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Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on June 14, 2016 a news conference
Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech after a terrorist attack in Orlando
"Hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2016
Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan
stated on April 19, 2016 an op-ed in the Huffington Post
"Studies have consistently failed to establish the existence of a link between the harshness of a country’s drug laws and its levels of drug use."
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By Jon Greenberg • April 22, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 26, 2016 a speech
"Under the federal Controlled Substance Act, marijuana is listed in the same Schedule I as heroin," even though "marijuana is not a killer drug like heroin."  
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April 22, 2016
Chris Sgro
Chris Sgro
stated on March 17, 2016 a speech urging Charlotte's anti-discrimination ordinance be left intact
"There have not been any public safety issues" in cities that allow transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify as.
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By Will Doran • April 1, 2016
Gina Hinojosa
Gina Hinojosa
stated on February 26, 2016 a campaign mailer
"Texas has a higher incarceration rate than Russia or Iran."
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By Emma Hinchliffe • March 23, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 a debate
Says Dontre Hamilton, who was killed during a confrontation with a Milwaukee police officer, was "unarmed."
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February 18, 2016
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on December 31, 2015 a fundraising email
As part of legislative fights over abortion rights, "Mike Coffman co-sponsored a bill to redefine rape."
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By Alan Gathright • February 3, 2016
State Public Service Announcement
State Public Service Announcement
stated on December 28, 2015
By the end of 2015, more than 1,300 people will have died on Georgia roads. One of out evey four fatalities resulted from drunken driving.  
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By Nancy Badertscher • December 30, 2015
Uber
Uber
stated on November 7, 2015 a web post
"Recent news reports indicate DWI crashes in Austin dropped 23 percent since ridesharing entered the market."
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 16, 2015
Joe Donald
Joe Donald
stated on December 2, 2015 an interview
"We lock up close to 2.4 million people in this country. We're locking up more people than China and Russia."
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December 9, 2015
Chris Danou
Chris Danou
stated on October 20, 2015 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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October 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 15, 2015 a speech in San Antonio
"We lose an average of 90 Americans every day because of guns."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2015
Reader
Reader
stated on September 3, 2015 an email from a reader
Atlanta has issued an increasing number of citations - and collected an increasing amount of revenue - since Mayor Kasim Reed took office in 2010.
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By April Hunt • September 11, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 26, 2015 an Internet graphic
Bernie Sanders opposes the death penalty, and Hillary Clinton supports it.
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By Will Cabaniss • September 2, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 12, 2015 web site
"African Americans are twice as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with the police."  
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By Mark Reynolds • August 30, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on August 5, 2015 a web post.
"The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world."
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By Sean Gorman • August 10, 2015
Mark Obenshain
Mark Obenshain
stated on July 21, 2015 a radio interview
Since parole abolition, Virginia's "crime rate has fallen to third lowest in the country, our recidivism rate is down 20 percent and that’s the second lowest in the country."  
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By Warren Fiske • August 3, 2015
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on July 27, 2015 a post on Instagram
"We built a new prison every 10 days between 1990 and 2005 to keep up with our mass incarceration explosion of nonviolent offenders."
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By Keely Herring • July 31, 2015
Police Chief Billy Grogan
Police Chief Billy Grogan
stated on July 14, 2015 press release
Georgia has more than 700 law enforcement agencies, and fewer than 20 percent of them are state-certified.
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By Nancy Badertscher • July 21, 2015
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