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Barack Obama's 2015 State of the Union address: annotated

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President Barack Obama delivers the 2015 State of the Union address.

Lauren Carroll

By Lauren Carroll January 20, 2015

Steve Contorno

By Steve Contorno January 20, 2015

Joshua Gillin

By Joshua Gillin January 20, 2015

Jon Greenberg

By Jon Greenberg January 20, 2015

Angie Drobnic Holan

By Angie Drobnic Holan January 20, 2015

Louis Jacobson

By Louis Jacobson January 20, 2015

Katie Sanders

By Katie Sanders January 20, 2015

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stated on June 22, 2017 a meeting with small business owners:

Says of Georgia, "for four years in a row, we are the No. 1 state to do business in."

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stated on July 6, 2017 a press conference in Poland:

Says Barack Obama found out about Russia "in August. Now, the election was in November. That's a lot of time. He did nothing about it."

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stated on July 2, 2017 an episode of "Fox News Sunday":

7 million people the Congressional Budget Office says won't have health insurance coverage under the Senate health care bill "don't exist."

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stated on June 13, 2017 a congressional hearing:

"It's a longstanding policy of the Department of Justice not to comment on conversations that the attorney general has had with the president of the United States."

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Kimberley Strassel

stated on May 28, 2017 "Meet the Press" on NBC:

In 2008, "candidate Obama, he's not even president-elect, sends William Miller over to Iran to establish a back channel and let the Iranians know that should he win the election, they will have friendlier terms."

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stated on May 23, 2017 an online article:

"Rubio: ‘Rape victims should be in custody if there is suspicion that they’re planning abortion.’ "

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stated on May 21, 2017 an episode of "Fox and Friends":

Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich "apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments. ... It turns out, it wasn’t the Russians."

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stated on May 17, 2017 an episode of the "Rush Limbaugh Show":

"What Trump is alleged to have done is actually no different than what Barack Obama did in April last year when he made it known that he didn’t want Hillary prosecuted."

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Richard Blumenthal

stated on May 9, 2017 a press conference:

"What does Trumpcare do? Yank tax credits away from veterans unlike any other American."

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stated on May 4, 2017 blog headlines:

Under the House Republican health plan, sexual assault is a pre-existing condition.

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stated on May 2, 2017 her book "Women Who Work":

"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."

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stated on April 30, 2017 an interview on CBS:

"General Flynn got his clearance from the Obama administration."

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stated on April 28, 2017 the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting:

"For the first time in the modern political era, we have confirmed a new justice in the first 100 days."

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stated on April 25, 2017 the daily White House press briefing:

Trump has "worked with Congress to pass more legislation in his first 100 days than any president since Truman."

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stated on April 26, 2017 a tweet:

The Ninth Circuit has an overturned record "close to 80%."

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Mark Finchem
stated on September 22, 2022 in a Secretary of State debate:

Ballot harvesting “altered the outcome” of a city council election in Yuma County, Arizona.

By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2022
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stated on September 21, 2022 in a post:

“Barron Trump has been kicked out of school for fees.”

By Andy Nguyen • September 23, 2022
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on August 18, 2022 in an ad:

Adam Laxalt took “campaign cash” from drug companies “and used his office to block local attempts at holding one of the worst offenders accountable.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 23, 2022
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stated on September 18, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Chinese military convoy enters Ukraine from Russia.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 22, 2022
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stated on September 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows fighting in Ukraine.

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 22, 2022
Mandela Barnes
stated on September 2, 2022 in News release:

Says under his plan to end cash bail "the Waukesha perpetrator wouldn’t have been released "

By D.L. Davis • September 22, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on September 16, 2022 in a post:

“Lifeguard/football player Joe Biden got five draft deferments for asthma during Vietnam.”

By Gabrielle Settles • September 21, 2022
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stated on September 16, 2022 in a video on Instagram:

Video shows an "invasion of crocodiles" that has flooded the beaches of Brazil and caused residents to panic.

By Andy Nguyen • September 21, 2022
Lee Zeldin
stated on September 6, 2022 in a news conference:

Every time a Republican has been elected president over the last few decades, House Democrats have objected to the result

By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 21, 2022
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stated on September 16, 2022 in a post:

Martha’s Vineyard “deported 50 illegals after only 24 hours.”

By Madison Czopek • September 21, 2022