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Martin O'Malley
stated on September 10, 2015 interview with Democracy Now!:

Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS.

By Linda Qiu • September 23, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 19, 2015 remarks at the 2015 New Hampshire Democratic Party State Convention:

"Under Republicans, recessions happen four times as frequently as under Democrats."

By Lauren Carroll • September 22, 2015

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stated on September 8, 2015 a shareable graphic on the Web:

Says Bernie Sanders opposes "requiring all children to have a K-12 education."

By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2015 the second GOP primary debate:

When Carly Fiorina says Hewlett-Packard "revenues went up, that's because she bought Compaq. It was a terrible deal."

By Linda Qiu • September 21, 2015

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

Says Donald Trump was "forced to file for bankruptcy not once, not twice, four times."

By Clayton Youngman, Lauren Carroll • September 21, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on September 20, 2015 an interview on "This Week.":

"We had a three-hour debate, no discussion about the national debt, very little about the economy."

By Joshua Gillin • September 20, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on September 16, 2015 a presidential debate:

"There's never been a direct Supreme Court case on people who were here illegally, whether or not their kids are citizens."

By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2015

Town hall audience member
stated on September 17, 2015 a town hall held by Donald Trump in Rochester, N.H.:

"You know our current president is (Muslim). You know he's not even an American."

By Lauren Carroll • September 18, 2015

Mike Huckabee
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN Republican debate:

The government "made accommodation to the Fort Hood shooter to let him grow a beard" for religious reasons.

By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on September 16, 2015 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

Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2015 the second GOP primary debate.:

Says Marco Rubio has "the worst voting record there is today."

By Linda Qiu • September 17, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2015 a GOP presidential debate on CNN:

Says Mexico doesn't have birthright citizenship, and Americans are the "only ones" to have it.

By Katie Sanders • September 17, 2015

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

"The marijuana that kids are smoking today is not the same as the marijuana that Jeb Bush smoked 40 years ago."

By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2015

Mike Huckabee
stated on September 16, 2015 comments on the CNN debate:

"We've just now given over $100 billion" to Iran, "the equivalent in U.S. terms is $5 trillion."

By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on September 16, 2015 comments during the CNN debate:

"A majority of the men and women on this stage have previously and publicly embraced amnesty. I am the only candidate on this stage who has never supported amnesty."

By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN debate:

Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker turned a $1 billion surplus into a $2.2 billion budget deficit.

By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on September 13, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation":

"The top man at Yale Law School came out ... with just a raging report" about former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, saying she is "one of the worst executives in his memory in history running the company."

By Linda Qiu • September 13, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on September 13, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"I'm the only governor in America ... who signed a law that says there needs to be an independent investigation any time there's a death of someone in police custody."

By Jon Greenberg • September 13, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on September 9, 2015 a tweet:

"The Iran Deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons."

By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2015

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stated on September 6, 2015 a Facebook post:

"Unions did not create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "Henry Ford did."

By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2015

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