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Featured Statements

Rick Santorum
stated on April 5, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.":

"Ninety percent of American workers don't own their own business."

By Katharina Fiedler • April 13, 2015
Rick Santorum
stated on April 5, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.":

Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree."

By Katharina Fiedler • April 8, 2015
Rand Paul
stated on March 24, 2015 in an interview on the Kelly File:

Says according to recent polls, no Republican candidate "is doing better against Hillary Clinton than myself."

By Lauren Carroll • March 25, 2015

Rick Santorum on the Truth-O-Meter

By Lauren Carroll • May 27, 2015
Jeb Bush's questionable attack on Barack Obama and the use of U.S. power

By Katharina Fiedler • April 27, 2015