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Martha McSally “supported a plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program and ‘shift costs’ onto seniors” and “even supported raising the retirement age.” Ron Johnson stated on August 13, 2020 in radio interview: For younger people, seasonal flu is “in many cases” a deadlier virus than COVID-19 Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2020 in a speech in Pittsburgh: “More cops have died from COVID this year than have been killed on patrol.” Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2020 in a speech: “I am not banning fracking.” Doug Jones stated on August 10, 2020 in an interview: In April, when asked how he would handle the COVID-19 pandemic, Tommy Tuberville "said he didn't have a clue" and after winning the Republican nomination in July, "he still said he didn't have a clue." Ryan Holets stated on August 25, 2020 in in a speech at the Republican National Convention: “Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2018 for the first time in 30 years.” Rand Paul stated on August 25, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War … He supported war in Serbia, Syria, Libya.” Joe Biden stated on August 23, 2020 in an interview with ABC News: Says Donald Trump “proposes cutting a half a billion dollars of local police support.” Eugene DePasquale stated on August 8, 2020 in a tweet: Says Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral “could leave American workers liable for thousands of dollars during tax season and could potentially leave programs like Social Security and Medicare weakened.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 10, 2020 in during a televised roundtable discussion on education: “The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.” Abigail Spanberger stated on August 4, 2020 in a TV ad.: “When I ran for Congress, I promised to refuse money from corporate PACs. I’ve kept that promise.” Carol Miller stated on July 30, 2020 in a tweet: “In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.” Bill Clinton stated on August 18, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began. Really American stated on August 12, 2020 in a tweeted video: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy “gave $400,000 to Republicans just this year” and has “between $30 and $75 million in assets of direct competitors to the United States Postal Service.” JB Pritzker stated on August 4, 2020 in remarks at a news conference: When COVID-19 struck, the Illinois Department of Employment Security “was hit with something no one expected: 10 to 20 times the claims, even during the worst recession of my lifetime.” Ron Johnson stated on August 2, 2020 in a TV interview: “Depending on which study you look at, either 68% or 5 out of 6 individuals ... are making more on unemployment than they did on the job.” Joe Biden stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ: Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.” TikTok posts stated on June 5, 2020 in on social media: “Central Park actually used to be a town called Seneca Village” founded by African Americans in 1825. Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on August 2, 2020 in a tweet: “34% of Wisconsin renters are at risk of eviction.” Joe Biden stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with journalism associations: “If the vaccine came out tomorrow, how in the heck would we get it to people? There is no game plan.” Viral image stated on August 5, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photos show six fires around the world “in the last 24 hours.” Mandy Cohen stated on July 28, 2020 in a press conference: There’s a “direct correlation” between North Carolina’s mask requirement and COVID-19 stabilization. Brett Giroir stated on August 2, 2020 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: “There have been five randomized controlled, placebo controlled trials that do not show any benefit to hydroxychloroquine.” The Family Foundation stated on July 9, 2020 in a blog.: “...Virginia, more than any other state, had the steepest drop in the number of abortions between 2011 and 2017.” Brett Giroir stated on July 26, 2020 in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.” Bob Casey stated on July 21, 2020 in an interview: Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.” Wisconsin state Senate Democrats stated on July 24, 2020 in a news release: Say Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have done nothing "while neighboring states like Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan have already implemented safety precautions like requiring individuals to wear masks."
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Facebook posts stated on September 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump funded a Veterans Day parade 26 years ago in New York City after the city refused to pay. Josh Hawley stated on August 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: "USPS currently has the most cash on hand in its history, (approximately) $15 billion." Tony Evers stated on September 15, 2020 in a media briefing: “Wisconsin is one of the nine states with the highest rate of infection per capita.” Mark Kelly stated on September 2, 2020 in campaign website: Says Sen. Martha McSally “supported a plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program and ‘shift costs’ onto seniors” and “even supported raising the retirement age.” Ron Johnson stated on August 13, 2020 in radio interview: For younger people, seasonal flu is “in many cases” a deadlier virus than COVID-19 Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2020 in a speech in Pittsburgh: “More cops have died from COVID this year than have been killed on patrol.” Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2020 in a speech: “I am not banning fracking.” Doug Jones stated on August 10, 2020 in an interview: In April, when asked how he would handle the COVID-19 pandemic, Tommy Tuberville "said he didn't have a clue" and after winning the Republican nomination in July, "he still said he didn't have a clue." Ryan Holets stated on August 25, 2020 in in a speech at the Republican National Convention: “Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2018 for the first time in 30 years.” Rand Paul stated on August 25, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War … He supported war in Serbia, Syria, Libya.” Joe Biden stated on August 23, 2020 in an interview with ABC News: Says Donald Trump “proposes cutting a half a billion dollars of local police support.” Eugene DePasquale stated on August 8, 2020 in a tweet: Says Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral “could leave American workers liable for thousands of dollars during tax season and could potentially leave programs like Social Security and Medicare weakened.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 10, 2020 in during a televised roundtable discussion on education: “The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.” Abigail Spanberger stated on August 4, 2020 in a TV ad.: “When I ran for Congress, I promised to refuse money from corporate PACs. I’ve kept that promise.” Carol Miller stated on July 30, 2020 in a tweet: “In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.” Bill Clinton stated on August 18, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began. Really American stated on August 12, 2020 in a tweeted video: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy “gave $400,000 to Republicans just this year” and has “between $30 and $75 million in assets of direct competitors to the United States Postal Service.” JB Pritzker stated on August 4, 2020 in remarks at a news conference: When COVID-19 struck, the Illinois Department of Employment Security “was hit with something no one expected: 10 to 20 times the claims, even during the worst recession of my lifetime.” Ron Johnson stated on August 2, 2020 in a TV interview: “Depending on which study you look at, either 68% or 5 out of 6 individuals ... are making more on unemployment than they did on the job.” Joe Biden stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ: Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.” TikTok posts stated on June 5, 2020 in on social media: “Central Park actually used to be a town called Seneca Village” founded by African Americans in 1825. Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on August 2, 2020 in a tweet: “34% of Wisconsin renters are at risk of eviction.” Joe Biden stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with journalism associations: “If the vaccine came out tomorrow, how in the heck would we get it to people? There is no game plan.” Viral image stated on August 5, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photos show six fires around the world “in the last 24 hours.” Mandy Cohen stated on July 28, 2020 in a press conference: There’s a “direct correlation” between North Carolina’s mask requirement and COVID-19 stabilization. Brett Giroir stated on August 2, 2020 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: “There have been five randomized controlled, placebo controlled trials that do not show any benefit to hydroxychloroquine.” The Family Foundation stated on July 9, 2020 in a blog.: “...Virginia, more than any other state, had the steepest drop in the number of abortions between 2011 and 2017.” Brett Giroir stated on July 26, 2020 in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.” Bob Casey stated on July 21, 2020 in an interview: Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.” Wisconsin state Senate Democrats stated on July 24, 2020 in a news release: Say Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have done nothing "while neighboring states like Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan have already implemented safety precautions like requiring individuals to wear masks."
