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Search results for "Admiral fired in Hegseth purge wins Democratic primary in South Carolina"

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Amy Klobuchar stated on February 25, 2020 in a debate:
“While we are all sitting here debating, Wisconsin has kicked hundreds of thousands of people off of their voting rolls.”
By Haley BeMiller• March 2, 2020
X posts stated on March 20, 2025 in a post on X:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “removed Colin Powell’s name from a list of notable Americans buried at Arlington National Cemetery.”
By Madison Czopek• March 25, 2025
Will Weatherford stated on July 05, 2011 in an interview with the "St. Petersburg Times" editorial board:
"Let’s say (Republicans) take away half of our delegates. They’re worth more than Iowa’s, New Hampshire’s and almost South Carolina’s combined."
By Becky Bowers• July 7, 2011
John Edwards stated on November 26, 2007 in Nashua, N.H.:
"I won the South Carolina primary in 2004, and I was way behind in the polls at this stage in 2004."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 27, 2007
Viral image stated on October 14, 2021 in an Instagram post:
There will be a “clown purge” on Oct. 30.
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 21, 2021
Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain stated on January 15, 2008 in a flyer sent to news organizations in South Carolina:
Says McCain was a "Hanoi Hilton songbird" who collaborated with the enemy.
By Shawn Zeller• January 17, 2008
John McCain stated on January 24, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton.:
"I won the majority of the Republican vote in both New Hampshire and South Carolina."
By David DeCamp• January 24, 2008
Donald Trump stated on September 01, 2020 in a television interview:
“There was tremendous cheating in New York”
By Jill Terreri Ramos• September 11, 2020
Barack Obama stated on November 02, 2016 in a rally in North Carolina:
The list of voters that North Carolina Republicans "tried to purge was two-thirds black and Democratic."
By Lauren Carroll• November 7, 2016
X posts stated on January 24, 2024 in in a post:
“Rep. Dean Phillips received almost twice as many votes as Biden did in the New Hampshire primary.”
By Grace Abels• January 26, 2024
Bernie Sanders stated on April 12, 2016 in a speech in Syracuse, N.Y.:
"We win when voter turnout is high, we lose when it is low."
By Louis Jacobson• April 19, 2016
Charlie Crist stated on August 17, 2013 in a speech to Louisiana Democrats:
In 2012, the state "put together a list of over 100,000 people that they thought were ineligible to vote. Came out there were less than 10."
By Amy Sherman• September 12, 2013
Donald Trump stated on September 25, 2021 in a rally in Georgia:
Says Biden “didn’t win in Arizona. He lost in Arizona based on the forensic audit.”
By Amy Sherman• September 28, 2021
Dana Milbank stated on January 03, 2010 in a column in the Washington Post:
"Americans admire Glenn Beck more than they admire the pope."
By Louis Jacobson• January 4, 2010
Dan Bishop stated on August 30, 2019 in a campaign ad:
Says Dan McCready "really admires socialism."
By Julianna Rennie• September 6, 2019
William Barber stated on February 20, 2020 in a tweet:
Says “every time" the DSCC endorsed someone in North Carolina's U.S. Senate primary, "and the person they didn’t support was black, the candidate they picked ended up losing."
By Paul Specht• March 5, 2020
Michael Bloomberg stated on February 26, 2020 in a CNN town hall:
Says of President Donald Trump’s actions on the coronavirus: “No. 1, he fired the pandemic team two years ago. No. 2, he's been defunding the Centers for Disease Control.”
By Louis Jacobson, Victoria Knight• February 28, 2020
Bernie Sanders stated on November 06, 2015 in a Democratic presidential candidates' forum in Rock Hill, S.C.:
"Over half of the black workers in this country earn less" than $15 an hour.
By Louis Jacobson• November 12, 2015
Fight Right Inc. stated on December 06, 2023 in a TV ad:
Nikki Haley “raised taxes.”
By Amy Sherman• December 13, 2023
Ron Paul stated on February 28, 2012 in a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Santorum "opposes right-to-work"
By Louis Jacobson• March 1, 2012

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