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Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2024 in a speech in Las Vegas “Kamala cast the tiebreaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.” Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.” Jessica Ramos stated on February 6, 2024 in a statement at a media event “Half of the cities with the highest rates of child poverty are in” New York state. Joe Biden stated on February 27, 2023 in An address at the White House “We cut Black child poverty in half in 2021 because of the child tax credit.” Joe Biden stated on February 7, 2023 in his State of the Union address "Studies show that children who go to preschool are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a two- or four-year degree, no matter their background they came from." Raphael Warnock stated on August 29, 2022 in a speech in Albany, Ga. The child tax credit passed under President Joe Biden “has helped 97% of the families with children who are living in poverty.” Joe Volk stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview “In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.” Gwen Moore stated on October 30, 2021 in TV interview “If you’re a low-wage worker and you’re single and don’t have children, we’re literally taxing you into poverty." The Gateway Pundit stated on October 17, 2021 in a headline Democrats “manufactured votes from low income voters to steal the battleground states.” FreedomWorks stated on September 28, 2021 in a Facebook post “The Democrats want you American taxpayers to shell out $3 billion for ‘non-racist’ trees.” Bernie Sanders stated on August 29, 2021 in a speech “It is a result of the $300 per month that working parents are now receiving for their young children that we have reduced childhood poverty in the United States by 50%.” Joe Biden stated on May 5, 2021 in remarks After the American Rescue Plan’s food and nutrition assistance, “hunger is already sharply down in the United States.” Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in a speech at CPAC HR 1 “automatically registers every welfare recipient to vote.” Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2021 in a post on Facebook “If you make $50,000/year, $36 of your taxes goes to food stamps. $4,000 goes to corporate subsidies.” Joe Biden stated on February 5, 2021 in an interview on CBS “If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.” Kelly Loeffler stated on December 9, 2020 in an interview Says Raphael Warnock has "said we need to open up the prisons" and "eliminate cash bail." Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on September 8, 2020 in an ad Says that to help people in need during the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Garcia said: "Everyone should have to figure out how to fend for themselves." Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2018 in posts on the Internet A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college. Bernie Sanders stated on February 19, 2020 in a debate “Mike Bloomberg owns more wealth than the bottom 125 million Americans.” Gavin Newsom stated on February 19, 2020 in a State of the State Address "Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.” Load more
Donald Trump stated on August 23, 2024 in a speech in Las Vegas “Kamala cast the tiebreaking vote to hire 87,000 new IRS agents to go after your tip income.”
Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2024 in remarks in Detroit The Trump administration “achieved the lowest African American unemployment rate and the lowest African American poverty rate ever recorded.”
Jessica Ramos stated on February 6, 2024 in a statement at a media event “Half of the cities with the highest rates of child poverty are in” New York state.
Joe Biden stated on February 27, 2023 in An address at the White House “We cut Black child poverty in half in 2021 because of the child tax credit.”
Joe Biden stated on February 7, 2023 in his State of the Union address "Studies show that children who go to preschool are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a two- or four-year degree, no matter their background they came from."
Raphael Warnock stated on August 29, 2022 in a speech in Albany, Ga. The child tax credit passed under President Joe Biden “has helped 97% of the families with children who are living in poverty.”
Joe Volk stated on November 17, 2021 in TV interview “In Wisconsin, we have 50% of the population paying 50%, 60%, 70%, sometimes 80% for their housing.”
Gwen Moore stated on October 30, 2021 in TV interview “If you’re a low-wage worker and you’re single and don’t have children, we’re literally taxing you into poverty."
The Gateway Pundit stated on October 17, 2021 in a headline Democrats “manufactured votes from low income voters to steal the battleground states.”
FreedomWorks stated on September 28, 2021 in a Facebook post “The Democrats want you American taxpayers to shell out $3 billion for ‘non-racist’ trees.”
Bernie Sanders stated on August 29, 2021 in a speech “It is a result of the $300 per month that working parents are now receiving for their young children that we have reduced childhood poverty in the United States by 50%.”
Joe Biden stated on May 5, 2021 in remarks After the American Rescue Plan’s food and nutrition assistance, “hunger is already sharply down in the United States.”
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in a speech at CPAC HR 1 “automatically registers every welfare recipient to vote.”
Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2021 in a post on Facebook “If you make $50,000/year, $36 of your taxes goes to food stamps. $4,000 goes to corporate subsidies.”
Joe Biden stated on February 5, 2021 in an interview on CBS “If you're making less than $15 an hour, you're living below the poverty wage.”
Kelly Loeffler stated on December 9, 2020 in an interview Says Raphael Warnock has "said we need to open up the prisons" and "eliminate cash bail."
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on September 8, 2020 in an ad Says that to help people in need during the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Garcia said: "Everyone should have to figure out how to fend for themselves."
Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2018 in posts on the Internet A post comparing two construction workers — “Joe legal” and “Jose illegal” — says “Jose” pays no taxes yet gets free medical care, food stamps, welfare, and 'head of the class' priority for his children in applying for college.
Bernie Sanders stated on February 19, 2020 in a debate “Mike Bloomberg owns more wealth than the bottom 125 million Americans.”
Gavin Newsom stated on February 19, 2020 in a State of the State Address "Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.”
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