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Citizens Against Government Waste stated on August 31, 2022 in a Facebook ad:

“More than half of the $739 billion tax increase (in the Inflation Reduction Act) will go to wasteful Green New Deal programs like tree equity, 'clean' garbage trucks, and studying cow farts."

By Jessica Riley, Sierra Worden • October 25, 2022

Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2022 in a photo on Facebook:

With the $53 billion spent in Ukraine aid, the U.S. “could pay five SWAT members $80,000 each and have them at EVERY school front door.”

By Sara Swann • June 3, 2022

Kevin McCarthy stated on November 18, 2021 in a speech:

The House-passed Build Back Better bill is a “government takeover of child care.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2021

Facebook posts stated on April 6, 2021 in a Facebook image post:

Says the “1986 Vaccine protection act” resulted in “the biggest jump in shots” for children because it gave drug manufacturers “exemption for responsibility of killing people.”

By Andy Nguyen • April 13, 2021

Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall in Milwaukee.:

“There is a consensus among economists left, right, and center… that we can’t spend too much” on COVID-19 relief.

By Jon Greenberg • February 18, 2021

Charlie Kirk stated on April 3, 2020 in a tweet:

“The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.”

By Bill McCarthy • April 7, 2020

Tammy Duckworth stated on September 16, 2019 in a tweet:

Says President Trump’s administration has "actually worsened our nation’s homelessness crisis" by cutting affordable housing programs, allowing shelters to refuse people based on gender identity or sexual orientation, evicting immigrant families of mixed legal status from subsidized housing and raising rent.

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 20, 2019

Ben Carson stated on July 31, 2019 in a press conference:

"You look at the homelessness situation. Take a city like Tokyo, which has more people than New York City. There's no homelessness there."

By John Kruzel • August 1, 2019

Tulsi Gabbard stated on July 11, 2019 in a public forum:

At the same time President Trump talks about supporting veterans, "he is deporting service members who have volunteered to serve this country."

By D.L. Davis • July 19, 2019

Ben Carson stated on May 21, 2019 in a tweet:

More than 100,000 people are waiting for public housing in Houston and people who are in the country illegally are taking their spaces.

By Madlin Mekelburg • May 30, 2019

Joe Biden stated on May 1, 2019 in a stump speech:

"I’m one of the first guys to introduce a climate change bill, way, way back in ’87."

By John Kruzel • May 8, 2019

Richard Corcoran stated on March 17, 2017 in a Tiger Bay speech:

Says Florida officials amended a contract from Lockheed Martin from 305 promised jobs to six.

By Allison Graves • March 27, 2017

Reince Priebus stated on January 29, 2017 in an interview:

The seven nations identified in Donald Trump's travel ban were "identified by the Obama administration as the seven most dangerous countries in the world in regard to harboring terrorists."

By Tom Kertscher • February 7, 2017

Donald Trump stated on December 6, 2016 in a tweet:

"Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!"

By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2016

Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2016 in Dallas fundraiser:

The U.S. has to go to "plane graveyards" and museums to get parts for its 20-year-old jet fighters while it sells new jets to other countries.

By Filipa Ioannou • July 23, 2016

North Carolina Republican Party stated on July 19, 2016 in a roll call at the Republican National Convention:

Says North Carolina is "home of the largest military installations in the world."

By Will Doran • July 21, 2016

Pete Gallego stated on April 22, 2016 in Pete Gallego campaign press release:

Says Will Hurd "cosponsored a bill that would militarize our border and allow 200 miles of new roads to be built in the Big Bend region -- cutting up our beloved park."

By Filipa Ioannou • May 26, 2016

John Carter stated on March 10, 2016 in a commentary published in the Round Rock Leader:

"This is not a joke: the president wants to house illegal aliens on our nation’s military installations."

By Nicole Barrios • May 4, 2016

Bernie Sanders stated on February 24, 2016 in a news conference:

"Since (welfare reform) was signed into law, the number of families living in extreme poverty has more than doubled."

By Lauren Carroll • March 2, 2016

Carly Fiorina stated on December 17, 2015 in a column posted on Medium:

"When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different things — including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. None of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity."

By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2016

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