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Mike Huckabee stated on November 18, 2013 in comments on “The Mike Huckabee Show”:

"You've got more people wanting to go moose hunting in New Hampshire than want Obamacare."

By Jim Haddadin • November 22, 2013

Tony Perkins stated on June 30, 2013 in a TV interview:

"We're already seeing bakers and florists and photographers forced to participate in same-sex marriages under the threat of law and in some cases even jail."

By Amy Sherman • July 8, 2013

Patriot Majority USA stated on June 27, 2013 in an ad:

Says Arkansas Republican Rep. Tom Cotton voted to provide Congress with "taxpayer-funded health care for life."

By Louis Jacobson • June 28, 2013

Todd Hunter stated on November 26, 2012 in a Texas Tribune interview.:

Says real estate taxes were put in place to pay for Obamacare.

By W. Gardner Selby • December 6, 2012

Bill Bradbury stated on October 22, 2012 in a campaign fundraising letter:

"If Buehler were elected, our vote-by-mail system would be at risk."

By Janie Har • October 26, 2012

Workers' Voice stated on October 1, 2012 in a campaign flier:

Says U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson supports a plan for "privatizing Social Security."

By Dave Umhoefer • October 25, 2012

Oregon Senate Republicans (The Leadership Fund) stated on October 12, 2012 in a campaign mailer:

Laurie Monnes Anderson "voted to let violent criminals out of jail early."

By Janie Har • October 19, 2012

Barack Obama stated on October 8, 2012 in a campaign event outside Speaker John Boehner press conference in Derry, NH:

Says Mitt Romney plans to "fire" Big Bird.

By Maryalice Gill • October 9, 2012

Barack Obama stated on October 3, 2012 in a debate in Denver:

Romney’s Medicare plan was estimated to "cost the average senior about $6,000 a year."

By Katie Sanders • October 4, 2012

Barack Obama stated on August 20, 2012 in a radio ad:

Says Paul Ryan "tried to change the whole game" for Social Security

By Joshua Gillin • August 28, 2012

Chain email stated on July 24, 2012 in a chain email:

The health care law includes "a 3.8% sales tax" on "all real estate transactions."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 25, 2012

Sherrod Brown stated on July 19, 2012 in a news release:

"When Josh Mandel claims to have accepted three debates with Sen. Sherrod Brown, he is lying. He has accepted ZERO proposed debates."

By Henry J. Gomez • July 25, 2012

Allen West stated on May 14, 2012 in a newsletter:

An "Obamacare slush fund" paid to spay and neuter dogs and cats, then counted it as an "anti-obesity campaign."

By Amy Sherman • May 30, 2012

U.S. Chamber of Commerce stated on May 9, 2012 in a TV ad:

"20 million people could lose their current coverage" … "including our senior citizens who are on Medicare."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 15, 2012

Mitt Romney stated on March 12, 2012 in a campaign memo:

President Barack Obama is "ending Medicare as we know it."

By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2012

Pat Boone stated on March 12, 2012 in a television ad:

"This (Independent Payment Advisory Board) board can ration care and deny certain Medicare treatments so Washington can fund more wasteful spending."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 15, 2012

Steve Rothman stated on February 8, 2012 in a speech on the House floor:

"The Republicans just voted last year to end Medicare."

By Bill Wichert • February 19, 2012

Newt Gingrich stated on February 5, 2012 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says President Barack Obama "has an Environmental Protection Agency proposal that would raise the price of gasoline by 25 cents a gallon."

By Molly Moorhead • February 7, 2012

Rick Santorum stated on January 23, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Fla.:

Florida's economy "became a bad economy ... because of a huge spike in oil prices in the summer of 2008."

By Becky Bowers • January 24, 2012

Winning Our Future stated on January 11, 2012 in the video, "When Mitt Romney Came to Town" :

Says Romney and Bain Capital drove KB Toys into bankruptcy by loading it up with debt.

By Becky Bowers • January 13, 2012

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