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Russ Feingold
stated on September 26, 2016 in a TV ad:

Says Ron Johnson "helped companies ship jobs overseas."

By Tom Kertscher • October 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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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