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John Cornyn stated on March 18, 2020 in a press conference:

“China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs and things like that, these viruses are transmitted from the animal to the people and that's why China has been the source of a lot of these viruses like SARS, like MERS, the Swine Flu and now the coronavirus.”

By Madlin Mekelburg • March 26, 2020

False

Mark Harris stated on March 29, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Rep. Robert Pittenger "stood against funding for the border wall."

By Paul Specht • April 5, 2018

False

SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana stated on August 25, 2016 in a YouTube video :

"In an interview with the Chicago Tribune's Editorial Board, Comptroller Leslie Munger says that in order to balance a budget, the state would have to 'cut social services completely.'"

By Kevin Hoffman • September 8, 2016

False

Jim Kenney stated on April 25, 2015:

On eliminating the influence of money in policy campaigns

By Cassie Owens • June 28, 2016

Full Flop

Sarah Palin stated on June 28, 2012 in a tweet:

Obama "said (the individual mandate) wasn't a tax."

By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2012

True

Mitt Romney stated on March 6, 2012 in a speech to the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee:

Ronald Reagan’s philosophy of "peace through strength" is why "the Iranians released the hostages on the same day and at the same hour that Reagan was sworn in."

By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2012

Pants on Fire!

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