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Peter Lavelle stated on July 23, 2014 in a segment on RT's "CrossTalk":
"I'm not a conspiracy theorist and I never allow conspiracy theorists on my program."
By Katie Sanders• July 30, 2014
Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2022 in in a post:
"More people die from hands, fists, feet, than rifles.”
By Jeff Cercone• May 27, 2022
Connie Mack stated on July 24, 2012 in a letter from the campaign to the Tampa Bay Times:
Twenty two years ago, when he was running for governor, Bill Nelson missed 56 percent of his votes in the U.S. House.
By Amy Sherman• July 26, 2012
Facebook posts stated on May 25, 2023 in a video on Facebook:
"1,000,000 Ukraine soldiers wiped out”
By Sara Swann• May 26, 2023
Sandy Adams stated on August 02, 2012 in a campaign mailer:
John Mica "voted to borrow $10 trillion."
By Katie Sanders• August 2, 2012
Casey Cagle stated on September 08, 2015 in press release:
"Eighty-three law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty this year. Twenty-four of them were shot and killed in cold blood."
By Nancy Badertscher• September 22, 2015
Sam Adams stated on December 01, 2010 in a city council meeting:
Four out of 10 homicides are committed by gun in this city.
By Janie Har• December 23, 2010
Ron Johnson stated on July 25, 2011 in a television interview:
"The federal government is spending 25 percent of our entire economy versus 100 years ago we spent only 2 percent."
By Dave Umhoefer• July 31, 2011
Bloggers stated on December 03, 2019 in a story:
Adam Schiff Paid Witnesses Over $40 Million To Testify Against Trump  
By Samantha Putterman• January 21, 2020
John McCain stated on June 17, 2008 in a TV ad:
"John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago."
By Bill Adair• June 17, 2008
Gwen Moore stated on July 24, 2013 in a news release:
A Republican housing finance reform bill "would eliminate a person’s ability to obtain 15- and 30-year mortgages."
By Tom Kertscher• August 4, 2013
Viral image stated on April 20, 2017 in posts on social media:
"After prohibition ended, police deaths didn't reach 200 a year again until the year Nixon declared war on drugs."
By Will Doran• April 24, 2017
Bernie Sanders stated on June 11, 2015 in an interview on PBS:
"A black male baby born today, if we do not change the system, stands a one-in-three chance (of) ending up in jail."
By Louis Jacobson• June 15, 2015
Adam Hasner stated on May 23, 2011 in a tweet:
"Obama-Nelson economic record: Job creation ... at slowest post-recession rate since Great Depression."  
By Amy Sherman• May 30, 2011
Hillary Clinton stated on February 25, 2010 in a hearing before Congress:
In 2001, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan "justified increasing spending and cutting taxes, saying that we didn't really need to pay down the debt."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 2, 2010
Facebook posts stated on June 01, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“How many of you are aware that the female governor of Michigan is the niece of George Soros?”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 10, 2020
Mitt Romney stated on June 16, 2011 in an appearance at a Tampa coffee shop:
"This is the slowest job recovery since Hoover."
By Louis Jacobson• June 16, 2011
John McCain stated on July 09, 2008 in a news release from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds :
Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping.
By Alexander Lane• July 15, 2008
Chris Christie stated on December 20, 2011 in an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe:
"And, as of today, New Jersey state government has less employees than when Christie Whitman left office in 2001."
By Bill Wichert• December 29, 2011
Sam Adams stated on November 13, 2012 in a budget meeting:
Says, "In the last four years we’ve cut $36 million in ongoing revenue."
By Janie Har• December 15, 2012

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