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Hilary Rosen
Hilary Rosen
stated on August 24, 2016 "The Diane Rehm Show":
"The Clinton Foundation is a charity where President and Secretary Clinton and their daughter, they take no salary, they get no money from it, they take no personal benefit from it."
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By Lauren Carroll • September 1, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 30, 2016 an email:
"It has been 269 days since (Hillary) Clinton has held a press conference."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2016
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on August 28, 2016 an interview during NBC's Meet the Press:
Says Hillary Clinton "is the one that labeled African-American youth as ‘superpredators.’"
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By Allison Graves • August 28, 2016
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on August 28, 2016 an interview on Meet the Press:
Says "Donald Trump himself contributed $100,000" to the Clinton Foundation.
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By Linda Qiu • August 28, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 25, 2016 remarks in Reno:
"Parents and teachers are already worrying about what they call the ‘Trump Effect.’ They report that bullying and harassment are on the rise in our schools, especially targeting students of color, Muslims and immigrants."
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By Lauren Carroll • August 26, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 11, 2016 a tweet:
Says "President Obama’s proposed oil tax would cost consumers 24 cents a gallon."  
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By Tom Kertscher • August 26, 2016
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on July 26, 2016 a press event:
Chicago Public Schools "lead the country in high school graduation of an urban school system," "match the United States of America in kids graduating high school going on to a four-year college," and are "producing eighth-grade leaders in the country in math gains, fourth-grade leaders in reading gains."
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By Madeleine Doubek • August 25, 2016
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 18, 2016 a tweet.:
"22 veterans take their own lives each day."
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By Chris Nichols • August 23, 2016
Julie Pace
Julie Pace
stated on August 21, 2016 a panel on "Fox News Sunday":
"Neither Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump has a plan to address the civil war in Syria."
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By Linda Qiu • August 21, 2016
Scott Rigell
Scott Rigell
stated on August 9, 2016 a Facebook post:
"At $587 apiece, USA would need to bring home about 33.1 BILLION gold medals to pay off our national debt."
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By Sean Gorman • August 19, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2016 a speech in Youngstown, Ohio:
"We admit about 100,000 permanent immigrants from the Middle East every year."
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By Miriam Valverde • August 19, 2016
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on August 10, 2016 a tweet about Carol Everett of the Heidi Group:
Says the director of an anti-abortion group receiving a Texas grant to provide women’s health services "believes HIV can be spread through the sewer system."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 12, 2016 a campaign ad:
Says "Marco Rubio wrote and passed bipartisan legislation allowing the VA to fire negligent workers."
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By Allison Graves • August 17, 2016
Baker Harrell
Baker Harrell
stated on August 15, 2016 an interview with the Texas Tribune:
"Seventy percent of all Texans are overweight or obese."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
Says "employers are still allowed to pay people with disabilities below the minimum wage."
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By Taylor Leighton • August 12, 2016
Florida First Project
Florida First Project
stated on July 14, 2016 a campaign ad:
Says Carlos Beruff "supported (Charlie) Crist even after he switched parties."
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By Joshua Gillin • August 11, 2016
Michael Madigan
Michael Madigan
stated on August 1, 2016 Interview with WSIU and WBBM, published Aug. 1. :
"Bruce Rauner is of record that he will fully support the Trump candidacy. It's documented. It’s available." 
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By Marc Filippino • August 10, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a post on Medium:
Says Hillary Clinton tripled the number of people with AIDS whose "lives are being saved .. and it did not cost you any more money."
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By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2016
Allen Buckley
Allen Buckley
stated on July 13, 2016 a campaign statement:
"U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson has voted for $7 trillion of our national debt!"
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By Jim Tharpe • August 10, 2016
David Canon
David Canon
stated on July 9, 2016 a New York Times article:
"(Paul Ryan) has actually proposed three — total, three — bills that have become law in his entire career dating back to 1999."
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By Cara Lombardo • August 10, 2016
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