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Restore Our Future
stated on February 15, 2012 a television ad

Newt Gingrich "co-sponsored a bill with Nancy Pelosi that would have given $60 million a year to a U.N. program supporting China’s brutal one-child policy."

By Eric Stirgus • February 15, 2012

Judy Manning
stated on January 4, 2012 an interview

"When [Mitt Romney] was the governor of Massachusetts, he performed 100 — and I’m not sure this number is right, but my mind says it’s about 180 gay marriages."

By Eric Stirgus • January 18, 2012

Vincent Fort
stated on October 29, 2011 a newspaper column

"If [Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed] wants to be like Bull Connor, then so be it."

By Eric Stirgus • November 8, 2011

Newt Gingrich
stated on October 11, 2011 a Republican presidential debate

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was right that President Barack Obama’s health care bill created what "would, in effect, be death panels."

By Willoughby Mariano • October 28, 2011

Sovereign Citizens United
stated on August 12, 2011 a web post

U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson, John Lewis and other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."

By Eric Stirgus • September 2, 2011

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2011 a Twitter post

"We spend less on defense today as % of GDP than at any time since Pearl Harbor."

By M.B. Pell • August 29, 2011

Beverly Hall
stated on August 10, 2011 a commentary published in Education Week

The results of Atlanta Public School’s 2010 and 2011 CRCT tests "have not been questioned."

By Willoughby Mariano • August 19, 2011

Federal Transit Administration
stated on July 13, 2011 a press release

The Atlanta streetcar is expected to create 930 jobs during construction, totaling more than 5,600 jobs over the next 20 years.

By Willoughby Mariano • July 25, 2011

Shirley Franklin
stated on June 23, 2011 a blog post

Former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall left the school district "significantly better than she found it."

By Willoughby Mariano • July 11, 2011

Herman Cain
stated on May 24, 2011 an interview on the Glenn Beck Program radio show

"I did not say that I would not have them [Muslims] in my Cabinet."

By Willoughby Mariano • June 8, 2011

Janet Napolitano
stated on May 7, 2011 Atlanta Press Club speech

"Very, very, very few people get a pat-down" when they go through airport security.

By Willoughby Mariano • May 17, 2011

Herman Cain
stated on March 15, 2011 a talk at a conservative think tank

Said Planned Parenthood’s early objective was to "help kill black babies before they came into the world."

By Willoughby Mariano • April 8, 2011

Ray McBerry
stated on December 15, 2010 a radio interview

"You’ll find blacks in almost every regiment throughout the South who fought right alongside white Southerners," during the Civil War.

By Willoughby Mariano • January 7, 2011

The Walking Dead
stated on December 5, 2010 the TV show's season finale

In the case of a catastrophic event, the Atlanta-area offices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will self-destruct.

By Willoughby Mariano • December 10, 2010

Republican state senators
stated on November 5, 2010 Statements to reporters

Said they reached a "power-sharing agreement" with Republican Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle

By Jim Tharpe • November 17, 2010

Roy Barnes and Nathan Deal
stated on October 28, 2010 statements to the press

Vows to keep Georgia's race for governor "civil" and focused on the "positive."

By Eric Stirgus, Jim Tharpe • October 29, 2010

Jill Chambers
stated on September 27, 2010 a recorded telephone message

Says campaign contributions to her rival for a state House seat was money intended for schoolchildren.

By Willoughby Mariano • October 8, 2010

Republican Governors Association
stated on September 9, 2010 a website

Candidate for governor Roy Barnes has been "fighting hard" to let illegal immigrants vote.

By Willoughby Mariano • September 24, 2010

Preston Smith
stated on July 28, 2010 a news release

"We have my opponent Sam Olens to thank for [the Arizona immigration ruling] since he was on the team that got Clinton elected."

By Eric Stirgus • August 2, 2010

Chris Carpenter
stated on July 24, 2010 radio news story

"Nobody’s invited us" to the Obama events in Atlanta.

By Jim Tharpe • July 30, 2010

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