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Susan Crawford
stated on March 12, 2025 in TV debate:

"Brad Schimel said that he wanted to be part of Donald Trump's support network."

By D.L. Davis • March 28, 2025
Ron Johnson
stated on January 26, 2025 in a TV interview:

We’re one of the very few nations that allowed birthright citizenship.”

By Hope Karnopp • February 4, 2025
Adam Schiff
stated on January 26, 2025 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:

“As a Californian, we have given more to the recovery of other states than any other state in the union.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2025
Lisa Murkowski
stated on January 20, 2025 in an X post:

"Our nation’s tallest mountain … has been called Denali for thousands of years."

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • January 23, 2025
Julie Su
stated on August 15, 2024 in News conference:

“400,000 workers are now in a union that were not in a union when (Biden) became president.”

By Ricardo Torres • September 23, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on July 20, 2024 in remarks at a fundraiser in Provincetown, Mass.:

Donald Trump “took away protections against discrimination for LGBTQ patients under the Affordable Care Act.”

By Grace Abels • September 9, 2024
Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 11, 2024 in an interview on CNN State of the Union:

Gov. Tim Walz delivered paid family leave in Minnesota but “Republicans are blocking” a Biden-Harris proposal.

By Amy Sherman • August 16, 2024
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 17, 2024 in Speech:

After being shot at a Milwaukee rally in 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt “finished his speech and he kept fighting.”

By Madeline Heim • July 18, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on July 17, 2024 in a campaign video:

"Unlike Mike Pence, (JD) Vance said he would have carried out Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election."

By Amy Sherman • July 18, 2024
Joe Biden
stated on June 4, 2024 in a speech:

“Due to the arrangements that I've reached with (Mexico) President Obrador, the number of migrants coming … to our shared border unlawfully in recent months has dropped dramatically.”

By Samantha Putterman • June 5, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 5, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

“When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got health care.”

By Madeline Heim • May 17, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on May 1, 2024 in a speech:

In his Time magazine interview, Donald Trump “said states have the right to monitor pregnant women to enforce these bans, and states have the right to punish pregnant women for seeking out abortion care.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2024
Joe Biden
stated on April 9, 2024 in an interview with Univision:

Starting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.”

By Amy Sherman • April 18, 2024
Joe Biden
stated on April 8, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Support for Roe is higher today in America than it has ever been."

By Louis Jacobson • April 10, 2024
Katie Britt
stated on March 7, 2024 in the Republican response to the State of the Union address:

President Joe Biden “bans TikTok for government employees but creates an account for his own campaign.”

By Loreben Tuquero • March 8, 2024
Joe Biden
stated on February 22, 2024 in in a campaign reception:

If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.

By Samantha Putterman • March 4, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 1, 2024 in Facebook post:

“Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”

By D.L. Davis • February 23, 2024
Ron DeSantis
stated on December 12, 2023 in a CNN town hall:

Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.

By Amy Sherman • December 14, 2023
Bryan Steil
stated on September 28, 2023 in Public appearance:

“Washington, D.C., allows noncitizens to vote in (municipal elections)" so a Russian citizen, after living in Washington for 30 days can "vote for mayor in Washington, D.C. And they don’t even need to show their ID to do it.”

By Ricardo Torres • December 4, 2023
MAGA Inc
stated on October 28, 2023 in a TV ad in Iowa:

Gov. Ron DeSantis “actually sponsored the bill to make Puerto Rico a state.”

By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2023
Chris Christie
stated on June 6, 2023 in campaign announcement speech:

Donald Trump “never changed one immigration law.”

By Amy Sherman • June 12, 2023
Pramila Jayapal
stated on May 28, 2023 in in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”:

The average amount of assistance for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is $6 a day.

By Sevana Wenn • June 6, 2023
Kamala Harris
stated on April 21, 2023 in an interview with Noticias Telemundo:

"Latino small businesses are 1 in 4 new businesses, but only 1% of venture capital funding goes to Latino businesses."

By Marta Campabadal Graus • May 16, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on May 5, 2023 in an interview with Newsmax:

“Donald Trump himself wrote a book where he was talking about the need to increase the age of eligibility for Social Security to 70.”

By Amy Sherman • May 12, 2023
Kamala Harris
stated on April 14, 2023 in a speech to the National Action Network:

“One in 5 Americans has lost a family member to gun violence.”

By Madison Czopek • April 18, 2023
Ashbey Beasley
stated on March 27, 2023 in a statement to the media:

“Gun violence is the number one killer of children and teens — it has overtaken cars.”

By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2023
Walgreens
stated on March 6, 2023 in a statement:

Walgreens’ position “has always been” to “dispense Mifepristone in any jurisdiction where it is legally permissible to do so.”

By Samantha Putterman • March 15, 2023
Dave Grohl
stated on February 12, 2023 in a Super Bowl ad:

Canada is to thank for American football.

By Samantha Putterman • February 13, 2023
Raphael Warnock
stated on November 19, 2022 in a speech:

Herschel Walker “wants a nationwide ban on abortion” and said no exceptions “not even for rape or incest or life of the mother.”

By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2022
Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 19, 2022 in Political ad:

Says "Ron Johnson is making excuses for rioters who tried to overthrow our government, even calling them ‘peaceful protests.’”

By D.L. Davis • November 3, 2022

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