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John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on February 14, 2016 a TV show:
In Sauk City, Wisconsin, "the ID office" that provides identification for voting "is only open on the fifth Wednesday of every month" -- a total of four days in 2016.
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By Tom Kertscher • February 19, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 13, 2016 a Republican debate:
"In New Hampshire, I spent $3 million. Jeb Bush spent $44 million. He came in five, and I came in number one."
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By Nick Reid • February 19, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 5, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:
"Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 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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By Tom Kertscher • February 18, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2016 a video:
"The richest 80 people in the world own more wealth than the bottom half of the global population."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 17, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 15, 2016 a TV ad :
Says Hillary Clinton won "health care for 8 million children."
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By Alan Gathright • February 17, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 13, 2016 the Republican debate in Charleston, S.C.:
"When Jeb (Bush) was governor, his first four years as governor, his Medicaid program grew twice as fast as mine."
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By Jon Greenberg • February 15, 2016
JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on February 8, 2016 a TV ad:
Says state Supreme Court candidate Joe Donald twice "supported" incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley.
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By Tom Kertscher • February 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 21, 2016 a Hillary for America campaign ad:
"On average it takes 300 Americans working for a solid year to make as much money as one top CEO."
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By Riley Snyder • February 12, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee:
"Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 a PBS Democratic debate:
"In America, we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2016
Seminole Tribe of Florida
Seminole Tribe of Florida
stated on February 3, 2016 a commercial:
The Seminole gambling compact offers "$3 billion in guaranteed revenue, the largest share for any state in history."  
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By Joshua Gillin • February 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 4, 2016 a debate:
"We bailed out" Johnson Controls when "we saved the auto industry" and "now they want to avoid paying taxes."
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By Tom Kertscher • February 11, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 24, 2016 a post on Medium:
"My two appointments to the Florida Supreme Court, Raul Cantero and Kenneth Bell, have earned reputations as its most consistent conservatives."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire:
"Making public colleges and universities tuition-free, that exists in countries all over the world, used to exist in the United States."    
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By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2016
Bono
Bono
stated on January 24, 2016 an interview with the "Irish Times":
"People think AIDS is done -- it’s not done."  
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By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2016
Lucy Flores
Lucy Flores
stated on January 21, 2016 a congressional candidate forum in Pahrump, Nev.:
Says Ruben Kihuen "only managed in the minority to get one bill passed out of the eight to 10 he introduced" during the 2015 legislative session.  
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By Riley Snyder • February 8, 2016
Jill Vogel
Jill Vogel
stated on January 27, 2016 legislative hearing.:
In Virginia, "people are going and getting marriage licenses who are 12 and 13, and 14 and 15 years old."
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By Sean Gorman • February 8, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 2, 2016 an interview in Bow, N.H.:
"Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor."
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By Jonathan Van Fleet • February 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 7, 2016 comments on Meet the Press:
"There really isn’t any kind of foreign policy network that is supporting and advising Sen. Sanders."
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By Joshua Gillin • February 7, 2016
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