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Barack Obama stated on April 14, 2020 in an endorsement announcement: Joe Biden "already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history." Ron DeSantis stated on April 14, 2020 in an April 14, 2020 press briefing: “Obesity is, like, the No. 1 factor in whether you really get hit hard by COVID-19.” Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2020 in a rally: Says Madison and Milwaukee County both carry sanctuary status for illegal immigrants and released undocumented immigrants who have committed multiple crimes including sexual assault of a child Pat Toomey stated on April 15, 2020 in a Politico interview: “In a matter of days, and in some cases the moment may even have passed, that we’ve reached the peak of the rate of infections.” Lori Lightfoot stated on April 7, 2020 in remarks at a news conference: “Illinois lags way behind all of our neighbors and certainly we’re in the bottom tier of states that are doing testing." AFL-CIO stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: "The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.” Joe Biden stated on April 5, 2020 in an ABC "This Week" interview: "45 nations had already moved” to enforce travel restrictions with China “before the president moved.” Viral image stated on April 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “‘Private’ messages sent to individual people during a Zoom meeting show up in the end-of-meeting transcript along with all other public messages.” Facebook posts stated on April 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says fluid milk production limitations mean grocery stores are short on milk even as farmers are dumping it Facebook posts stated on April 7, 2020 in an image: Says Donald Trump "himself has a financial stake in the French company that makes the brand-name version of hydroxychloroquine.” Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The CDC issued its first warning on Jan 8. Trump held campaign rallies on Jan 9, Jan 14, Jan 28, Jan 30, Feb 10, Feb 19, Feb 20, Feb 21, & Feb 28. He golfed on Jan 18, Jan 19, Feb 1, Feb 15, Mar 7, Mar 8. The first time he admitted the coronavirus might be a problem was Mar 13.” Facebook posts stated on April 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Conservative Supreme Court Justices vote remotely to deny Wisconsin voters their right to vote remotely.” Facebook posts stated on April 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Non-essential people get to file for unemployment and make two to three times more than normal,” but essential workers still on the job get no pay raise. Viral image stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: “If you’ve let somebody claim your kids for income tax purposes, you will not receive a stimulus check. The person who claimed your kids is gonna get it.” David Lewis stated on March 26, 2020 in a tweet: “Pelosi tried to block voter ID/absentee ballot protections.” Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Unemployment now pays $24/hour, even if your wages were lower. Why don’t ‘essential’ people forced to still work get $24, too?” Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Ron Johnson said Americans should go back to work, because "death is an unavoidable part of life." Jeff Jackson stated on March 19, 2020 in a tweet: Says North Carolina "hospital beds are typically 85% full across the state.” Brian Fitzpatrick stated on March 23, 2020 in comments he made on the radio: “We’ve got to give the American public a rough estimate of how long we think this is going to take, based mostly on the South Korean model, which seems to be the trajectory that we are on, thankfully, and not the Italian model.” Duey Stroebel stated on March 24, 2020 in a tweet: Says that under order from Gov. Tony Evers, he and his eight children can’t legally have dinner together anymore. Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: “All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.” Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Australia Closing Borders in a few hours for 6-months” Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “So Oscar Health, the company tapped by Trump to profit from covid tests, is a Kushner company. Imagine that, profits over national safety.” Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in on social media: Says “Senator Joe Manchin hit (an) all time low saying seniors and the disabled did not need the relief package $1000 on Fox News.” Brad Parscale stated on February 25, 2020 in a Tweet: “Did you see President Trump’s RECORD TURNOUT? Iowa - 32,389 Republicans.” Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2020 in a news conference: Says that “over a 45-minute period that we had the press conference” on the coronavirus on March 13, 2020, the stock market set "an all-time record." Eric Burlison stated on January 20, 2020 in a tweet: “Remember, the American Revolution began when they came for the guns.”
