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Gavin Newsom
stated on July 14, 2025 in a podcast interview:

“California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government. Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide to the federal government. 71% of the U.S. GDP comes from blue counties.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2025

stated on July 6, 2025 in an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation":

A Congressional Budget Office estimate of people who stand to lose insurance from President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law said “about 5 million … have other insurance,” so “if they lose one (type of coverage), they're still insured.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2025 in a Cabinet meeting:

China doesn’t “have a lot of wind farms. … Very, very few.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2025

Social Media
stated on July 6, 2025 in a TikTok video:

The Trump administration “has defunded not only the National Weather Service but also what’s known as NOAA.”

By Amy Sherman, Ella Moore, Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2025

Hakeem Jeffries
stated on July 2, 2025 in a House floor speech:

President Donald Trump’s tax law has “tax breaks for billionaires, permanent; tax breaks for everybody else, expire.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 8, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on June 29, 2025 in an interview on Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures':

The One Big Beautiful Bill will deliver the promise of “no tax on Social Security.”

By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero • June 30, 2025

Elizabeth Warren
stated on June 24, 2025 in an X post:

“If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’"

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on June 24, 2025 in a White House fact sheet:

If the “Big Beautiful Bill” passes, "hardworking Americans and families will see an average increase in take-home pay of OVER $10,000 per year."

By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2025

Gavin Newsom
stated on June 10, 2025 in posts on X:

California has lower homicide rates than Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on June 5, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

If the “Big, Beautiful” tax and spending bill doesn’t pass, “there will be a 68% tax increase.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 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.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2025

stated on June 1, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

“One out of every $5 or $6 in Medicaid (payments) is improper.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2025

stated on May 25, 2025 in an X post:

“U.S. retail gasoline prices heading into Memorial Day weekend: 20 year low.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2025 in remarks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol:

In the House bill, “we’re not changing Medicaid,” only cutting “waste, fraud and abuse.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2025

Karoline Leavitt
stated on May 19, 2025 in a White House press briefing:

President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill “does not add to the deficit.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2025

stated on May 18, 2025 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":

“Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump."

By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2025

Bernie Sanders
stated on May 12, 2025 in a post on X:

“Republicans just unveiled their ‘big, beautiful bill,’ which will take Medicaid & health insurance away from 13.7 million Americans.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 in an event in the White House:

Declining cargo traffic at U.S. ports “means we lose less money. … When you say it's slowed down, that's a good thing.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

Under a new executive order, prescription drug prices will be reduced “almost immediately.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2025

Hakeem Jeffries
stated on May 8, 2025 in a press conference:

“About 20% of households with veterans rely upon” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2025

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