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Elon Musk stated on February 10, 2025 in an X post “FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants… That money is meant for American disaster relief.” Brian Mast stated on February 2, 2025 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation" From the U.S. Agency for International Development funding, “10 to 30 cents on the dollar is what actually goes to aid.” Facebook posts stated on February 1, 2025 in a Facebook post Ukrainian officials released list of “kickbacks” given to 18 U.S. politicians. Elizabeth Warren stated on January 29, 2025 in a Senate confirmation hearing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “made $2.5 million off suing one of the entities that (he would be regulating) and plans to keep getting a take of every lawsuit in the future.” Donald Trump stated on December 27, 2024 in a U.S. Supreme Court brief On banning TikTok Bernie Sanders stated on January 2, 2025 in a statement to the media H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.” Donald Trump stated on January 7, 2025 in a press conference “They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.” Sara Jacobs stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.” Department of Government Efficiency stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post Spending plan to prevent a government shutdown includes “a pay increase for members of Congress from $174,000 to $243,000 per year.” Social Media stated on December 7, 2024 in posts “Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was set to testify against Nancy Pelosi for insider trading.” Facebook posts stated on December 3, 2024 in a video A “no-strings-attached $1,000 stimulus” check has been approved for “every U.S. resident” ahead of Donald Trump’s presidency.” Threads posts stated on November 24, 2024 in a Threads post Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said “if every member of Congress had to resign for doing what Matt Gaetz has been accused of, Democrats would have a supermajority.’" Threads posts stated on November 19, 2024 in a Threads post “The U.S Senate accidentally passed a bill banning Trump from becoming President, and Biden is planning to sign it.” Threads posts stated on October 30, 2024 in a Threads post "AOC is worth 29 Million dollars! How did that happen, on $174,000 per year?" Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2024 in an Instagram post Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz “says that if Democrats win they’ll make (U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) speaker of the house.” JD Vance stated on October 16, 2024 in a campaign event Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election. Robert Reich stated on October 8, 2024 in an Instagram post “Two weeks ago 100 GOP lawmakers voted against additional FEMA funding.” Kari Lake stated on September 13, 2024 in a post on X Rep. Ruben Gallego’s “first act in Congress was to propose legislation to BAN the use of the term ‘illegal alien.’” Pete Buttigieg stated on August 11, 2024 in an interview on CNN State of the Union Gov. Tim Walz delivered paid family leave in Minnesota but “Republicans are blocking” a Biden-Harris proposal. Kamala Harris stated on July 17, 2024 in a campaign video "Unlike Mike Pence, (JD) Vance said he would have carried out Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election." Load more
Elon Musk stated on February 10, 2025 in an X post “FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants… That money is meant for American disaster relief.”
Brian Mast stated on February 2, 2025 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation" From the U.S. Agency for International Development funding, “10 to 30 cents on the dollar is what actually goes to aid.”
Facebook posts stated on February 1, 2025 in a Facebook post Ukrainian officials released list of “kickbacks” given to 18 U.S. politicians.
Elizabeth Warren stated on January 29, 2025 in a Senate confirmation hearing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “made $2.5 million off suing one of the entities that (he would be regulating) and plans to keep getting a take of every lawsuit in the future.”
Bernie Sanders stated on January 2, 2025 in a statement to the media H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.”
Donald Trump stated on January 7, 2025 in a press conference “They’re still counting the (2024 election) vote in some areas.”
Sara Jacobs stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”
Department of Government Efficiency stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post Spending plan to prevent a government shutdown includes “a pay increase for members of Congress from $174,000 to $243,000 per year.”
Social Media stated on December 7, 2024 in posts “Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was set to testify against Nancy Pelosi for insider trading.”
Facebook posts stated on December 3, 2024 in a video A “no-strings-attached $1,000 stimulus” check has been approved for “every U.S. resident” ahead of Donald Trump’s presidency.”
Threads posts stated on November 24, 2024 in a Threads post Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said “if every member of Congress had to resign for doing what Matt Gaetz has been accused of, Democrats would have a supermajority.’"
Threads posts stated on November 19, 2024 in a Threads post “The U.S Senate accidentally passed a bill banning Trump from becoming President, and Biden is planning to sign it.”
Threads posts stated on October 30, 2024 in a Threads post "AOC is worth 29 Million dollars! How did that happen, on $174,000 per year?"
Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2024 in an Instagram post Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz “says that if Democrats win they’ll make (U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) speaker of the house.”
JD Vance stated on October 16, 2024 in a campaign event Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election.
Robert Reich stated on October 8, 2024 in an Instagram post “Two weeks ago 100 GOP lawmakers voted against additional FEMA funding.”
Kari Lake stated on September 13, 2024 in a post on X Rep. Ruben Gallego’s “first act in Congress was to propose legislation to BAN the use of the term ‘illegal alien.’”
Pete Buttigieg stated on August 11, 2024 in an interview on CNN State of the Union Gov. Tim Walz delivered paid family leave in Minnesota but “Republicans are blocking” a Biden-Harris proposal.
Kamala Harris stated on July 17, 2024 in a campaign video "Unlike Mike Pence, (JD) Vance said he would have carried out Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election."
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