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Lovely Warren stated on April 8, 2020 in a press conference: Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.” Mandy Cohen stated on April 20, 2020 in a press conference: "Covid-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States." Facebook posts stated on April 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Hospitals get paid more to list patients as COVID-19. Barack Obama stated on April 14, 2020 in an endorsement announcement: Joe Biden "already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history." Ron DeSantis stated on April 14, 2020 in an April 14, 2020 press briefing: “Obesity is, like, the No. 1 factor in whether you really get hit hard by COVID-19.” Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2020 in a rally: Says Madison and Milwaukee County both carry sanctuary status for illegal immigrants and released undocumented immigrants who have committed multiple crimes including sexual assault of a child Pat Toomey stated on April 15, 2020 in a Politico interview: “In a matter of days, and in some cases the moment may even have passed, that we’ve reached the peak of the rate of infections.” Lori Lightfoot stated on April 7, 2020 in remarks at a news conference: “Illinois lags way behind all of our neighbors and certainly we’re in the bottom tier of states that are doing testing." AFL-CIO stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: "The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.” Joe Biden stated on April 5, 2020 in an ABC "This Week" interview: "45 nations had already moved” to enforce travel restrictions with China “before the president moved.” Viral image stated on April 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “‘Private’ messages sent to individual people during a Zoom meeting show up in the end-of-meeting transcript along with all other public messages.” Facebook posts stated on April 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says fluid milk production limitations mean grocery stores are short on milk even as farmers are dumping it Facebook posts stated on April 7, 2020 in an image: Says Donald Trump "himself has a financial stake in the French company that makes the brand-name version of hydroxychloroquine.” Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The CDC issued its first warning on Jan 8. Trump held campaign rallies on Jan 9, Jan 14, Jan 28, Jan 30, Feb 10, Feb 19, Feb 20, Feb 21, & Feb 28. He golfed on Jan 18, Jan 19, Feb 1, Feb 15, Mar 7, Mar 8. The first time he admitted the coronavirus might be a problem was Mar 13.” Facebook posts stated on April 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Conservative Supreme Court Justices vote remotely to deny Wisconsin voters their right to vote remotely.” Facebook posts stated on April 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Non-essential people get to file for unemployment and make two to three times more than normal,” but essential workers still on the job get no pay raise. Viral image stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: “If you’ve let somebody claim your kids for income tax purposes, you will not receive a stimulus check. The person who claimed your kids is gonna get it.” David Lewis stated on March 26, 2020 in a tweet: “Pelosi tried to block voter ID/absentee ballot protections.” Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Unemployment now pays $24/hour, even if your wages were lower. Why don’t ‘essential’ people forced to still work get $24, too?” Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Ron Johnson said Americans should go back to work, because "death is an unavoidable part of life." Jeff Jackson stated on March 19, 2020 in a tweet: Says North Carolina "hospital beds are typically 85% full across the state.” Brian Fitzpatrick stated on March 23, 2020 in comments he made on the radio: “We’ve got to give the American public a rough estimate of how long we think this is going to take, based mostly on the South Korean model, which seems to be the trajectory that we are on, thankfully, and not the Italian model.” Duey Stroebel stated on March 24, 2020 in a tweet: Says that under order from Gov. Tony Evers, he and his eight children can’t legally have dinner together anymore. Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: “All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.” Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Australia Closing Borders in a few hours for 6-months” Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “So Oscar Health, the company tapped by Trump to profit from covid tests, is a Kushner company. Imagine that, profits over national safety.” Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in on social media: Says “Senator Joe Manchin hit (an) all time low saying seniors and the disabled did not need the relief package $1000 on Fox News.” Brad Parscale stated on February 25, 2020 in a Tweet: “Did you see President Trump’s RECORD TURNOUT? Iowa - 32,389 Republicans.” Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2020 in a news conference: Says that “over a 45-minute period that we had the press conference” on the coronavirus on March 13, 2020, the stock market set "an all-time record." Eric Burlison stated on January 20, 2020 in a tweet: “Remember, the American Revolution began when they came for the guns.”
Lovely Warren stated on April 8, 2020 in a press conference: Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.”
Mandy Cohen stated on April 20, 2020 in a press conference: "Covid-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States."
Facebook posts stated on April 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Hospitals get paid more to list patients as COVID-19.
