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Ernest Almonte
stated on October 5, 2014 in 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

American LeadHERship PAC
stated on October 8, 2014 in a TV commercial:

"As mayor, [Allan Fung] raised taxes three times."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2014

John McCain
stated on August 27, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Daily Rundown":

Says he holds the record for "most appearances on 'Meet the Press'."

By Linda Qiu • August 27, 2014

Stu Burguiere
stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program:

There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time."

By Derek Tsang • July 21, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices":

"By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War."

By Molly O'Connor • June 20, 2014

Jack Reed
stated on May 1, 2014 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:

In the 1950s and 1960s, "the minimum wage was such that it would lift you out of poverty."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices":

"In Iran in 1979, the extremists hijacked the broad-based popular revolution against the Shah and established a brutal theocracy."

By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2014

John Garamendi
stated on May 5, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show":

"During the George W. Bush period, there were 13 attacks on various embassies and consulates around the world. Sixty people died."

By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2014

John Bolton
stated on March 3, 2014 in comments on Fox News Channel:

Says Vladimir Putin once said, "The breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest geopolitical tragedy of the 20th century."

By Katie Sanders • March 6, 2014

Peggy Noonan
stated on February 16, 2014 in a broadcast of ABC's "This Week":

Says "(President) Reagan's second inaugural was moved inside the Capitol. It was. Because of a terrible snowstorm."

By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address:

"The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan" gave his first address to a joint session of Congress.

By Steve Contorno • January 29, 2014

Rhode Island Senate
stated on January 15, 2014 in a Senate resolution:

"The (New England) Patriots were led by an explosive offense that scored the second most points in the NFL."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 17, 2014

Robert Gates
stated on January 13, 2014 in an interview with NPR:

On foreign policy, Joe Biden was against aid for Vietnam, said the fall of the Shah was "a step forward" for human rights in Iran, opposed Reagan's defense build-up and voted against the first Gulf War.

By Steve Contorno • January 16, 2014

Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 5, 2013 in an exchange on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor":

Says Nelson Mandela "was a communist."

By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2013

Harry Reid
stated on November 21, 2013 in a graphic:

"In the history of the United States, 168 presidential nominees have been filibustered, 82 blocked under President Obama, 86 blocked under all the other presidents."

By Louis Jacobson • November 22, 2013

Gail Collins
stated on October 3, 2013 in her oped column:

Louie Gohmert of Texas "compared the current general-in-charge in Egypt to George Washington."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2013

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on September 2, 2013 in a CNN interview:

Says there's a "100-year-old international norm not to use chemical weapons."

By Becky Bowers • September 5, 2013

Peter King
stated on September 1, 2013 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

"The House did vote against engagement in Kosovo, and Bill Clinton kept fighting anyway. And, then, ultimately, a vote did pass."

By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2013

Steven Frias
stated on August 14, 2013 in a Providence Journal commentary:

The R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority "was supposed to exist only until the bonds used to build the Newport Bridge were paid off through tolls. Once the bonds were paid, the Newport Bridge was to be transferred to the State of Rhode Island and become toll-free."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 1, 2013

Barack Obama
stated on July 24, 2013 in a speech in Galesburg, Ill.:

The minimum wage is "lower right now than it was when Ronald Reagan took office."

By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2013

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