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Russ Feingold
stated on September 26, 2016 a TV ad

Says Ron Johnson "helped companies ship jobs overseas."

October 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate

Says to Hillary Clinton, "You heard what I said about (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal), and all of a sudden you were against it."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 27, 2016

NowThis
stated on August 10, 2016 a viral video

Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2016 remarks in Ottawa, Canada

"The steel industry is producing as much steel in the United States as it ever was. It’s just (that) it needs one-tenth of the workers that it used to."

By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2016

Ted Strickland
stated on March 17, 2016 campaign ad, "Beltway Rob"

"It was (Rob Portman’s) job to stop China’s illegal dumping of steel. He failed, looked the other way, did nothing."

By Nadia Pflaum • April 1, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 8, 2016 a news conference

The Trump Winery near Charlottesville, Va. is the "largest winery on the East Coast."

By Sean Gorman • March 21, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2016 a town hall in Norwalk, Iowa

"When they say Mexico can't pay for the wall, I say of course they can. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that's unbelievably big. ... It's billions and billions of dollars -- far more than what we're talking about for the wall."

By Amy Sherman • January 26, 2016

John Kitzhaber
stated on July 18, 2014 a campaign debate

Oregon "is the most trade-dependent state in the nation"

By Bill Adair • July 25, 2014

Chain email
stated on November 26, 2013 a chain email

If the Trans-Pacific Partnership "is fast-tracked through the Senate, it won't receive a committee assignment" and the consideration will include "no debate."

By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2013

Paul Broun
stated on August 10, 2012 a YouTube video

A United Nations arms treaty would "almost certainly force" the U.S. to "create an international gun registry, setting the stage for full-scale gun confiscation."

By Willoughby Mariano • August 10, 2012

Mitt Romney
stated on January 7, 2012 a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.

Says President Barack Obama has opened up no new trade relationships with other nations.

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2012

George Allen
stated on December 7, 2011 a debate.

"Our federal government has lent $2 billion to the state-owned oil company of Brazil to allow them to explore for oil and gas."

By Warren Fiske • December 12, 2011

James Bennett
stated on August 15, 2011 a news conference

Providence's port is "200 miles closer to Europe than any other Eastern port."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 21, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on May 10, 2011 a speech in Austin, Texas

Under President Barack Obama, the United States has "doubled our exports."

By Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2011

John McCain
stated on March 6, 2011 an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"

Says iPads and iPhones "are built in the United States of America."

By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2011

Ted Strickland
stated on August 27, 2010 a campaign video

"Kasich’s trade deals cost Ohio thousands of jobs - 49,000 jobs to Mexico, 91,000 to China."

By Tom Feran • September 21, 2010

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