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Tennessee Democratic Party

stated on November 15, 2011 in introduction to online petition to lower state's grocery taxes.:

"Tennessee’s grocery tax is one of the highest in the nation."

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By Richard Locker January 24, 2012

Democrats say Tennessee consumers pay among nation's highest taxes on groceries

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Federation of Tax Administrators, State Sales Tax Rates and Food & Drug Exemptions, February 2011.

Tax Foundation, Ranking State and Local Sales Taxes (Tax Foundation Fiscal Fact No. 284), Sept. 22, 2011.

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Should States Tax Food? Examining the Policy Issues and Options, April 1998.

stated on October 18, 2012 in an article for Time magazine.:

Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business."

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stated on September 13, 2012 in Testimoney to the U.S. Senate Education Committee:

"Tennessee students now cover about 67 percent of the cost of their education at public universities, and some 60 percent at community colleges."

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Stacey Campfield

stated on September 11, 2012 in a post on his blog.:

Says that "you can’t destroy the guns purchased in a (gun) buyback program as the city (of Memphis) wants to do."

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Scott DesJarlais

stated on September 2, 2012 in an interview with The Daily News Journal of Murfreesboro:

Defends his vote to push "retirement age to 70" by saying he is for "a process" that would not be fully implemented until "around the turn of the century."

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Tennessee Democratic Party

stated on August 28, 2012 in in a press release.:

Says a federal judge "sanctions Tennessee ‘birther’ lawyer … for bringing a frivolous lawsuit."

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stated on August 27, 2012 in a Web posting:

Says that Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam "has made it clear by his repeated actions that he will pursue a policy that promotes the interest of Islamist (sic) and their radical ideology as long as he is governor."

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Dolores Gresham

stated on July 16, 2012 in in an interview with The Commercial Appeal.:

"I didn’t try to push" a bill to reduce lottery scholarship proceeds for students.

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stated on June 28, 2012 in in an interview with The Commercial Appeal.:

Gov. Bill Haslam is "making our Economic Development department Sharia compliant" by hiring a woman "who specializes in Sharia compliance. That’s what her job is."

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stated on May 18, 2012 in a newsletter.:

Claims credit for food tax reductions that "previous Democrat regimes refused to make."

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Dolores Gresham

stated on February 29, 2012 in an interview with reporters following presentation of improved lottery revenues.:

"Right now we have sufficient reserves to take care of Tennessee's lottery scholarship students for a few years more."

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stated on January 30, 2012 in his State of the State address.:

"In 2011, there were more than 28,000 new Tennessee jobs created and over $4 billion in capital investment. Our Jobs4TN plan is working."

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stated on January 27, 2012 in an email announcing redistricting maps.:

"This year’s redistricting has been the most open, interactive and transparent redistricting process in Tennessee history."

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Tennessee Democratic Party

stated on November 15, 2011 in introduction to online petition to lower state's grocery taxes.:

"Tennessee’s grocery tax is one of the highest in the nation."

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stated on August 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

California S.B. 1174 eliminates the requirement for voter ID at polling places.

By Sofia Ahmed • August 30, 2024
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stated on August 29, 2024 in X posts:

President Joe Biden “did a campaign ad at the graves in Arlington in 2020.”

By Loreben Tuquero • August 30, 2024
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stated on August 16, 2024 in a video:

Video shows “Kamala Harris describing how she can ruin lives with the 'swipe of a pen.’"

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • August 30, 2024
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stated on August 25, 2024 in a post:

Kamala Harris’ “plan to tax unrecognized Capital Gains mean(s) if your house goes up in value you will have to pay that Tax Even if you don’t sell your House!”

By Sara Swann • August 30, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“There’s no such thing as menopause.”

By Madison Czopek • August 30, 2024
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stated on August 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“Hollywood actor Kurt Russell just said: ‘It is now proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden CHEATED in the 2020 election with mail-in ballots.’”

By Caleb McCullough • August 30, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2024 in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention:

Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2024
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stated on August 27, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Kurt Russell forms a new non-woke actors alliance with Roseanne Barr and Tim Allen.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2024
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stated on August 23, 2024 in an X post:

Photo of former President Donald Trump after an assassination attempt was generated by artificial intelligence.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2024
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stated on August 28, 2024 in an X post:

C-SPAN captions for a JD Vance speech said, “Single person clapping.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2024

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