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Janet Protasiewicz stated on March 9, 2023 in TV ad As a sitting Supreme Court justice, Daniel Kelly recused himself from a case, then “he pocketed $20,000 in contributions” from the plaintiff and family members and “unrecused himself so he could judge the case.” Darrin Madison stated on February 8, 2023 in News release Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail." Joan Ballweg stated on January 24, 2023 in Twitter "Wisconsin has seen over 63 billion dollars of federal pandemic-related funding funnel into our state over (Gov. Tony Evers') tenure." National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on February 21, 2023 in YouTube ad “Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security. Robin Vos stated on January 19, 2023 in Speech In Wisconsin, even multimillionaires can be on BadgerCare "because we don't even ask people what their income level is to qualify for free health care." Tony Evers stated on December 27, 2022 in Twitter "During my time in office, we've increased per pupil aid by more than $300 per student. Now, our schools have returned to the top 10 in the country after falling to 17 under the previous administration.” Devin LeMahieu stated on January 3, 2023 in Senate address "In 2010, (Wisconsin Republicans) inherited a multi-Billion dollar deficit … Today we are looking at a projected surplus approaching 7 Billion." Tony Evers stated on December 28, 2022 in Twitter “Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.” Scott Walker stated on January 5, 2023 in Twitter “Let’s be clear: ‘drag shows’ are strip shows.” Scott Walker stated on January 1, 2023 in Twitter “Every pro-life Governor up for election in November won – by a large margin.” Melissa Agard stated on January 3, 2023 in TV interview "Historically, our spring elections (including for state Supreme Court) have a smaller turnout associated with them." Tom Tiffany stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter “Joe Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan. And now he left a Marine behind in Russia.” Tammy Baldwin stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter "Latina workers make 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men." Bryan Steil stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years." Jill Underly stated on October 24, 2022 in News release “Wisconsin elementary school students buck national trends in ‘National Report Card’ release.” Tony Evers stated on November 14, 2022 in Twitter “An overwhelming majority of Wisconsinites support restoring #Roe and legalizing marijuana.” Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2022 in Public statement “A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.” Tim Michels stated on October 24, 2022 in News conference Tony Evers “wants to let out between 9,000 and 10,000 more” Wisconsin prisoners Senate Majority PAC stated on October 19, 2022 in Political ad Says "Ron Johnson is making excuses for rioters who tried to overthrow our government, even calling them ‘peaceful protests.’” Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2022 in Blog post “We finally achieved that energy independence… under the Trump administration. President Biden squandered (it) away.” Load more
Janet Protasiewicz stated on March 9, 2023 in TV ad As a sitting Supreme Court justice, Daniel Kelly recused himself from a case, then “he pocketed $20,000 in contributions” from the plaintiff and family members and “unrecused himself so he could judge the case.”
Darrin Madison stated on February 8, 2023 in News release Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail."
Joan Ballweg stated on January 24, 2023 in Twitter "Wisconsin has seen over 63 billion dollars of federal pandemic-related funding funnel into our state over (Gov. Tony Evers') tenure."
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on February 21, 2023 in YouTube ad “Tammy Baldwin wants to take away” Medicare and Social Security.
Robin Vos stated on January 19, 2023 in Speech In Wisconsin, even multimillionaires can be on BadgerCare "because we don't even ask people what their income level is to qualify for free health care."
Tony Evers stated on December 27, 2022 in Twitter "During my time in office, we've increased per pupil aid by more than $300 per student. Now, our schools have returned to the top 10 in the country after falling to 17 under the previous administration.”
Devin LeMahieu stated on January 3, 2023 in Senate address "In 2010, (Wisconsin Republicans) inherited a multi-Billion dollar deficit … Today we are looking at a projected surplus approaching 7 Billion."
Tony Evers stated on December 28, 2022 in Twitter “Wisconsin is the nation’s top cranberry producer — in fact, our farmers harvest around 60 percent of the country’s crop.”
Scott Walker stated on January 1, 2023 in Twitter “Every pro-life Governor up for election in November won – by a large margin.”
Melissa Agard stated on January 3, 2023 in TV interview "Historically, our spring elections (including for state Supreme Court) have a smaller turnout associated with them."
Tom Tiffany stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter “Joe Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan. And now he left a Marine behind in Russia.”
Tammy Baldwin stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter "Latina workers make 54 cents for every dollar earned by white, non-Hispanic men."
Bryan Steil stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years."
Jill Underly stated on October 24, 2022 in News release “Wisconsin elementary school students buck national trends in ‘National Report Card’ release.”
Tony Evers stated on November 14, 2022 in Twitter “An overwhelming majority of Wisconsinites support restoring #Roe and legalizing marijuana.”
Robin Vos stated on November 22, 2022 in Public statement “A lot of the programs (that were) started during the pandemic are still going, even though the pandemic is long over.”
Tim Michels stated on October 24, 2022 in News conference Tony Evers “wants to let out between 9,000 and 10,000 more” Wisconsin prisoners
Senate Majority PAC stated on October 19, 2022 in Political ad Says "Ron Johnson is making excuses for rioters who tried to overthrow our government, even calling them ‘peaceful protests.’”
Ron Johnson stated on July 14, 2022 in Blog post “We finally achieved that energy independence… under the Trump administration. President Biden squandered (it) away.”
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