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Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on March 29, 2022 in an ad:
“Senate Republicans’ plan" would "end Social Security" and "end Medicare."
Mostly False
April 6, 2022
Ron Klain
Ron Klain
stated on April 3, 2022 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
The economy was "dead in the water when we got here. Virtually no jobs created."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Democrat’s New Plan: Tax billionaires to lower the deficit by $1 TRILLION and fund clean energy independence. Republican’s New Plan: Raise taxes on households earning less than $50,000 by an ADDITIONAL $4,500 after CUTTING taxes for the rich.”
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By Sara Swann • April 4, 2022
Tammy Duckworth
Tammy Duckworth
stated on March 15, 2022 in a tweet:
“An extra 2 whole months and 15 days. That’s how long it takes for white women to make the same amount men made in the same job last year. And it's even worse for women of color.”
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By Analisa Trofimuk • April 1, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 29, 2022 in a post:
Germany imposes a 19% tax on feminine hygiene products but a 7% tax on books, so one company is packaging tampons as books.
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By Monique Curet • March 31, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2022 in a post:
"Alopecia isn't a medical disease; it's an aesthetic one."
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By Monique Curet • March 30, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“The Space Foundation has erased the honors previously bestowed on Yuri Gagarin, the first man to ever be in space. His name was stripped ‘in light of current events.’”
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By Samantha Putterman • March 29, 2022
Ted Budd
Ted Budd
stated on March 21, 2022 in a tweet:
“Pat McCrory appointed the ‘Republican’ judge who sided with Democrats in the partisan Democrat lawsuit/power-grab over redistricting.”
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By Paul Specht • March 29, 2022
Sean Ryan
Sean Ryan
stated on March 3, 2022 in an op-ed:
“New York state has already lost 99% of its historic freshwater wetlands.”
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By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • March 29, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 8, 2022 in a Facebook post:
In 1975, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden opposed efforts by President Gerald Ford to aid South Vietnam and evacuate refugees.
Mostly False
By Sara Swann • March 29, 2022
Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Oz
stated on March 17, 2022 in an ad:
"David McCormick fired Pennsylvanians and bragged about shipping their jobs to Asia."
Mostly False
March 29, 2022
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 18, 2022 in Twitter:
Gas prices are high “due to the Democrats’ war on fossil fuels.”
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By Laura Schulte • March 29, 2022
Lars Larson
Lars Larson
stated on March 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Judge Jackson doesn’t think perverts should have to register (as sex offenders). She says it ‘stigmatizes’ THEM.”
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • March 25, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on March 9, 2022 in Campaign email:
Says Gov. Tony Evers gave $2.4 million in COVID relief money to Planned Parenthood affiliates throughout Wisconsin “to bail them out and fund abortions."
Mostly False
By Madeline Heim • March 25, 2022
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on March 21, 2022 in an op-ed:
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson “gave child porn offenders sentences below the guidelines and below what the prosecutors were requesting,” showing she is “soft on child pornography offenders.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 24, 2022
Alabama's Future
Alabama's Future
stated on March 11, 2022 in an ad:
Mo Brooks "voted to cut off funding to destroy ISIS terrorists in the middle of the fight."
Mostly False
March 22, 2022
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on March 21, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing:
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson advocated that “each and every criminal defendant in D.C. Corrections custody should be released.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 22, 2022
Alex Lasry
Alex Lasry
stated on March 16, 2022 in Campaign ad:
Says Ron Johnson "is supporting the Republican plan that phases out Social Security and Medicare."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • March 18, 2022
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on March 15, 2022 in a video on his website:
“As soon as Biden took office, he eliminated all subsidies for fossil fuels.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2022
Tyler Kistner
Tyler Kistner
stated on February 22, 2022 in an ad:
Joe Biden "has been secretly flying illegal immigrants into communities across the country in the middle of the night."
Mostly False
March 16, 2022
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