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stated on October 8, 2020 in a Facebook post:

During the debate, Kamala Harris said, “that’s a great segway to the next question,” suggesting she knew the next question.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 12, 2020

Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 20, 2020 in a tweeted video:

Video shows Democratic presidential candidates speechless for 20 seconds when discussing whether any of them started a business.

By Daniel Funke • February 20, 2020

Claire McCaskill
stated on October 25, 2018 in a debate:

"I made my decision on Kavanaugh before the allegations surfaced, and it was all about Kavanaugh's alliance and allegiance to dark money and unlimited political contributions."

By Kyra Haas • November 1, 2018

Pat McCrory
stated on October 11, 2016 in a North Carolina governor's race debate:

Says Syrian refugees are not being vetted, and "the FBI is not even being told where they are."

By Will Doran • October 12, 2016

Renee Ellmers
stated on May 19, 2016 in a debate on WRAL:

Because George Holding doesn’t live in the congressional district he’s running for, he "doesn’t experience the same things that we are all experiencing."

By Will Doran • June 3, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:

Regarding the Iraq War, "I was the one that said, ‘Don’t go, don’t do it, you’re going to destabilize the Middle East.’ "

By Lauren Carroll • February 7, 2016

Ben Carson
stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate:

"Last year, there were an additional 81,000 pages of government regulations. If you stack that up, it would be a three-story building."

By Lauren Carroll, Sean Gorman • January 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 in the CNBC debate:

The CNBC debate was supposed to be three hours, and he "renegotiated it down to two hours."

By Lauren Carroll • November 2, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate:

One of the Planned Parenthood videos shows "a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, 'We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.' "

By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2015

Chris Christie
stated on August 6, 2015 in comments in a GOP debate in Cleveland:

"I was appointed U.S. attorney by President Bush on Sept. 10, 2001."

By Nick Reid • August 7, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on October 7, 2014 in in television commercial:

"I fought 38 Studios from the beginning."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2014

Jorge Elorza
stated on August 28, 2014 in a radio debate:

"We have a goal of 10 percent of [City of Providence] contracts going to women and minority businesses. In reality, less than 1 percent of contracts go to women and minority businesses."

By Alex Kuffner • October 1, 2014

Ralph Mollis
stated on August 10, 2014 in a TV debate:

"The per-pupil cost in the [Blackstone Valley Prep] Mayoral Academy far outweighs the per-pupil cost in Cumberland public schools."

By Karen Lee Ziner • August 7, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 in a presidential debate:

"The sequester is not something that I've proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed."

By Molly Moorhead • October 24, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 in a foreign policy debate:

Says Barack Obama was silent on Iran "when the students took to the streets in Tehran and the people there protested, (and) the Green Revolution occurred."

By Amy Sherman • October 23, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 in the final debate:

Says Mitt Romney was clear that he "would not provide government assistance to the U.S. auto companies, even if they went through bankruptcy."

By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2012

Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 in in a debate in Davie, Fla.:

Says Connie Mack takes two homestead exemptions, "directly contrary to Florida’s Constitution."

By Katie Sanders • October 18, 2012

Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 in a presidential debate:

Says 50 million people would lose their health insurance if Obamacare is repealed.

By Molly Moorhead • October 5, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 in a presidential debate in Denver:

"Pre-existing conditions are covered under my (health care) plan."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Becky Bowers • October 5, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 in a debate:

Says Barack Obama "put in place a board that can tell people ultimately what treatments they're going to receive."

By Amy Sherman • October 4, 2012

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