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Rachel Maddow
stated on August 2, 2010 in "The Rachel Maddow Show":

"The overall fact about illegal immigration is that it's not actually getting worse."

By Alex Holt • August 12, 2010

Charles Schumer
stated on July 27, 2010 in a press conference:

"Eight of the nine justices in the Supreme Court decision (on campaign finance) said that not only is it constitutional for Congress to require disclosure of the special interest money, but they recommend we do it."

By Alex Holt • August 4, 2010

Chain email
stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail.:

When Obama went to Pakistan in 1981, he could not have been traveling as a U.S. citizen.

By Alex Holt • July 30, 2010

Chain email
stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail:

A transcript released by Occidental College proves that Barack Obama was an Indonesian citizen.

By Alex Holt • July 30, 2010

Chain email
stated on June 28, 2010 in a chain e-mail:

Justice Antonin Scalia agreed for the Supreme Court to hear a case about whether Barack Obama is eligible to be President.

By Alex Holt • July 30, 2010

John McCain
stated on May 7, 2010 in a campaign ad:

"Of all the illegals in America, more than half come through Arizona."

By Alex Holt • July 23, 2010

Joe Biden
stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week:

"The health care numbers are going up."

By Alex Holt • July 20, 2010

Al Hunt
stated on July 4, 2010 in an appearance on ABC's "This Week.":

"Crime is down in Arizona."

By Alex Holt • July 7, 2010

Steve Scalise
stated on June 15, 2010 in an interview on Sean Hannity's show on Fox News:

It was President Obama's "inaction that caused over three weeks to go by before he even approved the governor's plan to protect our marsh."

By Alex Holt • June 29, 2010

Mary Landrieu
stated on June 20, 2010 in comments on 'Meet The Press':

Canada "does spills into their water to practice in the event that this would happen. That is not allowed in the United States."

By Alex Holt • June 28, 2010

Donna Brazile
stated on June 14, 2010 in a statement on ABC News' 'This Week.':

Ninety percent of the people in Arkansas still love Bill Clinton.

By Alex Holt • June 15, 2010

Jerry Brown
stated on June 7, 2010 in a video on his campaign website:

California's credit rating is "the worst in the country."

By Alex Holt • June 11, 2010

Keith Olbermann
stated on April 19, 2010 in comments on the MSNBC show Countdown :

The Treaty of Tripoli signed by President John Adams was "his outreach to Muslims."

By Alex Holt • May 11, 2010

Mitt Romney
stated on March 7, 2010 in a Fox News Sunday interview:

"Hospitals, doctors, MRIs, surgeries and so forth are more extensively used and far more expensive in this country than they are in many other countries.''

By Alex Holt • March 22, 2010

Glenn Beck
stated on February 16, 2010 in comments on his television show:

"When Social Security started, age expectancy for the average man was 58. It was 62 -- 62 for women."

By Alex Holt • March 8, 2010

Barack Obama
stated on January 14, 2010 in a speech to House Democrats.:

"The Washington Times ... pointed out that we had succeeded where previous administrations had failed" on spending cuts.

By Alex Holt • January 20, 2010

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