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Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 11, 2020 in a briefing:
Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools.
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By Rachel Kimmel, John Pullano • April 30, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 23, 2020 in comments made during a White House media briefing on the coronavirus:
“We’re also using a sterilization process ― some great equipment that will sterilize masks up to 20 times per mask. So that’s like ordering 20 times more masks.”
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By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 29, 2020
Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon
stated on April 14, 2020 in a radio interview.:
Dr. Anthony “Fauci told us there’s nothing to worry about. That’s his quote, ‘There’s nothing to worry about.’”
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By Warren Fiske • April 29, 2020
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on March 4, 2020 in an interview:
Says as Assembly Speaker he is a "constitutional officer" of Wisconsin.
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By D.L. Davis • April 28, 2020
Franklin Graham
Franklin Graham
stated on April 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Even with no shutdown, Sweden has a lower COVID-19 infection rate than UK, Italy and Spain.
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April 24, 2020
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on April 20, 2020 in news release:
“We are currently using only around 20% of our testing capacity.”
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By Eric Litke • April 24, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 21, 2020 in a tweet:
“The Trump Administration promised 27 million tests by the end of March. As of now, only 4 million have been completed.”
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By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2020
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on April 16, 2020 in a statement:
“Even President Trump’s own EPA has admitted that this rule (on air pollutants) threatens to cause serious health problems including brain damage and death and to inflict billions of dollars of economic damage on our struggling economy.”
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By Miriam Valverde • April 23, 2020
Lovely Warren
Lovely Warren
stated on April 8, 2020 in a press conference:
Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.”
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By Michael Hogan, Sean Mickey • April 23, 2020
Mandy Cohen
Mandy Cohen
stated on April 20, 2020 in a press conference:
"Covid-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States."
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By Paul Specht • April 22, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Hospitals get paid more to list patients as COVID-19.
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April 21, 2020
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2020 in an endorsement announcement:
Joe Biden "already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 17, 2020
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 14, 2020 in an April 14, 2020 press briefing:
“Obesity is, like, the No. 1 factor in whether you really get hit hard by COVID-19.”
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By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 in a rally:
Says Madison and Milwaukee County both carry sanctuary status for illegal immigrants and released undocumented immigrants who have committed multiple crimes including sexual assault of a child
Half-True
By Mica Soellner • April 17, 2020
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on April 15, 2020 in a Politico interview:
“In a matter of days, and in some cases the moment may even have passed, that we’ve reached the peak of the rate of infections.”
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By Jessica Calefati • April 16, 2020
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on April 7, 2020 in remarks at a news conference:
“Illinois lags way behind all of our neighbors and certainly we’re in the bottom tier of states that are doing testing."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 15, 2020
AFL-CIO
AFL-CIO
stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.”
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By Bill McCarthy • April 15, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 5, 2020 in an ABC "This Week" interview:
"45 nations had already moved” to enforce travel restrictions with China “before the president moved.”
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By Miriam Valverde • April 13, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 4, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“‘Private’ messages sent to individual people during a Zoom meeting show up in the end-of-meeting transcript along with all other public messages.”
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April 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 3, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says fluid milk production limitations mean grocery stores are short on milk even as farmers are dumping it
Half-True
By Eric Litke • April 10, 2020
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