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Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2020 in the final presidential debate:
“When I closed (travel from China) he said I should not have closed. ...He said this is a terrible thing, you are a xenophobe, I think he called me racist. Now he says I should have closed it earlier.”
By Samantha Putterman• October 23, 2020
Joe Biden stated on March 27, 2020 in a virtual town hall on CNN:
“There was no effort” to get American experts into China after it announced the coronavirus, and “we had one person in-country (and Trump) pulled him out of the country.”
By Jon Greenberg• April 3, 2020
Barack Obama stated on June 01, 2015 in remarks at the White House:
Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth."
By Louis Jacobson• June 3, 2015
Donald Trump stated on April 04, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times:
China is "in the South China Sea and (building) a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen."
By Linda Qiu• April 4, 2016
Judson Phillips stated on July 27, 2011 in a "Washington Post" opinion piece:
"Our government has spent $2.6 million to teach Chinese prostitutes how to drink responsibly."
By Robert Farley• July 29, 2011
Donald Trump stated on July 25, 2016 in an interview before a speech in Winston-Salem, NC:
Says he and Bernie Sanders have "very similar" views on trade
By Will Doran• July 27, 2016
Rex Tillerson stated on April 28, 2017 in comments to the UN Security Council:
"China account(s) for 90 percent of North Korean trade."
By John Kruzel• May 1, 2017
Donald Trump stated on December 27, 2024 in a U.S. Supreme Court brief:
On banning TikTok
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• January 16, 2025
Mike Gibbons stated on February 20, 2018 in an interview:
"A lot" of Sen. Sherrod Brown’s policies "reflect that interest in Marxism" and a fondness for communism.
By Amy Sherman• March 27, 2018
Kevin Brady stated on July 28, 2010 in a U.S. House floor speech:
"Over 80 percent of our trade deficit today is with countries that are not trade agreement partners, that are not level playing fields for the United States."
By W. Gardner Selby• August 19, 2010
Donald Trump stated on March 27, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times:
"We’ve rebuilt China."
By Linda Qiu• April 4, 2016
Gretchen Carlson stated on June 02, 2015 in a "Gretchen's Take" on The Real Story:
"Most polls show foreign nations have lower regard for the U.S. now than they did before Obama’s time."
By Katie Sanders• June 4, 2015
Barack Obama stated on April 17, 2008 in a mailer to Pennsylvania voters:
"Hillary Clinton supported NAFTA and permanent China trade. Pennsylvania lost thousands of jobs."
By Robert Farley• April 21, 2008
Pat Toomey stated on April 15, 2016 in :
Says Merrick Garland "authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists."
By Cassie Owens• June 7, 2016
Jeff Sessions stated on July 18, 2016 in the GOP convention in Cleveland:
Says Hillary Clinton "has been a champion of globalist trade agreements. ... Worst of all, they are now pushing the disastrous 5,000-page Obamatrade — the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement."  
By Linda Qiu• July 19, 2016
Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Social media posts stated: “Remember Kamala telling Joe during the debate, ‘You will do whatever the Chinese tell you! They gave your son over a billion dollars.’”
By Sasha Hupka• April 30, 2021
Facebook posts stated on September 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“President Xi of China under house arrest” amid “coup by the PLA.”
By Jeff Cercone• September 28, 2022
Chuck Grassley stated on June 28, 2009 in interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos:
"If the United States moves ahead by itself (on cap-and-trade)... after 30 or 40 years, we're going to reduce CO2 by less than 1 percent."
By Catharine Richert• July 2, 2009
Paul Ryan stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice-presidential debate:
Says the Obama administration spent taxpayer dollars on electric cars in Finland (and) windmills in China.
By Jon Greenberg• October 12, 2012
Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2019 in a rally:
"We have been losing to China for many years, $500 billion a year.
By D.L. Davis• April 30, 2019

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