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Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 an interview

"All pipelines that are coming into this country from now on has to be American steel."

April 20, 2017

Rick Santorum
stated on March 31, 2017 a conversation on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"

"The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up."

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2017

Caitlyn Jenner
stated on March 31, 2017

Says North Carolina's replacement for HB2 "orders NC cities to discriminate against LGBT people until at least 2020 and unfair ‘bathroom bans’ remain."

By Will Doran • April 4, 2017

Mike Pence
stated on March 19, 2017 remarks in Coral Springs, Fla.

Says President Donald Trump’s proposal to allow Americans to buy health insurance across state lines would make it the same as "the way you buy car insurance" today.

By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2017

Restore American Freedom and Liberty
stated on February 16, 2017 a fundraising email

Says Tammy Baldwin "wants to require children starting at age 5 to learn about gay sex!"

February 27, 2017

Chris Collins
stated on December 13, 2016 an interview with Buffalo news station WGRZ

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson "will have to divest his holdings, that’s a requirement" to serve as Secretary of State.

By Dan Clark • December 30, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 13, 2016 a speech

Says Hillary Clinton was "let off the hook" for her email scandal while Gen. David Petraeus had his life "destroyed for doing far, far less."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on September 8, 2016 Senate floor remarks

"If Congress fails to act, the Obama administration intends to give away control of the internet to an international body akin to the United Nations."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 27, 2016 a speech

"Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2016 an economic address in Detroit

"The Obama-Clinton war on coal has cost Michigan over 50,000 jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2016

Patrick Murphy
stated on April 6, 2016 a conference call with reporters

Florida’s regulations on the payday lending industry are "stronger than almost any other state."

By Amy Sherman • April 12, 2016

Dan Forest
stated on April 6, 2016 a tweet

Charlotte’s anti-discrimination ordinance would have "opened all bathrooms to all sexes at all times" if it hadn’t been overturned.

By Will Doran • April 8, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire

"Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 10, 2016

Israel O'Quinn
stated on August 10, 2015 a speech.

On unemployment rates: "We have counties in Southwest Virginia that are well into double digits and some that are pushing 20 percent."

By Warren Fiske • August 17, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on July 27, 2015 an interview

Says his political opponents "brought 100,000 protesters into our state."

July 30, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on May 14, 2015 a tweet

Says Thomas Jefferson said "that government is best which governs least."

May 19, 2015

Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee

"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."

By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on April 25, 2015 an interview

Says that as president, Barack Obama has not gone to the Texas-Mexico border

May 13, 2015

Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2015 posts on social media

Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care.

By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015

Allen West
stated on March 19, 2015 a post on his website

"EPA wants to regulate … the family BBQ."

By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015

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