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Eric Swalwell
stated on April 30, 2025 in a post on X:

"Republicans just voted in the House Judiciary Committee to allow Trump to DEPORT U.S. citizens to a foreign country."

By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2025
X posts
stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post:

California Democrats “block bill to make sex trafficking minors a felony.”

By Grace Abels • May 5, 2025
Jesse James
stated on May 13, 2024 in News conference:

In Wisconsin, “a legislative committee cannot release funding.”

By Laura Schulte • August 27, 2024
Stephen King
stated on April 15, 2024 in an X post:

“The 1864 Arizona law forbidding abortions, upheld by the State Supreme Court, also sets the age of consent for females at 10 years.”

By Sofia Ahmed • April 19, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on March 16, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:

Una ley en Estados Unidos dice “si una casa no está habitada, podemos expropiarla”.

By Maria Briceño • April 9, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on March 16, 2024 in an Instagram post:

A U.S. law says that “if a house is not inhabited, we can expropriate it.”

By Maria Briceño • April 5, 2024
Ronna McDaniel
stated on March 24, 2024 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Montana Democrats are "suing to say, ‘You should be allowed to be registered to vote in two states.'”

By Louis Jacobson • March 25, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2024 in a Truth Social post:

The $454 million bond is “unprecedented, and practically impossible for ANY Company.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2024
Sarah Godlewski
stated on February 21, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

“One of my responsibilities as Secretary of State is to countersign acts passed by the legislature & signed into law by Gov. Evers.”

By Laura Schulte • March 1, 2024
Ron DeSantis
stated on November 30, 2023 in Fox News' “The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate.":

“Your minor child can go to California without your knowledge or without your consent, and get hormone therapy, puberty blockers and a sex change operation.”

By Grace Abels • December 11, 2023
Marc Short
stated on May 7, 2023 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union":

“This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2023
Ron Johnson
stated on April 24, 2023 in Public statement:

Says Social Security is a “legal Ponzi scheme.”

By Vanessa Swales • May 5, 2023
Whoopi Goldberg
stated on March 8, 2023 in remarks on ABC's "The View":

"The First Amendment doesn’t allow you to willingly lie."

By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2023
National Rifle Association
stated on September 22, 2022 in Radio ad:

Says Gov. Tony Evers would, “allow the government to use red flag laws to confiscate your firearms without due process.”

By Ben Wells • October 31, 2022
Greg Abbott
stated on August 31, 2022 in a campaign event:

Three court rulings since May 2022 “have made it clear that it is unconstitutional to ban someone between the ages of 18 and 20 from being able to buy an AR.”

By Nusaiba Mizan • September 21, 2022
Liberal Groups
stated on September 6, 2022 in TV ad:

Says Tim Michels' family foundation "funded an organization that tracks women when they get near abortion clinics … he wants to treat women like they're the criminals."

By Madeline Heim • September 20, 2022
Mandela Barnes
stated on August 17, 2022 in Twitter:

“Ron Johnson just came out in favor of a federal abortion ban.”

By Laura Schulte • September 13, 2022
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 8, 2022 in News release:

Says “Tim Michels doesn’t think gay people should be out in public.”

By Madeline Heim • September 2, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 10, 2022 in News release:

Says Democratic Senate candidate Mandela Barnes “supports abolishing ICE.”

By Vanessa Swales • August 29, 2022
Republican Governors Association
stated on July 29, 2022 in Email:

"Governor Tony Evers gave counties the green light to defund Wisconsin's police departments."

By Alan Hovorka • August 12, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on July 24, 2022 in Twitter:

"There is absolutely no reason why Wisconsin should be facing a worker shortage to the level we are when there are 123,000 more able-bodied childless adults on BadgerCare since the pandemic."

By D.L. Davis • August 2, 2022
Robin Vos
stated on July 8, 2022 in Twitter:

“The legislature has long maintained that the law never allowed these illegal drop boxes.”

By Madeline Heim • July 29, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
stated on July 10, 2022 in a TV interview.:

“In Virginia, we actually do protect same-sex marriage.”

By Warren Fiske • July 15, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on June 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

"The Supreme Court ruled that border agents can enter anyone’s home within a 100-mile radius of the border without a warrant for any reason and federal courts cannot do anything about it."

By Grace Abels • June 30, 2022
Aaron Lieberman
stated on April 28, 2022 in an ad:

"Kari Lake has been appearing at rallies with neo-Nazis," while "two federal juries have found" Katie Hobbs "guilty of racial discrimination."

By Tom Kertscher • May 12, 2022
VoteVets
stated on March 2, 2022 in an ad:

"Donald Trump's appeasement of Putin wasn't just a personal act of treason, it's the Republican Party's official position."

By Tom Kertscher • March 10, 2022
Kevin Nicholson
stated on January 28, 2022 in Twitter:

"The use of ballot drop boxes and ballot harvesting is illegal.”

By D.L. Davis • February 11, 2022
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.”

By Tom Kertscher • November 23, 2021
Nancy Pelosi
stated on August 1, 2021 in a tweet:

"The CDC has the power to extend the eviction moratorium.”

By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on February 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says in February Facebook post that "Britney won."

By Tom Kertscher • July 14, 2021

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