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Tony Evers
stated on March 8, 2023 in Twitter:

The money for upgrades to the Milwaukee Brewers stadium in Evers’ budget is "a bipartisan plan."

By D.L. Davis • March 28, 2023
Tommy Tuberville
stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at the CPAC conference:

"Half the kids in this country, when they graduate, can’t read their diploma.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2023
Whoopi Goldberg
stated on March 8, 2023 in remarks on ABC's "The View":

"The First Amendment doesn’t allow you to willingly lie."

By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2023
DeSantis Watch
stated on March 4, 2023 in a digital advertisement:

"Ron DeSantis wants to raise the retirement age to 70."

By Yacob Reyes • March 15, 2023
Nicholas Langworthy
stated on February 10, 2023 in a tweet:

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met "with the radical green energy group behind the gas stove ban," which "has ties to the" Chinese Communist Party.

By Conor Amendola • March 9, 2023
Washington Free Beacon
stated on February 2, 2023 in a tweet:

"The Biden administration is floating a new” climate strategy: Don't leave your house."

By Tom Kertscher • March 8, 2023
Matt Walsh
stated on February 8, 2023 in a Tennessee State House Committee Hearing:

“The youth suicide rate has increased exponentially alongside trans affirmation. Trans affirmation causes the suicide rate, not the other way around.”

By Grace Abels • March 8, 2023
Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 21, 2023 in a tweet:

Sen. Marco Rubio signed a 2021 letter that “supports waivers that would reduce visual track inspections.”

By Madison Czopek • March 2, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Photo of electric charging station “powered by diesel generator” is emblematic of the electric vehicle movement.

By Jeff Cercone • February 28, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The train that derailed in Ohio was carrying “over 300,000 gallons of a chemical that was banned in 1974.”

By Loreben Tuquero • February 27, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on January 30, 2023 in A speech in Baltimore:

“We used to rank No. 1 in the world in research and development, now we rank No. 9. China used to rank No. 8, now it ranks No. 2.”

By Matthew Crowley • February 13, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 7, 2023 in a post on Facebook:

"In the month since Republicans took the House majority," they are trying to "impose a 30% tax on everything."

By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2023
Mike Palicz
stated on February 7, 2023 in a tweet:

The 87,000 new IRS agents who were supposed to “only target the rich” are now “coming after waitresses’ tips.”

By Loreben Tuquero • February 10, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Wind farm construction is a possible cause of dead whales washing ashore in New Jersey.

By Tom Kertscher • February 8, 2023
Jim Jordan
stated on January 29, 2023 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":

"I got a list of 20 jurisdictions that defunded the police to the tune of over $1 billion total."

By Yacob Reyes • February 1, 2023
Viral image
stated on January 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:

The United Kingdom banned COVID-19 booster vaccines for people under 50.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2023
Richard Hudson
stated on January 12, 2023 in a tweet:

“Joe Biden’s war on American energy caused this crisis and his only response has been to drain our strategic petroleum reserve to its lowest level since 1983.”

By Paul Specht • January 30, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 15, 2023 in an Instagram post:

"New government-funded 'food pyramid' says Lucky Charms are healthier than steak."

By Tom Kertscher • January 24, 2023
Occupy Democrats
stated on January 12, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit or the national debt."

By Tom Kertscher • January 18, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on January 1, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram:

“All ‘gender affirming care’ for children is 100% experimental. There are zero long term studies on the effects the drugs and surgeries will have on them.”

By Madison Czopek • January 17, 2023
William Barclay
stated on December 1, 2022 in a radio interview:

California has twice the population of New York, but spends $260 billion, while New York spends $220 billion.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 13, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 12, 2023 in a photo on Facebook:

The cost of eggs has gone up 700%.

By Sara Swann • January 13, 2023
Donald Trump
stated on January 6, 2023 in a campaign website:

As president, Donald Trump “marshaled the full power of government to stop deadly drugs, opioids, and fentanyl from coming into our country. As a result, drug overdose deaths declined nationwide for the first time in nearly 30 years."

By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on December 30, 2022 in a post:

“Ray Epps confessed to Jan. 6 Committee he ‘orchestrated’ attack on Capitol”

By Gabrielle Settles • January 6, 2023
Tom Tiffany
stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter:

“Joe Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan. And now he left a Marine behind in Russia.”

By Laura Schulte • January 6, 2023
Aaron Rouse
stated on December 23, 2022 in a TV ad.:

“Kevin Adams wants to ban abortion.”

By Warren Fiske • January 5, 2023
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
stated on December 4, 2022 in a tweet.:

“The Virginia GOP education agenda (would) erase slavery from VA history.”

By Warren Fiske • December 14, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 28, 2022 in a post:

The 2021 infrastructure bill requires all new vehicles to have kill switches that will stop vehicle operation and alert law enforcement when drivers are impaired.

By Gabrielle Settles • December 5, 2022
Jill Underly
stated on October 24, 2022 in News release:

“Wisconsin elementary school students buck national trends in ‘National Report Card’ release.”

By Vanessa Swales • December 5, 2022
Robin Vos
stated on November 22, 2022 in Public statement:

“A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.”

By Laura Schulte • December 1, 2022

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