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Pine Tree Results PAC stated on April 26, 2026 in an ad:

“Graham Platner blames Maine’s women for getting raped because he says they get f----- up drunk"

By Amy Sherman• April 29, 2026

Graham Platner stated on June 09, 2026 in a primary night speech:

Sen. Susan Collins votes “with Donald Trump 95% of the time.”

By Amy Sherman• June 10, 2026

Kevin McCarthy stated on February 09, 2021 in a press release:

Raising the national minimum wage to $15 per hour “would destroy up to 3.7 million jobs.”

By Chris Nichols• February 11, 2021

Mike Pence stated on October 04, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:

Says Tim Kaine "actually tried to raise taxes by about $4 billion."

By Warren Fiske• October 5, 2016

Donald Trump stated on July 25, 2016 in a speech.:

In first week as governor, Tim Kaine "proposed a nearly $4 billion tax increase, $4 billion, including a tax increase on people earning as little as $17,000 a year."

By Sean Gorman• July 28, 2016

George Allen stated on April 05, 2011 in an e-mail.:

Tim Kaine proposed "over $6 billion in tax increases from the time he entered the governor’s mansion until the time he left."

By Jacob Geiger• April 16, 2011

Donald Trump stated on August 25, 2016 in a speech in Manchester, N.H.:

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to raise taxes on African-American owned businesses to as much as nearly 50 percent more than they're paying now."

By Joshua Gillin• August 26, 2016

Alex Sink stated on January 06, 2010 in response to questions about fundraising totals:

"No Democratic campaign for (Fla.) governor has ever had these kinds of resources this early on in an election cycle."

By Aaron Sharockman• January 15, 2010

Xavier Becerra stated on May 19, 2013 in a comment on 'Meet the Press':

"We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns."

By Jon Greenberg• May 22, 2013

Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2016 in a speech:

"Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 31, 2016

Chris Collins stated on February 27, 2018 in a tweet:

"Because of #TaxReform, 4 million American workers have received raises and bonuses, and 90% of Americans are seeing bigger paychecks this month."

By Dan Clark• March 9, 2018

Marco Rubio stated on March 30, 2011 in an opinion article in the 'Wall Street Journal':

To pay for government growth, leaders of both parties "borrowed $4 billion a day, leaving us with today's $14 trillion debt."

By Laura Figueroa• April 15, 2011

Nik Kovac stated on September 30, 2014 in a TV interview:

Milwaukee police and firefighters "are routinely getting 4 percent raises annually while everybody else is either getting zero or one percent raises."

By Dave Umhoefer• October 9, 2014

Joseph Kyrillos stated on June 06, 2012 in an interview on NJToday:

Says Robert Menendez is "the king of raising money from Wall Street, over a million dollars, one of the leaders in the United States Senate. I haven’t raised any Wall Street money at all."

By Bill Wichert• June 14, 2012

Democratic Party of Virginia stated on April 04, 2022 in a news release.:

“The proposed (Virginia) House budget cuts hundreds of millions in funding for public education…”

By Warren Fiske• April 12, 2022

National Republican Congressional Committee stated on August 10, 2016 in a blog post on the NRCC website:

Tom Suozzi raised taxes "by hundreds of millions of dollars" as Nassau County executive.

By Dan Clark• September 23, 2016

Chris Redfern stated on May 04, 2011 in a radio interview:

"The Ohio Democratic Party has raised $1.1 million since the November election. A very small percentage of that has come from organized labor."

By Mark Naymik• May 17, 2011

Troy Balderson stated on September 06, 2018 in a news story:

Says Ohio congressional candidate Danny O’Connor has raised "90 percent of his campaign funds from liberal out of staters."

By Samantha Putterman• September 25, 2018

Taxpayer Association of Oregon stated on October 29, 2010 in a campaign mailer:

Says "Richard Devlin raised your taxes by $1 billion in a single day."

By Janie Har• October 30, 2010

John Kasich stated on October 04, 2010 in a news conference:

"(Strickland) raised taxes last year to the tune of $840 million."

By Reginald Fields• October 13, 2010

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