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Kip Kendrick
Kip Kendrick
stated on February 4, 2016 a League of Women Voters Town Hall meeting
"Requiring photo ID would keep about 200,000 Missourians from voting."
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By Katie Moeller • March 21, 2016
Will Kraus
Will Kraus
stated on August 30, 2015 an episode of "This Week in Missouri Politics"
Says Missouri needs a voter I.D. law because "there’s over 16 people in the state of Missouri who have been convicted of some type of voter fraud."
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By Adam Aton • January 4, 2016
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on September 9, 2015 a discussion on Fox News' "The Five"
When it comes to classified information at the State Department, Hillary Clinton’s "the decider."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 11, 2015
Danny Porter
Danny Porter
stated on May 4, 2015 an interview with AM750 and 95.5 FM News/Talk WSB radio
"A sitting sheriff cannot be charged except by a warrant issued by a Superior Court judge."
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By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • May 6, 2015
Charlie Bethel
Charlie Bethel
stated on April 2, 2015 Senate chamber
Georgia has had the nation’s busiest Court of Appeals for a decade or more.
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By Nancy Badertscher • April 20, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 1, 2015 an interview
Says Bill Clinton signed a law "very similar to," and Barack Obama voted for a law "something like," Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act.    
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April 13, 2015
Roy Moore
Roy Moore
stated on February 12, 2015 an interview with CNN
Alabamians "haven’t changed their opinion" on same-sex marriage since voting to ban it in 2006.
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By Steve Contorno • February 13, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 24, 2015 a speech
Wisconsin requires, "by law, a photo ID to vote."
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January 30, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 20, 2014 a speech announcing new immigration actions
"The actions I’m taking" are "the kinds of actions taken by every single Republican president and every single Democratic president for the past half-century."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 19, 2014 a campaign commercial
Says Rick Scott "pled the Fifth 75 times to avoid jail for Medicare fraud."
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By Joshua Gillin • September 25, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 9, 2014 a Senate floor speech
Saturday Night Live executive producer "Lorne Michaels could be put in jail under this amendment for making fun of any politician."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 14, 2014 an episode of his radio show
Republicans "went out of the way to praise (Eric) Holder's nomination. ... Not a single Republican senator opposed Eric Holder's nomination."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2014
Luis Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez
stated on July 13, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"We spend $18 billion a year on making sure that the federal government has immigrant enforcement agents. That's more than DEA and the ATF and the FBI and all the other enforcement (agencies) combined."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2014
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
stated on May 27, 2014 a news release
Florida has "the most errors and exonerations from death row."
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By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2014
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on May 14, 2014 a video ad
In Texas, "a faceless hospital panel can deny life-sustaining care, giving you only 10 days to find another facility for your mother, dad, or young child, even if the patient is conscious."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014
Kesha Rogers
Kesha Rogers
stated on March 19, 2014 statements on her campaign website
Says President Barack Obama was responsible for "the assassination of at least four American citizens" in drone strikes.
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By Sue Owen • March 19, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 31, 2014 an interview with CNN
"What is and isn't a Schedule I narcotic is a job for Congress."
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By Steve Contorno • February 4, 2014
Doctors for a Healthy Georgia
Doctors for a Healthy Georgia
stated on December 2, 2013 its website
"Defensive medicine costs Georgia up to $14 billion a year."
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By Eric Stirgus • December 11, 2013
James Vincent
James Vincent
stated on August 4, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers."
Twenty four states have voter ID or comparable restrictions; before Barack Obama was elected, it was two.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2013
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 14, 2013 an interview on 'Meet the Press'
"The president has had 1,540 of his nominations confirmed, only four defeated."
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By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2013
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