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National Republican Congressional Committee stated on January 22, 2012 in a news release:

Rep. David Cicilline is responsible for the federal loan guarantee to Solyndra, the failed solar company

By Alex Kuffner • January 22, 2012

Chain email stated on January 24, 2008 in a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris:

"She flunked the D.C. bar exam."

By Robert Farley • February 15, 2008

Amy Acton stated on September 21, 2026 in a campaign ad:

Vivek Ramaswamy "pushed an Alzheimer's drug that he knew didn't work. He made hundreds of millions of dollars scamming people."

By Cami Henry-Seymore • October 12, 2026

X posts stated on January 22, 2025 in a post:

Elon Musk posted on X that the MAGA movement will “succeed in all the ways Nazi Germany failed to.”

By Sara Swann • January 23, 2025

Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first 2020 presidential debate:

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden “left me 128 judges to fill. You just don’t do that.”

By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2020

Facebook posts stated on April 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Pelosi was in (Wuhan) China 6 days after the impeachment HOAX failed.”

By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2020

Robin Vos stated on November 10, 2019 in a TV interview:

Says 1,000 people failed gun background checks in Wisconsin in 2018, but "almost none of them were prosecuted for trying to do a background check and illegally buy a weapon."

By Eric Litke • November 26, 2019

Viral image stated on April 4, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"Health and Human Services admits they have never conducted federally-required monitoring of vaccine safety for over 30 years."

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 10, 2019

Ronald Brownstein stated on January 23, 2018 in a CNN interview:

"They found 60 votes in the Senate in 2006 and 2013" for immigration legislation, and "each time the House Republican majority refused to take it up."

By Miriam Valverde • January 26, 2018

Paul Ryan stated on January 5, 2017 in a press briefing:

"Obamacare has failed."

By Tom Kertscher • February 1, 2017

Kofi Annan stated on April 19, 2016 in an op-ed in the Huffington Post:

"Studies have consistently failed to establish the existence of a link between the harshness of a country’s drug laws and its levels of drug use."

By Jon Greenberg • April 22, 2016

Jerry Patterson stated on June 26, 2013 in an email blast.:

Says unsuccessful Texas abortion legislation "was supported by a majority of" Texans.

By W. Gardner Selby • June 27, 2013

Josh Mandel stated on October 2, 2012 in a campaign commercial:

Sherrod Brown "failed to pay his own taxes three separate times."

By Tom Feran • October 17, 2012

Mitt Romney stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:

Says Obama broke his promise to offer a comprehensive immigration bill in his first year.

By Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2012

American Future Fund stated on August 9, 2012 in an advertisement:

Says U.S. Rep. Martin Heinrich "spent a trillion of our tax dollars on a stimulus for failed companies here and jobs overseas."

By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2012

Crossroads GPS stated on May 16, 2012 in a TV ad.:

Obama promised to cut the deficit by half by the end of his first term but he "hasn't even come close."

By Katie Sanders • May 17, 2012

Americans for Prosperity stated on November 2, 2011 in a TV ad:

"(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy."

By Becky Bowers • November 15, 2011

Matt Wand stated on August 28, 2011 in guest column :

Says "Every time the Legislature 'suspended' the kicker, most recently the corporate kicker in 2007, Salem spent every penny and failed to stabilize the state's revenues."

By Janie Har • September 10, 2011

Tim Pawlenty stated on July 24, 2011 in a statement from the campaign:

Michele Bachmann's legislative record is "offering failed amendments."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 28, 2011

National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on February 1, 2011 in a news release:

Says Sen. Sherrod Brown admitted "that his $787 billion stimulus law failed" and "after specifically attacking Republicans for wanting to lower Americans' taxes, (he) now claims that his stimulus bill 'didn't do enough' to lower taxes."

By Tom Feran • March 9, 2011

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