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Joe Biden stated on March 15, 2020 in the Democratic debate in Washington D.C.: Says Bernie Sanders voted against the auto bailout Glenn Grothman stated on January 16, 2020 in a tweet: "In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada." Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2020 in comments at a campaign rally: "Earnings for the bottom 10% are rising faster than earnings for the top 10%.” Dale Kooyenga stated on December 13, 2019 in an email: Says minimum markup law goes beyond gas, tobacco and alcohol to make "many doorbuster deals and holiday shopping specials technically against the law." Brian Kolb stated on September 24, 2019 in a Tweet: The Buffalo Billion is "still breaking every job promise" Glenn Kage stated on September 16, 2019 in a Missouri Times interview: "General Motors is making record profits." Bernie Sanders stated on October 19, 2019 in a rally in New York City: Says Congress gave Wall Street "trillions of dollars of zero interest loans." Tom Steyer stated on October 15, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate: "People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years." Donald Trump stated on September 22, 2019 in a speech: "For the first time in history, most new hires of prime working age are minorities and women." Tom Reed stated on August 20, 2019 in a Tweet: After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, "the typical American worker’s pay growing at more than 3 percent a year, record low unemployment." Elizabeth Warren stated on July 22, 2019 in a post on Medium: "The country is now in a manufacturing recession." JB Pritzker stated on May 1, 2019 in a speech: Says states with graduated income taxes "create jobs and grow their economies faster" than Illinois. Cheri Toalson Reisch stated on April 1, 2019 in in the state House during discussion of a criminal justice bill: "We have an unemployment (rate of) 1.5 in Boone County, and we can’t find enough workers." Kamala Harris stated on April 17, 2019 in a podcast: "It's clear in our country right now, almost half of American families are a $400 unexpected expense away from complete upheaval." Pete Buttigieg stated on April 1, 2019 in a podcast interview: "Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit." West Virginia Republican Party stated on February 6, 2019 in a tweet: "We have more women in the workforce than ever before." Julián Castro stated on March 12, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires." Matthew Dowd stated on March 8, 2019 in a tweet: "Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama." Bernie Sanders stated on February 26, 2019 in a tweet: Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce." Christine Lagarde stated on December 9, 2018 in an interview with CBS News' Face the Nation: "In the United States, if there was equal participation of women in the labor market, GDP would be up by 5 percent." Caleb Rowden stated on October 1, 2018 in a legislative report mailer: "The small cell bill is expected to create more than 20,000 jobs and attract $2 billion in capital investment, resulting in nearly $4 billion in economic growth over the next few years." Josh Hawley stated on October 25, 2018 in a debate: Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town." Donald Trump stated on October 12, 2018 in a speech: "All across Ohio, steel mills are reopening." Andrew Gillum stated on September 30, 2018 in in an interview: Says Florida's economy "is largely propped up on low-wage work." Ro Khanna stated on September 12, 2018 in a Facebook post: "Most Americans don’t own stocks." Mitch McConnell stated on June 4, 2018 in a Senate floor speech: "The bottom line is clear: Under the policies of this unified Republican government, American workers, families, and business owners are achieving economic growth that is unmatched in recent memory. … More than 1 million new jobs have been created just since we passed tax reform last December." Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2018 in a press conference: "The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year." Scott Walker stated on April 4, 2018 in a tweet: "Our bold reforms have Wisconsin’s unemployment rate down to an all-time LOW of 2.9 percent, and the number of people working at an all-time HIGH!"
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Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: “All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.” Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2020 in a news conference: Says that “over a 45-minute period that we had the press conference” on the coronavirus on March 13, 2020, the stock market set "an all-time record." Joe Biden stated on March 15, 2020 in the Democratic debate in Washington D.C.: Says Bernie Sanders voted against the auto bailout Glenn Grothman stated on January 16, 2020 in a tweet: "In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada." Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2020 in comments at a campaign rally: "Earnings for the bottom 10% are rising faster than earnings for the top 10%.” Dale Kooyenga stated on December 13, 2019 in an email: Says minimum markup law goes beyond gas, tobacco and alcohol to make "many doorbuster deals and holiday shopping specials technically against the law." Brian Kolb stated on September 24, 2019 in a Tweet: The Buffalo Billion is "still breaking every job promise" Glenn Kage stated on September 16, 2019 in a Missouri Times interview: "General Motors is making record profits." Bernie Sanders stated on October 19, 2019 in a rally in New York City: Says Congress gave Wall Street "trillions of dollars of zero interest loans." Tom Steyer stated on October 15, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate: "People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years." Donald Trump stated on September 22, 2019 in a speech: "For the first time in history, most new hires of prime working age are minorities and women." Tom Reed stated on August 20, 2019 in a Tweet: After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, "the typical American worker’s pay growing at more than 3 percent a year, record low unemployment." Elizabeth Warren stated on July 22, 2019 in a post on Medium: "The country is now in a manufacturing recession." JB Pritzker stated on May 1, 2019 in a speech: Says states with graduated income taxes "create jobs and grow their economies faster" than Illinois. Cheri Toalson Reisch stated on April 1, 2019 in in the state House during discussion of a criminal justice bill: "We have an unemployment (rate of) 1.5 in Boone County, and we can’t find enough workers." Kamala Harris stated on April 17, 2019 in a podcast: "It's clear in our country right now, almost half of American families are a $400 unexpected expense away from complete upheaval." Pete Buttigieg stated on April 1, 2019 in a podcast interview: "Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit." West Virginia Republican Party stated on February 6, 2019 in a tweet: "We have more women in the workforce than ever before." Julián Castro stated on March 12, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires." Matthew Dowd stated on March 8, 2019 in a tweet: "Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama." Bernie Sanders stated on February 26, 2019 in a tweet: Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce." Christine Lagarde stated on December 9, 2018 in an interview with CBS News' Face the Nation: "In the United States, if there was equal participation of women in the labor market, GDP would be up by 5 percent." Caleb Rowden stated on October 1, 2018 in a legislative report mailer: "The small cell bill is expected to create more than 20,000 jobs and attract $2 billion in capital investment, resulting in nearly $4 billion in economic growth over the next few years." Josh Hawley stated on October 25, 2018 in a debate: Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town." Donald Trump stated on October 12, 2018 in a speech: "All across Ohio, steel mills are reopening." Andrew Gillum stated on September 30, 2018 in in an interview: Says Florida's economy "is largely propped up on low-wage work." Ro Khanna stated on September 12, 2018 in a Facebook post: "Most Americans don’t own stocks." Mitch McConnell stated on June 4, 2018 in a Senate floor speech: "The bottom line is clear: Under the policies of this unified Republican government, American workers, families, and business owners are achieving economic growth that is unmatched in recent memory. … More than 1 million new jobs have been created just since we passed tax reform last December." Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2018 in a press conference: "The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year." Scott Walker stated on April 4, 2018 in a tweet: "Our bold reforms have Wisconsin’s unemployment rate down to an all-time LOW of 2.9 percent, and the number of people working at an all-time HIGH!"
Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: “All schools in Canada are closed for the rest of the school year, each family will receive $950 every two weeks for the next 15 weeks, banks were notif(ied) to suspend mortgage payments for at least 6 months, and student loans deferred.”
Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2020 in a news conference: Says that “over a 45-minute period that we had the press conference” on the coronavirus on March 13, 2020, the stock market set "an all-time record."
Joe Biden stated on March 15, 2020 in the Democratic debate in Washington D.C.: Says Bernie Sanders voted against the auto bailout
Glenn Grothman stated on January 16, 2020 in a tweet: "In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada."
Donald Trump stated on January 28, 2020 in comments at a campaign rally: "Earnings for the bottom 10% are rising faster than earnings for the top 10%.”
Dale Kooyenga stated on December 13, 2019 in an email: Says minimum markup law goes beyond gas, tobacco and alcohol to make "many doorbuster deals and holiday shopping specials technically against the law."
Brian Kolb stated on September 24, 2019 in a Tweet: The Buffalo Billion is "still breaking every job promise"
Glenn Kage stated on September 16, 2019 in a Missouri Times interview: "General Motors is making record profits."
Bernie Sanders stated on October 19, 2019 in a rally in New York City: Says Congress gave Wall Street "trillions of dollars of zero interest loans."
Tom Steyer stated on October 15, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate: "People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years."
Donald Trump stated on September 22, 2019 in a speech: "For the first time in history, most new hires of prime working age are minorities and women."
Tom Reed stated on August 20, 2019 in a Tweet: After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, "the typical American worker’s pay growing at more than 3 percent a year, record low unemployment."
Elizabeth Warren stated on July 22, 2019 in a post on Medium: "The country is now in a manufacturing recession."
JB Pritzker stated on May 1, 2019 in a speech: Says states with graduated income taxes "create jobs and grow their economies faster" than Illinois.
Cheri Toalson Reisch stated on April 1, 2019 in in the state House during discussion of a criminal justice bill: "We have an unemployment (rate of) 1.5 in Boone County, and we can’t find enough workers."
Kamala Harris stated on April 17, 2019 in a podcast: "It's clear in our country right now, almost half of American families are a $400 unexpected expense away from complete upheaval."
Pete Buttigieg stated on April 1, 2019 in a podcast interview: "Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit."
West Virginia Republican Party stated on February 6, 2019 in a tweet: "We have more women in the workforce than ever before."
Julián Castro stated on March 12, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires."
Matthew Dowd stated on March 8, 2019 in a tweet: "Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama."
Bernie Sanders stated on February 26, 2019 in a tweet: Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce."
Christine Lagarde stated on December 9, 2018 in an interview with CBS News' Face the Nation: "In the United States, if there was equal participation of women in the labor market, GDP would be up by 5 percent."
Caleb Rowden stated on October 1, 2018 in a legislative report mailer: "The small cell bill is expected to create more than 20,000 jobs and attract $2 billion in capital investment, resulting in nearly $4 billion in economic growth over the next few years."
Josh Hawley stated on October 25, 2018 in a debate: Says a manufacturing operation in his hometown that made gunstock for Remington rifles "closed down, we lost those jobs and it's been devastating for my little town."
Andrew Gillum stated on September 30, 2018 in in an interview: Says Florida's economy "is largely propped up on low-wage work."
Mitch McConnell stated on June 4, 2018 in a Senate floor speech: "The bottom line is clear: Under the policies of this unified Republican government, American workers, families, and business owners are achieving economic growth that is unmatched in recent memory. … More than 1 million new jobs have been created just since we passed tax reform last December."
Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2018 in a press conference: "The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year."
Scott Walker stated on April 4, 2018 in a tweet: "Our bold reforms have Wisconsin’s unemployment rate down to an all-time LOW of 2.9 percent, and the number of people working at an all-time HIGH!"
