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Chris Wallace stated on June 1, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

Says Hillary Clinton "defended Syria’s President Assad as a possible reformer at the start of that country’s civil war."

By Katie Sanders • June 1, 2014

Chain email stated on May 19, 2014 in messages on the Internet:

"Solar panels drain the sun’s energy."

By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2014

David Dewhurst stated on May 7, 2014 in a roundtable debate with state Sen. Dan Patrick:

Wendy Davis "was just doing a fund-raiser in Chicago with the international socialists organization."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014

Greg Abbott stated on May 6, 2014 in a press release:

Wendy Davis raised money for a U.S. House Democrat who is a member of a Democratic socialists group.

By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014

Rand Paul stated on May 2, 2014 in a newsletter:

"For every Kentuckian that has enrolled in Obamacare, 40 have been dropped from their coverage."

By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2014

Cokie Roberts stated on May 4, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

In discussing the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, "Ms. Rice did say 'a terrorist attack.' It’s not that she put the whole thing on the video."

By Julie Kliegman • May 4, 2014

David Dewhurst stated on April 16, 2014 in a video ad:

Dan Patrick "got caught not paying his taxes" and "pocketed his employees’ payroll taxes."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2014

Chain email stated on April 24, 2014 in a chain email:

"The President wants the U.S. to sign on to the U.N.’s International Criminal Court."

By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2014

Chain email stated on April 24, 2014 in a chain email:

"More than 1,000 American soldiers have lost their lives in Afghanistan in the last 27 months. This is more than the combined total of the nine years before."

By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2014

David Dewhurst stated on April 16, 2014 in a video ad:

Dan Patrick "changed his name from Danny Goeb to hide from" his "debts."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2014

Barack Obama stated on April 10, 2014 in speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library:

During Lyndon B. Johnson’s first 20 years in Congress, "he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2014

Mike Collier stated on March 18, 2014 in a campaign email blast:

"Glenn Hegar promised to eliminate the property tax."

By Sue Owen • April 3, 2014

David Dewhurst stated on March 2, 2014:

Dan Patrick "called for increasing the gas tax and the state sales tax."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2014

Larry Pressler stated on February 28, 2014 in a campaign ad:

"American Hustle shows the FBI making real-life bribes to Washington politicians. I know, because as your U.S. senator, I turned them down."

By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2014

American Life League stated on February 4, 2014 in an email blast:

Girl Scouts USA’s curriculum "promotes Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, Betty Friedan, founder of NARAL Prochoice, and other pro-abortion women as icons for our children to emulate."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 13, 2014

Cecile Richards stated on December 6, 2013 in an interview with Texas Monthly:

The "U.S. has the highest unintended pregnancy rate of any Western industrialized country."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 10, 2014

Karl Rove stated on January 12, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"The amount of attention paid this week to Chris Christie makes the coverage of Benghazi ... pale in significance."

By Steve Contorno • January 12, 2014

Bloggers stated on November 23, 2013 in blog posts:

"Obamacare Medical Codes Confirm: Execution by Beheading To Be Implemented in America."

By Louis Jacobson • January 2, 2014

Bryan Fischer stated on December 10, 2013 in a broadcast of "Focal Point":

"By the word religion in the First Amendment, the founders meant Christianity."

By Jon Greenberg • December 16, 2013

Al Sharpton stated on December 4, 2013 in a broadcast of MSNBC's Politics Nation:

The "priorities" of more than three-quarters of Americans are to increase the minimum wage, create a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, and require background checks for gun buyers.

By Jon Greenberg • December 6, 2013

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