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Bloggers
stated on September 17, 2018 in a blog post:

Says Brett Kavanaugh’s mother presided over foreclosure case against Christine Blasey Ford’s parents, which fueled motivation for sexual assault accusation.

By Kyra Haas • September 20, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on September 18, 2018 an exchange with reporters:

On investigating during the Supreme Court confirmation process, "The FBI doesn’t do that."

By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2018

Kamala Harris
stated on September 7, 2018 a tweet:

Says at his confirmation hearing Brett Kavanaugh said birth control methods could be considered "abortion-inducing drugs."

By Manuela Tobias • September 10, 2018

Bloggers
stated on June 30, 2018 a blog post:

"Justice Kennedy quit because he and his son helped Trump launder illegal Russian money through Deutsche Bank."

By Katie Akin • July 10, 2018

Howard Dean
stated on April 20, 2017 a tweet:

"Hate speech is not protected by the first amendment."

By Lauren Carroll • April 21, 2017

Sean Hannity
stated on February 9, 2017 on Fox News:

The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is "the most overturned court in the country."

By Lauren Carroll • February 10, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2017 a tweet:

Says CNN’s Chris Cuomo "never asked" Sen. Richard Blumenthal about Blumenthal's misstatements on his own service in Vietnam.

By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2017

Chris Collins
stated on August 1, 2016 an interview on MSNBC.:

Hillary Clinton "has already said she's going to wipe out the Second Amendment. She doesn't believe in the First Amendment. And, she also believes in big government, which flies in the face of the 10th Amendment"

By Dan Clark • August 12, 2016

National Rifle Association
stated on August 10, 2016:

Says Hillary Clinton "doesn’t believe in your right to keep a gun at home for self-defense."

By Will Doran • August 11, 2016

John Whitbeck
stated on March 28, 2016 an email:

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland "voted to uphold" D.C.’s ban on handguns.

By Warren Fiske • April 4, 2016

Mitch McConnell
stated on March 20, 2016 "Fox News Sunday":

Says Senate Republicans are "following a longstanding tradition of not filling vacancies on the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election year."

By Lauren Carroll • March 22, 2016

Bill O'Reilly
stated on March 16, 2016 an episode of "The O'Reilly Factor":

Says Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland "voted, so the folks know, in Washington, D.C., to keep guns away from private citizens."

By Lauren Carroll • March 18, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on February 23, 2016 an interview:

"There is a precedent" for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court "in the middle of a presidential election."

By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2016

Nevada State Democratic Party
stated on February 23, 2016 a press release:

"Every Republican Senate candidate has now announced whether or not they support the Senate taking up the Supreme Court vacancy…except for Congressman Heck."

By Riley Snyder • March 3, 2016

Cory Gardner
stated on February 24, 2016 a talk show:

"It's been since 1888 that a Senate of a different party than the president in the White House confirmed a Supreme Court nominee."

By Alan Gathright • February 26, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 14, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating" both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges.

By Linda Qiu • February 14, 2016

Chris Christie
stated on January 15, 2016 a Republican debate on Fox Business Network in South Carolina on Fox Business Network :

"I didn’t support Sonia Sotomayor."

By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2016

Chris Cuomo
stated on May 6, 2015 a Tweet:

"Hate speech is excluded from protection" under the First Amendment.

By Lauren Carroll • May 7, 2015

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 6, 2014 interview on ABC's "This Week":

Says Hillary Clinton's health care plan from the 1990s "had a broader provision in favor of corporate right to back out" of providing contraceptive coverage than the one created by the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision.

By Lauren Carroll • July 8, 2014

Bob Goodlatte
stated on June 29, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":

The "9-0 decision last week was the 13th time the Supreme Court voted 9-0 that the president had exceeded his constitutional authority."

By Steve Contorno • June 29, 2014

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