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Josh Hawley stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing “The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators. Dan Koh stated on September 29, 2025 in The People's Cabinet podcast “If the government shuts down, members of Congress still get paid. The janitors never get paid.” Social Media stated on September 12, 2025 in social media posts Former President Barack Obama eliminated a law that “held news corporations accountable for lying to the American people.” Chris Murphy stated on August 27, 2025 in an X post Following the passage of a 2022 gun safety law, mass shootings “began to drop.” Threads posts stated on August 6, 2025 in a Threads post The official U.S. government website erased sections of the U.S. Constitution without amending it. John Blust stated on June 13, 2025 in an email “Democrats have 24 more seats (in Congress) than they would have if illegal aliens were not counted in the census.” 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.” 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.’" American Action Network stated on June 4, 2025 in an ad The Republican tax and spending bill will provide a “tax cut for Social Security recipients.” X posts stated on June 12, 2025 in an image Says Karoline Leavitt said, “America cannot function if President Trump has to deal with co-equal branches of government having the ability to check his power.” Mike Johnson stated on May 25, 2025 in a "Face the Nation" episode “We are not cutting” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Social Media stated on May 25, 2025 in social media posts The Republican tax and spending bill will let President Donald Trump “delay or cancel elections — legally.” X posts stated on May 21, 2025 in X posts Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., started singing during a May 20 CNN interview. 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.” 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.” Robert Reich stated on May 13, 2025 in an X post While serving in Congress, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy “voted against upgrading air traffic control systems.” Markwayne Mullin stated on March 25, 2025 in a video on X “Hillary Clinton was sending classified documents that were stamped TS or TSSCI.” Kevin O'Leary stated on February 24, 2025 in an interview on CNN “We've never audited government for 100 years.” X posts stated on February 11, 2025 in a post Rep. Nancy Pelosi has a $223,000 salary and a $202 million net worth. Sen. Mitch McConnell has a $200,000 salary and a $95 million net worth. Sen. Chuck Schumer has a $210,000 salary and a $75 million net worth. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a $285,000 salary and a $67 million net worth. Elon Musk stated on February 10, 2025 in an X post “FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants… That money is meant for American disaster relief.” Load more
Josh Hawley stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing “The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.
Dan Koh stated on September 29, 2025 in The People's Cabinet podcast “If the government shuts down, members of Congress still get paid. The janitors never get paid.”
Social Media stated on September 12, 2025 in social media posts Former President Barack Obama eliminated a law that “held news corporations accountable for lying to the American people.”
Chris Murphy stated on August 27, 2025 in an X post Following the passage of a 2022 gun safety law, mass shootings “began to drop.”
Threads posts stated on August 6, 2025 in a Threads post The official U.S. government website erased sections of the U.S. Constitution without amending it.
John Blust stated on June 13, 2025 in an email “Democrats have 24 more seats (in Congress) than they would have if illegal aliens were not counted in the census.”
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.”
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.’"
American Action Network stated on June 4, 2025 in an ad The Republican tax and spending bill will provide a “tax cut for Social Security recipients.”
X posts stated on June 12, 2025 in an image Says Karoline Leavitt said, “America cannot function if President Trump has to deal with co-equal branches of government having the ability to check his power.”
Mike Johnson stated on May 25, 2025 in a "Face the Nation" episode “We are not cutting” the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Social Media stated on May 25, 2025 in social media posts The Republican tax and spending bill will let President Donald Trump “delay or cancel elections — legally.”
X posts stated on May 21, 2025 in X posts Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., started singing during a May 20 CNN interview.
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.”
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.”
Robert Reich stated on May 13, 2025 in an X post While serving in Congress, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy “voted against upgrading air traffic control systems.”
Markwayne Mullin stated on March 25, 2025 in a video on X “Hillary Clinton was sending classified documents that were stamped TS or TSSCI.”
Kevin O'Leary stated on February 24, 2025 in an interview on CNN “We've never audited government for 100 years.”
X posts stated on February 11, 2025 in a post Rep. Nancy Pelosi has a $223,000 salary and a $202 million net worth. Sen. Mitch McConnell has a $200,000 salary and a $95 million net worth. Sen. Chuck Schumer has a $210,000 salary and a $75 million net worth. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a $285,000 salary and a $67 million net worth.
Elon Musk stated on February 10, 2025 in an X post “FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants… That money is meant for American disaster relief.”
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