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Scott Wagner
stated on October 11, 2018 in Campaign email:

"Our unemployment rate is 20 percent higher than the national average."

By Colin Deppen • October 18, 2018
Scott Wagner
stated on May 21, 2018 in Fundraising email:

Gov. Wolf is trying to implement "a severance tax that would be financed by Pennsylvania’s working class"

By Colin Deppen • May 25, 2018
Scott Wagner
stated on August 2, 2017 in a campaign video.:

Eighty percent of the school tax bills in the state of Pennsylvania went up over last year.

By Anna Orso • August 9, 2017
Scott Wagner
stated on March 28, 2017 in in a State Impact article.:

"...the earth moves closer to the sun every year – you know the rotation of the earth. We’re moving closer to the sun."

By Anna Orso • March 31, 2017

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