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Alberta Darling stated on September 08, 2014 in a news release:

"Wisconsin does not have a deficit. Thanks to Republican reforms, the 2014 budget will begin with a $443 million surplus."

By Tom Kertscher• September 11, 2014

Chris Abele stated on March 15, 2016 in a television ad:

An image in a Chris Abele TV ad depicts "wealthy citizens" who would benefit from a "lake" created by the controversial Estabrook Dam.

By James B. Nelson• March 29, 2016

Travis Allen stated on June 15, 2017 in a Repeal the Gas Tax campaign article:

"This new gas tax does not increase (road) capacity anywhere in the state. It will build no new lanes of freeways. If Californians didn’t like their traffic before, they’re going to like it even less when they’re stuck in the exact same traffic and paying more for their gas."

By Chris Nichols• December 15, 2017

Paul Krugman stated on June 22, 2009 in a column:

Even high estimates for an early draft of the health care plan are "less than the $1.8 trillion cost of the Bush tax cuts."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 24, 2009

Chris Larson stated on September 08, 2014 in a news release:

"Over the next two years, this $1.8 billion deficit will cost individual Wisconsinites $300 each, or $1,200 for families of four."

By Tom Kertscher• September 11, 2014

Donald Trump stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech in New York attacking Hillary Clinton:

"For the amount of money Hillary Clinton would like to spend on refugees, we could rebuild every inner city in America."

By Jon Greenberg• June 22, 2016

John Kasich stated on March 20, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Donald "Trump got, you know, $1.8 billion worth of free media. I got, like, none."

By Joshua Gillin• March 20, 2016

Vicky Hartzler stated on October 30, 2017 in a news release:

"In Missouri, there are still (FEMA) cases pending from floods that occurred in 2013."

By Tateanna McCaskill, Riley Newton• December 14, 2017

Kasim Reed stated on July 29, 2014 in press conference:

"The minimum number of infrastructure (needs) in Atlanta is $900 million."

By Nancy Badertscher• August 12, 2014

Chain email stated on March 07, 2011 in a chain email apparently focused on Wisconsin corrections workers:

State employees will have to pay 100 percent of their pensions and health insurance after 2012.

By Dave Umhoefer• March 8, 2011

Susana Mendoza stated on February 19, 2017 in a press release :

"The various offices of state government have purchased more than $11 million in vehicles, not counting leases, for use from the Governor on down during the last two years."

By Kevin Hoffman• March 2, 2017

Mike Fasano stated on October 11, 2011 in a news article:

"Just a little over 60 percent of your electric bill, my electric bill, 60 percent of that is pass-throughs, whether they be for building of nuclear plants or whatever they may be." A planned nuclear plant repair "will only increase that percentage."

By Becky Bowers• October 18, 2011

Joni Ernst stated on May 28, 2022 in a newsletter:

$3 million per day in "your tax dollars" are being spent to guard "unused border wall materials."

By Nina Baker• June 16, 2022

Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on March 13, 2014 in a website ad:

Says Mary Burke's "2007-'09 state budget had a tax hike of $1.8 billion -- costing every man, woman and child in the state an extra $310."

By Tom Kertscher• March 16, 2014

Ron DeSantis stated on May 25, 2023 in a radio interview:

Donald Trump "wanted to amnesty 2 million illegal aliens in 2018 when he was president."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 5, 2023

Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2018 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":

The nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual cash carried out in barrels and in boxes from airplanes."

By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2018

Nancy Pelosi stated on July 26, 2018 in a tweet:

"Between the first and second quarters of 2018 — after the tax cuts were enacted — real wages fell by 1.8 percent."

By Louis Jacobson• August 1, 2018

Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC:

"Ninety percent" of people living in Gaza "don’t have access even to water."

By Derek Tsang• July 24, 2014

Brian Moran stated on January 12, 2011 in a news release.:

The governor has made a "commitment to billions of dollars in debt and new spending without any explanation of how he plans to pay that money back."

By Jacob Geiger• January 21, 2011

Robert DiMuccio stated on June 14, 2012 in a letter to policy holders:

"Rhode Islanders pay among the highest auto repair bills in the nation."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• July 22, 2012

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