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Hillary Clinton
stated on January 4, 2016 a posting on the Clinton website:

"Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on November 6, 2015 a Democratic primary forum:

"I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table."

By Lauren Carroll • November 23, 2015

John Bel Edwards
stated on November 11, 2015 a campaign ad:

Says David Vitter "answered a prostitute’s call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom."

By Charles Maldonado • November 19, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on November 8, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":

"Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used."

By Linda Qiu • November 8, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on November 1, 2015 comments on "Meet the Press":

"If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored."

By Lauren Carroll • November 1, 2015

Jennifer Granholm
stated on October 25, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says Marco Rubio opposes abortion "even in the case of rape and incest."

By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman • October 25, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2015 the second GOP primary debate:

When Carly Fiorina says Hewlett-Packard "revenues went up, that's because she bought Compaq. It was a terrible deal."

By Linda Qiu • September 21, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN debate:

Says Donald Trump was "forced to file for bankruptcy not once, not twice, four times."

By Clayton Youngman, Lauren Carroll • September 21, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2015 the second GOP primary debate.:

Says Marco Rubio has "the worst voting record there is today."

By Linda Qiu • September 17, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on September 13, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation":

"The top man at Yale Law School came out ... with just a raging report" about former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, saying she is "one of the worst executives in his memory in history running the company."

By Linda Qiu • September 13, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland:

"A majority of the candidates on this stage have supported amnesty ... I have never supported amnesty."

By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on August 6, 2015 comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland:

Says that Donald Trump "supported Charlie Crist."

By Amy Sherman • August 7, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on July 27, 2015 a Telemundo News interview:

Says in 2002, he "won more Hispanic votes than Anglo votes, 60 percent in the state."

By Joshua Gillin • July 31, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on July 13, 2015 a speech:

Says because of his actions, Wisconsin "property taxes today are lower than they were four years ago."

By Tom Kertscher • July 15, 2015

Bill Clinton
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on CNN's State of the Union:

Says Hillary Clinton "was completely exonerated, when I was in the White House" by an official inquiry on Whitewater.

By Linda Qiu • June 23, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on May 10, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"We doubled the size of the company (Hewlett-Packard)."

By Lauren Carroll • May 10, 2015

Dana Bash
stated on March 29, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

"There's just one piece of legislation that is now law" with Sen. Ted Cruz's "name on it."

By Lauren Carroll • March 29, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 26, 2015 an interview:

More than any Republican governor in the 2014 elections, "I took a higher percentage of the Republican vote"and "yet I also carried independents by 12 points."

By Tom Kertscher • March 4, 2015

Mike Martinez
stated on November 12, 2014 a press conference:

Austin mayoral candidate "Steve Adler admitted his law firm worked with Koch Industries for nearly a decade."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2014

Ernest Almonte
stated on October 5, 2014 an interview on WLNE's "On the Record":

"I was speaking out on pension reform almost 17 years ago."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2014

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