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Joe Biden
stated on October 31, 2020 in a rally:

"I’ve released 22 years of my tax returns. You can go online and look. (Donald Trump) hasn’t released one.”

By Bill McCarthy • October 31, 2020
Ron Kind
stated on November 17, 2019 in a TV interview:

"I am the only member of Congress that voted for both inquiries -- the Clinton inquiry and now the Trump inquiry."

By Mica Soellner • November 25, 2019
Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2018 in a debate:

"In December of 2017, the Prince William board of supervisors had a meeting ... (Corey Stewart) skipped that meeting to go campaign in Alabama for Roy Moore to be a U.S. senator … You haven't disavowed Roy Moore's name yet."

By Bill McCarthy • July 24, 2018
Norm Eisen
stated on January 7, 2018 in a tweet:

The White House staff risks violating federal ethics rules if they participate in Donald Trump’s "fake news awards."

By John Kruzel • January 11, 2018
Daniel Biss
stated on November 27, 2017 in a tweet:

These guys are now pretty much living up to the @BruceRauner standard. And falling dismally short of the @MittRomney standard. Even Romney released his full tax returns.

By Matt Dietrich • December 4, 2017
Michael Kearns
stated on October 23, 2017 in a television ad:

"When I saw corruption and sexual harassment cover-ups I called on Sheldon Silver to resign."

By Dan Clark • November 3, 2017
Betty Jean Grant
stated on August 17, 2017 in a Spectrum News story after the debate:

"I'm the only candidate who has not accepted money from Carl Paladino nor LPCiminelli; two of the biggest developers in the city of Buffalo."

By Dan Clark • August 25, 2017
Donald Trump
stated on August 7, 2017 in a tweet:

Says his time away from Washington coincides with a "long planned renovation" for the White House.

By Manuela Tobias • August 8, 2017
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 13, 2016 in CNN's "State of the Union":

Financial conflict-of-interest "laws don't apply to the president, right? So, the president doesn't have to have a blind trust."

By Lauren Carroll • November 16, 2016
Deborah Ross
stated on October 13, 2016 in a debate:

Says Richard Burr "was one of only three senators who voted against a ban on insider trading for members of Congress. And he called that vote brave."

By Will Doran • November 5, 2016
Elaine Phillips
stated on August 26, 2016 in a post on Facebook:

In the past decade in New York State "more than 30 current and former state officeholders have been convicted, sanctioned or accused of wrongdoing — more than any other state."

By Dan Clark • September 19, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech in New York City:

Says Hillary Clinton "said she was under attack (in Bosnia) but the attack turned out to be young girls handing her flowers."

By Jon Greenberg • June 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 in a speech at Stanford University.:

When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
George Will
stated on May 31, 2015 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":

"We spend more money on lobbying than we do on campaigns."

By Jon Greenberg • June 1, 2015
Progress for Austin PAC
stated on December 3, 2014 in a mailer to voters:

"Mike Martinez cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid facing possible jail time and stuck us with his $24,657.50 legal bill."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2014
Josh McKoon
stated on April 3, 2012 in a press conference:

Georgia is one of three states that "effectively have no regulations whatsoever on lobbyists giving to legislators."

By Eric Stirgus • April 15, 2012
Nathan Deal
stated on September 1, 2011 in an interview:

"[The state ethics commission] took absolutely the same percent of cuts as most other state agencies. … They were somewhere in the 7 percent range – same as the governor’s office."

By Chris Joyner • September 21, 2011
Broward County Medical Association
stated on April 2, 2011 in an e-mail regarding Gov. Rick Scott:

In Florida, it’s not illegal for an immediate family member of state officials to prosper from legislation supported by a spouse.

By Laura Figueroa • April 8, 2011
Promote Oregon Leadership PAC (Oregon House Republicans)
stated on October 27, 2010 in a campaign mailer:

Says Will Rasmussen falsely claimed he had lived in the West Linn district for about a year.

By Janie Har • October 29, 2010
Rick Scott
stated on October 25, 2010 in a CNN/St. Petersburg Times debate.:

"Your tellers were paid kickbacks for directing elderly consumers from ... safe deposits to risky ones."

By Aaron Sharockman • October 26, 2010
Kevin Rader
stated on October 20, 2010 in a TV campaign ad:

Lizbeth Benacquisto "broke election law 105 times, hiding special interest contributors."

By Pat Gillespie • October 24, 2010
Bill White
stated on August 14, 2010 in a speech:

Says most of Perry's chiefs of staff have been lobbyists.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • August 30, 2010
Gail Buckner
stated on June 27, 2010 in political debate:

“I have filed every disclosure that has ever been required.”

By Jim Tharpe • July 5, 2010
John McCain
stated on June 7, 2010 in a campaign commercial:

After J.D. Hayworth "was voted out of Congress, he became a registered lobbyist" who was "paid thousands by a Florida corporation to lobby the very committee he used to serve on."

By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2010
Charlie Justice
stated on April 14, 2010 in a Web ad:

"Bill Young uses his campaign money for, among other things, a luxury car."

By Lukas Pleva • April 26, 2010
Democratic National Committee
stated on August 13, 2008:

McCain is "raising campaign cash with one of (Jack) Abramoff's closest business partners: scandal-plagued conservative activist Ralph Reed."

By Alexander Lane • August 13, 2008
Campaign Money Watch
stated on June 9, 2008 in a TV ad:

"McCain got more money from Airbus' U.S. executives than any other politician."

By Robert Farley • July 31, 2008
Let Freedom Ring
stated on July 24, 2008 in a TV ad airing on cable networks such as Fox and MTV.:

Says Obama has flip-flopped on public campaign financing.

By Bill Adair • July 24, 2008
John McCain
stated on June 18, 2008 in an interview with Springfield, Mo., News-Leader:

"You know, the approval rating of Congress is down to 13 percent."

By Will Van Sant • June 24, 2008
Barack Obama
stated on May 21, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.:

"Ten years ago, John McCain offered a bill that said he would ban a candidate from paying registered lobbyists."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 23, 2008

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