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Eric Holder stated on December 13, 2011 in a speech:

"After filing a lawsuit in Rhode Island, we reached an agreement with state agencies that resulted in more voters being registered in the first full month after our lawsuit than in the entire previous two-year reporting period."

By Alex Kuffner• December 29, 2011

Terry Gorman stated on September 21, 2011 in a TV interview:

"[Federal] law says that you can't give in-state tuition to an illegal alien … unless you first offer it to any other student regardless of their state of residence."

By Lynn Arditi• October 2, 2011

Peter Kilmartin stated on October 02, 2014 in an interview on Rhode Island Public Radio:

"In the past three years, we have prosecuted or brought more cases on access to public records than in the previous 12 years combined."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 18, 2014

Joe Biden stated on January 07, 2021 in a speech:

In more than 60 cases, judges “looked at the allegations that Trump was making and determined they were without any merit.”

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• January 8, 2021

Kenneth Block stated on March 02, 2014 in a TV interview:

Under a bill before the legislature, "you’d have to go to court to fire an employee."

By John Hill• March 10, 2014

Brian Kemp stated on March 05, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Says he "fought Obama twice and won to stop illegal immigrants from voting."

By Miriam Valverde• March 21, 2018

Gina Raimondo stated on February 18, 2011 in a radio interview:

The law has not established whether Rhode Island public employees have property rights to their pensions.

By Peter Lord• February 27, 2011

James Roosevelt stated on April 01, 2011 in a segment of WPRI's Newsmakers program:

Three courts have found the new health care law constitutional and two have found it unconstitutional.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• April 6, 2011

John Lewis stated on February 24, 2013 in newspaper column:

"Opponents of Section 5 (of the Voting Rights Act) complain of state expense, yet their only cost is the paper, postage and manpower required to send copies of legislation to the federal government for review."

By Janel Davis• April 3, 2013

MoveOn.org stated on June 27, 2012 in an email:

Gov. Rick Scott "tried to kick 180,000 people off the voter rolls."

By Amy Sherman• July 10, 2012

Barack Obama stated on April 11, 2014 in a speech:

The U.S. Justice Department has "taken on more than 100 voting rights cases since 2009."

By Amy Sherman• April 23, 2014

Roberto DaSilva stated on March 21, 2011 in a news release:

"We’re paying out-of-state residential facilities hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more," to house children in state custody

By Peter Lord• April 8, 2011

Donald Trump stated on January 02, 2024 in a Truth Social post:

"In actuality, there is no evidence Joe Biden won” the 2020 election, citing a report’s allegations from five battleground states.

By Amy Sherman, Sara Swann• January 5, 2024

Instagram posts stated on October 25, 2022 in an image shared on Instagram:

“It’s not that there is no evidence the election was stolen, but that no court had the guts to HEAR the evidence. They dismissed the cases, NOT the evidence.”

By Madison Czopek• October 28, 2022

George Nee stated on October 19, 2011 in a pension forum:

"This is the first time in our state, and one of the first times in the country, where benefit reductions . . . has happened to people who are retired."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 23, 2011

Edwin Pacheco stated on October 04, 2010 in a press release from the Rhode Island Democratic Party:

Says Christopher Little has "a history of working against environmental protection by defending the worst types of corporate polluters"

By John Hill• October 19, 2010

For Our Daughters RI stated on January 02, 2014 in an online petition:

"Earlier this year, [John DePetro] was accused of sexually assaulting a female co-worker."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 5, 2014

David Perdue stated on March 25, 2022 in a radio interview:

The 2021 Georgia Senate runoff and the 2020 presidential election “were stolen.”

By Amy Sherman• March 29, 2022

Bloggers stated on February 07, 2021 in an Epoch Times headline:

"Trump Won Two-Thirds of Election Lawsuits Where Merits Considered"

By Daniel Funke• February 9, 2021

Jerry Patterson stated on June 09, 2012 in a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth:

Says Sierra Club sued him to stop oil and gas activity on Texas coast, but "we won" and "the turtles are fine."

By Sue Owen• September 12, 2012

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