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Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2017 remarks at the CIA:

"The media ... sort of made it sound like I had a feud with the intelligence community."

By Jon Greenberg • January 22, 2017

Rand Paul
stated on January 11, 2017 a Senate confirmation hearing:

"We give (foreign aid) to developing countries, and 70 percent of it's stolen off the top."

By Jon Greenberg • January 17, 2017

Reince Priebus
stated on January 8, 2017 an interview:

Says Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s email password was "password."

By Tom Kertscher • January 11, 2017

Reince Priebus
stated on December 11, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"There's been no conclusive or specific report to say" Russia was trying to muddy the election.

By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on October 26, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate:

Says President Obama "was proposing pinprick strikes" for military intervention in Syria.

By Joshua Gillin • October 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 13, 2016 a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton was "let off the hook" for her email scandal while Gen. David Petraeus had his life "destroyed for doing far, far less."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2016 a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.:

Says Sidney Blumenthal wrote that the Benghazi attack was "almost certainly preventable. Clinton was in charge of the State Department, and it failed to protect U.S. personnel and an American consulate in Libya."

By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2016

Russ Feingold
stated on September 26, 2016 a TV ad:

Says Ron Johnson "helped companies ship jobs overseas."

By Tom Kertscher • October 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate:

Says to Hillary Clinton, "You heard what I said about (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal), and all of a sudden you were against it."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate at Hofstra University:

"NATO is opening up a major terror division. ... I'm sure I'm not going to get credit for it, but that was largely because of what I was saying and my criticism of NATO."

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate:

"I did not support the war in Iraq … The record shows that I’m right."

By Lauren Carroll • September 27, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on September 8, 2016 Senate floor remarks:

"If Congress fails to act, the Obama administration intends to give away control of the internet to an international body akin to the United Nations."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2016

Sean Duffy
stated on August 23, 2016 an interview:

Says Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin has "ties to the Muslim Brotherhood."

By Tom Kertscher • September 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2016 a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio:

"I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats."

By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2016

NowThis
stated on August 10, 2016 a viral video:

Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 3, 2016 a rally in Daytona Beach, Fla.:

Says he saw videotape "of the people taking the money off the plane" to pay ransom to Iran for hostages.

By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2016 an appearance on MSNBC:

Says Donald Trump "is going to go out and carpet bomb" the Middle East.

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

Donald Trump
stated on July 17, 2016 an interview on 60 Minutes:

"Hillary Clinton invented ISIS with her stupid policies. She is responsible for ISIS."

By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 12, 2016 a speech at a Trump rally:

Says Hillary Clinton "took 13 hours to send help to Americans under fire" during the terrorist attack in Benghazi.

By Adam Thorp • July 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 2, 2016 an interview on MSNBC:

Says she "never received nor sent any material that was marked classified" on her private email server while secretary of state.

By Lauren Carroll • July 6, 2016

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