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Facebook posts stated on October 03, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Video shows Rand Paul telling Nancy Pelosi “she’s a traitor.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 4, 2022
Jack Conway stated on September 28, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Rand Paul "wants us to pay $2,000 just to get Medicare."
By Louis Jacobson• October 8, 2010
Facebook posts stated on August 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Rand Paul’s medical license was just revoked!”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 13, 2021
Jack Conway stated on October 15, 2010 in a campaign commercial:
Rand Paul wants "to end all federal faith-based initiatives, and even end the deduction for religious charities."
By Louis Jacobson• October 19, 2010
Facebook posts stated on April 07, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Hillary Clinton indicted.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 10, 2023
Facebook posts stated on July 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Rep. Ilhan Omar "voted yes" to "provide further funding for the 9/11 First Responders Victims Fund" while Sen. Rand Paul "voted no."
By Daniel Funke• July 24, 2019
Doug Muder stated on October 20, 2014 in a post on the Weekly Sift blog:
Says Sen. Rand Paul’s 2011 budget "included a big cut in the CDC."  
By Jon Greenberg• October 27, 2014
Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America stated on April 07, 2015 in an ad:
"Rand Paul supports Obama's negotiations with Iran."
By Lauren Carroll• April 7, 2015
Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2023 in a post:
Image shows Sen. Rand Paul in a bathrobe on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
By Grace Abels• September 25, 2023
Kirsten Powers stated on April 12, 2015 in a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
Says Rand Paul denied that he "put forward a bill ... to zero out foreign aid and specifically spoke about Israel."
By Jon Greenberg• April 14, 2015
Rachel Maddow stated on October 28, 2013 in comments on her TV show:
"Rand Paul’s speech ... on 'Gattaca' was totally ripped off of Wikipedia."  
By Steve Contorno, Julie Kliegman• November 1, 2013
Rand Paul stated on August 04, 2014 in comments to reporters:
"I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past."
By Louis Jacobson• August 7, 2014
Claire McCaskill stated on August 21, 2015 in comments to HBO host Bill Maher:
"You wonder why you don't see Rand Paul as much; he's still shopping for his billionaire. He's like the only one who hasn't found a billionaire to fund his super PAC."
By Katherine Knott• October 20, 2015
Tim Kaine stated on May 23, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week.':
The primary election results show Democrats are strong in Kentucky because the Democratic candidates "both got more votes than Rand Paul did."
By Aaron Sharockman• May 23, 2010
Jack Conway stated on September 14, 2010 in a campaign video:
Says Rand Paul thinks drug-dealing, theft, burglary and prostitution should be decriminalized.
By Robert Farley• September 27, 2010
Sarah Silverman stated on May 22, 2015 in a social media post:
Says Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has stated that supporting the "right to health care ... means you believe in slavery."
By Louis Jacobson• May 27, 2015
Adam Kinzinger stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says Rand Paul "has put out budgets to cut the military in half."  
By Steve Contorno• October 26, 2014
Rand Paul stated on April 23, 2014 in a news conference:
40 percent of illegal immigrants "had a visa and then became illegal," mostly because "they changed jobs."
By Tom Kertscher• April 29, 2014
Rand Paul stated on July 17, 2015 in a campaign rally in Houston:
"We borrow a million dollars every minute."
By Lauren Carroll• July 21, 2015
Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview on Meet the Press:
The only budget Ted Cruz "ever voted for in his time in the Senate is a budget that cut defense spending by more than Barack Obama proposes we cut it."  
By Amy Sherman• December 22, 2015

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Rand Paul and the Truth-O-Meter

By Lauren Carroll• April 6, 2015

Fact-checking Rand Paul's Iowa trip

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson• August 7, 2014

Fact-checking Rand Paul's fillibuster on drones

By Bill Adair• March 8, 2013

Rand Paul vs. Rand Paul, Harry Reid's 'do-nothing' Congress: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

By Dana Tims• August 11, 2014

Rick Perry, Rand Paul and American interventionism

By Lauren Carroll• July 18, 2014

Fact-checking Rand Paul's fillibuster on drones

By Bill Adair• March 8, 2013

Rand Paul on the Truth-O-Meter

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 27, 2014

PolitiFact's Top 5 fact-checks for January

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 4, 2014

Facebook meme wrongly accuses GOP 2016 hopefuls on dinosaurs

By Tim Ryan• March 26, 2014

Ask PolitiFact: Does a video show Joe Biden confessing to bribery? No

By Jon Greenberg• December 9, 2019

Some politicians spoke the truth in 2014

By Louis Jacobson• December 24, 2014

Rand Paul stretches the truth on 'The Daily Show'

By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson• August 16, 2013

Republicans and the Civil Rights Act

By Louis Jacobson• May 25, 2010

Did Harry Reid support Viagra for sex offenders?

By Robert Farley, Louis Jacobson• October 8, 2010

Rand Paul's numbers stumble, Nancy Pelosi and Mike Simpson not yet quite best friends: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

By Dana Tims• May 8, 2014

Sarah Palin twice, the DA's vodka, Rand Paul on tanks: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

By Dana Tims• August 22, 2014

Rand Paul attacks Hillary Clinton's use of personal email on Fox News Sunday

By Linda Qiu• July 26, 2015

United Facts of America: Dr. Anthony Fauci disputes Sen. Rand Paul on Wuhan lab

By Angela Fu• May 11, 2021

Mailbag: 'The good stuff overcomes the annoyance'

By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 24, 2010

Checking Paul and Pence on ABC’s 'This Week'

By Martha M. Hamilton• November 9, 2010