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Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on June 8, 2017 in a tweet
The Trump administration has granted amnesty to "nearly 100,000 'Dreamers' "
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By Miriam Valverde • June 21, 2017
Jorge Ramos
Jorge Ramos
stated on May 12, 2017 a Fox News interview
"Some of the safest communities in the United States are along the border."
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By Miriam Valverde • May 17, 2017
Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel
stated on May 1, 2017 a monologue on his show
"President Trump last month proposed a $6 billion cut in funding to the National Institutes of Health. And thank God our congressmen made a deal last night to not go along with that. They actually increased funding by $2 billion."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 3, 2017
Social Media
Social Media
stated on March 6, 2017 social media posts
"It's important to pay attention to the Russian spy drama, but let's not ignore the fact that the following (10) bills have been introduced" in the House.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2017
George Takei
George Takei
stated on January 20, 2017 a Tweet
"The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 23, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 1, 2016 an MRCTV post
"More than two-thirds of the aliens the Obama administration has brought to the United States under the president's Central American Minors program weren’t actually minors at all."
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By Miriam Valverde • December 7, 2016
Hilary Rosen
Hilary Rosen
stated on August 24, 2016 "The Diane Rehm Show"
"The Clinton Foundation is a charity where President and Secretary Clinton and their daughter, they take no salary, they get no money from it, they take no personal benefit from it."
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By Lauren Carroll • September 1, 2016
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on August 28, 2016 an interview on Meet the Press
Says "Donald Trump himself contributed $100,000" to the Clinton Foundation.
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By Linda Qiu • August 28, 2016
Julie Pace
Julie Pace
stated on August 21, 2016 a panel on "Fox News Sunday"
"Neither Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump has a plan to address the civil war in Syria."
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By Linda Qiu • August 21, 2016
Funny Or Die
Funny Or Die
stated on July 25, 2016 a video shown at the Democratic National Convention
Says Trump shirts are made in Bangladesh, Trump suits in Mexico, Trump Vodka in the Netherlands, Trump crystal barware in Slovenia and his cufflinks and ties in China.
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By Lauren Carroll • July 26, 2016
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on July 7, 2016 a panel discussion on CNN
African-Americans don't use drugs at a higher level than whites but "wind up going to prison six times more."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2016
Charles Ramsey
Charles Ramsey
stated on July 10, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"There are approximately 18,000 (police) departments in the United States."    
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By Jon Greenberg • July 10, 2016
Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace
stated on May 15, 2016 an episode of "Fox News Sunday"
"Every Republican nominee since Richard Nixon, who at one time was under an audit, has released their tax returns."
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By Lauren Carroll • May 18, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2016 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"The Chinese last year probably stole $360 billion in intellectual property from the United States."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2016
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on April 24, 2016 a broadcast of HBO's "Last Week Tonight"
"We knew Strom Thurmond had proposed" the amendment that blocked Puerto Rico’s use of Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.
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By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2016
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on February 10, 2016 an essay in The Hollywood Reporter
"Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2016
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on October 2, 2015 an episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
"15 years ago, cancer drugs cost an average of $10,000 a year. Now it’s $10,000 a month."
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By Lauren Carroll • December 2, 2015
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on October 25, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Says Marco Rubio opposes abortion "even in the case of rape and incest."  
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By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman • October 25, 2015
Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof
stated on October 3, 2015 a New York Times op-ed
"More preschoolers are shot dead each year than police officers are in the line of duty."
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By Jon Greenberg • October 6, 2015
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
stated on September 21, 2015 an interview with Ted Cruz
Says Ronald Reagan "reversed his world’s ‘largest tax cut’ and raised taxes when revenues did not match the expectations."
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By Katie Sanders • September 25, 2015
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