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Rick Scott
stated on June 2, 2014 in a campaign commercial:

"Charlie Crist allowed college tuition to increase up to 15 percent every year."

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By Joshua Gillin • June 4, 2014

David Frum
stated on June 3, 2014 in in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher":

"We’ve seen a remarkable reduction in the number of Americans being executed -- it’s down nearly two-thirds over the past generation."

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By Aaron Sharockman • June 3, 2014

Bill Maher
stated on May 23, 2014 in in comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher":

"We're fifth in the world (in executions), behind China, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia."

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By Aaron Sharockman • June 3, 2014

John McCain
stated on June 1, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

The five Taliban detainees being released from Guantanamo in exchange for captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl "are the hardest of the hard-core. These are the highest high-risk people."

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By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2014

Michael Sullivan
stated on May 23, 2014 in a tweet:

"From the ‘Do As I Say Not As I Do’ department: federal employees owe $3.3 billion in back taxes."

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By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014

Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
stated on May 20, 2014 in the group's website:

"Less than 5 percent of registered users in states allowing medical marijuana have cancer or AIDS."

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By Joshua Gillin • May 29, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on May 6, 2014 in a forum:

The Wisconsin school voucher program "has no research that shows that it’s going to improve student learning."

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By Tom Kertscher • May 28, 2014

David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on May 19, 2014 in a news release:

Milwaukee has seen "an uptick in violence" since 2010, and "the only period of calm we get is when winter sets in."

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By Dave Umhoefer • May 23, 2014

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on May 13, 2014 in in a question and answer after a speech:

Cap and trade legislation "was originally a Republican idea."

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By Amy Sherman • May 23, 2014

Elizabeth Warren
stated on May 19, 2014 in an interview on "PBS Newshour":

"Today, the five largest financial institutions are 38 percent bigger than they were back in 2008, when they were too big to fail."

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By Steve Contorno • May 22, 2014

Bobby Jindal
stated on May 13, 2014 in an op-ed for Politico Magazine:

Says Hillary Clinton opposed an individual mandate and favored an employer mandate back in 1993.

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By Steve Contorno • May 21, 2014

Miami Seaport Alliance
stated on May 14, 2014 in a TV ad:

David Beckham’s soccer stadium would get a "special tax deal that lets them off the hook for $2 million in taxes every year for 30 years."

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By Amy Sherman • May 20, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 16, 2014 in a speech at the New America Foundation:

"Canadian middle class incomes are now higher than in the United States. They are working fewer hours for more pay, … living longer on average, and facing less income inequality."

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By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2014

Jerry Brown
stated on May 18, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"Virtually no Republican" in Washington accepts climate change science.

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By Julie Kliegman • May 18, 2014

Jeb Bush
stated on May 12, 2014 in a speech at the Manhattan Institute:

"U.S. teenagers have now fallen behind their counterparts in Ireland, Poland and even Vietnam in math and science."

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By Amy Sherman • May 15, 2014

John Kitzhaber
stated on May 7, 2014 in an email to supporters:

"Oregon today has 100,000 more jobs than it did when I was elected."

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By Dana Tims, Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2014

Harry Reid
stated on May 6, 2014 in a news conference:

Congress used earmarks "for more than 200 years."

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By Tim Ryan • May 13, 2014

John Garamendi
stated on May 5, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show":

"During the George W. Bush period, there were 13 attacks on various embassies and consulates around the world. Sixty people died."

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By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2014

Rick Santorum
stated on May 11, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union.":

The CBO says that if you raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, "half a million people would lose their jobs."

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By Julie Kliegman • May 11, 2014

Karen Handel
stated on April 21, 2014 in a press release:

Says U.S. Senate candidate David Perdue flip-flopped on releasing his tax returns.

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By Eric Stirgus • May 9, 2014

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