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Brad Schimel
stated on February 6, 2025 in X, formerly Twitter:

“Eliminate school choice” is on Susan Crawford’s agenda.

By Madeline Heim • March 13, 2025
Joel Kitchens
stated on February 19, 2025 in News conference:

“90% of the (school) districts in Wisconsin already have a policy” banning cellphones during class time.

By Hope Karnopp • February 28, 2025
Ron Johnson
stated on January 26, 2025 in a TV interview:

We’re one of the very few nations that allowed birthright citizenship.”

By Hope Karnopp • February 4, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on January 19, 2025 in una publicación en Facebook:

"La nueva ley de apoyo infantil de Donald Trump...si recibes manutención infantil ya no podrás reclamar al niño en tus impuestos, solo la persona que está pagando la manutención puede".

By Sofia Ahmed • January 22, 2025
Social Media
stated on January 18, 2025 in social media posts:

“Trump passed a new law that whoever is paying the child support will get to declare those children on their taxes.”

By Sofia Ahmed • January 21, 2025
Ron Johnson
stated on November 17, 2024 in TV interview:

“There's never been a placebo-controlled study on childhood vaccines.”

By Madeline Heim • January 2, 2025
Instagram posts
stated on December 2, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"President Trump has announced a plan to prosecute the Biden administration for the 325,000 kids that went ‘missing’ into human trafficking & sex slavery during their open border policies.”

By Maria Briceño • December 5, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 14, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"Donald Trump has appointed NBA legend Karl Malone as the new director of Child Protective Services."

By Marta Campabadal Graus • November 25, 2024
Ruben Gallego
stated on October 9, 2024 in a debate:

Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake “was against” the child tax credit expansion “when the bill was on the floor.”

By Mia Osmonbekov • October 18, 2024
Eric Hovde
stated on September 16, 2024 in Radio interview:

Says opponent Sen. Tammy Baldwin “gave our taxpayer money to a transgender-affirming clinic … that does it without even telling parents."

By Madeline Heim • October 3, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

Bill Gates dijo que "estamos tomando cosas que son ya sabes organismos genéticamente modificados y los estamos inyectando en los brazos de niños pequeños" en el contexto de las vacunas.

By Maria Briceño • September 26, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on August 28, 2024 in an ad:

Project 2025 would defund K-12 schools.

By Samantha Putterman • September 6, 2024
Social Media
stated on August 29, 2024 in a post on Instagram:

“BREAKING: Illegal Aliens in San Diego, California, tried to hijack 2 school buses filled with children.”

By Madison Czopek • September 4, 2024
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.

By Amy Sherman • August 16, 2024
JD Vance
stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview:

Vice President Kamala Harris is “calling for an end to the child tax credit.”

By Samantha Putterman • July 30, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on July 18, 2024 in a campaign event in North Carolina:

Project 2025 would “end Head Start.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on July 2, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

La compañía Fisher-Price creó un juguete "Ouija para niños”.

By Maria Briceño • July 9, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 5, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

“When I worked on the Affordable Care Act, I wrote the amendment that allows all young people to stay on their parents’ health insurance until they turn 26. Overnight, millions of young Americans got health care.”

By Madeline Heim • May 17, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on May 1, 2024 in a Facebook video:

Video shows a mother encouraging her son “who identifies as a cat to use the litter box at school.”

By Sara Swann • May 6, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on April 15, 2024 in a moderated conversation:

“As many as 75% of school shootings resulted from a gun that was not secured.”

By Samantha Putterman • April 22, 2024
Lisa Subeck
stated on February 16, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

“The United States is an outlier, one of only about half a dozen countries, without any guarantee of paid leave for new parents and/or other health care needs.”

By D.L. Davis • April 16, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

"El logo del canal de cable de niños Nickelodeon es la Isla pedofila de Epstein”.

By Jeff Cercone • March 27, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on March 14, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Monica Petersen was assassinated in Haiti while she was investigating the Clintons’ child trafficking.

By Sofia Ahmed • March 15, 2024
Jessica Ramos
stated on February 6, 2024 in a statement at a media event:

“Half of the cities with the highest rates of child poverty are in” New York state.

By Claire Fisher • March 13, 2024
X posts
stated on February 16, 2024 in a post on X:

The Kids Online Safety Act “would require everyone to upload your government ID in order to use most sites on the internet.”

By Madison Czopek • February 23, 2024
Heartland Signal
stated on February 20, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

Says Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde claims he "understands the tragedy of children being trafficked through Central America because he owns three homes there."

By Madeline Heim • February 22, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on January 16, 2024 in TikTok post:

Vaccines that are routinely given to children contain unsafe amounts of aluminum.

By Sofia Ahmed • January 19, 2024
Glenn Grothman
stated on December 1, 2023 in Speech:

“Our government, wrongly, is saying if you’re born in this country you’re automatically an American citizen.”

By Sophia Voight • January 12, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on November 30, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

"Neumonia misteriosa ya está golpeando" a niños en Estados Unidos "lo mismo que está pasando en China".

By Maria Briceño • December 18, 2023
Jill Billings
stated on November 14, 2023 in Assembly floor speech:

“With school-based professional social workers, the recommendation is 400-to-1, and in Wisconsin, we’re almost triple that.”

By Tyler Katzenberger • December 13, 2023

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