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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 21, 2015 speaking to reporters in Iowa:
"It has been the law since the beginning of the country that the children of American citizens born ... abroad are American citizens by birth."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 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
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 6, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Cleveland:
"The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over. John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2015
Tim Lee
Tim Lee
stated on June 30, 2015 mass email:
Cobb County businesses have already been awarded contracts worth $250 million on construction of a new Braves stadium.
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By Nancy Badertscher • July 14, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech:
"Former Gov. Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters."
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By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 2015
Dino Baccari
Dino Baccari
stated on April 16, 2015 testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.:
A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 3, 2015
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on April 14, 2015 a news conference:
In Wisconsin, a "second arrest for carrying pot is a felony," but a second or subsequent arrest "for carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor."  
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By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2015
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 9, 2015 a letter to Iranian leaders:
If President Barack Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2015
Georgia Craft Brewers Guild
Georgia Craft Brewers Guild
stated on March 9, 2015 a statement:
Georgia is one of only five states where breweries can’t sell you a pint of beer to drink on premise or sell you a six-pack to go.  
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By Nancy Badertscher • March 11, 2015
Ron Hayduk
Ron Hayduk
stated on January 1, 2015 a newspaper commentary:
"The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship."
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By Katie Mulvaney • January 25, 2015
Mike Martinez
Mike Martinez
stated on November 12, 2014 a press conference:
Austin mayoral candidate "Steve Adler admitted his law firm worked with Koch Industries for nearly a decade."
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 17, 2014 a TV ad:
"Weeks after accepting a quarter-million-dollar campaign contribution" from a hospital board chairman, Greg Abbott went to court against victims of a drug-taking neurosurgeon.
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 15, 2014
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeanne Shaheen
stated on October 7, 2014 an ad:
"In Massachusetts, Scott Brown pushed for a law to force women considering abortion -- force them -- to look at color photographs of developing fetuses."
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By Jonathan Van Fleet • October 10, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2014 a meme on social media:
Police in the United States are allowed to use tear gas even though it "has been classified as a chemical weapon and banned in international conflict since 1993."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on August 7, 2014 a TV ad:
Says that, as a Supreme Court justice, Greg Abbott found that a company whose vacuum cleaners were sold door to door "had no responsibility" in the hiring of a salesman who raped a customer.
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 8, 2014
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on June 27, 2014 her speech to the Texas Democratic Party state convention:
Says Greg Abbott "has lost" in court "four times in just the past few days."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 6, 2014
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 17, 2014 a TV ad:
When Rick Scott "was deposed in lawsuits about his company, he took the Fifth 75 times."
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By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 25, 2014 a speech to the NRA:
"No other country has a constitutional right" like the Second Amendment.
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By Amy Sherman • April 29, 2014
Linda Finn
Linda Finn
stated on March 18, 2014 a speech during a rally at the Rhode Island state house:
"By a two-to-one margin, Rhode Islanders want to ban assault weapons and we have a very small percentage of gun owners in this state, less than 13 percent."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2014
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter
stated on February 20, 2014 a press conference:
"Georgia’s civil forfeiture laws are among the worst in the country and the very worst in the South."
Mostly True
By Eric Stirgus • March 3, 2014
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