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Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on April 4, 2021 in remarks on "Fox News Sunday":
The proposal by President Joe Biden would put the U.S. “No. 2 in the world” for the highest corporate tax rate.
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By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2021
Alex Mooney
Alex Mooney
stated on March 3, 2021 in a news release:
H.R. 1 “mandates practices nationwide” that include “ballot harvesting, universal mail-in voting and same-day registration.”
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By Devyn Osborne, Raeanne Beckner • April 5, 2021
Jennifer Carroll Foy
Jennifer Carroll Foy
stated on March 16, 2021 in a forum.:
“Two out of our last three governors in Virginia were investigated by the FBI. One went to jail and one is running for office again in this election.”
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By Warren Fiske • April 5, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on March 30, 2021 in Twitter:
“It took the Legislature nearly 300 days to act on a (COVID-19) bill during this pandemic.”
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By Eric Litke • April 2, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2021 in a statement given to the press:
Says Deborah Birx “traveled a great distance to see her family for Thanksgiving, only to have them call the police and turn her in. She then ... resigned.”
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By Jon Greenberg • March 30, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Minority farmers get big bonus, white ones get none,” because of Democrats.
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March 30, 2021
Shelley Grogan
Shelley Grogan
stated on March 29, 2021 in a radio ad:
Judge Jeff Davis "spent years defending a convicted cop killer" and "tried to get him off the hook."
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By Eric Litke • March 30, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2021 in Facebook posts:
Nike and Lil Nas X are launching “demonic shoes” containing human blood.
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March 29, 2021
Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar
stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview:
"We began seeing the increase in unaccompanied minors going back to last April 2020. This is not something that happened as a result of Joe Biden becoming president.”
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By Brandon Mulder • March 29, 2021
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
stated on March 18, 2021 in a House hearing:
The Democratic clean energy plan is pro-China, because "90% of the solar panels, 80% of the wind machines, 90% of the rare earth minerals … are in Asia or in China.”
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By Jon Greenberg • March 29, 2021
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 21, 2021 in a tweet:
“Sorry Dr Fauci and other fearmongers, new study shows vaccines and naturally acquired immunity DO effectively neutralize COVID variants.”
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By Julie Appleby • March 26, 2021
Joy Behar
Joy Behar
stated on March 23, 2021 in a TV segment:
"In 2004, George W. Bush lifted the ban on those (AR-15 type) rifles, and since then, the number of massacres has increased 183%. During the ban, there were 12 incidents. Since he lifted the ban, there were 34 incidents."
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By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2021
Richard Hudson
Richard Hudson
stated on March 15, 2021 in a tweet:
"Illegal border crossings are up 173% from 1 year ago and 28% since January when President Biden stopped the wall & deportations and started catch & release."
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By Paul Specht • March 25, 2021
Alejandro Mayorkas
Alejandro Mayorkas
stated on March 21, 2021 in in an ABC News interview:
The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.”
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By Miriam Valverde • March 24, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 22, 2021 in an Instagram post:
“Last week, the Colorado Supreme Court declared that Boulder’s AR-15 ban was unconstitutional. Today, there was a mass shooting in Boulder.”
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March 23, 2021
stated on March 15, 2021 in a radio interview:
The American Rescue Plan Act “does not” include “checks and balances” on how funds for state and local governments can be spent.
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 21, 2021
Amy Pechacek
Amy Pechacek
stated on December 20, 2020 in News release:
“We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.”
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By Laura Schulte • March 17, 2021
LaKeshia Myers
LaKeshia Myers
stated on February 16, 2021 in News release:
"Wisconsin is one of only nine states in the nation in which 17 year-olds are automatically treated as adults in the criminal justice system."
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By D.L. Davis • March 16, 2021
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 14, 2021 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
The Republican tax bill passed in 2017 "gave 83% of the benefits to the top 1%."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2021
Ashley Moody
Ashley Moody
stated on March 9, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview:
Says the Biden administration is canceling immigration detainers and “requiring our law enforcement leaders to release” serious criminal offenders.
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By Miriam Valverde • March 12, 2021
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