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Dana Loesch stated on September 04, 2014 in a tweet:
"Obama admin gutted @ProjChildSafe budget to provide trigger locks and safety kits."
By Jon Greenberg• September 8, 2014
Facebook posts stated on April 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“The Biden Administration is buying Kamala Harris’ book with our taxpayer dollars.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 27, 2021
Facebook posts stated on January 29, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Stanley cups tested positive for lead “inside of the cup where the drink is.”
By Jeff Cercone• February 1, 2024
Brad Schimel stated on April 09, 2017 in a TV interview:
There is no ‘backlog’ of untested rape kits in Wisconsin. 
By Eric Litke• May 19, 2017
Bloggers stated on October 07, 2009 in a posting on the conservative Web site TownHall.com:
The Baucus health care bill would require taxes on medical devices such as X-ray machines, female condoms, HIV tests and surgical needles.
By Louis Jacobson• October 9, 2009
John Chiang stated on May 12, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Antonio Villaraigosa's "recklessness (as mayor of Los Angeles)  ... left no funding to test 7,000 rape kits, putting public safety at risk."
By Chris Nichols• May 16, 2018
Kim Reynolds stated on November 10, 2020 in a press conference:
"If you can’t get a test through Test Iowa, there are multiple other sites: your doctor, your clinics, your pharmacies, the stroke detection clinic centers."
By Brooklyn Draisey• November 18, 2020
Jodie Laubenberg stated on June 23, 2013 in Texas House debate on Senate Bill 5.:
Says a "rape kit" can be used to "clean out" women, "basically like" dilation and curettage.
By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby• June 24, 2013
Rod Monroe stated on January 15, 2014 in an Oregon Senate work session:
"We have the lowest beer tax in the nation."
By Dana Tims• January 24, 2014
Leticia Van de Putte stated on October 15, 2014 in a video ad:
"In 2013," Dan Patrick voted "against funding to test the backlog of rape kits, allowing rapists to walk free."
By W. Gardner Selby• October 17, 2014
Generation Opportunity stated on December 10, 2013 in a Facebook post:
"Obamacare could force thousands of volunteer fire stations to cut service or close entirely!"
By Steve Contorno• December 13, 2013
Barbara Ann Radnofsky stated on October 22, 2009 in in a Web site video:
"The attorney general requires that rape victims pay for the rape kit."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 12, 2010
Michael Easley Jr. stated on July 12, 2022 in a press conference:
“North Carolina is among some of the top states in the country for the number of ghost guns that are seized as crime guns.”
By Paul Specht• August 10, 2022
Bloggers stated on January 24, 2017 in a blog post:
Say George Soros's money "went straight into the (Women’s March) protesters’ pockets."
By Jon Greenberg• January 25, 2017
Ron Fournier stated on May 10, 2015 in a pundit panel on "Face the Nation":
Says Mike Huckabee appeared in diabetes infomercials to endorse "cures and treatments that no health agency supports."
By Katie Sanders• May 13, 2015
Facebook posts stated on July 07, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Adults over 51 can receive $$$ in additional spending for groceries and expenses.”
By Andy Nguyen• July 14, 2022
Edward Markey stated on June 15, 2010 in a statement at a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee:
"Right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the Gulf of Mexico on leases that will cost American taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties."
By Louis Jacobson• June 16, 2010
Gavin Newsom stated on March 08, 2018 in :
"California is 49th out of 50 in the United States in per capita housing units. Only Utah can lay claim to being lowest in per capita production."
By Chris Nichols• March 21, 2018
Mike DeWine stated on August 22, 2018 in a TV ad:
"While Richard Cordray was Attorney General, 12,000 rape kits like Allyssa's were left untested. Cordray's failure left serial rapists free to strike again. Then Mike DeWine became Attorney General. He tested all 12,000 rape kits. Now hundreds of rapists are behind bars."
By Amy Sherman• August 30, 2018
Joe Biden stated on March 15, 2020 in a Democratic primary debate:
The World Health Organization offered the testing kits that they have available and to give it to us now. We refused them. We did not want to buy them.”
By Jon Greenberg, Victoria Knight• March 16, 2020

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By W. Gardner Selby• January 13, 2015

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Creative editing twists McCain's comments on Iraq

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