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Bernie Sanders
stated on May 12, 2025 in a post on X:

“Republicans just unveiled their ‘big, beautiful bill,’ which will take Medicaid & health insurance away from 13.7 million Americans.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2025
Brian Tyler Cohen
stated on April 12, 2025 in an X post:

Trump “just denied North Carolina’s request for FEMA relief from Hurricane Helene.”

By Paul Specht • April 24, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2025 in a speech announcing tariffs:

“Egg prices came down 50%”

By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2025
Ro Khanna
stated on February 20, 2025 in a TikTok video:

“Breaking news: The Trump administration just announced that Medicare will stop covering telehealth starting April 1. … We need to stand up to these Medicare cuts.”

By Suz Redfearn • March 18, 2025
A Better Wisconsin Together
stated on February 24, 2025 in Social media ads:

“71 out of 72 Wisconsin counties filed lawsuits against Purdue Pharma. Brad Schimel refused to join them.”

By Hope Karnopp • March 11, 2025
Patty Murray
stated on February 20, 2025 in a Senate floor speech:

“The single biggest driver of our national debt since 2001 has been Republican tax cuts.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2025
Kristi Noem
stated on February 2, 2025 in an interview:

At Guantánamo Bay, “we'll have the capacity to continue to do there what we've always done. We've always had a presence of illegal immigrants there that have been detained.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 9, 2025
Karoline Leavitt
stated on January 28, 2025 in White House press briefing:

The U.S. has an egg shortage because the “Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.”

By Jeff Cercone • January 30, 2025
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 29, 2025 in a Senate confirmation hearing:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “made $2.5 million off suing one of the entities that (he would be regulating) and plans to keep getting a take of every lawsuit in the future.”

By Sara Swann • January 30, 2025
Roy Cooper
stated on December 3, 2024 in comments to reporters:

North Carolina Republicans “took money out of western North Carolina” with Hurricane Helene relief bill.

By Paul Specht • January 29, 2025
Dana Loesch
stated on January 6, 2025 in an X post:

Buncombe County “is still demanding property taxes on homes destroyed by Hurricane Helene based on pre-Helene assessments that no longer apply.”

By Paul Specht • January 17, 2025
Social Media
stated on December 1, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

“Trump won 18-to-24-year-olds in Wisconsin."

By D.L. Davis • January 6, 2025
X posts
stated on November 20, 2024 in an X post:

FEMA delivered “only four” temporary housing units to Helene victims in North Carolina as of Nov. 20.

By Paul Specht • December 10, 2024
WinSenate
stated on October 24, 2024 in a Facebook ad:

“Kari Lake is threatening Social Security and Medicare.”

By Mia Osmonbekov • November 4, 2024
Make the Road Nevada
stated on October 28, 2024 in an X post:

Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown “wants to cut Medicaid and Social Security.”

By Seth A. Richardson • November 1, 2024
Viral image
stated on October 28, 2024 in a Facebook post:

A Pennsylvania TV station aired the 2024 presidential election results early.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 30, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on September 27, 2024 in un anuncio de campaña:

El expresidente Donald Trump quiere eliminar la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio.

By Marta Campabadal Graus • October 25, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on September 27, 2024 in a campaign ad:

Former President Donald Trump wants to take away the Affordable Care Act.

By Marta Campabadal Graus • October 24, 2024
Joyce Craig
stated on September 15, 2024 in an interview with WMUR-TV:

Gubernatorial candidate Kelly Ayotte “has voted for national abortion bans, she has voted to defund Planned Parenthood, and she shepherded Neil Gorsuch through the Supreme Court process, and then celebrated when Roe v. Wade was overturned.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2024
Robert Reich
stated on October 8, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“Two weeks ago 100 GOP lawmakers voted against additional FEMA funding.”

By Amy Sherman • October 11, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on CBS's "60 Minutes":

"We now have historic low unemployment in America among all groups of people."

By Louis Jacobson • October 8, 2024
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on September 27, 2024 in an ad:

When New Hampshire gubernatorial nominee Kelly Ayotte served on two companies’ boards, one “laid off 18,000 workers” and the other “laid off 1,200 American workers, moving jobs overseas.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2024
Kelly Ayotte
stated on September 12, 2024 in an ad:

In Manchester, N.H., gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig “pushed for a city sales tax. Then, Joyce Craig overrode the tax cap and tried to raise taxes six times.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2024
Jared Moskowitz
stated on September 19, 2024 in una audiencia en la Cámara de Representantes:

“El Proyecto 2025 quiere deshacerse de la NOAA” y del Servicio Nacional de Meteorología.

By Maria Briceño • September 27, 2024
Jared Moskowitz
stated on September 19, 2024 in a House hearing:

“Project 2025 wants to get rid of NOAA” and the National Weather Service.

By Amy Sherman • September 26, 2024
Threads posts
stated on September 22, 2024 in a Threads post:

Florida "put Tom Walz instead of Tim Walz" on its ballots.

By Jeff Cercone • September 25, 2024
Tim Walz
stated on September 21, 2024 in in Bethlehem, Pa.:

“Donald Trump added more to the national debt than any other president, ever.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2024
Social Media
stated on September 22, 2024 in in social media posts:

“The Montana Secretary of State left Kamala Harris off the ballot.”

By Jeff Cercone • September 24, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on September 12, 2024 in a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina:

Former President Donald Trump “started out with $400 million on a silver platter and then filed for bankruptcy six times.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2024
Sherrod Brown
stated on September 4, 2024 in a TV interview:

Of Bernie Moreno, “Now, he’s arguing for a national abortion ban, no exceptions.”

By Caleb McCullough • September 19, 2024

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