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Howard Fineman stated on December 10, 2013 in comments on MSNBC's "All In with Chris Hayes":
Says Rep. Steve Stockman "basically wants gun-filled zones in schools."  
By Jon Greenberg• December 13, 2013
Steve Stockman stated on January 24, 2014 in a Stockman campaign web page:
"John Cornyn backed his pal David Dewhurst" for the U.S. Senate over Ted Cruz.
By W. Gardner Selby• January 28, 2014
Steve Stockman stated on December 11, 2013 in Stockman's campaign website:
"In every poll," John Cornyn "always loses to any conservative the voters have heard about."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 13, 2013
David Stockman stated on May 01, 2011 in an interview on 'This Week with Christiane Amanpour':
Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal cuts "nothing" from Medicare, Social Security or defense in the next two to three years, and "in three years, he does not cut one dime from the debt."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 4, 2011
Mike Pence stated on November 07, 2010 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":
"Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 9, 2010
Donald Trump stated on February 09, 2016 in a victory speech after the New Hampshire primary:
"Don't believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. The number's probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent."
By Louis Jacobson• February 11, 2016
Donald Trump stated on September 28, 2015 in a press conference:
The unemployment rate may be as high as "42 percent."
By Louis Jacobson• September 30, 2015
Steve Stockman stated on August 19, 2013 in a letter forwarded to PolitiFact:
Says U.N. arms treaty will mandate a "new international gun registry."
By Sue Owen• August 28, 2013
Steve Stockman stated on February 22, 2013 in a tweet:
Says president is ‘spending $2.2 billion to give away "ObamaPhones." ’
By Sue Owen• March 15, 2013
Kasim Reed stated on September 23, 2012 in an interview:
Says "you cannot implement Paul Ryan’s plan without allowing for any increases in revenue."
By Eric Stirgus• September 28, 2012
Steve Stockman stated on January 31, 2014 in a campaign email blast:
John Cornyn "voted twice in 2013 to back Obama’s amnesty plan."
By W. Gardner Selby• February 10, 2014
Roger Williams stated on October 11, 2013 in an interview as quoted in a news story:
The federal government "has $3 trillion in cash flow, so we can pay our bills" and won’t default.
By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2013
Senate Conservatives Fund stated on December 09, 2013 in as quoted by Politico:
"John Cornyn has voted to increase the debt, raise taxes, bail out Wall Street banks and fund Obamacare."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 12, 2013
Jeb Bush stated on March 21, 2014 in public remarks:
"There are over 100 pipelines between the United States and Canada right now."
By Amy Sherman• March 26, 2014
AmericanNews.com stated on November 02, 2014 in a web post:
"Congress Approves Bill Offering Free Cars To Welfare Recipients."
By Lauren Burns• November 17, 2014
Sean Duffy stated on March 10, 2013 in an interview:
The United States spends "$2.2 billion on free cell phones, $27 million on Moroccan pottery classes" and pays for "the travel expenses for the watermelon queen in Alabama."    
By Tom Kertscher• March 24, 2013
Color of Change stated on October 29, 2014 in an Arkansas flyer:
Republicans are "trying to impeach our president."
By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno• October 30, 2014
Bloggers stated on July 05, 2018 in a blog post:
"US representatives promise implement of UN gun-control plans"
By Bill McCarthy• July 10, 2018
Tweets stated on October 04, 2013 in messages on Twitter:
The Obama administration shut down the Amber Alert program because of the government shutdown.
By Jon Greenberg• October 7, 2013
Greg Abbott stated on December 13, 2016 in a tweet:
Says an arms control treaty supported by Barack Obama "could give the U.N. some authority to regulate guns."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 22, 2016

Articles (889)

2014 campaign rhetoric is off and running

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 21, 2014

PolitiFact Texas fact-checks the Texas primary contests

By Angie Drobnic Holan, W. Gardner Selby• March 3, 2014

Cornyn cages Stockman, Democrats may need runoff to settle Senate nominee

By W. Gardner Selby• March 5, 2014

Checking Paul and Pence on ABC’s 'This Week'

By Martha M. Hamilton• November 9, 2010

Your early vote can be of primary importance

By Sue Owen• February 18, 2014

Consult your Truth-O-Meter before voting in Texas party primaries

By W. Gardner Selby• February 27, 2014

UN treaty doesn’t mandate international gun registry

By W. Gardner Selby• August 29, 2013

Checking on a rodeo clown and Obama--in Texas

By W. Gardner Selby• August 14, 2013

Wacky spending, even under the sequester?

By Molly Moorhead• March 22, 2013

Did Washington say firearms ensured freedom from government tyranny?

By Sue Owen• January 3, 2013

Sheriff David Clarke's Truth-O-Meter file

By Tom Kertscher• May 17, 2017

Ex-Sheriff David Clarke's master's thesis back in the news

By Tom Kertscher• September 15, 2017

David Dewhurst as chupacabra?

By W. Gardner Selby• October 4, 2011

Fact-checking Chris Christie on the 'Late Show with David Letterman'

By Bill Wichert• February 6, 2013

Were Donald Trump, John Cornyn 'draft dodgers'?

By W. Gardner Selby• July 22, 2015

Fresh (re-baked) blasts from Ted Cruz, David Dewhurst

By W. Gardner Selby• July 10, 2012

David Alameel didn't live in a colonia; he lived in La Colonia, he says

By W. Gardner Selby• July 2, 2014

Two GOP candidates go on attack in Florida's 13th congressional district

By Joshua Gillin• December 30, 2013

Fact-checking David Jolly, Florida's latest U.S. Senate candidate

By Joshua Gillin• July 20, 2015

Muslim prayer rugs on Texas-Mexico border? No confirmed finds

By W. Gardner Selby• October 27, 2014