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Lone Star First stated on September 28, 2010 in a TV ad:

Rick Perry thinks "injecting 11- and 12-year-old girls with a controversial drug (the HPV vaccine), without a parent's consent, is a good idea."

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 1, 2010

Rick Perry stated on October 11, 2011 in Republican presidential primary debate:

Says he "came to the Republican Party sooner in age" than Ronald Reagan.

By Molly Moorhead• October 12, 2011

Rick Perry stated on September 29, 2011 in a television interview:

Says the private sector in Texas created 1 million jobs over the past decade.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• September 30, 2011

Margaret Carlson stated on August 09, 2011 in a politics column.:

Rick Perry "has advocated abandoning Social Security, scuttling Medicaid and ending the federal income tax."

By W. Gardner Selby• August 28, 2011

Karl Rove stated on March 09, 2010 in his autobiography:

"Rick Perry had planned to retire from the legislature until his best friend, David Weeks, and I talked him into switching parties and running for the GOP nomination for agriculture commissioner."

By W. Gardner Selby• March 19, 2010

Bill White stated on October 04, 2010 in a TV ad:

"Rick Perry has become a millionaire on the public payroll."

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 22, 2010

Michele Bachmann stated on October 11, 2011 in the Bloomberg/Washington Post Republican presidential debate.:

Says Rick Perry co-chaired Al Gore’s campaign for president.

By W. Gardner Selby• October 12, 2011

Jay Carney stated on August 16, 2011 in an interview.:

Says Rick Perry "wanted to secede from the union."

By W. Gardner Selby• August 17, 2011

Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends:

Says the Obama administration never responded to his 2012 letter flagging the uptick in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

By W. Gardner Selby• July 18, 2014

Doug Otto stated on March 22, 2011 in a radio interview.:

Says Rick Perry said there’s an administrator for every teacher in Texas public schools.

By W. Gardner Selby• June 10, 2011

Rick Perry stated on September 28, 2011 in an interview:

Says only four Texas legislators voted against a law giving in-state tuition rates to certain illegal immigrants.

By W. Gardner Selby• September 28, 2011

Rick Perry stated on October 26, 2011 in a television ad:

"In Texas, we created over 1 million new jobs while the rest of the nation lost over 2 million."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 26, 2011

Mitt Romney stated on September 12, 2011 in the CNN-Tea Party Express debate in Tampa:

"In writing his book, Gov. Perry pointed out that … by any measure Social Security has been a failure."

By Becky Bowers• September 13, 2011

Rick Perry stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.:

Says Mitt Romney wrote that if Social Security was done "in the private sector, it would be called criminal."

By W. Gardner Selby• September 22, 2011

Rick Perry stated on January 02, 2012 in a Web ad:

"Santorum also voted for a teapot museum in North Carolina."

By Jake Berry• January 3, 2012

Rick Perry stated on February 08, 2011 in a speech:

"Texas added more jobs in 2010 than any other state."

By • February 15, 2011

Rick Santorum stated on September 01, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Florida.:

Says Rick Perry "provided in-state tuition... for illegal immigrants."

By Sue Owen• September 23, 2011

Martin Frost stated on August 12, 2011 in a column in "POLITICO":

Says Rick Perry flip-flopped on gay marriage by first saying it was a state’s rights issue and then saying he was in favor of a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

By Martha M. Hamilton• August 19, 2011

Rick Perry stated on October 13, 2010 in an ad:

"More Texans have new jobs today than the entire population of Fort Worth."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• October 25, 2010

Ron Paul stated on August 10, 2011 in an Iowa campaign stop.:

Rick Perry "was the (campaign) chairman for Al Gore at one time, not too many years ago."

By W. Gardner Selby• September 7, 2011

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