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Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on March 11, 2014 a broadcast of "The Daily Show"
Says Abraham Lincoln tried to buy slaves' freedom in border states, but the states "all rejected it."
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By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2014
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 3, 2014 a report issued by the House Budget Committee Republican staff
"Over the past three years, ‘deep poverty’ has reached its highest level on record."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2014
David Ignatius
David Ignatius
stated on March 2, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954. Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people."
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By Julie Kliegman • March 2, 2014
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on March 2, 2014 in comments on Fox's "Fox News Sunday"
Crimea was part of Russia "until 1954, when it was given to the Soviet Republic of the Ukraine."
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By Julie Kliegman • March 2, 2014
Wolf Blitzer
Wolf Blitzer
stated on February 18, 2014 comments on CNN
The words "subhuman mongrel," which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to "justify the genocide of the Jewish community."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 19, 2014
Nicholas Gorham
Nicholas Gorham
stated on December 30, 2013 a newspaper commentary
The General Assembly "has no explicit constitutional authority to impose income, sales, estate and the myriad of other taxes upon us."
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By John Hill • January 19, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2013 a Facebook post
The very first meal on the surface of the moon was the Holy Communion.
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By Janel Davis • September 16, 2013
Charlene Lima
Charlene Lima
stated on June 26, 2013 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House
Economic Development Commission Executive Director Keith Stokes "sent me a letter and he said the taxpayers will never be on the hook for these bonds" for 38 Studios.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 10, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on May 21, 2013 remarks at a General Assembly session
"During the Civil War, more than 300,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army -- more per capita than any other state."
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By Robert Higgs • June 5, 2013
Bee Moorhead
Bee Moorhead
stated on April 23, 2013 a civic summit.
Says more Austinites voted in the city’s 1973 election featuring a mayor’s race than in the city’s most recent mayoral election.
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2013
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
stated on February 17, 2013 an op-ed in the "Washington Post"
Says wrestling was a favorite sport of Abraham Lincoln.
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By Bill Adair • February 18, 2013
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on January 7, 2013 a speech in the Ohio Senate
Abraham Lincoln "visited and some say even danced in (the Ohio Senate) chamber."
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By Tom Feran • January 21, 2013
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on January 16, 2013 his State of the State address
The state budget proposal has been submitted "on time and [it's] the earliest that a governor has done so in over two decades."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2013
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Kay Bailey Hutchison
stated on December 19, 2012 a speech on the Senate floor.
Says the Senate will have a record number of female senators in 2013.  
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 19, 2012
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on September 22, 2012 a panel at the Texas Tribune Festival.
Texas is "the state that has now gone the longest without electing a Democrat statewide."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 26, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
"Since 1961 … our private economy has produced 66 million private-sector jobs. So what's the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 (million)."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2012
Bruce Elfant
Bruce Elfant
stated on August 13, 2012 a press statement.
Says 88 Texas constables have died in the line of duty.
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2012
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on May 29, 2012 a memo from campaign pollster Mike Baselice.
Says that from 1992 through 2010, every statewide candidate drawing over 43 percent of the vote in a Republican Texas primary won the resulting runoff.
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 31, 2012
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 23, 2012 a radio interview
Wisconsin is called the Badger State because "our ancestors came here with the hopes of living the American dream by mining."
True
March 5, 2012
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on December 8, 2011 a House Judiciary Committee hearing
"I've done more impeachments than anybody else in the history of the country."
True
December 19, 2011
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