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Donald Trump Jr. stated on July 08, 2020 in a tweet:

"Marquette University threatened to rescind student’s admission over pro-Trump TikTok video."

By Eric Litke• July 16, 2020

Rick Boucher stated on October 25, 2010 in a TV ad:

"Morgan Griffith fought for a plan that would have taken money away from our schools and given it to Northern Virginia schools instead."

By Warren Fiske• October 28, 2010

Morgan Griffith stated on February 11, 2011 in a newsletter.:

"A new ruling by the EPA would force dairy farmers to comply with the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Program when dealing with spilt milk -- the same regulations oil and natural gas producers must follow."

By Jacob Geiger• March 11, 2011

Dave Griffith stated on February 12, 2019 in a hearing:

"Every county in the state of Texas has a veterans court."

By Gaëlle Fournier• April 25, 2019

Morgan Griffith stated on March 25, 2014 in congressional testimony.:

"From 1972 until 2011, the number of EPA employees increased by 107 percent while the number of total federal personnel decreased by 15 percent."

By Nancy Madsen• April 14, 2014

Morgan Griffith stated on May 16, 2013 in a news release.:

"The Government Accountability Office estimated (Obamacare) will add to the long-term deficit by $6.2 trillion."

By Sean Gorman• June 17, 2013

Morgan Griffith stated on March 25, 2011 in a newsletter.:

"Originally, Democrats promised that if you liked your health care plan, you could keep it. One year later we know that you need a waiver to keep your plan."

By Jacob Geiger• March 31, 2011

Morgan Griffith stated on February 11, 2019 in a newsletter.:

"Our country has succeeded in reducing greenhouse emissions in previous years."

By Warren Fiske• February 26, 2019

Joel Griffith stated on April 28, 2019 in an op-ed on Fox News:

"Of the 14 wealthy OECD countries with a wealth tax in 1996, 10 have since then abandoned it."

By Jon Greenberg• May 10, 2019

Morgan Griffith stated on September 20, 2010 in a TV ad:

Rick Boucher "helped write" the cap-and-trade bill

By Wes Hester• October 28, 2010

Morgan Griffith stated on April 03, 2012 in an interview.:

"On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first."

By Nancy Madsen• April 9, 2012

B. Heath Mitchell stated on April 02, 2013 in newspaper article:

The city of Nelson, Ga., is "quieter than Mayberry."

By Janel Davis• April 8, 2013

Steve Chabot stated on October 21, 2021 in a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee:

We are seeing “the Justice Department treat American parents as domestic terrorists” under the Patriot Act.

By Jon Greenberg• October 22, 2021

Michael Burgess stated on December 28, 2010 in an interview.:

Says 2010 was the "worst year ever for America's doctors" reimbursed by Medicare.

By W. Gardner Selby• January 20, 2011

Morgan Griffith stated on February 18, 2011 in an e-mail newsletter and House floor speech.:

"Not even expensive bottled water, like Perrier and Evian, are of good enough quality to pump out of mines in Southwest Virginia, according to the EPA regulation."

By Jacob Geiger• March 22, 2011

Tim Westley stated on March 30, 2022 in an interview:

"We have (people detained by ICE) that have to be seen within 24 hours, while veterans are seen within months.

By Nusaiba Mizan• April 25, 2022

Tom Tancredo stated on October 09, 2007 in Detroit:

"For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes."

By David DeCamp• December 11, 2007

Randi Shade stated on May 19, 2011 in a statement.:

Says that several times in the last 15 years, Austin City Council candidates have won seats after trailing by more than 4,000 votes in the election prompting the runoff.

By W. Gardner Selby• May 26, 2011

Rachel Maddow stated on August 02, 2010 in "The Rachel Maddow Show":

"The overall fact about illegal immigration is that it's not actually getting worse."

By Alex Holt• August 12, 2010

Paul Broun stated on September 29, 2013 in a newspaper op-ed:

According to a federal report, Obamacare will increase the long-term federal deficit by $6.2 trillion.

By Janel Davis• October 22, 2013

Griffith corrects claim that formaldehyde doesn't cause cancer

By Sean Gorman• June 14, 2011

Politicians say the strangest things

By Warren Fiske• March 15, 2011

Louie Gohmert, Austin, Texas, EPA employment: PolitiFact Oregon Roundup

By Dana Tims• April 18, 2014

Tales of light bulbs, gas prices and spilled milk

By Martha M. Hamilton• March 14, 2011

PolitiFact's oddest fact-checks of 2012

By Bill Adair, Becky Bowers• December 26, 2012

Read the articles of impeachment House Democrats have introduced against President Donald Trump

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 10, 2019

Most of Virginia congressmen have backed debt limit increases

By Warren Fiske• May 17, 2011

RFK Jr. is suspending his 2024 presidential bid. Here are 6 fact-checks from his campaign

By Madison Czopek• August 23, 2024

A timeline of the shifting accounts of Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer

By John Kruzel• July 14, 2017

What legal experts say about Donald Trump Jr. meeting with Russian lawyer

By John Kruzel• July 11, 2017

3 times Trump team changed its story on Russia

By John Kruzel• August 3, 2017

Hank Williams Jr. saying Obama a Muslim prompted No. 5 favorite fact check

By W. Gardner Selby• December 25, 2012

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s campaign of conspiracy theories: PolitiFact’s 2023 Lie of the Year

By Madison Czopek, Katie Sanders• December 21, 2023

5 questions about opposition research and Russia

By Louis Jacobson• July 12, 2017

No, Martin Luther King was not a Republican

By Bill Adair• February 1, 2012

MLK, Romney and the GOP

By W. Gardner Selby• January 18, 2013

Here is PolitiFact readers’ pick for 2023 Lie of the Year

By Ellen Hine• December 21, 2023

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s comments about campaign meeting with Russian lawyer

By John Kruzel• July 13, 2017

Was the Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer ‘totally legal,’ as Trump said?

By John Kruzel• August 7, 2018

Repeated: Martin Luther King was a Republican

By W. Gardner Selby• January 30, 2012