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Rick Scott stated on January 10, 2012 in his State of the State address:

By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 10, 2012

Mitch McConnell stated on January 26, 2014 in an interview with "Fox News Sunday":

"The minimum wage is mostly an entry-level wage for young people."

By Steve Contorno• January 26, 2014

Kirsten Gillibrand stated on April 21, 2020 in a tweet:

“Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.”

By Jaren Holmes, John Pullano• May 7, 2020

Nikki Bowmar stated on March 30, 2019 in a comment in a newspaper article:

Small businesses in West Virginia make up "99 percent of the total number of businesses in the state" and employ "nearly 50 percent of the state’s workforce."

By Stephanie Alvaro, Jensen Mills• April 24, 2019

Teresa Ghilarducci stated on December 15, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's "Up":

"A quarter of our workers make $18,000 per year."

By Louis Jacobson• December 23, 2013

Dan Lungren stated on July 28, 2009 in a speech on the House floor:

President Barack Obama suggested on national TV that the Democratic health care bill "will have government decide" that a healthy, 100-year-old woman in need of a pacemaker "should take a pain pill" instead.

By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2009

Roberto Alonzo stated on July 16, 2014 in a press release:

"Latinos now make up the majority population in Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby• July 17, 2014

Hillary Clinton stated on April 30, 2008 in South Bend, Ind.:

Tax rates were significantly higher "in the '40s, the '50s, and the '60s."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 2, 2008

Scott Walker stated on January 06, 2014 in an interview:

"Jobs that involve the minimum wage are overwhelmingly jobs for young people starting out in the workforce."

By Dave Umhoefer• January 13, 2014

Amy Schumer stated on November 03, 2016 in a video:

"Anyone who knows you can just" look it up to "see if you voted."

By Tom Kertscher• November 9, 2016

David Axelrod stated on September 27, 2011 in a speech to the New Hampshire Institute of Politics:

"The typical white male worker in this country is making in real terms what he was making in 1973" and "the average worker is making what they were making in 1996."

By John Gregg• October 5, 2011

Michael Turner stated on April 22, 2012 in a news release:

Some "20,000 Delphi salaried retirees lost up to 70 percent of their pensions" as a result of "political favoritism and backroom deals."

By Stephen Koff• September 24, 2013

Chris Jacobs stated on November 19, 2021 in a radio interview:

“This one here has subsidies for people making as much as $800,000 to be able to buy a Tesla.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos• November 26, 2021

Adam Putnam stated on May 05, 2018 in a Republican candidate forum:

"Welders are coming out of their tech schools at $28 an hour" and "pipefitters are making six figures."

By Allison Graves• May 10, 2018

Joe Manchin stated on March 21, 2018 in a tweet:

Small businesses in West Virginia "make up about 96 percent of our state's economy."

By Louis Jacobson• March 26, 2018

George P. Bush stated on January 12, 2013 in an interview with The Associated Press.:

Says Texas will be "majority Hispanic in six years."

By W. Gardner Selby• January 23, 2013

Sara Stevenson stated on April 04, 2012 in an op-ed column.:

"The Austin school district calendar lists 64 different dates for either a state-mandated test or make-up test."

By W. Gardner Selby• April 20, 2012

Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in a debate in New Hampshire:

"These 15 political appointees (on the IPAB) will make all the major health care decisions for over 300 million Americans."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 12, 2011

Rand Paul stated on April 18, 2015 in a speech in Nashua, N.H.:

"Hillary Clinton’s State Department sent three comedians to India on the ‘Make Chai, Not War’ tour."

By Allie Morris• April 24, 2015

Richard Corcoran stated on April 03, 2017 in an op-ed:

Says small businesses "make up 98.9 percent of all businesses in the state and employ nearly half of the state's private sector workforce" and "almost never receive a penny of government money."

By Allison Graves• April 11, 2017

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