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Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on June 18, 2020 in a news release:

Says Donald Trump used farmers’ struggles “to push through a multi-billion dollar bailout program that was nothing more than a handout for large agricultural companies."

By Eric Litke• July 2, 2020

Donald Trump stated on July 29, 2023 in a speech:

Says Gov. Ron DeSantis “opposed my China tariffs and he heartlessly opposed” $28 billion for farm relief, which was paid for by China.

By Samantha Putterman• August 8, 2023

The Other 98% stated on July 24, 2018 in a Facebook post:

"Trump just gave a $12 billion bailout to farmers hurt by his failed tariffs. This will cost every household in the U.S. $95 … Trump is borrowing the money from China since his tax cuts blew a trillion dollar hole in the deficit."

By Lucia Geng• August 1, 2018

Donald Trump stated on July 12, 2019 in an interview:

U.S. farmers are receiving $16 billion "out of the tariffs that we’ve gotten from China."

By Eric Litke• August 2, 2019

Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Trump’s farmer bailout is now twice the size of Obama’s GM bailout. The big difference is GM paid their bailout back — with interest.”

By Tom Kertscher• February 26, 2020

Tammy Baldwin stated on January 02, 2019 in a tweet:

"Wisconsin lost over 600 farms last year & our farmers can't afford the #TrumpShutdown."

By D.L. Davis• January 9, 2019

Brooke Rollins stated on April 06, 2025 in an interview:

“We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 9, 2025

Joe Biden stated on September 21, 2020 in a speech:

Says President Donald Trump started a trade war that “led to a surge in farm bankruptcies.”

By Eric Litke• October 2, 2020

Mike Pence stated on March 17, 2009 in a TV interview:

"Tens of billions of dollars (from taxpayer-funded bailouts) ... flowed straight through AIG into the coffers of foreign corporations and foreign banks."

By Robert Farley• March 20, 2009

Instagram posts stated on August 24, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Image claims to show a list of "Republican members of Congress whose PPP loans were forgiven."

By Andy Nguyen• August 30, 2022

Lainey Melnick stated on April 23, 2010 in an e-mail blast:

Says U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith supported the $700 billion Wall Street bailout in 2008, "but now he is standing in the way of reforms that would assure these bailouts would never happen again."

By W. Gardner Selby• May 19, 2010

Sylvia Romo stated on May 20, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:

Lloyd Doggett "made millions off companies like Bank of America while they took taxpayer bailout money."

By W. Gardner Selby• May 25, 2012

Club for Growth stated on September 15, 2015 in a TV ad in Iowa:

Says Donald Trump supports the Wall Street bailout.

By Amy Sherman• September 15, 2015

National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on March 18, 2009 in a fundraising e-mail.:

"Senator Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, placed an amendment in the ‘stimulus’ bill that allowed for banks bailed out with taxpayer money — including AIG — to hand out huge bonuses."

By Alexander Lane• March 20, 2009

Ron Wyden stated on March 17, 2009 in an interview on The Rachel Maddow Show:

"We had bipartisan legislation that got through the Senate" that would have prevented bonuses like AIG's "and then somehow mysteriously disappeared."

By Alexander Lane• March 18, 2009

Jim Renacci stated on January 04, 2011 in an interview on WCPN 90.3 FM:

"For [GM] to pay back everything it owes, it would have to sell its shares at $143 a share . . . where the highest value of a General Motors share ever was $43, $44, $46, whatever the dollars were . . ."

By Tom Feran• February 9, 2011

Lloyd Doggett stated on October 04, 2010 in a TV ad:

"I said no to these big bank bailouts."

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 7, 2010

Matt Bevin stated on August 06, 2013 in a campaign ad:

Says Mitch McConnell pushed "the Wall Street bailout through the U.S. Senate" and called it "the Senate at its finest."

By Jon Greenberg• August 14, 2013

Erick Erickson stated on October 09, 2015 in a blog post:

"Paul Ryan is one of less than a dozen Republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before Congress."

By Tom Kertscher• October 15, 2015

Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on January 14, 2010 in the Jan. 14 GOP gubernatorial debate:

Says Gov. Rick Perry was for Wall Street bailout before he was against it.

By W. Gardner Selby• January 16, 2010

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