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Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on July 14, 2020 in at a press conference:
“Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.”
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By Lyle Muller • July 16, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on July 3, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says a leader of the Blackfeet Nation tribe designed the current Washington Redskins logo and once said it “made us all proud to have an Indian on a big-time team."
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By Samantha Putterman • July 16, 2020
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stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.”
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July 10, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 9, 2020 in a speech in Dunmore, Pa.:
"Three hundred sixty thousand Pennsylvanians fought on the side of the Union to defeat the flag, that Confederate flag, including more Black soldiers coming from Pennsylvania than any other state in the nation."
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By Jessica Calefati • July 10, 2020
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on June 28, 2020 in ABC News’ “This Week”:
Federal aid for state and local governments through a proposed coronavirus relief bill would amount to “half of what the Republicans put onto the national debt.”
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By Sophie Austin • July 7, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 30, 2020 in a speech:
“The CDC tried to develop clear guidelines about what the stages of re-opening should look like — the administration delayed and scaled them back."
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By Samantha Putterman • July 6, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 24, 2020 in an ad:
“Trump lost a trade war that he started.”
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By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2020
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on June 9, 2020 in Facebook post:
Wisconsin was the last state to start paying COVID-related federal unemployment benefits.
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By Laura Schulte • June 30, 2020
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on June 22, 2020 in a tweet:
Hays County in Central Texas has seen an “incredible 845% increase in (COVID-19) cases since June 7.”
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By Madlin Mekelburg • June 26, 2020
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on June 23, 2020 in a Telemundo interview:
“80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.”
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By Miriam Valverde • June 26, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2020 in a tweet:
As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.”
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By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2020
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
stated on June 13, 2020 in remarks in a debate:
Says Nate McMurray said that “gun owners are part of the most insecure and dangerous club on earth,” that “the NRA are homegrown terrorists,” and that “abortion opponents are the American Taliban.”
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By Meghan Hall, Julia Schneider • June 18, 2020
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stated on June 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:
A white armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to two years in jail while a black armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the same Florida judge.
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By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2020
Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib
stated on June 4, 2020 in a tweet:
“Detroit spent $294 million on police last year, and $9 million on health.”
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By Clara Hendrickson • June 16, 2020
Beth Parlato
Beth Parlato
stated on May 7, 2020 in a video in a tweet:
Said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that “with all the technology we have, we don't need actual classrooms.”
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By Meghan Hall, Hannah Roesch • June 12, 2020
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2020 in a CNN interview:
Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.”
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By Miriam Valverde • June 4, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 21, 2020 in a statement:
Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.”
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By Miriam Valverde • June 1, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 12, 2020 in a press conference:
“With retail, people are moving around and you don’t have as much a chance to spread the virus (as you do) when people are sitting or standing indoors” for long periods of time.
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By Paul Specht • June 1, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on May 21, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says researchers found a “fabric that kills coronaviruses”
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By Eric Litke • May 30, 2020
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on January 14, 2020 in the Condition of the State address:
Iowa has “the highest high-school graduation rate in the country.”
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By Katie Ann McCarver • May 29, 2020
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