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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on June 17, 2019 in a tweet:

Says Amazon is "paying full-time employees so little that they require gov food assistance."

By Bill McCarthy• June 21, 2019

Viral image stated on April 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Walmart, Amazon, Kroger, Target and Costco “have not had any reported (coronavirus) cases in the news.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 1, 2020

Mark Pocan stated on January 16, 2020 in a tweet:

“There’s an Amazon distribution center that was advertising, last time I was there, up to $12.75 an hour. Your parents made that three decades ago.”

By Madeline Heim• February 28, 2020

Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2018 in a tweet:

"You know what Amazon paid in federal income taxes last year? Zero."

By Manuela Tobias• May 3, 2018

Charlie Crist stated on January 28, 2022 in an ad:

Ron DeSantis let "millions of COVID-19 tests expire."

By Tom Kertscher• February 4, 2022

TikTok posts stated on October 24, 2021 in in a TikTok video:

Product shortages are manufactured; goods are stuck in warehouses.

By Jill Terreri Ramos• November 4, 2021

Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Amazon is “running a promotion and giving away random packages for just $1!”

By Gabrielle Settles• August 18, 2022

Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2017 in Twitter:

Amazon has a "no-tax monopoly."

By John Kruzel• July 26, 2017

Bernie Sanders stated on November 15, 2018 in Tweet announcing new bill:

Says middle class taxpayers "subsidize Walmart’s horrendously low wages to the tune of at least $6.2 billion every year."

By Colin Meyn• November 16, 2018

AFL-CIO stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.”

By Bill McCarthy• April 15, 2020

Mitt Romney stated on November 04, 2011 in an Americans for Prosperity Foundation summit speech:

Solyndra "had robots that whistled Disney songs. I'm not kidding."

By Becky Bowers• November 17, 2011

Conservative Solutions PAC stated on January 04, 2016 in an attack ad:

Says Chris Christie "instituted an Internet sales tax."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 14, 2016

Donald Trump stated on April 02, 2018 in a tweet:

"Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed."

By Manuela Tobias• April 2, 2018

Steven King stated on January 05, 2014 in a TV interview:

"We’ve had the private sector more than double the investment that was made by the public sector" at Quonset Business Park.

By John Hill• January 22, 2014

Greater Wisconsin Committee stated on August 20, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:

"Scott Walker gave Wisconsin job creation money to his cronies: corporate friends who contributed to his campaigns" and got $570 million in job-development incentives

By Dave Umhoefer• September 3, 2014

Kirsten Gillibrand stated on April 21, 2020 in a tweet:

“Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.”

By Jaren Holmes, John Pullano• May 7, 2020

Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce stated on December 08, 2014 in an opinion piece:

"Site selectors who decide where businesses expand or relocate shun closed shop states like Wisconsin in favor of Right to Work states like Iowa, Indiana and Michigan."

By Dave Umhoefer• December 17, 2014

Viral image stated on August 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Photos show six fires around the world “in the last 24 hours.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 7, 2020

Donald Trump stated on May 08, 2025 in an event in the White House:

Declining cargo traffic at U.S. ports “means we lose less money. … When you say it's slowed down, that's a good thing.”

By Louis Jacobson• May 16, 2025

Bernie Sanders stated on April 08, 2020 in an op-ed published in The Guardian:

“It has been estimated that only 12% of workers in businesses that are likely to stay open during this crisis are receiving paid sick leave benefits as a result of the second coronavirus relief package."

By Shefali Luthra• April 13, 2020

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