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Tom Price
stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

"The number of individuals who actually got coverage through the exchange who didn't have coverage before, or who weren't eligible for Medicaid before is relatively small. So we've turned things upside down completely for 3 million, or 4 million, or 5 million individuals."

By Aaron Sharockman • March 12, 2017

Scott Pruitt
stated on March 9, 2017 in an interview on CNBC:

Carbon dioxide is not "a primary contributor to the global warming that we see."

By Lauren Carroll • March 10, 2017

Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on March 5, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"Everybody acts like President Trump is the one that came up with this idea. ... There are multiple news outlets that have reported" former President Barack Obama ordered wiretapping on Trump.

By Allison Graves • March 5, 2017

Claire McCaskill
stated on March 2, 2017 in a tweet:

"I’ve been on the Armed Services (Committee) for 10 years. No call or meeting w/ Russian ambassador. Ever."

By Lauren Carroll • March 2, 2017

Citizen Action of Wisconsin
stated on February 28, 2017 in a website posting:

Says "people who come to" their dissent actions "get a ‘cease and desist’ letter" from Ron Johnson's office.

By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2017

Bloggers
stated on March 1, 2017 in a headline:

"Top Democrats refuse to stand for Gold Star widow."

By Joshua Gillin • March 1, 2017

Greg Abbott
stated on February 6, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Travis County’s sheriff refuses to enforce 8 USC 1373.

By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2017

Louie Gohmert
stated on February 21, 2017 in a press release:

Political activists are "being paid" to protest members of Congress.

By Joshua Gillin • February 27, 2017

John Eichelberger
stated on February 13, 2017:

Inner-city students "fall back and don’t succeed, whereas if there was a less intensive track, they would."

By Cassie Owens • February 27, 2017

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

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

By Tom Kertscher • February 27, 2017

David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on February 17, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Michelle Obama "said she was never proud of her country til they elected her husband POTUS."

By Tom Kertscher • February 23, 2017

Bloggers
stated on February 3, 2017 in a headline:

Says Sen. John McCain was "caught making highly illegal phone call to foreign country."

By Joshua Gillin • February 21, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 18, 2017 in a campaign rally:

"Look at what’s happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this? Sweden. They took in large numbers. They’re having problems like they never thought possible."

By Allison Graves • February 19, 2017

LearnProgress.org
stated on February 8, 2017 in a headline:

Says Donald Trump was "caught investing in (the) Dakota Pipeline before signing it."

By Joshua Gillin • February 16, 2017

World Food Program
stated on February 5, 2017 in a tweet:

"Food waste is the 3rd largest contributor" of greenhouse gas emissions.

By Jon Greenberg • February 14, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 12, 2017 in a tweet:

"While on FAKE NEWS @CNN, Bernie Sanders was cut off for using the term fake news to describe the network. They said technical difficulties!"

By Allison Graves • February 12, 2017

Sean Hannity
stated on February 9, 2017 in 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

Dawn Buckingham
stated on February 8, 2017 in a campaign email blast:

"Hundreds of illegal immigrants subject to detainers were released in the last week since the new sanctuary policy was adopted by the Travis County Sheriff's Office."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2017 in 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

Donald Trump
stated on February 7, 2017 in a meeting with sheriffs in the White House:

"The murder rate in our country is the highest it’s been in 47 years."

By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2017

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