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Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 27, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor":

Russia and China "absolutely said pretty clearly" they would not keep economic sanctions on Iran if the United States "walked away from the deal."

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 30, 2015
Bill O'Reilly
stated on October 12, 2014 in an interview with Howard Kurtz:

"When I go on Letterman" the "ratings go up."

By Katie Sanders • October 21, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 8, 2014 in comments on Fox News:

"More than 50 percent of immigrants from (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras) use at least one major welfare program once they get here."

By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 5, 2013 in an exchange on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor":

Says Nelson Mandela "was a communist."

By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2013
Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 24, 2011 in on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor":

"The right-to-work states have much lower level of unemployment than the union states do."

By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2011