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stated on June 8, 2020 in post on Facebook:
“Cops in Norway: require 3 years of training, 4 people killed since 2002. Cops in Finland: require 2 years of training, 7 people killed since 2000. Cops in Iceland: require 2 years of training, 1 person killed since ever. Cops in the U.S.: require 21 weeks of training, 8,000+ people killed since 2001.”
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By Emily Venezky • June 16, 2020
Franklin Graham
stated on April 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Even with no shutdown, Sweden has a lower COVID-19 infection rate than UK, Italy and Spain.
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By Tom Kertscher • April 24, 2020
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 12, 2020 in a press conference:
Of the Trump administration’s European travel restrictions that exempt the U.K.: “Well, you can just get into the Chunnel, and you’ll be in the U.K.”
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By Miriam Valverde • March 12, 2020
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stated on October 17, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Ann Landers said, “At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don’t care what they think. At age 60, we discover that they have not been thinking of us at all.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • October 25, 2019
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 19, 2019 in a rally in New York City:
Says Congress gave Wall Street “trillions of dollars of zero interest loans.”  
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By Jon Greenberg • October 25, 2019
Rick Perry
stated on August 14, 2019 in a speech:
“The U.S. now leads the world in producing both oil and natural gas, and at the same time reducing energy-related emissions.”
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By Madlin Mekelburg • August 27, 2019
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stated on July 19, 2019 in post on Facebook:
“Ida B. Wells refused to give up her seat 71 years before Rosa Parks did. At age 33, she owned the first African American newspaper in Chicago, the Chicago Conservator. Why do you never hear about her? Because she was a Republican.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • August 6, 2019
Richard Durbin
stated on July 11, 2019 in a speech:
Says President Trump “has ended up attracting larger numbers of people coming to the United States presenting themselves for asylum status at our border than we’ve ever seen.”
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 28, 2019
Seth Moulton
stated on June 7, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Joe Biden hasn’t admitted he was wrong on the Iraq War, as he did with the Hyde Amendment.  
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By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2019
Natasha Marcus
stated on May 8, 2019 in a speech on the Senate floor:
Says there’s “no wait list” for private school vouchers
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By Paul Specht • May 16, 2019
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stated on May 2, 2019 in social media posts:
When Joe Biden’s son Hunter was serving as “a director to Ukraine’s largest private gas producer,” the elder Biden “threatened to withhold $1 BILLION in U.S. aid to Ukraine if they didn’t fire a prosecutor looking into” the gas company.
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By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2019
Marie Newman
stated on April 24, 2019 in a radio interview:
“We’re in a situation right now where 80% of the country is living paycheck to paycheck.”
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 28, 2019
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stated on March 1, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says author J.K. Rowling was the first billionaire to fall off Forbes billionaire list because of charitable giving.
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By Samantha Putterman • March 6, 2019
Donald Trump
stated on January 19, 2019 in a speech:
“One in three women is sexually assaulted on the dangerous journey north.”
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By Miriam Valverde • January 25, 2019
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on October 16, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says Claire McCaskill “even said this about private planes, ‘that normal people can afford it.’”
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By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2018
Donald Trump
stated on September 11, 2018 in press conference:
“Puerto Rico’s electric grid and their electric generating plant was dead before the storms ever hit. It was in very bad shape. It was in bankruptcy. It had no money. It was largely — you know, it was largely closed.”
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By Manuela Tobias • September 13, 2018
Kevin McCarthy
stated on August 15, 2018 in a speech:
Studies are showing California’s wildfires “are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing.”
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By Chris Nichols • August 29, 2018
Patrick Kennedy
stated on April 17, 2018 in an editorial:
Marijuana and THC “have caused emergency room visits to skyrocket.”
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By Katie Akin • July 6, 2018
Jacky Rosen
stated on June 8, 2018 in a campaign press release:
Says Dean Heller helped “craft a partisan repeal bill that also would have slashed coverage protections for people with pre-existing conditions.”  
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By Jon Greenberg • June 13, 2018
Mitch McConnell
stated on June 4, 2018 in a Senate floor speech:
“The bottom line is clear: Under the policies of this unified Republican government, American workers, families, and business owners are achieving economic growth that is unmatched in recent memory. … More than 1 million new jobs have been created just since we passed tax reform last December.”
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By Louis Jacobson • June 5, 2018
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