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Donald Trump Jr. stated on November 01, 2019 in a Tweet:

"Tens of thousands" of people leave New York every week.

By Jill Terreri Ramos• November 8, 2019

Tom Kean Jr. stated on May 24, 2011 in a press release:

"The state’s tax burden has, according to census figures released today, cost our state another 190,000 residents in 2009."

By Erin O'Neill• June 27, 2011

Lawrence O'Donnell stated on March 22, 2011 in MSNBC's "Last Word":

"Most Americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant."

By Robert Farley• March 24, 2011

Ocean State Policy Research Institute stated on January 20, 2011 in a report:

"The most significant driver of out-migration [from Rhode Island] is the estate tax."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Peter Lord• February 13, 2011

Beto O'Rourke stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet:

“Energy experts and State House Dems, among others, were warning of this (the Texas power blackout) for years.”

By Amy Sherman• February 19, 2021

Donald Trump stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate:

Says to Hillary Clinton, "You heard what I said about (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal), and all of a sudden you were against it."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• September 27, 2016

Republican Governors Association stated on May 29, 2013 in a gubernatorial campaign TV ad:

"Barbara Buono by the numbers: As a Trenton politician, she voted to raise taxes 154 times. Under her, property taxes up 70 percent. Backed a 16 percent sales tax increase. Utilities, nursing homes, cell phones, parking lots, lottery wins, gyms – She taxed them all. Architect of Corzine’s budget, she drove New Jersey $2 billion into debt. Barbara Buono by the numbers: taking New Jersey backwards."

By Caryn Shinske• June 6, 2013

Ted Cruz stated on July 13, 2021 in an interview:

"There is clear legal authority to handcuff and put in leg irons legislators that are trying to stop the legislature from being able to do business."

By Brandon Mulder• July 16, 2021

Ron Wyden stated on June 20, 2012 in in a news release :

"Oregon schools receive millions of dollars per year in federal school lunch assistance and yet they are required to spend that money almost anywhere but Oregon."

By Charles Pope• June 29, 2012

Josh Mandel stated on October 31, 2012 in a radio ad:

Says that Sherrod Brown is an "Obama rubber stamp" for "supporting the job-killing cap and trade plan."

By Tom Feran• November 1, 2012

Shelley Moore Capito stated on July 29, 2014 in a campaign ad:

"The president's come out with rules that say, 'No new coal-fired power plants.' "

By Steve Contorno• August 7, 2014

Charlie Kirk stated on August 16, 2021 in a radio show segment:

Joe Biden intentionally “let it fall apart” in Afghanistan because he “wants a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars to come into America to change the body politic permanently.”

By Bill McCarthy• August 19, 2021

Jennette Gayer stated on January 02, 2013 in a news release:

"Wind powers nearly 13 million homes across the country."

By Eric Stirgus• January 23, 2013

Rick Perry stated on December 15, 2011 in an Iowa TV ad.:

Says Mitt Romney raised business taxes 20 percent in Massachusetts.

By W. Gardner Selby• December 22, 2011

Ted Cruz stated on February 25, 2016 in remarks during the GOP debate at the University of Houston:

"Spending on welfare, on prisons, and education, all of those have dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars" because of Arizona’s immigration laws that drove out undocumented immigrants.

By Anthony Cave• March 4, 2016

Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Sri Lanka’s president, Estonia’s prime minister and Ukrainian diplomats were arrested.

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 12, 2022

The Accountability Project stated on June 10, 2011 in a TV ad:

Says former Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez and current mayoral candidate Carlos Gimenez both drove fancy European cars at taxpayer expense.

By Amy Sherman• June 20, 2011

Dan Crenshaw stated on February 16, 2021 in a tweet:

“Subsidizing investment in wind has pushed gas and nuclear out. Now we live with the consequences.”

By Brandon Mulder• February 26, 2021

Common Sense Now stated on June 20, 2011 in an ad:

Says Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Julio Robaina "has the highest salary among Florida mayors. More than $260,000."

By Amy Sherman• June 23, 2011

TikTok posts stated on May 15, 2023 in a TikTok video:

"Chinese communist” troops on the ground at U.S. southern border.

By Jeff Cercone• May 19, 2023

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