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Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on August 27, 2013 an interview
Says Gov. Scott Walker "hasn't done a public event this entire year."
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By Tom Kertscher • September 8, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on September 4, 2013 a chain email
An account of attacks in Benghazi written by former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers shows that the body of U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens was "dragged through the streets" and abused.
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By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2013
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 20, 2013 a Facebook post
"America’s gun-related homicide rate … would be about the same as Belgium’s if you left out California, Illinois, D.C. and New Jersey, places with some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 29, 2013
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 15, 2013 blog posts
Obamacare provision will allow "forced home inspections" by government agents.
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By Becky Bowers • August 21, 2013
Eric Cantor
Eric Cantor
stated on August 2, 2013 a floor speech.
Under Obamacare, "The IRS will have access to the American people’s protected health care information."
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By Sean Gorman • August 19, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 12, 2013 a document shared via email and social media
A United Nations working group has "adopted a proposed agenda" to enable member nations to "disarm civilians within their borders."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2013
Ramey Ko
Ramey Ko
stated on July 25, 2013 an Austin meeting.
Says some Austin school district classrooms lack electrical outlets.
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2013
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on July 26, 2013 an interview with Fox News
"I was banned from talking about" Bill Ayers during the 2008 presidential campaign.
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By Jon Greenberg • July 30, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 25, 2013 a FoxNews.com op-ed
Under Obamacare, "75 percent of small businesses now say they are going to be forced to either fire workers or cut their hours."
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By Becky Bowers • July 29, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 14, 2013 an email
"U.S. Department of Homeland Security has told banks -- in writing -- it may inspect safe deposit boxes without warrant and seize any gold, silver, guns or other valuables it finds inside those boxes!"
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By Julie Kliegman • July 26, 2013
BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed
stated on July 14, 2013 a web site list
"In Providence, R.I., it's illegal to sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 25, 2013
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on July 14, 2013 an interview with World Net Daily
"The president … by executive order" could grant voting rights to illegal immigrants who are newly legalized under pending legislation.
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By Louis Jacobson • July 23, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 16, 2013 an email
A "hidden" provision in the health care law taxes sporting goods as medical devices.
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By Eric Stirgus • July 23, 2013
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on July 20, 2013 a debate.
Says an investigative report concluded Ken Cuccinelli "should have been prosecuted" for disclosure violations, but Virginia's law was too weak.
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By Warren Fiske • July 21, 2013
Kathleen Ford
Kathleen Ford
stated on June 27, 2013 a mayoral forum
"Private prison systems are calculating how many new beds (they will need) based on the ... number of third graders."
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By Katie Sanders • July 16, 2013
Gilberto Hinojosa
Gilberto Hinojosa
stated on July 3, 2013 an email blast
Says if Texas abortion measure passes, "someone living in El Paso would have to drive 550 miles each way to San Antonio for something as simple as cervical cancer screening."
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By Sue Owen • July 12, 2013
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on June 28, 2013 On “The Rachel Maddow Show,” broadcast on MSNBC
Says Ohio budget item later signed into law by Gov. John Kasich requires women seeking an abortion to undergo a  "mandatory vaginal probe."
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By Henry J. Gomez • July 9, 2013
Chain email
Chain email
stated on July 7, 2013 a long-running chain email
Obamacare "will provide insurance to all non-U.S. residents, even if they are here illegally."
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By Katie Sanders • July 9, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on July 1, 2013 a radio interview.
"Abortion is the second-most conducted surgical procedure in this country."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2013
Patriot Majority USA
Patriot Majority USA
stated on June 27, 2013 an ad
Says Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton voted to provide Congress with "taxpayer-funded health care for life."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2013
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