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Rebecca Kleefisch stated on January 14, 2021 in a tweet “Wisconsin is second to last in the Midwest in our vaccination rate and the governor says he’s ‘satisfied.’” Devin LeMahieu stated on January 10, 2021 in a TV interview "It takes quite a while on Election Day to load those ballots, which is why we have the 1 a.m. or 3 a.m. ballot dumping in Milwaukee." Sarah Godlewski stated on January 9, 2021 in Twitter “It wasn’t all women that lost jobs (in the December jobs report), it was mostly Black and Latina women. In fact, white women gained employment.” Jonathan Wichmann stated on January 8, 2021 in a YouTube post “The DC looting was staged” by antifa Jonathan Brostoff stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police. Facebook posts stated on December 25, 2020 in a Facebook post “Judge Rules Over 200,000 Biden Votes Are Illegitimate In Wisconsin.” Ron Johnson stated on January 4, 2021 in media interviews On whether he’ll object to the Electoral College results Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post Wisconsin Legislature “Will Likely Decertify State and Award to President Trump.” Mike Gallagher stated on January 3, 2021 in a statement “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.” Chris Larson stated on November 9, 2020 in Twitter “Jurisdictions representing about 80% of WI residents have passed referendums or resolutions in favor of fair maps.” Mike Gallagher stated on December 7, 2020 in a tweet "New data shows in-person learning isn't driving spikes in cases." Tim Carpenter stated on December 11, 2020 in a news release “Wisconsin is one of the few states that doesn’t allow absentee ballots to be processed before Election Day.” Donald Trump stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech “In Wisconsin, there are approximately 70,000 absentee ballots that do not have matching ballot applications as required by law.” Facebook posts stated on December 8, 2020 in a Facebook post The probability of Biden winning in Wisconsin, Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania “given President Trump’s early lead ... is less than one in a quadrillion” in each state. Donald Trump stated on December 5, 2020 in Rally “Actually, I won Wisconsin.” Duey Stroebel stated on December 3, 2020 in Twitter “CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance. Facebook posts stated on December 2, 2020 in Facebook posts The USPS backdated 100K ballots so they could be counted illegally. Donald Trump stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech Residents the Wisconsin Election Commission suspected of moving are “illegal voters.” Chris Larson stated on October 26, 2020 in Twitter "In 2019, Republicans stripped $40 million from the budget for lead pipe replacement - because they thought it helped MKE too much." Rand Paul stated on November 29, 2020 in a tweet “Trump margin of ‘defeat’ in 4 states occurred in 4 data dumps between 1:34-6:31 AM. Statistical anomaly? Fraud?” Load more
Rebecca Kleefisch stated on January 14, 2021 in a tweet “Wisconsin is second to last in the Midwest in our vaccination rate and the governor says he’s ‘satisfied.’”
Devin LeMahieu stated on January 10, 2021 in a TV interview "It takes quite a while on Election Day to load those ballots, which is why we have the 1 a.m. or 3 a.m. ballot dumping in Milwaukee."
Sarah Godlewski stated on January 9, 2021 in Twitter “It wasn’t all women that lost jobs (in the December jobs report), it was mostly Black and Latina women. In fact, white women gained employment.”
Jonathan Brostoff stated on January 7, 2021 in a tweet The woman killed during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault was shot by a Secret Service agent, not Capitol Police.
Facebook posts stated on December 25, 2020 in a Facebook post “Judge Rules Over 200,000 Biden Votes Are Illegitimate In Wisconsin.”
Ron Johnson stated on January 4, 2021 in media interviews On whether he’ll object to the Electoral College results
Facebook posts stated on January 4, 2021 in a Facebook post Wisconsin Legislature “Will Likely Decertify State and Award to President Trump.”
Mike Gallagher stated on January 3, 2021 in a statement “Congress has one job here: to count electoral votes that have in fact been cast by any state.”
Chris Larson stated on November 9, 2020 in Twitter “Jurisdictions representing about 80% of WI residents have passed referendums or resolutions in favor of fair maps.”
Mike Gallagher stated on December 7, 2020 in a tweet "New data shows in-person learning isn't driving spikes in cases."
Tim Carpenter stated on December 11, 2020 in a news release “Wisconsin is one of the few states that doesn’t allow absentee ballots to be processed before Election Day.”
Donald Trump stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech “In Wisconsin, there are approximately 70,000 absentee ballots that do not have matching ballot applications as required by law.”
Facebook posts stated on December 8, 2020 in a Facebook post The probability of Biden winning in Wisconsin, Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania “given President Trump’s early lead ... is less than one in a quadrillion” in each state.
Duey Stroebel stated on December 3, 2020 in Twitter “CDC admits old ‘science’ was wrong” on COVID-19 quarantine guidance.
Facebook posts stated on December 2, 2020 in Facebook posts The USPS backdated 100K ballots so they could be counted illegally.
Donald Trump stated on December 2, 2020 in a speech Residents the Wisconsin Election Commission suspected of moving are “illegal voters.”
Chris Larson stated on October 26, 2020 in Twitter "In 2019, Republicans stripped $40 million from the budget for lead pipe replacement - because they thought it helped MKE too much."
Rand Paul stated on November 29, 2020 in a tweet “Trump margin of ‘defeat’ in 4 states occurred in 4 data dumps between 1:34-6:31 AM. Statistical anomaly? Fraud?”
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