Barack Obama stated on April 14, 2020 in an endorsement announcement: Joe Biden "already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history."
Ron DeSantis stated on April 14, 2020 in an April 14, 2020 press briefing: “Obesity is, like, the No. 1 factor in whether you really get hit hard by COVID-19.”
Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2020 in a rally: Says Madison and Milwaukee County both carry sanctuary status for illegal immigrants and released undocumented immigrants who have committed multiple crimes including sexual assault of a child
Pat Toomey stated on April 15, 2020 in a Politico interview: “In a matter of days, and in some cases the moment may even have passed, that we’ve reached the peak of the rate of infections.”
Lori Lightfoot stated on April 7, 2020 in remarks at a news conference: “Illinois lags way behind all of our neighbors and certainly we’re in the bottom tier of states that are doing testing."
AFL-CIO stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: "The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.”
Joe Biden stated on April 5, 2020 in an ABC "This Week" interview: "45 nations had already moved” to enforce travel restrictions with China “before the president moved.”
Viral image stated on April 4, 2020 in a Facebook post: “‘Private’ messages sent to individual people during a Zoom meeting show up in the end-of-meeting transcript along with all other public messages.”
Facebook posts stated on April 3, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says fluid milk production limitations mean grocery stores are short on milk even as farmers are dumping it
Facebook posts stated on April 7, 2020 in an image: Says Donald Trump "himself has a financial stake in the French company that makes the brand-name version of hydroxychloroquine.”
Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The CDC issued its first warning on Jan 8. Trump held campaign rallies on Jan 9, Jan 14, Jan 28, Jan 30, Feb 10, Feb 19, Feb 20, Feb 21, & Feb 28. He golfed on Jan 18, Jan 19, Feb 1, Feb 15, Mar 7, Mar 8. The first time he admitted the coronavirus might be a problem was Mar 13.”
Facebook posts stated on April 7, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Conservative Supreme Court Justices vote remotely to deny Wisconsin voters their right to vote remotely.”
Facebook posts stated on April 1, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Non-essential people get to file for unemployment and make two to three times more than normal,” but essential workers still on the job get no pay raise.
Viral image stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: “If you’ve let somebody claim your kids for income tax purposes, you will not receive a stimulus check. The person who claimed your kids is gonna get it.”
David Lewis stated on March 26, 2020 in a tweet: “Pelosi tried to block voter ID/absentee ballot protections.”
Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Unemployment now pays $24/hour, even if your wages were lower. Why don’t ‘essential’ people forced to still work get $24, too?”
Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Ron Johnson said Americans should go back to work, because "death is an unavoidable part of life."
Jeff Jackson stated on March 19, 2020 in a tweet: Says North Carolina "hospital beds are typically 85% full across the state.”
Brian Fitzpatrick stated on March 23, 2020 in comments he made on the radio: “We’ve got to give the American public a rough estimate of how long we think this is going to take, based mostly on the South Korean model, which seems to be the trajectory that we are on, thankfully, and not the Italian model.”
Duey Stroebel stated on March 24, 2020 in a tweet: Says that under order from Gov. Tony Evers, he and his eight children can’t legally have dinner together anymore.
Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: “All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.”
Facebook posts stated on March 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Australia Closing Borders in a few hours for 6-months”
Facebook posts stated on March 15, 2020 in a Facebook post: “So Oscar Health, the company tapped by Trump to profit from covid tests, is a Kushner company. Imagine that, profits over national safety.”
Facebook posts stated on March 18, 2020 in on social media: Says “Senator Joe Manchin hit (an) all time low saying seniors and the disabled did not need the relief package $1000 on Fox News.”
Brad Parscale stated on February 25, 2020 in a Tweet: “Did you see President Trump’s RECORD TURNOUT? Iowa - 32,389 Republicans.”
Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2020 in a news conference: Says that “over a 45-minute period that we had the press conference” on the coronavirus on March 13, 2020, the stock market set "an all-time record."
Eric Burlison stated on January 20, 2020 in a tweet: “Remember, the American Revolution began when they came for the guns.”
