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Erick Erickson stated on January 27, 2023 in a video:

“Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.”

By Andy Nguyen• February 14, 2023

Barry Hinckley stated on October 24, 2012 in a television commercial:

Sheldon Whitehouse voted for a "$525-billion tax increase on the middle class."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• November 1, 2012

Facebook posts stated on January 04, 2022 in a post:

Electric vehicles would not have fared well in the Virginia snowstorm traffic jam.

By Jeff Cercone• January 7, 2022

Karl Rove stated on June 11, 2009 in an op-ed.:

Under a public health care option, 120 million Americans will "lose what they now get from private companies and be forced onto the government-run rolls as businesses decide it is more cost-effective for them to drop coverage."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 12, 2009

John McCain stated on October 28, 2008 in Hershey, Pa. :

Barack Obama said "people making less than $250,000 would benefit from his plan" then said "if you're a family making less than $200,000, you'll benefit."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 29, 2008

Donald Trump stated on March 08, 2018 in a cabinet meeting at the White House:

The last private rocket launch "cost $80 million. If the government did it, the same thing would have cost probably 40 or 50 times that amount of money. I mean, literally."

By Jon Greenberg• March 12, 2018

Facebook posts stated on April 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says only certain face masks are effective and others, such as cloth masks, are not.

By Samantha Putterman• May 18, 2020

Laura Ingraham stated on June 12, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show":

Americans "invented the automobile."

By Jon Greenberg• June 13, 2014

Donald Trump stated on March 02, 2019 in a speech:

"When the wind stops blowing, that’s the end of your electric."

By John Kruzel• April 3, 2019

Lisa Blais stated on May 21, 2012 in a radio interview:

"We came out against Deepwater and everybody is now paying for [the project] in their electric bills."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 3, 2012

Mike Pence stated on May 12, 2009 in an e-mail:

The Democrats propose "a government-controlled health care plan that will deprive roughly 120 million Americans of their current health care coverage."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 19, 2009

Robert Reich stated on May 13, 2025 in an X post:

While serving in Congress, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy “voted against upgrading air traffic control systems.”

By Loreben Tuquero• May 21, 2025

Dick Cheney stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

"At the mere request from Putin, President Obama withdrew the plans for a missile defense program based in Poland and the Czech Republic."

By Jon Greenberg• May 19, 2014

Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.:

Obama's tax plan cuts taxes "for 95 percent of all working families."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 18, 2008

Pete Buttigieg stated on April 06, 2021 in an interview with The Grio:

“There is racism physically built into some of our highways.”

By Louis Jacobson• April 15, 2021

Health Care for America Now stated on October 15, 2009 in a television ad:

Health proposal would create a "40% tax on health care benefits of middle-class workers."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 21, 2009

Barbara Cargill stated on March 11, 2010 in a State Board of Education meeting:

"The Federal Reserve system has presided over about a 95... percent decline in the U.S. dollar."

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 22, 2010

Dan Fanelli stated on June 03, 2010 in a video on his campaign website:

Under the new health care law, the elderly will be denied care when they have "passed the age limit for treatment."

By Amy Sherman• June 7, 2010

James Capretta stated on December 01, 2013 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":

Obamacare is a "massive, massive income redistribution" with "$250 billion a year in Medicaid expansion (and) in the subsidy structure that's basically being paid for by people on Medicare, through Medicare cuts, and a lot of tax increases."

By Jon Greenberg• December 5, 2013

Tammy Baldwin stated on August 15, 2012 in an interview:

Federal law adopted "under Tommy Thompson's watch" prohibits the government from negotiating for "better prices" on prescription drugs for senior citizens

By Tom Kertscher• September 4, 2012

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