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Tweets
stated on January 25, 2023 in a tweet:

“Female student athletes in Florida need to provide their schools with detailed information about their periods.”

By Samantha Putterman • February 3, 2023
Chip Roy
stated on January 23, 2023 in a tweet:

"Under Biden, we have seen over 4.6 million encounters at our southern border. Most have been released into the interior and will stay here indefinitely."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 3, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on January 25, 2023 in a tweet:

“Two years ago this week, 18 million people were out of work needing unemployment benefits. Today, that number is under 1.6 million, the lowest in decades.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on January 20, 2023 in a speech at the White House:

“One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump.

By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2023
Brian Fitzpatrick
stated on January 22, 2023 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:

“Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2023
Kevin McCarthy
stated on January 10, 2023 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:

“When the Republicans were in power the last time for eight years, do you know how much discretionary spending increased in those eight years? Zero.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on January 12, 2023 in remarks at the White House:

“Take-home pay for workers is going up.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2023
Lindsay Cross
stated on January 3, 2023 in a press release:

"Florida's water is dirtier and sicker than when Gov. DeSantis first took office."

By Yacob Reyes • January 13, 2023
Kari Lake
stated on December 10, 2022 in a tweet:

Luana Stoltenberg “originally LOST her race for Iowa State House when Machines declared the Democrat the Winner.”

By Liam Halawith • December 20, 2022
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 11, 2022 in an interview on CNN:

“We have 85 million Americans who have no health insurance.”

By Amy Sherman • December 13, 2022
Chris Murphy
stated on November 27, 2022 in an interview on CNN:

“60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.”

By Yacob Reyes • December 1, 2022
League of Conservation Voters
stated on November 28, 2022 in a statement on a website:

Herschel Walker “is heavily funded by the oil and gas industry, raking in more than $140,000 in donations from Big Oil and other energy interests."

By Amy Sherman • December 1, 2022
Herschel Walker
stated on November 16, 2022 in an ad:

“(Raphael) Warnock’s camp was shut down for failing to report five findings of child abuse and neglect."

By Tom Kertscher • November 29, 2022
Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 24, 2022 in a political ad:

“Ted Budd voted to cut Medicare and Social Security and voted to raise the retirement age, too.”

By Paul Specht • November 7, 2022
Yesli Vega
stated on October 20, 2022 in an interview.:

They were “never my comments” that a woman can’t get pregnant from rape.

By Warren Fiske • November 4, 2022
Kris Mayes
stated on September 25, 2022 in a tweet:

Abraham Hamadeh says he will “lock up doctors, nurses, pharmacists” and “punish women for abortion.”

By Alexis Waiss • November 2, 2022
Florida Immigrant Coalition
stated on October 18, 2022 in un anuncio de campaña:

“Marco Rubio le ha votado en contra a los Dreamers”.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 1, 2022
Kim Reynolds
stated on October 6, 2022 in a campaign ad:

"Deidre DeJear refused to stand for police."

By Liam Halawith • October 31, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2022 in a screenshot shared on Instagram:

Pennsylvania drop boxes were “pre-loaded” with ballots.

By Madison Czopek • October 28, 2022
Tom Horne
stated on September 14, 2022 in a debate:

“Kids are resistant to COVID as opposed to older people.”

By Renee Romo • October 28, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2022 in a post:

A Phoenix TV station aired the election results more than a week early.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 28, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on October 13, 2022 in a tweet:

Adam Laxalt is “anti-DACA” and “fought against the protections for DACA recipients when he was attorney general.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 26, 2022
Kathy Hochul
stated on September 28, 2022 in a speech:

New York state is outpacing the rest of the country, because shootings in New York are down 10%, and across the country the drop is only 2%.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 24, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 17, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Boston University CREATES a new COVID strain that has an 80% kill rate.”

By Jeff Cercone • October 20, 2022
Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 11, 2022 in an ad:

A dog endured “unimaginable pain and suffering” during heart research experiments, “just one of 300 killed in (Dr. Mehmet) Oz’s lab.”

By Tom Kertscher • October 19, 2022
Arizona Democratic Party
stated on September 13, 2022 in a tweet:

Abraham Hamadeh misled "about his legal experience.”

By Alexis Waiss • October 18, 2022
Joe Manchin
stated on September 20, 2022 in a tweet:

“Over the past 5 years, natural gas costs have gone up over 200%” in the United States.

By Jasper Birmingham Jr • October 18, 2022
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 4, 2022 in a TV ad.:

Abigail Spanberger supported “nearly $1 billion in stimulus checks for prisoners, including domestic terrorists.”

By Warren Fiske • October 18, 2022
Joe Biden
stated on October 8, 2022 in an Instagram post:

The Biden administration has “created” more than double the number of jobs per month, on average, than any other administration going back to George H.W. Bush.

By Louis Jacobson • October 13, 2022
J.D. Vance
stated on October 10, 2022 in a debate:

“Tim Ryan when he ran for president two years ago … supported banning fracking both on public lands and generally speaking.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2022

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