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National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on February 21, 2023 in YouTube ad:

“Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security.

By Laura Schulte • March 7, 2023
Scott Walker
stated on January 5, 2023 in Twitter:

“Let’s be clear: ‘drag shows’ are strip shows.”

By Laura Schulte • January 25, 2023
Tim Michels
stated on October 24, 2022 in News conference:

Tony Evers “wants to let out between 9,000 and 10,000 more” Wisconsin prisoners

By Madeline Heim • November 4, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 25, 2022 in an Instagram post:

The documentary “2,000 Mules proves” Democrats “cheated on the 2020 elections.”

By Jon Greenberg • October 28, 2022
Mandela Barnes
stated on September 2, 2022 in News release:

"Ron Johnson has voted against funding for law enforcement and recently opposed a plan to recruit and train new officers "

By D.L. Davis • September 30, 2022
Republican Governors Association
stated on September 5, 2022 in Email:

Says President Joe Biden “recently said that 48.8% of Wisconsin voters are threats to democracy.”

By Madeline Heim • September 9, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 24, 2022 in News release:

Says Mandela Barnes "supports stripping health care away from millions."

By D.L. Davis • September 6, 2022
Viral image
stated on August 6, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows a “massive” crowd at a Trump rally in Wisconsin on Aug. 5, 2022.

By Sara Swann • August 8, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on June 8, 2022 in Campaign email:

“Joe Biden’s margin of the less than 21,000 votes in Wisconsin was the tightest of any state in 2020.”

By Laura Schulte • June 23, 2022
Van Wanggaard
stated on June 5, 2022 in TV interview:

Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life."

By Madeline Heim • June 21, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 23, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The sale of more than 600,000 Wisconsin deer licenses shows that Wisconsin’s hunters are the “eighth largest army in the world.”

By Madison Czopek • June 6, 2022
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 4, 2022 in TV interview:

"Our Supreme Court has never taken away a constitutional right."

By Madeline Heim • June 3, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on April 30, 2022 in Public statement:

Says Gov. Tony Evers is “a big proponent of this defund the police movement.”

By D.L. Davis • May 20, 2022
The Gateway Pundit
stated on April 24, 2022 in a blog post:

“A STOLEN ELECTION: State totals minus illegal ballot trafficking numbers give President Trump decisive victories in AZ, GA, MI, PA, and WI.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 4, 2022
Kevin Nicholson
stated on March 28, 2022 in Fundraising email:

“Over the course of two months, Tony Evers refused to remove (Curtis Schmitt Jr.) from the (state’s veterans) Board despite having the authority to do (so).”

By Madeline Heim • April 8, 2022
Mary Felzkowski
stated on February 15, 2022 in Public statement:

“Over-vaccination causes faster mutation of the (COVID-19) virus, which causes a super virus we may not have the ability to fight off.”

By Madeline Heim • March 1, 2022
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on January 7, 2022 in an ad:

Sen. Ron Johnson has been “rewarding companies that outsource to China.”

By Tom Kertscher • February 28, 2022
Greta Neubauer
stated on February 21, 2022 in Twitter:

“Republican leadership has not been clear about whether they support Rep. Ramthun’s illegal and undemocratic resolution” on the 2020 election.

By Madeline Heim • February 28, 2022
Ron Johnson
stated on January 26, 2022 in Radio interview:

“All these athletes are dropping dead on the field” after receiving the COVID-19 vaccination.

By Laura Schulte • January 28, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on January 26, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“It begins. Wisconsin Assembly votes to remove electoral votes from Biden.”

By Jeff Cercone • January 26, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on January 7, 2022 in a Facebook video:

“The Wisconsin voter roll has over 120,000 active voters who have been registered to vote for over 100 years.”

By Amy Sherman • January 14, 2022
Joe Volk
stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview:

“In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.”

By Vanessa Swales • January 7, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on December 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Wisconsin 2020 election investigation finds more illegal votes were cast than Biden's margin of victory.”

By Tom Kertscher • December 13, 2021
Jerrold Nadler
stated on November 19, 2021 in Twitter:

Kyle Rittenhouse was an “armed person” crossing state lines when he came to Kenosha protests in 2020.

By Laura Schulte • November 26, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“The gas station where they initially attacked” Kyle Rittenhouse “is owned by his grandparents.”

By Tom Kertscher • November 24, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2021 in a post on Facebook:

“500 National Guardsmen being called to Kenosha ahead of the Rittenhouse verdict. Had they done this in the first place, there wouldn’t have been a trial.”

By Monique Curet • November 17, 2021
Viral image
stated on November 13, 2021 in a viral image:

Kyle Rittenhouse’s mother “drove him across state lines and dropped him off in the middle of a riot armed with an assault rifle” in Kenosha.

By Tom Kertscher • November 15, 2021
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on October 23, 2021 in Campaign email:

The Biden Department of Justice “would use the FBI to target parents who speak out against critical race theory.”

By Madeline Heim • November 9, 2021
Aaron Rodgers
stated on November 5, 2021 in an interview on the Pat McAfee Show:

"This idea that it's the pandemic of the unvaccinated, it's just a total lie."

By Gabrielle Settles • November 8, 2021
Ron Johnson
stated on October 4, 2021 in TV interview:

“We do not have an approved (COVID) vaccine in America … the Pfizer vaccine available in the U.S. is not FDA approved.”

By Allison Garfield • October 5, 2021

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