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Instagram posts
stated on September 27, 2022 in a post:

"$12 billion more for Ukraine on top of $100+ billion while Jackson, Mississippi has yet to receive any funding to fix their water infrastructure."

By Gabrielle Settles • October 6, 2022
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News:

Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips

By Michael Majchrowicz • October 5, 2022
Ron DeSantis
stated on October 2, 2022 in an interview with CNN:

Lee County, Florida, wasn't "even in the cone" of Hurricane Ian 72 hours before landfall.

By Yacob Reyes • October 4, 2022
Herschel Walker
stated on September 28, 2022 in an ad:

Raphael Warnock "called police thugs, then cut their funding."

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2022
Ted Nugent
stated on September 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Michigan’s Proposal 2 “will permanently put in the Constitution that you never have to show an ID to vote ever again.”

By Madison Czopek • September 30, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on September 23, 2022 in a screenshot:

"Only 325,000 American kids out of 19,000,000" were vaccinated against COVID-19.

By Madison Czopek • September 27, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on August 18, 2022 in an ad:

Adam Laxalt took “campaign cash” from drug companies “and used his office to block local attempts at holding one of the worst offenders accountable.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 23, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on September 16, 2022 in a post:

“Lifeguard/football player Joe Biden got five draft deferments for asthma during Vietnam.”

By Gabrielle Settles • September 21, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2022 in a Facebook post:

The World Economic Forum has called for the end of “wasteful private car ownership.”

By Andy Nguyen • September 21, 2022
Greg Abbott
stated on August 31, 2022 in a campaign event:

Three court rulings since May 2022 “have made it clear that it is unconstitutional to ban someone between the ages of 18 and 20 from being able to buy an AR.”

By Nusaiba Mizan • September 21, 2022
California Together, No On Proposition 1
stated on August 16, 2022 in comments on its website:

“With Proposition 1, the number of abortion seekers from other states will soar even higher, costing taxpayers millions more.”

By Rachel Bluth • September 21, 2022
Liberal Groups
stated on September 6, 2022 in TV ad:

Says Tim Michels' family foundation "funded an organization that tracks women when they get near abortion clinics … he wants to treat women like they're the criminals."

By Madeline Heim • September 20, 2022
House Majority PAC
stated on September 13, 2022 in an ad:

"90% of (state Sen. Tom Barrett's) donors are from special interests"

By Todd Spangler • September 20, 2022
Tom Horne
stated on August 21, 2022 in a tweet:

Under Kathy Hoffman, “student test scores plummeted. Even before COVID, under the current regime, over half of Arizona students were not proficient in reading or math.”

By Renee Romo • September 19, 2022
Matt Gaetz
stated on September 10, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Image shows a Rebekah Jones campaign event.

By Yacob Reyes • September 19, 2022
Joe Biden
stated on September 14, 2022 in a speech in Detroit:

“Incomes are up.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2022
Saving Arizona PAC
stated on September 8, 2022 in a campaign ad:

“Mark Kelly voted against the Keystone pipeline, which caused higher gas prices.”

By Jon Greenberg • September 16, 2022
Marco Rubio
stated on September 6, 2022 in a tweet:

"Val Demings supports abortion up until the moment of birth."

By Yacob Reyes • September 16, 2022
Ron Johnson
stated on August 23, 2022 in Twitter:

"Democrats' radical green energy policies caused record gas prices. "

By D.L. Davis • September 16, 2022
Mandela Barnes
stated on August 17, 2022 in Twitter:

“Ron Johnson just came out in favor of a federal abortion ban.”

By Laura Schulte • September 13, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"FEC charges (Beto O'Rourke's 2018 campaign) Illegal Campaign Contributions."

By Nusaiba Mizan • September 8, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on August 11, 2022 in Facebook post:

“With the combined salary of the 87,000 new IRS Agents ($81,456 average annual salary), you could put a police officer ($55,117) in every public school in the nation (97,568) and still have 31,007 police officers or $1,709,012,819 left over.”

By Michael Majchrowicz • September 8, 2022
J.D. Vance
stated on September 4, 2022 in an interview:

“Tim Ryan called police the new Jim Crow.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on August 27, 2022 in an Instagram video:

There’s an unlimited supply of water being generated “deep within the Earth.”

By Andy Nguyen • September 7, 2022
Charlie Crist
stated on August 25, 2022 in a tweet:

Gov. Ron DeSantis raised "taxes on the middle class by more than $1.5 billion while giving away $624 million to big corporations."

By Yacob Reyes • September 2, 2022
Tom Cotton
stated on August 31, 2022 in a tweet:

“60% of Alaska voters voted for a Republican, but thanks to a convoluted process and ballot exhaustion — which disenfranchises voters — a Democrat ‘won.’"

By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2022
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 8, 2022 in News release:

Says “Tim Michels doesn’t think gay people should be out in public.”

By Madeline Heim • September 2, 2022
CatholicVote
stated on August 17, 2022 in an ad:

Three churches were targeted during arson attacks over the summer “because they protect unborn babies and women in need.”

By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2022
Social Media
stated on August 30, 2022 in social media posts:

In New York, you need to show identification to buy whipped cream, but not to vote.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 1, 2022
American Action Network
stated on August 26, 2022 in an ad:

Joe Biden's student debt forgiveness plan is a "bailout for rich kids."

By Tom Kertscher • August 31, 2022

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