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Randy Bryce
stated on March 14, 2018 an interview:

"Our campaign staff was the first to unionize in the history of politics."

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By Tom Kertscher • April 25, 2018

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 19, 2018 a speech at Duke University:

"We’ve spent more money on the military than the next 12 nations combined."

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By Paul Specht • April 24, 2018

Sherrod Brown
stated on April 9, 2018 a speech to the City Club of Cleveland:

"Right now in Ohio 200,000 people are getting opioid treatment because they have insurance under the Affordable Care Act."

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By Amy Sherman • April 20, 2018

Florida Democratic Party
stated on April 17, 2018 a tweet:

"X marks the spot at every HCA location where (Gov. Rick Scott) probably defrauded taxpayers."

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By Allison Graves • April 19, 2018

Richard Cordray
stated on April 2, 2018 a campaign website:

"Since 1999, firearm deaths in Ohio have risen 58 percent."

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By Amy Sherman • April 12, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2018 in a tweet:

"When a car is sent to the United States from China, there is a Tariff to be paid of 2 1/2%. When a car is sent to China from the United States, there is a Tariff to be paid of 25%."

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By John Kruzel • April 9, 2018

Paul Mango
stated on May 7, 2017 a campaign video:

"Today, we (in Pennsylvania) have higher unemployment and lower job growth than most."

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By Colin Deppen • April 9, 2018

Snapple
stated on April 5, 2018 a bottle cap:

"There are only 18 minutes of total action in an average baseball game."

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By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2018

Ruben Gallego
stated on April 3, 2018 a tweet:

"For what it would cost the (National) Guard to make just two arrests at the border, we could give a homeless veteran permanent housing for an entire year."

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By Jon Greenberg • April 5, 2018

Alex Mooney
stated on March 25, 2018 a Wall Street Journal op-ed:

"From 2000-10, U.S. manufacturing employment shrank by a third after holding steady for 30 years."

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By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2018

Jose Carrillo
stated on March 28, 2018 a Texas Capitol press conference:

"Just in the Austin MSA alone, 150 people move here every day."

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By W. Gardner Selby • April 3, 2018

Ronna McDaniel
stated on March 28, 2018 a radio interview:

The census "for years and years and years, decades, has asked, ‘Are you a citizen of the United States of America?’"

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By D.L. Davis • April 3, 2018

Michael McCaul
stated on March 26, 2018 an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News:

"1 in 100 people are sociopaths."

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By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2018

Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 26, 2018 a press conference:

Four years after Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised universal pre-K, "79 percent of 4-year olds outside New York City lack full-day pre-K."

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By Dan Clark • March 30, 2018

Travis Allen
stated on March 8, 2018:

"Homelessness has skyrocketed across California. We have the nation’s highest homelessness rate and the nation’s highest homeless population."

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By Chris Nichols • March 27, 2018

Doug Jones
stated on March 21, 2018:

"States that have implemented waiting periods have seen significant decreases in suicides."

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By John Kruzel • March 24, 2018

Rebecca Dallet
stated on March 19, 2018 a TV ad:

Says Michael Screnock "let a child predator walk without time and let a rapist who preyed on an underage girl go free after only an eight-month sentence."

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By Tom Kertscher • March 23, 2018

Michael Screnock
stated on March 2, 2018 a debate:

Says Rebecca Dallet "has talked about her interest in advocating for policies that need to be changed to achieve her political objectives."

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By Tom Kertscher • March 21, 2018

Conor Lamb
stated on March 13, 2018 an election night speech:

Says he didn't take "corporate PAC money."

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By Colin Deppen • March 17, 2018

Bloggers
stated on March 11, 2018 a Facebook post:

Say Sean Hannity said in 2008 that Obama’s willingness to meet with North Korea was "disturbing" while Trump’s "willingness to meet with North Korea is a huge foreign policy win."

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By Jon Greenberg • March 14, 2018

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