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Viral image
stated on October 9, 2017 in Internet posts:

A viral image shows LeBron James wearing a T-shirt that reads, "We march, y’all mad. We sit down, y’all mad. We speak up, y’all mad. We die, y’all silent."

By Joshua Gillin • October 12, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on October 8, 2017 in a tweet:

"Bob Corker gave us the Iran Deal."

By John Kruzel • October 12, 2017

Andrew Gillum
stated on September 29, 2017 in a post on Gillum's campaign website:

"Under his leadership, Tallahassee reduced its carbon intensity by roughly 40 percent."

By Allison Graves • October 12, 2017

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2017 in a speech at the University of California at Davis:

"There have been more than 270 mass shootings in the United States in the last year alone. That’s where four or more are killed."

By Chris Nichols • October 10, 2017

Colin Kaepernick
stated on October 8, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Winston Churchill said, "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."

By Joshua Gillin • October 9, 2017

Charles Schumer
stated on October 1, 2017 in an interview on CBS' Face the Nation:

Trump’s tax plan is "completely focused on the wealthy and the powerful - not the middle class."

By Dan Clark • October 9, 2017

Chris Cox
stated on October 8, 2017 in a "Fox News Sunday" interview:

Says Sen. Dianne Feinstein said "if she had 51 votes in the Senate for 'Mr. and Ms. America, turn in all of your guns,' they would do it."

By Jon Greenberg • October 8, 2017

Phil Berger
stated on September 15, 2017 in In a press release:

North Carolina has "the strictest anti-gerrymandering standards in the entire country."

By Paul Specht • October 5, 2017

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 2, 2017 in a tweet:

"The crowd (in Las Vegas) fled at the sound of gunshots. Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer ..."

By Manuela Tobias • October 4, 2017

Public Interest Legal Foundation
stated on September 25, 2017 in a press release:

Bryan County, Ga., has "corrupted voter rolls."

By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2017

Paul Krugman
stated on September 30, 2017 in a tweet:

Said there is cholera in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 in an interview with reporters:

Says "No, I don't benefit, I don't benefit" from his tax proposal.

By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 in an interview:

"We have one senator who’s a ‘yes’ vote ... but he’s in the hospital. And he’s a ‘yes’ vote. So we can’t do it by Friday. So we have the votes" to pass a health care bill.

By John Kruzel • September 28, 2017

Ron Johnson
stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview:

The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did."

By Tom Kertscher • September 22, 2017

Luther Strange
stated on August 29, 2017 in a campaign website:

"Roy Moore fought for pay increases for politicians while courts had to shut down because of lack of funding."

By John Kruzel • September 22, 2017

Mike Pence
stated on September 21, 2017 in comments on 'Fox & Friends':

"Thomas Jefferson said, ‘Government that governs least governs best.’ "

By Joshua Gillin • September 21, 2017

Billy Richardson
stated on August 31, 2017 in on the House floor:

North Carolina is home to "two rivers of the top five most polluted rivers" in the U.S.

By Paul Specht • September 20, 2017

Sean Duffy
stated on September 14, 2017 in a Facebook Live town hall:

Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt."

By Tom Kertscher • September 20, 2017

Joy Behar
stated on September 6, 2017 in comments on 'The View':

Says PolitiFact reported that "95 percent of what (Donald Trump) says is a lie."

By Joshua Gillin • September 18, 2017

Young Conservatives
stated on September 8, 2017 in an Internet post:

"Mass voter fraud just discovered, to the amount that could void Hillary’s victory In New Hampshire."

By Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias • September 15, 2017

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