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Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2020 his online video endorsement of Joe Biden for president

Republicans “have shown themselves willing to cut millions off their health insurance and eliminate preexisting condition protections for millions more, even in the middle of this public health crisis."

By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 16, 2020

Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2016 a speech to the Leader's Summit on Refugees

"Refugees are subject to more rigorous screening than the average tourist in the U.S."

By Joseph Cariz • October 13, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on September 13, 2016 a speech in Philadelphia

Says Donald Trump's foundation "took money other people gave to his charity and then bought a six-foot-tall painting of himself."

By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on March 12, 2016 remarks in Dallas at a Democratic National Committee reception

"Right now, here in Texas, wind power is already cheaper than dirty fossil fuels."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 12, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 his State of the Union speech

"Our businesses have created jobs every single month since (Obamacare) became law."

By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address

The economy is "creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999."

By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 his 2015 State of the Union address

"America is No. 1 one in oil and gas."

By Lauren Carroll • January 21, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2015 a speech in Wayne. Mich.

Over the past five years, the American automobile industry has "created about 500,000 new jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on December 21, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"

"We're spending millions for each individual" held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

By Lauren Carroll • December 21, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on September 1, 2014 a speech in Milwaukee

"We cut our deficits by more than half."

By Dave Umhoefer • September 5, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on April 10, 2014 speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library

During Lyndon B. Johnson’s first 20 years in Congress, "he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 State of the Union speech

"Every four minutes, another American home or business goes solar."

By Amy Sherman • January 29, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address

There is "more oil produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world – the first time that’s happened in nearly 20 years."

By Julie Kliegman • January 29, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of Union address

During the past four years, "average wages have barely budged."

By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 16, 2014 a speech at North Carolina State University

"For the first time in nearly two decades, we produce more oil here in the United States than we buy from the rest of the world."

By Julie Kliegman • January 17, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2013 a speech

"By the time she turns 3 years old, a child born into a low-income home hears 30 million fewer words than a child from a well-off family."

By Julie Kliegman • December 5, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on November 6, 2013 remarks at a Dallas synagogue

"A million people … could get health insurance right away" if Texas expanded Medicaid under Obamacare.

By Sue Owen • November 8, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on August 6, 2013 a speech on homeownership

"We now sell more products made in America to the rest of the world than ever before."

By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 a speech at Knox College in Illinois

Says "our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years."

By Jon Greenberg • July 25, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 a speech in Galesburg, Ill.

"The income of the top 1 percent nearly quadrupled from 1979 to 2007, but the typical family’s incomes barely budged."

By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2013

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