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stated on April 7, 2020 in an image:
Says Donald Trump "himself has a financial stake in the French company that makes the brand-name version of hydroxychloroquine.”
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By Daniel Funke • April 9, 2020
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stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“The CDC issued its first warning on Jan 8. Trump held campaign rallies on Jan 9, Jan 14, Jan 28, Jan 30, Feb 10, Feb 19, Feb 20, Feb 21, & Feb 28. He golfed on Jan 18, Jan 19, Feb 1, Feb 15, Mar 7, Mar 8. The first time he admitted the coronavirus might be a problem was Mar 13.”
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By Emily Venezky • April 9, 2020
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stated on April 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Conservative Supreme Court Justices vote remotely to deny Wisconsin voters their right to vote remotely.”
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By Eric Litke • April 9, 2020
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stated on April 1, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Non-essential people get to file for unemployment and make two to three times more than normal,” but essential workers still on the job get no pay raise.
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April 8, 2020
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stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“If you’ve let somebody claim your kids for income tax purposes, you will not receive a stimulus check. The person who claimed your kids is gonna get it.”
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By Madison Czopek • April 8, 2020
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on March 26, 2020 in a tweet:
“Pelosi tried to block voter ID/absentee ballot protections.”
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By Paul Specht • April 7, 2020
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stated on March 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Unemployment now pays $24/hour, even if your wages were lower. Why don’t ‘essential’ people forced to still work get $24, too?”
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April 6, 2020
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stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Ron Johnson said Americans should go back to work, because "death is an unavoidable part of life."
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By Eric Litke • April 1, 2020
Jeff Jackson
Jeff Jackson
stated on March 19, 2020 in a tweet:
Says North Carolina "hospital beds are typically 85% full across the state.”
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By Paul Specht • April 1, 2020
Brian Fitzpatrick
Brian Fitzpatrick
stated on March 23, 2020 in comments he made on the radio:
“We’ve got to give the American public a rough estimate of how long we think this is going to take, based mostly on the South Korean model, which seems to be the trajectory that we are on, thankfully, and not the Italian model.”
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By Jessica Calefati • April 1, 2020
Duey Stroebel
Duey Stroebel
stated on March 24, 2020 in a tweet:
Says that under order from Gov. Tony Evers, he and his eight children can’t legally have dinner together anymore.
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By Eric Litke • March 27, 2020
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stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.”
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By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2020
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stated on March 20, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Australia Closing Borders in a few hours for 6-months”
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By Miriam Valverde • March 25, 2020
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stated on March 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“So Oscar Health, the company tapped by Trump to profit from covid tests, is a Kushner company. Imagine that, profits over national safety.”
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By Bill McCarthy • March 23, 2020
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stated on March 18, 2020 in on social media:
Says “Senator Joe Manchin hit (an) all time low saying seniors and the disabled did not need the relief package $1000 on Fox News.”
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By Patrick Orsagos • March 23, 2020
Brad Parscale
Brad Parscale
stated on February 25, 2020 in a Tweet:
“Did you see President Trump’s RECORD TURNOUT? Iowa - 32,389 Republicans.”
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By Rylee Wilson • March 20, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 14, 2020 in a news conference:
Says that “over a 45-minute period that we had the press conference” on the coronavirus on March 13, 2020, the stock market set "an all-time record."
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March 19, 2020
Eric Burlison
Eric Burlison
stated on January 20, 2020 in a tweet:
“Remember, the American Revolution began when they came for the guns.”
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By Anna Peterson • March 18, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 15, 2020 in a Democratic presidential primary debate:
Says a 2007 immigration bill “was opposed by (the League of United Latin American Citizens), the largest Latino organization in America. The Southern Poverty Law Center called its guest-worker programs akin to slavery. … And you know who voted with me on that one, Joe? Barack Obama.”
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By Miriam Valverde • March 17, 2020
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on March 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz took two weeks paid sick leave to self-quarantine. Gaetz “voted in 2013 to make it illegal for any city in Florida to enact paid sick leave,” and Cruz “voted in 2015 in the U.S. Senate against paid sick leave.”
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By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2020
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