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Bono stated on October 23, 2009 in an interview with the Associated Press:

When it comes to aid, "the United States is still about half as what European countries give as a percentage."

By Robert Farley• October 30, 2009

Viral image stated on October 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says a photo shows "25,000 outside all to hear the POTUS speak!"

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 16, 2019

Chain email stated on March 17, 2014 in a chain email:

Says President Barack Obama told a room of students, "Children, every time I clap my hands together, a child in America dies from gun violence," and then a child told him he could solve the problem by not clapping any more.

By Louis Jacobson• March 17, 2014

George W. Bush stated on November 09, 2010 in his book, "Decision Points.":

Says that in his first 17 months as president, the United States doubled its world-leading $500 million a year commitment to fighting global AIDS.

By W. Gardner Selby• December 16, 2010

Bono stated on February 17, 2017 in a speech at the Munich Security Conference:

"For every extra year a girl goes to school, her income goes up 12 percent."

By Jon Greenberg• February 22, 2017

Bono stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview with the "Irish Times":

"People think AIDS is done -- it’s not done."

By Jon Greenberg• February 9, 2016

Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2012 in a post on Facebook:

"In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight."

By Erin O'Neill• April 15, 2012

Instagram posts stated on December 05, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Paul Pelosi hasn’t been seen in public for months because he had mpox.

By Jeff Cercone• December 8, 2022

Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“In April 1997, there was a ‘gas out’ conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.”

By Madison Czopek• March 22, 2022

Chris Jones stated on February 23, 2019 in a floor speech.:

Virginia House "Republicans have had more African-Americans on key committees than when the Democrats were in control."

By Warren Fiske• March 5, 2019

Jorge Elorza stated on September 30, 2014 in a debate:

"In the last six years of Cianci’s administration violent crime was down in the United States. It was down in the region. It was down in Rhode Island. But it was up in Providence."

By Alex Kuffner• October 6, 2014

Allen West stated on July 27, 2011 in an interview on CNN:

"This is the first time in the history that we've had the raising of a debt limit also with spending cuts."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 29, 2011

Gwen Moore stated on April 27, 2016 in a congressional hearing:

Water rates in Manila, Philippines, "were raised up to 845 percent" when a subsidiary of the World Bank became a partial owner.

By Jon Greenberg• May 12, 2016

John Kasich stated on August 09, 2015 in an interview with "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos:

Says he was "one of the chief architects" of balancing the federal budget.

By Jon Greenberg• August 9, 2015

Rudy Giuliani stated on November 02, 2007 in a television interview.:

"America never made up for the gutting of the intelligence services that Bill Clinton did. I think those are (former CIA director George) Tenet's words ... that Bill Clinton gutted American intelligence."

By Shawn Zeller• November 19, 2007

Allie McCullen stated on March 02, 2011 in a speech:

"The Georgia Lottery Corp. has only once in the past 16 years paid out the agreed upon 35 percent of proceeds to the account which funds the HOPE scholarship."

By M.B. Pell• April 27, 2011

Republican Party of Texas stated on June 04, 2010 in an e-mail:

"Bill White has a long history of trying to limit or even disenfranchise military voters."

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 14, 2010

Newt Gingrich stated on January 26, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Jacksonville, Fla.:

"We balanced the budget with the 1997 Balanced Budget Act, and ultimately had four consecutive balanced budgets."

By Louis Jacobson• January 27, 2012

Ken Cuccinelli stated on August 10, 2013 in a speech.:

Says Terry McAuliffe is "the person who invented the scheme to rent out the Lincoln Bedroom."

By Sean Gorman• August 26, 2013

John Kasich stated on October 14, 2010 in a campaign video:

"(John) Kasich was the architect who balanced the budget, cut spending, created a surplus, igniting record job creation."

By Tom Feran• October 31, 2010

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