Facebook posts stated on September 9, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump funded a Veterans Day parade 26 years ago in New York City after the city refused to pay.
Josh Hawley stated on August 23, 2020 in a Facebook post: "USPS currently has the most cash on hand in its history, (approximately) $15 billion."
Tony Evers stated on September 15, 2020 in a media briefing: “Wisconsin is one of the nine states with the highest rate of infection per capita.”
Mark Kelly stated on September 2, 2020 in campaign website: Says Sen. Martha McSally “supported a plan to turn Medicare into a voucher program and ‘shift costs’ onto seniors” and “even supported raising the retirement age.”
Ron Johnson stated on August 13, 2020 in radio interview: For younger people, seasonal flu is “in many cases” a deadlier virus than COVID-19
Joe Biden stated on August 31, 2020 in a speech in Pittsburgh: “More cops have died from COVID this year than have been killed on patrol.”
Doug Jones stated on August 10, 2020 in an interview: In April, when asked how he would handle the COVID-19 pandemic, Tommy Tuberville "said he didn't have a clue" and after winning the Republican nomination in July, "he still said he didn't have a clue."
Ryan Holets stated on August 25, 2020 in in a speech at the Republican National Convention: “Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2018 for the first time in 30 years.”
Rand Paul stated on August 25, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “voted for the Iraq War … He supported war in Serbia, Syria, Libya.”
Joe Biden stated on August 23, 2020 in an interview with ABC News: Says Donald Trump “proposes cutting a half a billion dollars of local police support.”
Eugene DePasquale stated on August 8, 2020 in a tweet: Says Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral “could leave American workers liable for thousands of dollars during tax season and could potentially leave programs like Social Security and Medicare weakened.”
Ron DeSantis stated on August 10, 2020 in during a televised roundtable discussion on education: “The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.”
Abigail Spanberger stated on August 4, 2020 in a TV ad.: “When I ran for Congress, I promised to refuse money from corporate PACs. I’ve kept that promise.”
Carol Miller stated on July 30, 2020 in a tweet: “In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.”
Bill Clinton stated on August 18, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Really American stated on August 12, 2020 in a tweeted video: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy “gave $400,000 to Republicans just this year” and has “between $30 and $75 million in assets of direct competitors to the United States Postal Service.”
JB Pritzker stated on August 4, 2020 in remarks at a news conference: When COVID-19 struck, the Illinois Department of Employment Security “was hit with something no one expected: 10 to 20 times the claims, even during the worst recession of my lifetime.”
Ron Johnson stated on August 2, 2020 in a TV interview: “Depending on which study you look at, either 68% or 5 out of 6 individuals ... are making more on unemployment than they did on the job.”
Joe Biden stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ: Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.”
TikTok posts stated on June 5, 2020 in on social media: “Central Park actually used to be a town called Seneca Village” founded by African Americans in 1825.
Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on August 2, 2020 in a tweet: “34% of Wisconsin renters are at risk of eviction.”
Joe Biden stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with journalism associations: “If the vaccine came out tomorrow, how in the heck would we get it to people? There is no game plan.”
Viral image stated on August 5, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photos show six fires around the world “in the last 24 hours.”
Mandy Cohen stated on July 28, 2020 in a press conference: There’s a “direct correlation” between North Carolina’s mask requirement and COVID-19 stabilization.
Brett Giroir stated on August 2, 2020 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: “There have been five randomized controlled, placebo controlled trials that do not show any benefit to hydroxychloroquine.”
The Family Foundation stated on July 9, 2020 in a blog.: “...Virginia, more than any other state, had the steepest drop in the number of abortions between 2011 and 2017.”
Brett Giroir stated on July 26, 2020 in an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.”
Bob Casey stated on July 21, 2020 in an interview: Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.”
Wisconsin state Senate Democrats stated on July 24, 2020 in a news release: Say Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have done nothing "while neighboring states like Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan have already implemented safety precautions like requiring individuals to wear masks."
