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Tennessee Republican Party
stated on May 23, 2018 in a Republican party blog post:

"While Phil Bredesen was in the governor’s office, the number of Tennesseans on unemployment nearly doubled."

By Jon Greenberg • May 29, 2018
Tennessee Republican Party
stated on October 11, 2012 in a mailer sent for a state legislative campaign.:

Says House Democrats "voted to use your tax dollars for abortions" by voting against bill defunding Planned Parenthood.

By Tom Humphrey • October 21, 2012
Tennessee Republican Party
stated on February 25, 2008 in in a press release:

"You don't even have to go outside Obama's campaign to find advisers who are anti-Israel."

By Robert Farley • March 14, 2008
Tennessee Republican Party
stated on February 25, 2008 in a news release:

"The board of a nonprofit organization on which Obama served as a paid director ... granted funding to a controversial Arab group."

By Robert Farley • March 14, 2008