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Marco Rubio
stated on January 17, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

Hostages were released as soon as Ronald Reagan took office because Iran perceived that America was "no longer under the command of someone weak."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton called Barack Obama "naive" for saying he was would "sit down and talk to the Iranians" during the 2008 Democratic primary.

By Lauren Carroll • January 17, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:

Says Sen. Ted Cruz used to be "in favor of birthright citizenship" but is now against it.

By Joshua Gillin • January 15, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:

Says Marco Rubio "knows full well I voted for his amendment to increase military spending to $697 billion."

By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 15, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:

Says President Barack Obama "appointed Eric Holder as attorney general. Eric Holder said he viewed his mission as brainwashing the American people against guns."

By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016

Chris Christie
stated on January 15, 2016 a Republican debate on Fox Business Network in South Carolina on Fox Business Network :

"I didn’t support Sonia Sotomayor."

By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on January 14, 2016 the Fox Business Network debate:

Says Hillary Clinton "is under investigation with the FBI right now."

By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 14, 2016 the Fox Business Network debate:

"We have the lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977."

By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2016 the South Carolina presidential debate:

Among Syrian refugees and migrants coming into Europe, "there look like very few women. Very few children."

By Aaron Sharockman • January 15, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 the State of the Union address:

"The United States of America, right now, has the strongest, most durable economy in the world."

By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016

Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on January 4, 2016 an attack ad:

Says Chris Christie "instituted an Internet sales tax."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 14, 2016

Chelsea Clinton
stated on January 12, 2016 a campaign event for Hillary Clinton:

Says Bernie Sanders’ health care plan would "empower Republican governors to take away Medicaid, to take away health insurance for low-income and middle-income working Americans."

By Lauren Carroll • January 14, 2016

Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 13, 2016 an interview on CNN:

Until the new Iran deal, China and Russia "have never voted with us at the U.N. on any sanctions on Iran in the past."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 13, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on January 4, 2016 a column posted on Medium:

"As governor of Florida, I used a combination of strategies to help reduce heroin use among youth in Florida by approximately 50 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016

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

"We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined."

By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016

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

We've "lifted high school graduation rates to new highs."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 13, 2016

Nikki Haley
stated on January 12, 2016 the Republican response to the State of the Union address:

The economy is "too weak to raise income levels."

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 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 12, 2016 the State of the Union address:

We have cut "our deficits by almost three-quarters."

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" in Ottumwa, Iowa:

"We get practically nothing compared to the cost of" keeping U.S. military forces in South Korea.

By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2016

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