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Facebook posts stated on February 11, 2019 in :

Since 1938 the minimum wage has been increased "23 times" and was raised "21 times during Democratic congresses, and only twice during Republican ones."

By Samantha Putterman• February 14, 2019

Bobby Scott stated on February 07, 2019 in :

"Today’s minimum wage worker making $7.25 an hour has less buying power than a minimum wage worker in the 1960s."

By Warren Fiske• February 13, 2019

Pete Buttigieg stated on January 31, 2019 in :

"I have more military experience than anybody who’s arrived behind that desk since George H.W. Bush."

By Tom Kertscher• February 12, 2019

Ilhan Omar stated on February 07, 2019 in :

"In 2017, the CEO of McDonalds got paid $21.8 million. The median pay for a McDonald's worker that year was $7,000. This is a moral outrage. We need a $15 minimum wage so that no one is paid a poverty wage."

By Jon Greenberg• February 12, 2019

Viral image stated on February 04, 2019 in :

Muslim immigrants were responsible for 11,000 of 13,000 knife attacks in London in the past 12 months.

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 8, 2019

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