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Andrew Napolitano
stated on October 17, 2013 an interview on "Fox and Friends"

"Woodrow Wilson borrowed $30 billion to fund World War I in 1917. That money has not been paid back. And we are still paying interest on it."

By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2013

Gail Collins
stated on October 3, 2013 her opinion column

Louie Gohmert of Texas "blamed the mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado on ‘the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs.'"

By W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2013

Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 6, 2013 his radio show

"One person, Kathleen Sebelius, was going to determine whether or not" 10-year-old lung patient Sarah Murnaghan would live or die.

By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2013

Rush Limbaugh
stated on January 29, 2013 a radio interview

Research shows that "a vast majority of arriving immigrants today come here because they believe that government is the source of prosperity, and that's what they support."

By Molly Moorhead • January 31, 2013

Mike Huckabee
stated on July 5, 2012 a Facebook post

"The White House has three staff calligraphers making between $86,000 and $97,000 each, and just one National Security Director. She makes $55,000."

By Jon Greenberg • July 30, 2012

Lawrence O'Donnell
stated on January 31, 2012 TV advertisement for MSNBC's "The Last Word."

Says critics called the original GI Bill "welfare."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 17, 2012

Rachel Maddow
stated on October 25, 2011 a TV commentary.

Says "tanking" Rick Perry’s federal tax plan has "huge tax cuts for rich people and big tax hikes for everyone else."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 2, 2011

Rachel Maddow
stated on October 19, 2011 a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show

"A recent Department of Labor study guessed Wall Street fees cost a worker 28 percent of the value of your plan over the span of your career."

By Molly Moorhead • October 28, 2011

Bill O'Reilly
stated on September 28, 2011 an interview on "The Daily Show"

Says the federal government hosted a conference and "ordered 250 muffins at 16 bucks a piece."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 4, 2011

Sarah Palin
stated on June 5, 2011 an interview on Fox

"Part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there that, 'Hey, you're not going to succeed.' "

June 6, 2011

Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 18, 2011 his radio program.

Says Rick Perry is "the guy that tracked" down Democratic legislators who fled Texas in 2003.

By W. Gardner Selby • May 28, 2011

Ann Coulter
stated on March 17, 2011 Fox's "O'Reilly Factor"

"There is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts you should be exposed to are actually good for you and reduce cases of cancer."

March 22, 2011

Eric Bolling
stated on February 21, 2011 his Fox Business Network program

In Wisconsin, teachers make $89,000 in salary and benefits, compared to $48,000 for all other workers in the United States.

February 23, 2011

George Will
stated on September 12, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour''

"Over 10 years, (extending tax cuts for the wealthy) would add less to the deficit than Obama added with the stimulus in one year."

By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2010

Steven Schale
stated on August 31, 2010 a blog post.

Charlie Crist's "personal approval numbers are plummeting."

By Aaron Sharockman • September 1, 2010

David Gregory
stated on July 25, 2010 an interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on NBC's Meet the Press

"25 percent of our economy is the financial sector."

By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2010

George Will
stated on July 11, 2010 ABC's "This Week"

Says that President Obama said if Congress passed the economic stimulus bill, "we would have unemployment at 8 percent and no higher. And it went higher."

July 13, 2010

George Will
stated on May 9, 2010 a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week

Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, cast votes for TARP, the stimulus, and an individual mandate for health care.

By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2010

Dana Milbank
stated on March 7, 2010 a column in the Washington Post

George W. Bush was "the least popular president in modern history."

By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2010

Glenn Beck
stated on February 8, 2010 a commentary on Fox News Channel's 'Glenn Beck Program'

Franklin Roosevelt never allocated more than 12 percent of GDP to federal spending, while the percentage for Barack Obama is not projected to drop below 22.8 percent.

By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2010

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