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David A. Clarke Jr. stated on January 23, 2012 in remarks :

Says Milwaukee blacks have 55 percent male unemployment, 60 percent truancy, a 50 percent graduation rate, the "worst" reading scores and "lead" in infant mortality.

By Tom Kertscher• February 13, 2012

Ryan Lizza stated on September 22, 2014 in a tweet:

"Countries bombed: Obama 7, Bush 4"

By Jon Greenberg• September 25, 2014

Kay Bailey Hutchison stated on December 12, 2011 in an interview on CNN’s ‘Out Front’:

Says taking millionaires off food stamps and unemployment would save $20 million.

By Sue Owen• January 6, 2012

Rick Santorum stated on January 11, 2012 in comment to reporters.:

Rick Santorum says Rick Perry requested 1,200 earmarks as governor of Texas.

By Katie Glueck• January 20, 2012

X posts stated on October 26, 2025 in a post on X:

Video shows Hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica on Oct. 26, 2025.

By Maria Briceño• October 27, 2025

West Virginians For Health Freedom stated on August 29, 2025 in a billboard in Morgantown, W.Va.:

“Vaccine makers are exempt from all liability for vaccine injury and death.”

By Natalie Ribar• October 15, 2025

Brian Tyler Cohen stated on May 03, 2023 in a Facebook post:

House Speaker “Kevin McCarthy has quietly implemented a pay raise for members (of Congress) that could be $30,000+ per person. It circumvents the Constitution by instead reimbursing their rent, utilities, & meals.”

By Louis Jacobson• May 11, 2023

Ted Cruz stated on October 19, 2025 in an X post:

Democrats are “dishonestly sending around a video from 2017” claiming it was an Oct. 18 ‘No Kings’ rally in Boston.

By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero• October 20, 2025

Fact-checking claims about same-sex marriage

By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2015

PolitiFact Florida’s Top 5 for April 2015

By Amy Sherman• May 1, 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage

By Amy Sherman• June 29, 2015

Ted Cruz's first fact checks as presidential hopeful

By W. Gardner Selby• March 27, 2015

Medicare and Social Security: What you paid compared with what you get

By Louis Jacobson• February 1, 2013

Federal spending on old and young, by the numbers

By Louis Jacobson• January 28, 2013