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TikTok posts stated on November 18, 2023 in a post on TikTok:
The federal government and the Federal Reserve were “raising inflation,” something that “had nothing to do with … getting our economy back in line” but rather to fund a “war against a bunch of civilians.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 21, 2023
Winning Our Future stated on January 11, 2012 in the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town" :
Says Romney and Bain Capital drove KB Toys into bankruptcy by loading it up with debt.
By Becky Bowers• January 13, 2012
Barack Obama stated on October 06, 2011 in a press conference at the White House:
The Arab Spring … "drove up gas prices."
By Louis Jacobson• October 7, 2011
Tim Sheehy stated on August 21, 2024 in an X post:
The “‘Inflation Reduction Act’ increased inflation and drove prices sky high!”
By Louis Jacobson• September 17, 2024
Americans for Prosperity Action stated on September 04, 2024 in a Meta ad:
The Inflation Reduction Act, which Rep. Elissa Slotkin supported, “drove inflation higher.”
By Caleb McCullough• September 26, 2024
Facebook posts stated on December 04, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Microsoft and Bill Gates created a 1999 video game called “Omikron.”
By Samantha Putterman• December 17, 2021
Bill Clinton stated on April 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week:
Passage of Clinton budget bill in 1993 "led to an enormous flowering of the economy in America."
By Louis Jacobson• April 19, 2010
Priorities USA Action stated on August 07, 2012 in campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney and Bain Capital are to blame in a woman’s premature death when they closed the plant where her husband worked.
By Jon Greenberg• August 9, 2012
James Fishback stated on February 26, 2026 in a speech:
Artificial intelligence data centers "drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%" and "suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.”
By Samantha Putterman• March 4, 2026
Steve Stockman stated on February 22, 2013 in a tweet:
Says president is ‘spending $2.2 billion to give away "ObamaPhones." ’
By Sue Owen• March 15, 2013
Ron Wyden stated on June 20, 2012 in in a news release :
"Oregon schools receive millions of dollars per year in federal school lunch assistance and yet they are required to spend that money almost anywhere but Oregon."
By Charles Pope• June 29, 2012
Ron Johnson stated on October 25, 2016 in a radio ad:
Says it’s not possible for some Wisconsin residents to watch Packers games, "they’re forced to watch Viking games," so he "got a law passed to fix" the problem.
By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2016
E. Frank Stephenson stated on August 14, 2015 in a Georgia Public Policy Foundation blog post:
"Contrary to media reports, Georgia’s gas tax change led to no price increase at the pump."
By April Hunt• September 9, 2015
X posts stated on April 18, 2024 in an X post:
Video shows hecklers April 16 booing Joe Biden’s motorcade in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
By Jeff Cercone• April 19, 2024
Viral image stated on November 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"The Ukrainian government just indicted the Burisma gas company & named Hunter Biden for accepting millions of dollars from a slush fund."
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 22, 2019
Club for Growth stated on July 21, 2014 in a campaign ad:
When the New Hampshire Legislature raised the gasoline tax, gas prices in the state were "skyrocketing."
By Louis Jacobson• July 23, 2014
Rick Baker stated on June 14, 2017 in a "Tampa Bay Times" article:
Says Rick Kriseman is $35 million over budget on St. Petersburg’s new police station.  
By Allison Graves• August 25, 2017
Scott Walker stated on June 20, 2014 in a campaign TV ad:
"When Jim Doyle was governor and Mary Burke was commerce secretary," Wisconsin saw "billions in middle-class tax hikes on nursing home beds, gas, phones and garbage."  
By Dave Umhoefer• June 26, 2014
Sherrod Brown stated on August 04, 2011 in an appearance on MSNBC:
"Rooting for the Red Sox is like rooting for the drug companies."
By Tom Feran• August 29, 2011
The Accountability Project stated on June 10, 2011 in a TV ad:
Says former Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and current mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez  both drove fancy European cars at taxpayer expense.
By Amy Sherman• June 20, 2011

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