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Chain email stated on October 12, 2010 in a chain e-mail:
"Many of the companies bankrolling the ad campaign against Amendment 4 are recipients of a congressional bailout, in the form of humongous tax refunds earlier this year."
By Becky Bowers• October 27, 2010
U.S. Chamber of Commerce stated on May 08, 2012 in attack ad for TV:
"A Florida judge ruled parts of Obamacare unconstitutional."
By Katie Sanders• May 18, 2012
Cavalier Johnson stated on December 21, 2021 in News release:
“In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the amount in 2020.”
By D.L. Davis• February 4, 2022
Chris Christie stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:
Says the Obama administration invited "Russia into Syria."
By Louis Jacobson• December 21, 2015
Melissa Agard stated on October 17, 2023 in Public appearance:
“Since 1981, the state Senate has only rejected five executive appointments. The GOP today is more than doubling that number.”
By Hope Karnopp• October 25, 2023
Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 17, 2024 in a TV ad:
“Two years ago, Bob Casey promised us his vote will reduce inflation. ... Casey’s vote for reckless spending” made inflation worse.
By Louis Jacobson, Caleb McCullough• September 25, 2024
Donald Trump stated on July 25, 2017 in a tweet:
"The person in charge of the Hillary investigation, Andrew McCabe, got $700,000 from (Hillary Clinton) for wife!"
By Louis Jacobson• July 25, 2017
Chris Abele stated on August 26, 2011 in an interview :
On Milwaukee County government’s debt burden
By Dave Umhoefer• September 2, 2011
Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2017 in a speech in Kenosha, Wis.:
"No administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days."
By Louis Jacobson• April 24, 2017
John Kasich stated on August 04, 2010 in a campaign speech:
"We didn’t have a development director for over seven months."
By Reginald Fields• August 17, 2010
Dean Heller stated on April 17, 2018 in a campaign ad press release:
Says Jacky Rosen promised "to repeal middle-class tax cut."
By Jon Greenberg• April 24, 2018
Donald Trump stated on October 25, 2016 in a speech:
"The man who was in charge of the investigation of Hillary Clinton accepted essentially from Hillary Clinton $675,000 that went to his wife."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 26, 2016
Kevin McCarthy stated on November 18, 2021 in a House floor speech:
“Never in American history has so much been spent at one time. Never in American history will so many taxes be raised and so much borrowing be needed to pay for this reckless spending.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 19, 2021
Sean Patrick Maloney stated on July 28, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
Donald Trump is "against marriage equality. He wants to go back."
By Dan Clark• August 15, 2016
Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2018 in in a tweet:
Says Democratic obstruction is the reason why "many important positions in government are unfilled."
By John Kruzel• March 16, 2018
Americans for Job Security stated on July 09, 2010 in a television ad:
The "state bureaucracy" Jane Norton managed "grew by $43 million in just three years."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 26, 2010
Hillary Clinton stated on November 02, 2016 in a campaign speech:
Says Donald Trump "wants to undo marriage equality."
By Joshua Gillin• November 3, 2016
Ted Cruz stated on July 17, 2018 in a campaign press release:
Says Beto O’Rourke is "the only candidate to the U.S. Senate to call for" impeaching President Donald Trump.  
By W. Gardner Selby• July 25, 2018
Freedom Partners Action Fund stated on May 02, 2016 in a television ad:
"During the (housing) crisis, Catherine Cortez Masto gave a sweetheart contract worth millions to a D.C. law firm that then donated thousands to her political campaigns."
By Riley Snyder• May 27, 2016
Kendrick Meek stated on September 10, 2010 in a television ad:
"I’m the only one who's fought against developers draining the Everglades!"
By Trenton Daniel• September 10, 2010

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