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Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2022 in a press conference:

"They are literally chopping off the private parts of young kids."

By Yacob Reyes • August 10, 2022
Glenn Youngkin
stated on July 10, 2022 in a TV interview.:

“In Virginia, we actually do protect same-sex marriage.”

By Warren Fiske • July 15, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Joe Biden and the Democrats want to remove any term that denotes gender.”

By Tom Kertscher • April 20, 2021
Todd Starnes
stated on October 29, 2019 in a blog post:

The Austin Independent School District board voted to mandate "a pornographic sex education policy that includes instruction on anal sex and how to place a condom on an erect penis."

By Madlin Mekelburg • November 19, 2019
Scott Walker
stated on September 5, 2018 in a TV ad:

"A teacher watched hard-core pornography in his classroom," along with other inappropriate behavior, but Tony Evers didn't revoke the teacher's license and "the teacher is still in the classroom."

By Tom Kertscher • September 13, 2018
New York Post
stated on September 12, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Ted Cruz is the "same senator who once supported a ban on sex toys."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 21, 2017
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 21, 2017 in a digital ad:

Says Tony Evers "allowed a middle-school teacher found guilty of spreading pornographic material at school to keep teaching students."

By Tom Kertscher • September 8, 2017
Texas Association of Business
stated on December 6, 2016 in a press release and study:

Says a study indicates up to $8.5 billion in lost GDP and up to 185,000 lost jobs if Texas lawmakers approve a measure limiting transgender bathroom choices.

By W. Gardner Selby • February 3, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on January 11, 2017 in a letter:

Says Betsy DeVos and her family "have donated extensively to groups which promote the idea that students who identify as LGBT must undergo 'conversion' therapy."

By Tom Kertscher • January 25, 2017
Terry McAuliffe
stated on November 30, 2016 in a radio interview.:

"We would be just like North Carolina with HB2-like (transgender bathroom) legislation. It actually passed our chamber and I vetoed it."

By Warren Fiske • December 5, 2016
Ted Cruz
stated on May 14, 2016 in his speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention:

Barack Obama issued a decree "demanding that every public school now allow grown men and boys into the little girls’ bathroom."

By Eleanor Dearman • June 26, 2016
Pat McCrory
stated on May 24, 2016 in a radio interview on Charlotte's WBT:

Says the Human Rights Campaign is secretly funded

By Will Doran • May 27, 2016
Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2015 in an interview with CNN:

One Texas city "has a law that says that women can only have six dildos."

By Steve Contorno • February 9, 2015
Tere McCann
stated on October 30, 2012 in a campaign mailer.:

Says opponent Chad Chadwell "wants condom techniques demonstrated to your children."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2012
Glenn Grothman
stated on September 28, 2012 in a news release:

Says Tammy Baldwin introduced a bill that would require doctors and other health care workers to ask patients, "including young children, whether they are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or if they know their gender identity."

By Tom Kertscher • October 23, 2012