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Instagram posts stated on January 11, 2025 in a post on Instagram:

“Oregon sent 60 fire trucks to California to help with the fires, but they’re being held in Sacramento for emissions testing.”

By Madison Czopek• January 14, 2025

National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on January 09, 2014 in press release:

Volunteer firefighters and communities they serve in Georgia and elsewhere are being devastated by Obamacare.

By Nancy Badertscher• January 27, 2014

We Are Ohio stated on September 02, 2011 in a campaign commercial:

"Issue 2 makes it illegal for us to negotiate for enough firefighters to do the job."

By Joe Guillen• September 9, 2011

Ami Bera stated on February 26, 2013 in a House floor speech:

Due to the sequester, "people are going to be unsafe. Homes are going to burn."

By Louis Jacobson• March 1, 2013

Fight for the Future stated on August 28, 2018 in in a tweet:

"We saw the true danger of the FCC's net neutrality repeal when Verizon was caught throttling California fire fighters."

By John Kruzel• September 7, 2018

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals stated on October 08, 2013 in a robo-call and video:

"Live cats have holes drilled into their skulls," posts put into their heads and coils put into their eyes, and some have had their ears cut off or are intentionally deafened or starved at UW-Madison labs that do research to improve hearing in humans.

By Tom Kertscher• October 18, 2013

Bluedot Daily stated on December 26, 2017 in a headline:

"Trump: police officers and firefighters make too much money…hits them with tax penalty."

By Amy Sherman• January 5, 2018

Tom Barrett stated on September 22, 2015 in a speech:

Every general City of Milwaukee employee "pays toward his or her pension, but approximately 88 percent of our police officers and firefighters do not."

By Tom Kertscher• September 30, 2015

Mahlon Mitchell stated on April 30, 2018 in a website campaign statement:

Says he was "instrumental to passing two (recent) pieces of legislation that were a huge victory for firefighters across the state."

By Eric Litke• May 7, 2018

Stephen Lisauskas stated on July 19, 2011 in a public meeting:

Thirty-seven percent of Central Falls’ retired police officers and firefighters are out on disability pensions; in most municipalities, about 5 percent of retirees collect disability pensions.

By Lynn Arditi• August 18, 2011

Paul Doughty stated on November 10, 2015 in a tweet:

"@Jorge_Elorza still think your plan is safe? Rescue Captain Kenyon just worked 96 hours straight. 96 hours."

By Mark Reynolds• November 22, 2015

Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on August 01, 2018 in a news release:

Says Mahlon Mitchell "received a massive raise on the backs of hard-working firefighters and turned the union into his own personal political slush fund."

By D.L. Davis• August 9, 2018

We Are Ohio stated on September 27, 2011 in a television commercial:

"Senate Bill 5 makes it harder for nurses to give the patients the quality care they need."

By Joe Guillen• October 10, 2011

Michael Needham stated on December 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

The federal budget bill "reauthorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the Four Seasons hotel can build a resort in Turkey."

By Lauren Carroll• December 15, 2014

Todd Staples stated on May 12, 2011 in a Texas Tribune interview:

Says the Obama administration approved a major disaster declaration for Oklahoma in 2009, when nine of the state’s 77 counties burned for "about three days," while Texas wildfires have been burning for longer without such a declaration.

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 30, 2011

Generation Opportunity stated on December 10, 2013 in a Facebook post:

"Obamacare could force thousands of volunteer fire stations to cut service or close entirely!"

By Steve Contorno• December 13, 2013

Rudy Giuliani stated on November 13, 2016 in CNN's "State of the Union":

Financial conflict-of-interest "laws don't apply to the president, right? So, the president doesn't have to have a blind trust."

By Lauren Carroll• November 16, 2016

Joseph Andriole stated on August 02, 2011 in a TV story:

The Central Falls fire department is "one of the lowest, if not the lowest, paid fire departments in the state and entire region."

By Lynn Arditi• August 28, 2011

Ann Coulter stated on July 01, 2009 in a column in Human Events.:

"Obama's Justice-designate Sotomayor threw out (the New Haven firefighters') lawsuit in a sneaky, unsigned opinion -- the judicial equivalent of 'talk to the hand.'"

By Wes Allison• July 10, 2009

Instagram posts stated on January 09, 2025 in an Instagram post:

“The LAFD are using women’s handbags to hold water to put out fires.”

By Marta Campabadal Graus• January 14, 2025

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