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stated on June 2, 2025 in Radio interview:
“The state of Illinois has a lower income tax rate than we do, and a flat tax. It’s almost half of what the top bracket here in Wisconsin is.”
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By Hope Karnopp • June 25, 2025
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on June 10, 2025 in posts on X:
California has lower homicide rates than Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2025
stated on April 30, 2025 in a TikTok post:
“President Trump has granted pardons that have wiped out over $1 billion in debts owed by wealthy Americans who have committed fraud and broken the law.”
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By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2025
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on April 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“It's estimated” that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will mean “American families would have to pay about $4,000 more a year.”
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By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2025
Michael Lawler
Michael Lawler
stated on March 21, 2025 in a television interview:
“If we don’t pass the tax bill by the end of the year, we will have the largest tax increase in American history.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 22, 2025
Ruben Gallego
Ruben Gallego
stated on March 24, 2025 in a podcast episode:
Men “have the lowest college attainment rate ever.”
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By Claire Cranford • April 9, 2025
Susan Crawford
Susan Crawford
stated on March 12, 2025 in TV debate:
"Brad Schimel said that he wanted to be part of Donald Trump's support network."
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By D.L. Davis • March 28, 2025
JD Vance
JD Vance
stated on March 10, 2025 in a speech:
“Under the previous administration … the cost of a median-price home in America more than doubled, and that was just in four years.”
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By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2025
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 18, 2025 in X, formerly Twitter:
The Chicago Cubs owner is bankrolling Brad Schimel.
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By Madeline Heim • February 25, 2025
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 26, 2025 in a TV interview:
We’re one of the very few nations that allowed birthright citizenship.”
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By Hope Karnopp • February 4, 2025
Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
stated on January 26, 2025 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:
“As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.”
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By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2025
Lisa Murkowski
Lisa Murkowski
stated on January 20, 2025 in an X post:
"Our nation’s tallest mountain … has been called Denali for thousands of years."
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By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • January 23, 2025
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 28, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
“After 30 years of Wisconsin’s checking account running a deficit, we've ended every fiscal year I've been governor with a positive balance. Today, we have a $4.5 billion positive balance, and a record-high balance in our state savings account."
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By Hope Karnopp • January 15, 2025
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on November 19, 2024 in a public event:
We’ve created 732,000 jobs since I've been governor.
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 26, 2024
Eric Hovde
Eric Hovde
stated on October 8, 2024 in Public appearance:
“Milwaukee is one of the sex trafficking capitals in our country.”
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By Ricardo Torres • October 29, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 11, 2024 in Interview:
Says opponent Eric Hovde “supports a $4 trillion tax plan that would disproportionately advantage the well-off and profitable corporations”
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By Laura Schulte • October 24, 2024
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on September 25, 2024 in a debate:
“There was a bill to basically create a ban to make sure we never become a sanctuary state, that no locality passes those regulations, and (former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig) opposed that bill.”
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By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2024 in a 2024 campaign ad:
Kamala Harris “supports taxpayer-funded sex changes for prisoners and illegal aliens.”
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By Grace Abels • October 18, 2024
Coalition to Protect Kids NY
Coalition to Protect Kids NY
stated on September 29, 2024 in a campaign website:
"The ERA could also mandate that schools allow biological males to compete in girls' sports."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 15, 2024
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on September 20, 2024 in Campaign ad:
Says Wisconsin GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde "brags about being in the 1%."
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By Ricardo Torres • October 10, 2024
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