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Cindy Axne
stated on June 10, 2021 in an interview:

"We’re not even remotely close to a point to say that we’re at rising inflation."

By Lyle Muller • July 1, 2021
Lindsay James
stated on May 11, 2021 in a tweet:

“There are more job openings than there are people on unemployment" in Iowa.

By Lyle Muller • May 12, 2021
Randy Feenstra
stated on April 28, 2021 in a tweet:

"Only <6% of the $2.1 trillion 'infrastructure' bill contains funding for roads & bridges.”

By Lyle Muller • April 30, 2021
Kevin McCarthy
stated on November 5, 2020 in on 'The Ingraham Angle':

In Iowa, "they have allowed a little over 300 people to re-vote."

By Lyle Muller • November 6, 2020
Theresa Greenfield
stated on October 30, 2020 in comments at a campaign rally:

Farm bankruptcies are "at an eight-year high."

By Lyle Muller • October 31, 2020
Kim Reynolds
stated on July 14, 2020 in at a press conference:

“Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.”

By Lyle Muller • July 16, 2020
Ron McMullen
stated on June 23, 2020 in an op-ed:

Former U.S. Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson was a slave owner married to one of his slaves and father of two children with her.

By Lyle Muller • July 8, 2020
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 14, 2020 in comments at a presidential debate:

"The Machinists Union does not (support the USMCA trade deal). And every environmental organization in this country (also) opposes it."

By Rylee Wilson • January 22, 2020