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Instagram posts
stated on December 16, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Photo of a young man in a tie shows Wisconsin school shooter Natalie Rupnow.

By Sofia Ahmed • December 17, 2024
Threads posts
stated on December 10, 2024 in a Threads post:

“Texas declares bringing a pride flag to the classroom a crime.”

By Sofia Ahmed • December 12, 2024
Jay Rothman
stated on December 1, 2024 in TV interview:

“The Universities of Wisconsin are 43rd out of 50 states in the nation, in terms of public support for our universities. The $855 million (budget request) gets us up to average.”

By Hope Karnopp • December 12, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 16, 2024 in a video:

Video shows President-elect Donald Trump announcing “free college education” in November 2024.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 27, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 18, 2024 in a Threads post:

The Associated Press misspelled Mississippi in a headline about the state’s literacy program.

By Sofia Ahmed • November 21, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 13, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“Breaking: Trump names Boebert secretary of education”

By Sofia Ahmed • November 15, 2024
Lisa Grafstein
stated on October 12, 2024 in a campaign mailer:

Scott Lassiter “repeatedly campaigned to promote” North Carolina's “largest-ever” school funding cut, sending public school money to “unaccountable private schools” and ending science education.

By Paul Specht • October 25, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on September 18, 2024 in a speech in New York:

When Haitians go to school in Springfield, Ohio, they “take the place of our children in school” and “each one will have a private interpreter."

By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2024
Michele Morrow
stated on September 16, 2024 in a social media post:

The plus in LGBTQ+ includes pedophilia.

By Paul Specht • September 17, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2024 in a social media post:

Photos that show lists of school names are “school shooting lists.”

By Andy Nguyen • September 15, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on August 28, 2024 in an ad:

Project 2025 would defund K-12 schools.

By Samantha Putterman • September 6, 2024
Josh Stein
stated on September 5, 2024 in a press release:

“Mark Robinson skips Board of Education vote on teacher bonuses to hold campaign event.”

By Paul Specht • September 6, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on August 30, 2024 in an interview at a Moms for Liberty Conference:

“The transgender thing is incredible... your kid goes to school and comes home a few days later with an operation. The school decides what’s going to happen with your child."

By Grace Abels • September 5, 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
Jesse Watters
stated on August 6, 2024 in a segment on "Jesse Watters Primetime":

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “forced schools to stock tampons in boys’ bathrooms.”

By Madison Czopek • August 13, 2024
Lindsey Graham
stated on August 6, 2024 in una publicación en X:

El gobernador de Minnesota, Tim Walz, firmó una ley dando educación universitaria gratuita “a los inmigrantes ilegales”.

By Maria Briceño • August 12, 2024
Lindsey Graham
stated on August 6, 2024 in an X post:

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed “legislation giving free college … to illegal immigrants.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 9, 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
Instagram posts
stated on June 16, 2024 in an Instagram post:

California Assembly Bill 1955 “would allow schools to secretly, socially and perhaps medically transition your child without your knowledge and consent."

By Jeff Cercone • June 21, 2024
Tyler August
stated on May 3, 2024 in Newsletter:

“Nearly 90% of all UW graduates stay in Wisconsin 5 years after they graduate.”

By Sophia Voight • May 15, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 30, 2024 in a Facebook reel:

Video shows “protesters at Harvard replace American flag with Palestinian flag.”

By Sara Swann • May 3, 2024
Mike Johnson
stated on April 24, 2024 in an interview with CNN:

Said Columbia University has told students, “Well, if you’re Jewish, maybe you do want to stay home.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2024
Megyn Kelly
stated on April 18, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“School allows students to be terrorized by colleagues who identify as ‘furries.’”

By Madison Czopek • April 26, 2024
Greta Neubauer
stated on April 11, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

“The GOP has failed to invest in our campuses, making WI fall to 42nd in the nation in state support.”

By Hope Karnopp • April 24, 2024
Joe Biden
stated on April 8, 2024 in a speech:

Speaking of semiconductor industry jobs, "Know what the average salary is? $110,000. You don't need a college degree."

By Marta Campabadal Graus • April 15, 2024
Chris Larson
stated on November 9, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter:

Says expanding Medicaid in Wisconsin would save the state $530 million, which could pay for 3,287 K-12 teachers, or 7.8 educators per district.

By Ricardo Torres • February 16, 2024
Scott Walker
stated on January 21, 2024 in TV interview:

"(The) top issue for college students is the economy."

By Hope Karnopp • February 2, 2024
Jodi Emerson
stated on November 7, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly:

"On most campuses, you cannot destroy a chalked message unless you were the one that wrote it. You can't dump water on it, you can't even walk over it."

By Hope Karnopp • December 5, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2023 in a video:

Video shows teacher teaching gender pronouns and being confronted by students

By Grace Abels • November 27, 2023
Pink
stated on November 13, 2023 in an X post:

These 13 books “have been banned from schools in Florida.”

By Jeff Cercone • November 20, 2023

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