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Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
"As secretary of state, (Hillary Clinton) worked hard to get strong sanctions against Iran's nuclear program" and "got Russia and China to support them."
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By Lauren Carroll • July 27, 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican national convention
Says Hillary Clinton "supported North American Free Trade Agreement), and she supported China’s entrance into the World Trade Organization…. She supported the job-killing trade deal with South Korea. She supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership."
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By Linda Qiu • July 22, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention
"We in Indiana have . . . the highest credit rating in the nation."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 19, 2016 the GOP convention in Cleveland
" ‘What difference, at this point, does it make?' I am the guy that got under her skin and provoked that infamous response from Hillary Clinton by asking a pretty simple question, 'Why didn't you just pick up the phone and call the survivors’ (of the Benghazi attack)?"
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By Linda Qiu • July 20, 2016
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on June 21, 2016 a TV interview.
Says Donald Trump has "bankrupt four separate businesses."
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By Linda Qiu, Sean Gorman • July 11, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 a speech in Raleigh, N.C.
"We got the highest vote count in the history of the Republican Party."
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By Will Doran • July 8, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 21, 2016 a speech on the economy
Says Donald Trump has "bankrupted his companies not once, not twice but four times."
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By Linda Qiu • June 21, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 16, 2016 a tweet
Says he never told anyone he hated the U.S. Senate.
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By Joshua Gillin • June 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 24, 2016 an advertisement
"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 26, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 11, 2016 a fundraising email
Says Patrick Murphy is one of "only three Democrats in the House today who voted" to create the Benghazi committee.
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By Joshua Gillin • May 16, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 14, 2016 the Brooklyn presidential debate
"I remain one of the poorer members of the United States Senate."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 3, 2016 ad paid for by campaign for Ted Cruz
Says a company that got tax breaks from the state later "laid off 100 Ohioans, even as its CEO cut a half-million-dollar check to Kasich’s super PAC."  
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By Nadia Pflaum • April 12, 2016
JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on March 15, 2016 TV ad
Says the GOP is "helping pay for" Justice Rebecca Bradley's campaign and "she recently skipped court to attend an event paid for" by Scott Walker's "lobbyist friends."  
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March 31, 2016
Rebecca Bradley
Rebecca Bradley
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview
Says JoAnne Kloppenburg "has told us she thinks it's her job to promote a more equal society."
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March 30, 2016
Culinary Workers Union
Culinary Workers Union
stated on March 9, 2016 a letter sent to union members
Susie Lee and her husband "own 17 homes across the country and use their private jet to take vacations," and invest in "companies like Walmart, Halliburton and GEO Group."
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By Riley Snyder • March 14, 2016
JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on February 8, 2016 a TV ad
Says state Supreme Court candidate Joe Donald twice "supported" incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley.
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February 14, 2016
Lucy Flores
Lucy Flores
stated on January 21, 2016 a congressional candidate forum in Pahrump, Nev.
Says Ruben Kihuen "only managed in the minority to get one bill passed out of the eight to 10 he introduced" during the 2015 legislative session.  
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By Riley Snyder • February 8, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on December 17, 2015 a television interview
"I’ll be running against a career politician."
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By James B. Nelson • February 4, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 28, 2016 a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News
"I have never supported cap and trade."
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By Joshua Gillin • January 29, 2016
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