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Tom Tancredo

Tom Tancredo

Tom Tancredo is a former congressman from Colorado who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. In 2010, Tancredo ran for governor of Colorado as a member of the Constitution Party and placed second to Democrat and then-Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper.

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Tom Tancredo
stated on September 19, 2016 a fundraising email :

Says eight Americans died in a knife attack at a Minnesota mall.

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By Alan Gathright • September 20, 2016

Tom Tancredo
stated on August 8, 2015 a Breitbart article:

Between 2008 and 2014, "criminal aliens accounted for 38 percent of all murder convictions in the five states of California, Texas, Arizona, Florida and New York."

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By Jon Greenberg • August 17, 2015

Tom Tancredo
stated on October 9, 2007 Detroit:

"For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes."

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By David DeCamp • December 11, 2007

Tom Tancredo
stated on November 20, 2007 Fox News interview:

"I spend a lot of time in Iowa, and believe it or not, in Ottumwa, Iowa, this is the heartland, the newspaper, the regular newspaper for Ottumwa, Iowa, is (a) bilingual newspaper."

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By Amy Hollyfield • November 29, 2007

Tom Tancredo
stated on November 13, 2007 an interview on CNN.:

"There was a report that came out from the FBI – a warning, not a report ... saying that, in fact, al-Qaida was planning to attack malls during the Christmas holidays."

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By Lissa August • November 5, 2007

Tom Tancredo
stated on October 21, 2007 a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.:

He received "A" ratings from "every conservative organization that gives ratings."

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By Ryan Kelly • October 22, 2007

Tom Tancredo
stated on September 10, 2007:

In 2006, Arizona had four ballot issues that were "very tough on illegal immigration... Forty-seven percent of the Hispanics in Arizona voted for them."

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By Amy Hollyfield • October 16, 2007

Tom Tancredo
stated on May 15, 2007 Columbia, S.C.:

"For every single scientist that tells you (global warming is) happening and that it's our fault...I can stack up another group of reports that say just the opposite."

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By Bill Adair • June 12, 2007

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