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Colin Deppen is a reporter/curator at The Incline in Pittsburgh and has previously worked for news organizations across the state of Pennsylvania, including the Patriot-News and PennLive.com in Harrisburg.

Featured Statements

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
Jeff Bartos
stated on October 6, 2018 in a televised debate:

Capital punishment is a "specific deterrent with the most heinous crimes."

By Colin Deppen • October 11, 2018
Lou Barletta
stated on June 7, 2018 in an interview:

"The city that I was mayor of was 50 percent Latino, and I won with 90 percent of the vote..."

By Colin Deppen • June 12, 2018
Keith Rothfus
stated on May 22, 2018 in a press release:

"Since the end of the financial crisis, we have seen an average of one community bank or credit union disappear every day."

By Colin Deppen • May 31, 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
Paul Mango
stated on May 7, 2017 in a campaign video:

"Today, we (in Pennsylvania) have higher unemployment and lower job growth than most."

By Colin Deppen • April 9, 2018
Tom Wolf
stated on March 23, 2018 in Campaign video:

"Pennsylvania (is) the only state in the country not to tax drillers."

By Colin Deppen • March 30, 2018
Donald Trump
stated on March 14, 2018 in Private fundraiser:

Says Conor Lamb "ran on a campaign that said very nice things about me."

By Colin Deppen • March 22, 2018
Conor Lamb
stated on March 13, 2018 in an election night speech:

Says he didn't take "corporate PAC money."

By Colin Deppen • March 17, 2018

Are Pennsylvania Democrats fleeing the party to become Republicans?

By Colin Deppen • October 5, 2018
Does Conor Lamb support mice more than Medicare?

By Colin Deppen • September 26, 2018
Fact checking Pa. Rep. Daryl Metcalfe's Facebook meltdown

By Colin Deppen • April 23, 2018