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Paul Krugman stated on July 05, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":

"Greece is not a big economy. It's about the size of metropolitan Miami."

By Jon Greenberg• July 6, 2015

Jim Jordan stated on January 20, 2011 in a speech to the Heritage Foundation:

"Our debt to GDP ratios, our deficit to GDP ratios are quickly approaching the countries we have been reading about for the last year and a half. We are not far behind Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Spain and all these countries we have been reading about."

By Sabrina Eaton• February 16, 2011

Jeff Atwater stated on July 13, 2015 in an open letter to Floridians:

"Although we have twice the population of Greece, the state of Florida employs three times fewer government employees."

By Joshua Gillin• July 22, 2015

Viral image stated on September 18, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“The NAACP wants” the Confederate Memorial Carving “sandblasted off Stone Mountain.”

By Tom Kertscher• September 27, 2021

Facebook posts stated on March 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:

A video shows migrants faking tears for news cameras.

By Ciara O'Rourke• December 20, 2022

Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House:

U.S. inflation is "now down close to 3%, the lowest among the world’s leading economies."

By Louis Jacobson• September 1, 2023

Viral image stated on March 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:

A photograph shows Beto O’Rourke nearly nude with the words "feminist," "atheist" and "slut" on his body.

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 15, 2019

Facebook posts stated on August 22, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Smart-city plans are behind wildfires in Tenerife.

By Jeff Cercone• August 25, 2023

George Will stated on May 09, 2010 in a roundtable segment on ABC's This Week:

Greece "has a GDP the size of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex."

By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2010

Jacky Rosen stated on May 10, 2018 in a Rosen campaign press release:

Says Dean Heller "has voted for a GOP bill that funded efforts to revive Yucca Mountain."

By Jon Greenberg• May 14, 2018

Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2012 in Facebook posts:

A photo shows paleontologists in Greece discovering the skeleton of a giant.

By Bill McCarthy• October 12, 2021

Hillary Clinton stated on January 15, 2008 in Las Vegas:

"Barack (Obama) has one of his biggest supporters in terms of funding, the Exelon Corporation, which has spent millions of dollars trying to make Yucca Mountain the waste depository."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• January 18, 2008

Public Citizen stated on April 04, 2020 in a tweet:

Says 3.5 million U.S. citizens lost their employer-tied health insurance in March, while zero lost their coverage in 20 other large nations combined.

By Madeline Heim• April 16, 2020

Mitt Romney stated on March 02, 2010 in the book 'No Apology':

"The lifespan of the average American is less than that of people in nations that spend far less (on health care). ... To put it bluntly, we spend more and die sooner."

By Louis Jacobson• March 3, 2010

Viral image stated on July 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Antarctica is not a continent.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 19, 2022

Kim Guadagno stated on May 11, 2011 in a radio interview on WNYC:

After not having any foreign trade offices overseas for the past decade, New Jersey opened offices in Shanghai and London in the past six months, and has seen an 18 percent increase in exports.

By Bill Wichert• June 23, 2011

Harry Reid stated on February 19, 2010 in a television interview with Las Vegas political analyst Jon Ralston:

"We have solved the problem. ... Scientists are now saying leave the nuclear waste where it is."

By Louis Jacobson• February 23, 2010

Candy Crowley stated on February 09, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

"It’s been 14 years since a president or a vice president or a member of their family has not gone and attended at least an event at the Olympics."

By Jon Greenberg• February 9, 2014

Hannah Kelly stated on January 29, 2019 in an education budget hearing at the Missouri state capitol:

"The schools in my district don't have a kitchen."

By Gaëlle Fournier• March 14, 2019

Lamar Smith stated on September 21, 2013 in a flier mailed to constituents:

"In 2010, the non-partisan Government Accountability Office found that only 6.5 percent of the U.S.-Mexico border was under full control of the Border Patrol."

By Sue Owen• October 1, 2013

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