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Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on October 11, 2016 in a TV ad:
"(Deborah) Ross defends those who want to burn the American flag, and even called efforts to ban flag-burning ‘ridiculous,’ yet refused to help a disabled veteran fly the flag."
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By Will Doran • November 5, 2016
Richard Burr
Richard Burr
stated on October 29, 2016 in a private meeting with supporters:
"I had the longest judicial vacancy in the history of the United States."
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By Will Doran • November 3, 2016
Ami Bera
Ami Bera
stated on October 18, 2016 in a U.S. Congressional campaign debate:
Says the U.S. Attorney’s Office said "that neither I nor my campaign had any idea what was going on" regarding my father's illegal campaign contributions. "And that’s why they closed this case."
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By Chris Nichols • October 19, 2016
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 4, 2016 in an interview:
"Sixty percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana."  
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By Tom Kertscher • September 23, 2016
Common Cause
Common Cause
stated on July 19, 2016 in an online video ad:
"Half of all NC legislative candidates are unopposed because of gerrymandering."
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By Will Doran • August 9, 2016
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on July 7, 2016 in a panel discussion on CNN:
African-Americans don't use drugs at a higher level than whites but "wind up going to prison six times more."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 19, 2016 in an interview:
"People have a constitutional right to have semiautomatic rifles."  
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By Tom Kertscher • June 24, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 13, 2016 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
"In America, radical speech is not a crime."  
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By Amy Sherman • June 15, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2016 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"The Chinese last year probably stole $360 billion in intellectual property from the United States."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on April 3, 2016 in an interview:
"There are no rules governing" the 2016 Republican convention, "the rules have not been set."  
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By Tom Kertscher • April 8, 2016
JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on March 15, 2016 in TV ad:
Says the GOP is "helping pay for" Justice Rebecca Bradley's campaign and "she recently skipped court to attend an event paid for" by Scott Walker's "lobbyist friends."  
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By Tom Kertscher • March 31, 2016
Rebecca Bradley
Rebecca Bradley
stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview:
Says JoAnne Kloppenburg "has told us she thinks it's her job to promote a more equal society."
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By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 2016
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on March 4, 2016 in a Columbia/Boone County League of Women Voters Town Hall:
"Seventy percent of Missourians support voter photo ID legislation."
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By Katie Moeller • March 14, 2016
JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on February 8, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says state Supreme Court candidate Joe Donald twice "supported" incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley.
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By Tom Kertscher • February 14, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 24, 2016 in a post on Medium:
"My two appointments to the Florida Supreme Court, Raul Cantero and Kenneth Bell, have earned reputations as its most consistent conservatives."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 2, 2016 in an interview in Bow, N.H.:
"Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor."
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By Jonathan Van Fleet • February 7, 2016
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on November 22, 2015 in an interview:
The Milwaukee County executive can sell the public "museum, the airport and the zoo" -- all on his own, without County Board approval  
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By Tom Kertscher • December 3, 2015
Chris Danou
Chris Danou
stated on October 20, 2015 in remarks in Assembly debate:
A Republican bill that would change John Doe criminal investigations is "creating exceptions in the law for politicians."
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By Tom Kertscher • October 22, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 25, 2015 in comments to reporters:
A state agency wanted to fire an employee who spent four hours per day watching pornography, but the state "employment commission reinstated the person."
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By Tom Kertscher • October 7, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on September 16, 2015 in a presidential debate:
"There's never been a direct Supreme Court case on people who were here illegally, whether or not their kids are citizens."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2015
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