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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."
True
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.
True
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
By Tom Kertscher • 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."
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By Tom Kertscher • December 19, 2011
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