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stated on February 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Since 1938 the minimum wage has been increased "23 times" and was raised "21 times during Democratic congresses, and only twice during Republican ones."

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By Samantha Putterman • February 14, 2019

Darren Jackson
stated on January 30, 2019 in a tweet:

"Expanding Medicaid would bring 40,000 jobs to North Carolina."

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By Bill McCarthy • February 13, 2019

Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2019 in an interview on CNN:

"In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and then they were right back across the border to do the same thing."

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By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2019

John Nygren
stated on January 11, 2019 in a tweet:

"Today, property taxes are lower than they were in 2010."

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By D.L. Davis • February 8, 2019

Patrick Morrisey
stated on January 6, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Obamacare premiums "have gone up 160 percent in West Virginia in 4 yrs."

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By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • February 7, 2019

Michael Bloomberg
stated on January 21, 2019 in a speech:

"All of this work helped us increase graduation rates by 42 percent and substantially reduce the racial achievement gap."

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By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 7, 2019

Civitas Institute
stated on January 28, 2019 in a tweet:

"There are almost 60,000 North Carolina children on waiting lists to access a school that works best for them."

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By Bill McCarthy • February 5, 2019

Shelley Moore Capito
stated on January 3, 2019 in an op-ed:

"Our economy is growing at its fastest pace in nearly four years. Unemployment is at an all-time low."

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By Erica Anderson, Mylana Chico • February 4, 2019

Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on January 30, 2019 in news release:

"Not a dollar would be paid out until jobs in the Foxconn development area were created."

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By D.L. Davis • February 1, 2019

Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 29, 2019 in a tweet:

"The top 0.1 percent ... own about the same wealth as 90 percent of America."

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By Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2019

Howard Schultz
stated on January 27, 2019 in an interview on CBS:

"Over 40 percent of the American people don't have $400 in the bank."

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January 29, 2019

Joe Manchin
stated on January 8, 2019 in an interview on Bloomberg television:

"President Trump has the strongest support percentage-wise in our state than any other state in the nation. He won West Virginia by almost 43 percentage points and he's been carrying close to 60 percent approval."

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By Jensen Mills, Stephanie Alvaro • January 28, 2019

Tim Kaine
stated on January 9, 2019 in a TV interview.:

"We took a deal to the president just last February, less than a year ago -- $25 billion over 10 years in border security done the right way - and the president blew up the deal."

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By Warren Fiske • January 15, 2019

Jim Justice
stated on November 9, 2018 in a tweet:

"As of September 2018, there are 6,683 WV children in foster care — 1,415 of whom are legally eligible for adoption."

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By Matt Minard • January 10, 2019

Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 2, 2019 in a tweet:

"Wisconsin lost over 600 farms last year & our farmers can't afford the #TrumpShutdown."

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By D.L. Davis • January 9, 2019

Paul Vallas
stated on December 31, 2018 in a radio interview:

"I took over the school district when it had a $1 billion structural deficit and left them with $1 billion in cash and 70,000 more students than they have today."

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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 6, 2019

Bloggers
stated on December 17, 2018 in a Facebook post:

"Hillary on child aliens in 2014: Send them back."

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By Miriam Valverde • January 2, 2019

Dallas Woodhouse
stated on December 8, 2018 in a tweet:

Says no elections protest was filed, McCready conceded and "every" county board certified its results from the Mark Harris, Dan McCready race.

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By Paul Specht • December 21, 2018

Jerry Brown
stated on December 11, 2018 in an NPR interview:

California’s budget surplus is about "$30 billion"

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By Chris Nichols • December 18, 2018

Carl Heastie
stated on November 30, 2018 in a public hearing:

"Under any objective measure, our static compensation has failed to keep pace with economic realities."

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By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 14, 2018

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