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Ron DeSantis stated on August 10, 2020 in during a televised roundtable discussion on education:
“The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.”
By Phil Galewitz• August 20, 2020
Barack Obama stated on June 25, 2015 in a speech about the Affordable Care Act.:
"By one leading measure, what business owners pay out in wages and salaries is now finally growing faster than what they spend on health insurance" for the first time in 17 years.
By Linda Qiu• June 30, 2015
Alberto Carvalho stated on August 01, 2011 in comments to the Miami-Dade legislative delegation:
"Today we stand as the highest-performing urban school district in America." 
By Amy Sherman• August 5, 2011
Richard Pan stated on April 07, 2016 in remarks at a Capitol budget hearing:
California’s Capitol building is "second only to Disneyland," among visitor sites in the state.
By Chris Nichols• May 27, 2016
Duncan Hunter stated on September 05, 2007 in a debate in Durham, N.H.:
"I built that border fence in San Diego...and it reduced the smuggling of people and drugs...by 90 percent."
By Miranda Blue• September 3, 2007
Viral image stated on September 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Tim Tebow wrote, “The government might be preparing us for a cashless society, but it was predicted by the Bible.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 17, 2021
Mike Rawlings stated on July 08, 2016 in a news conference:
In 2016, Dallas, Texas, has fewer "police officer-related shootings than any large city in America."
By Neelesh Moorthy• July 12, 2016
Shelley Moore Capito stated on January 30, 2019 in a tweet:
"Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops in apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally," including 90 percent to 95 percent decreases in the Tucson, Yuma, San Diego and El Paso sectors. ​
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman• April 8, 2019
Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends:
A record number of immigrants not from Mexico are "being apprehended at the border."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 18, 2014
Barack Obama stated on May 26, 2009 in a speech at the White House.:
"Walking in the door (Sonia Sotomayor) would bring more experience on the bench, and more varied experience on the bench, than anyone currently serving on the United States Supreme Court had when they were appointed."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 26, 2009
Laura Ingraham stated on February 08, 2021 in a TV segment:
“You may not have stayed in a hotel in the past year, but illegals arriving since Biden’s inauguration, they get to stay free of charge.”
By Bill McCarthy• February 15, 2021
Chris Matthews stated on December 16, 2013 in a broadcast of "Hardball":
"Every dollar spent in the new Obamacare system ... goes to private-sector insurance companies."
By Jon Greenberg• December 18, 2013
Glenn Hegar stated on January 02, 2015 in speaking to reporters:
The "average taxpayer will see the equivalent of a 2 percent pay raise as a result of low fuel prices."
By W. Gardner Selby• January 10, 2015
Instagram posts stated on July 09, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Video shows the city of San Diego displaying a flag supportive of pedophilia.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 12, 2023
Chuck Todd stated on June 11, 2014 in comments on MSNBC:
"Cantor's campaign spent more at steakhouses than Brat spent on his entire campaign."
By Jon Greenberg• June 11, 2014
Patrick McKenna stated on October 19, 2017 in a Kansas City Business Journal article:
"Officials at Hyperloop One have referred to the route as one of the best they've ever seen."
By Patrick Mueller• December 15, 2017
Donald Trump stated on June 23, 2018 in a campaign speech:
"We’ve already started (the border wall). We started it in San Diego."
By Chris Nichols• June 26, 2018
Wayne LaPierre stated on February 13, 2013 in an op-ed in the Daily Caller:
"Phoenix is already one of the kidnapping capitals of the world."
By Louis Jacobson, Ciara O'Rourke• February 19, 2013
Facebook posts stated on June 12, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
Says Tim Tebow “kneeled in protest of abortion during the National Anthem in 2012. He was praised by fans as being a ‘model American.’”
By Aaron Sharockman• June 19, 2020
Donald Trump stated on March 20, 2017 in remarks at a Kentucky rally:
"Since China joined — that’s another beauty — the WTO in 2001, the U.S. has lost many more than 60,000 factories."
By Lauren Carroll• March 24, 2017

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