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Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 17, 2017 an episode of the "Rush Limbaugh Show"

"What Trump is alleged to have done is actually no different than what Barack Obama did in April last year when he made it known that he didn’t want Hillary prosecuted."

By Lauren Carroll • May 18, 2017

Judy Chu
stated on May 4, 2017 a press release

The GOP health bill "would once again allow being a rape or domestic violence victim to be a pre-existing condition."

By Chris Nichols • May 9, 2017

Gwen Moore
stated on May 4, 2017 a news release

"Under ‘Trumpcare,’" domestic violence and sexual assault "could be considered pre-existing conditions."

May 9, 2017

Stephen Miller
stated on February 12, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week"

"I'm calling into question the accuracy of the ruling. The district judge in Seattle said there was no indication of terrorism from these seven countries in our country."

By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2017

Eric Greitens
stated on September 29, 2016 a press release

Says Chris Koster "fell silent" as attorney general in pursuing a case against a free classified service accused of promoting prostitution after accepting "over $12,000 in campaign contributions' from people affiliated with the service."

By Natalia Alamdari • November 2, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2016 a speech

"The man who was in charge of the investigation of Hillary Clinton accepted essentially from Hillary Clinton $675,000 that went to his wife."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech

Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on August 15, 2016 a speech in Scranton, Pa.

Says military commanders have said that if Donald Trump were elected, "they would not follow his orders."

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2016

Pat McCrory
stated on August 2, 2016 a press release

"Roy Cooper's refusal to do his job is costing taxpayers money."

By Will Doran • August 16, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on May 14, 2016 his speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention

Barack Obama issued a decree "demanding that every public school now allow grown men and boys into the little girls’ bathroom."

By Eleanor Dearman • June 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 19, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"

Says delegates can't "legally" change the Republican National Convention rules to prevent Donald Trump’s nomination.

By Linda Qiu • June 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 5, 2016 an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation"

Says Judge Gonzalo Curiel "is a member of a club or society, very strongly pro-Mexican."

By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on December 5, 2015 a speech at the Rising Tide Summit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

"The Democrats in the Senate last year introduced a constitutional amendment to repeal the free speech protections of the First Amendment."

By Jason Noble • December 22, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on November 30, 2015 a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt

"Here’s the simple and undeniable fact: The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats."

By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2015

Emanuel Cleaver
stated on August 11, 2015 on 'Up to Date'

Two years ago motorists in Ferguson, a city of 20,000 people, "received 31,000 citations. That's at least one citation per person plus 10,000 for visitors. The city is still surviving only on traffic tickets; there's virtually no industry there."

By Sean Nelson • October 22, 2015

Edward Flynn
stated on August 27, 2015 a forum

In Milwaukee County, juveniles arrested for car theft "get sent immediately home, because under the point system in juvenile court" on holding suspects, "a stolen car gets zero points."

October 19, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on October 18, 2015 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'

"Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general."

By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on October 13, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas

"We are imprisoning or giving jail sentences to young people who are smoking marijuana."

By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 13, 2015 the first Democratic presidential debate

Says Edward Snowden "could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower."

By Jon Greenberg • October 14, 2015

Jon Erpenbach
stated on September 25, 2015 an interview

Says Scott Walker "said he wouldn't touch" the state civil service system but now supports overhauling it.

October 2, 2015

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