 in a Tweet:
“40% of jobs in this country pay less than the average unemployment check of $750/week.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 3, 2021
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on June 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The national debt is now bigger than our economy. That hasn’t happened since World War Two – and we’re in peacetime. Joe Biden is digging a hole America can never fill.”
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By Jason Asenso, Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2021
Cindy Axne
Cindy Axne
stated on June 10, 2021 in an interview:
"We’re not even remotely close to a point to say that we’re at rising inflation."
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By Lyle Muller • July 1, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"Japan has banned all (Black Lives Matter) apparel from the Olympics. No one can kneel or raise fists during the anthems either."
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By Andy Nguyen • June 28, 2021
Diamond and Silk
Diamond and Silk
stated on June 17, 2021 in a Facebook post:
It was “the left” that “finally” made Juneteenth a national holiday.
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June 21, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference:
“That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”
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By Miriam Valverde • June 21, 2021
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 20, 2021 in Twitter:
During the pandemic, “I’ve been in D.C. voting regularly.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • June 15, 2021
Chip Roy
Chip Roy
stated on June 3, 2021 in an interview:
Says Austin should be putting more police on the streets. “Why are we going the other way? (Austin leaders are saying) ‘Oh, let’s reimagine police by getting rid of them.' What do you have? You have a doubling of murder in Austin, Texas.”
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By Brandon Mulder • June 11, 2021
Paul Newton
Paul Newton
stated on May 25, 2021 in a press conference:
Says North Carolina moved “from among the worst business rankings in the country, to the top 10.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • June 10, 2021
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
stated on March 9, 2021 in Twitter:
“Right to Work states have: faster private sector employment growth”
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By Nusaiba Mizan • June 9, 2021
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 1, 2021 in an interview with Ezra Klein:
“The filibuster, if it does not get reformed, still means that maybe 30% of the population potentially controls the majority of Senate seats.”
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By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Lumber, gas, wheat, coal and corn cost more in April 2021 "in Joe Biden's America" than they did a year earlier.
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May 27, 2021
Jocelyn Benson
Jocelyn Benson
stated on May 20, 2021 in a campaign fundraising email:
A Republican bill in Michigan “would make it a crime for election officials … to share information about how to vote by mail and where to find a ballot drop box.”
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By Clara Hendrickson • May 26, 2021
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