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Travis Allen stated on February 13, 2017 in a press release:

"The Oroville dam failure was entirely avoidable: California passed a $7.5 Billion water bond in 2014 but Jerry Brown didn't spend $1 on new water storage or improvements to existing infrastructure like Oroville."

By Chris Nichols • February 16, 2017

Andrew Cuomo stated on January 9, 2017 in a State of the State speech in New York City:

"More college graduates are living at home than in decades."

By Dan Clark • January 9, 2017

Paul Ryan stated on November 10, 2016 in an interview:

"Because of Obamacare, Medicare is going broke."

By Tom Kertscher • December 23, 2016

Javier M. Gonzales stated on November 16, 2016 in an interview on The Kelly File:

"Study after study have shown that sanctuary cities do not lead to an increase in crime because of the presence of people that are undocumented."

By Miriam Valverde • November 28, 2016

Roy Blunt stated on August 3, 2016 in a campaign ad:

"On three occasions, judges had to stop Jason Kander from manipulating elections."

By Ellen Cagle • November 6, 2016

Donald Trump stated on November 1, 2016 in a speech:

"In many instances, (people's) health care costs are more than their mortgage costs or their rent, which, by the way, is a first in American history."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 2, 2016

Al Gore stated on October 11, 2016 in a speech:

Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster, . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster."

By Joseph Cariz • October 28, 2016

Yes on 55 stated on August 23, 2016 in a television advertisement:

California’s Prop 55 "prevents $4 billion in new cuts to our schools."

By Chris Nichols • September 13, 2016

Hillary Clinton stated on August 15, 2016 in a campaign speech in Scranton, Pa. :

Says her campaign platform includes the "biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II."

By Lauren Carroll • August 17, 2016

Bill Clinton stated on July 26, 2016 in a post on Medium:

Says Hillary Clinton tripled the number of people with AIDS whose "lives are being saved .. and it did not cost you any more money."

By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2016

Jerry Brown stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention.:

Says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "denies that there's such a thing as evolution."

By Chris Nichols • July 29, 2016

Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland:

"Homicides last year increased by 17 percent in America’s 50 largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years."

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016

Chris Christie stated on July 19, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:

Says "(Clinton) called President Assad a ‘reformer.’ She called Assad a ‘different kind of leader.’ "

By Nadia Pflaum • July 20, 2016

Donald Trump stated on July 11, 2016 in a speech:

"A shocking 20 veterans are committing suicide each and every day, especially our older veterans."

By Sean Gorman • July 14, 2016

Andrew Napolitano stated on June 16, 2016 in a segment on Fox & Friends:

"Attempts to find things like, ‘crime,’ ‘criminal activity,’ ‘indictment,’ have been filtered out by Google" in favor of Hillary Clinton.

By Allison Graves • June 23, 2016

Greg Abbott stated on May 12, 2016 in addressing the Republican Party of Texas state convention:

"ISIS is running through a border made porous by Barack Obama’s policies."

By Dylan Baddour • June 17, 2016

Viral image stated on June 1, 2016 in Facebook post by Liberals are Cool:

"Tuition-free public universities and colleges are just a pipe dream. False. They were both free up until the Vietnam War."

By Allison Graves • June 10, 2016

Bernie Sanders stated on April 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

In the 2014 election, "80 percent of poor people did not vote."

By Linda Qiu • April 24, 2016

Seminole Tribe of Florida stated on February 3, 2016 in a commercial:

The Seminole gambling compact offers "$3 billion in guaranteed revenue, the largest share for any state in history."

By Joshua Gillin • February 11, 2016

Glenn Beck stated on January 23, 2016 in an appearance in Ankeny, Iowa:

"In 40 years of broadcast, I have never endorsed any candidate."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 26, 2016

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