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stated on May 31, 2020 in a tweet:
Says police officers in Austin, Texas, have been “authorized to use LIVE ROUNDS, and lethal force” against protesters.
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By Madlin Mekelburg • June 5, 2020
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TikTok posts
stated on May 29, 2020 in a video:
Data show that more white people than Black people are shot and killed by police.
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By Daniel Funke • June 3, 2020
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 15, 2020 in a tweet:
"The Trump Administration is trying to take food assistance away from Wisconsin families when people are out of work and struggling."
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By D.L. Davis • June 1, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says the Republican Party started in Ripon, Wis., “to counter the Democrats’ plans to expand slavery.”
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By Eric Litke • May 29, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 24, 2020 in a tweet:
“Cases, numbers and deaths (of COVID-19) are going down all over the Country!”
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By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2020
Iowa Democratic Party
Iowa Democratic Party
stated on April 21, 2020 in an online statement:
Says Joni Ernst "claims she ‘pushed for’ new funding for hospitals and COVID-19 testing after opposing It for weeks.”
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May 21, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview on MSNBC:
The U.S. had 44 CDC staffers “in China to observe what was going on. (President Trump) brought home the vast majority of them, I think left only four in place.”
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By Jon Greenberg • May 21, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on May 16, 2020 in a tweet:
“80% of the people” want the option of vote by mail
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By Amy Sherman • May 21, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 19, 2020 in a speech:
“On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.”
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By Miriam Valverde • May 20, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview with Fox Business:
Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.”
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By Miriam Valverde • May 20, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on May 4, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"Bill Gates worked to end livestock production, and is pushing lab grown meat."
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By Bill McCarthy • May 18, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 14, 2020 in a speech:
“You have areas of Pennsylvania that are barely affected and [the governor wants] to keep them closed.”
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By Jessica Calefati • May 18, 2020
Jay Ashcroft
Jay Ashcroft
stated on April 14, 2020 in a radio interview:
“When you look at Wisconsin, in their largest city they normally have roughly 500 polling places. They just had their election a week ago, and they had five. That is ludicrous.”
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By Sara Dingmann • May 15, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on May 9, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“It’s not that there’s a virus shield between Canada (4,500 deaths) and the U.S. (80,000 deaths). What exists is a difference in leadership.”
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May 15, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on May 1, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Joe Biden said, “The things I did while in elected office should not be made public while I am seeking a higher public office.”
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By Samantha Putterman • May 12, 2020
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on May 1, 2020 in a news conference.:
Technology coming to Virginia allows COVID-19 personal protection equipment to be “decontaminated and reused 20 times without degrading performance.”
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By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra, Warren Fiske • May 12, 2020
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 3, 2020 in a tweet:
“Texas ranks 3rd highest among states for the number of people who have recovered from” the coronavirus.
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By Madlin Mekelburg • May 8, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says the current survival rate for COVID-19 in the U.S. is “98.54%”
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By Samantha Putterman • May 7, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 23, 2020 in a news conference:
“At the end of the year, we put into that federal pot $116 billion more than we take out,” while Kentucky “takes out $148 billion more than they put in.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 5, 2020
Paul Farrow
Paul Farrow
stated on April 30, 2020 in online post:
Says a meat shortage is “not expected”
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By Nusaiba Mizan • May 5, 2020
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