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"The unemployment rate among Poles in Britain is lower than the unemployment rate among Brits." By Jon Greenberg• June 26, 2016 Sheldon Whitehouse stated on June 12, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate: The oceans "have become 30 percent more acidic." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• July 21, 2013 Bill O'Reilly stated on December 05, 2013 in an exchange on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor": Says Nelson Mandela "was a communist." By Louis Jacobson• December 11, 2013 Nikki Haley stated on October 05, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says that Nikita Khrushchev said, “Your children's children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright; but, we will keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you will finally wake up and find you already have Communism.” By Madison Czopek• October 9, 2020 Facebook posts stated on December 25, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said, ‘You will give up your guns, if you don’t I’ll have the National Guard cut your power, your phone lines, and your internet. Then, if you still refuse to comply I’ll have you killed.’" By Bill McCarthy• January 2, 2020 Rand Paul stated on November 14, 2010 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation": "We now consume at the federal level 25 percent of the gross domestic product. Historically we were at 20 percent. So we've taken 5 percent away from the private sector." By Louis Jacobson• November 15, 2010 Viral image stated on October 01, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Image quotes Sen. Ted Cruz as saying, “In the last election, 54 million evangelical Christians stayed home. If Christians will simply show up and vote our values, we’ll turn this country around.” By Madison Czopek• October 12, 2020 Donald Trump stated on February 13, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate: On the Iraq war, "I said it loud and clear, 'You'll destabilize the Middle East.' 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