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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
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows “ballots not counted in California and this is only one polling location. Yet Gavin Newsom was declared governor minutes after polling stations closed.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2022
Herschel Walker
stated on November 11, 2022 in an interview:

Raphael Warnock "believes in no cash bail" and "letting people out of prison that are going to make us prisoners in our own home."

By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 31, 2022 in a post:

California’s Proposition 1 includes “a right to abortion up-to-birth.”

By Gabrielle Settles • November 7, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 2, 2022 in on social media:

The U.S. “could easily count every vote in every state on election night until a few years ago.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2022
Kris Mayes
stated on September 28, 2022 in a debate:

“We have seen over the last 10 years ... under Republican governors a rise in the murder rate in Arizona of 20%.”

By Sydney Carruth • November 2, 2022
Ron Johnson
stated on July 14, 2022 in Blog post:

“We finally achieved that energy independence… under the Trump administration. President Biden squandered (it) away.”

By Lawrence Andrea • November 1, 2022
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on October 11, 2022 in a political ad:

Cheri Beasley “backs tax hikes — even on families making under $75,000.”

By Paul Specht • October 31, 2022
National Rifle Association
stated on September 22, 2022 in Radio ad:

Says Gov. Tony Evers would, “allow the government to use red flag laws to confiscate your firearms without due process.”

By Ben Wells • October 31, 2022
Charlie Crist
stated on October 24, 2022 in a gubernatorial debate:

"Crime is up under Governor DeSantis. Crime was down when I was your governor."

By Yacob Reyes • October 28, 2022
Ted Cruz
stated on October 27, 2022 in a tweet:

Only Democratic cities take “‘days’ to count their votes” while “the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2022
Mark Kelly
stated on October 26, 2022 in a newspaper interview:

Blake Masters “wants to privatize” Social Security.

By Jon Greenberg • October 28, 2022
Club for Growth Action
stated on October 21, 2022 in an ad:

Catherine Cortez Masto "was the deciding vote” to send COVID-19 stimulus checks to more than 1 million prisoners.

By Tom Kertscher • October 27, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 20, 2022 in una publicación en Instagram:

“El CDC está a punto de agregar la vacuna Co vid al calendario de vacunación infantil, lo que haría que la vacunación sea obligatoria para que los niños asistan a la escuela”.

By Madison Czopek • October 27, 2022
Marco Rubio
stated on October 18, 2022 in a campaign ad:

Val Demings "voted with Pelosi to raise taxes over $4,000 on Florida families."

By Yacob Reyes • October 25, 2022
Citizens Against Government Waste
stated on August 31, 2022 in a Facebook ad:

“More than half of the $739 billion tax increase (in the Inflation Reduction Act) will go to wasteful Green New Deal programs like tree equity, 'clean' garbage trucks, and studying cow farts."

By Jessica Riley • October 25, 2022
Cheri Beasley
stated on October 7, 2022 in a debate:

Ted Budd “on four separate occasions voted against funding for police here in North Carolina to the tune of more than $32 million.”

By Paul Specht • October 24, 2022
Citizens for Sanity
stated on October 7, 2022 in an ad:

“Every single Senate Democrat voted against hiring more border agents. They voted against deporting felons. And they voted against ending catch and release.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 21, 2022
Saving Arizona PAC
stated on October 11, 2022 in an ad:

Mark Kelly "voted to allow prison inmates to receive stimulus checks five separate times."

By Tom Kertscher • October 20, 2022
Tucker Carlson
stated on October 18, 2022 in a tweet:

“The CDC is about to add the COVID vaccine to the childhood immunization schedule, which would make the vax mandatory for kids to attend school.”

By Madison Czopek • October 20, 2022
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on October 6, 2022 in News release:

“Mandela Barnes came out in favor of abortion up until the moment of birth.”

By Vanessa Swales • October 20, 2022
Debbie Lesko
stated on August 30, 2022 in a tweet:

Electric vehicles are unaffordable because “the average cost of replacing an electric vehicle battery is over $10,000, while the average cost of replacing the battery of a gas-powered car is $100 to $200.”

By Haley Tenore • October 19, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on October 2, 2022 in a Facebook post:

In Texas, a person can register a dead relative to vote and then cast a mail ballot in their name.

By Amy Sherman • October 17, 2022
Tony Evers
stated on October 6, 2022 in Campaign email:

Says “Tim Michels wants to defund public education — calling it ‘the definition of insanity’ to continue to fund public schools.”

By Madeline Heim • October 17, 2022
Club for Growth
stated on October 5, 2022 in an ad:

As attorney general, Catherine Cortez Masto “opposed tougher laws on methamphetamine dealers.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 14, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on September 27, 2022 in Facebook post:

A study showed mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are harmful to infants who are breastfeeding.

By Michael Majchrowicz • October 12, 2022
Kari Lake
stated on October 9, 2022 in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation:

“Katie Hobbs voted for allowing a baby who survives an abortion — that the hospital would refuse medical care and allow the baby to die on a cold metal tray.”

By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2022
Tim Michels
stated on September 4, 2022 in Twitter:

Says Tony Evers is “a career politician.”

By Vanessa Swales • October 7, 2022

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