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John Podesta stated on June 14, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Hillary Clinton's "been very clear where she stands on trade."
By Lauren Carroll• June 14, 2015
Donald Trump stated on July 25, 2016 in an interview before a speech in Winston-Salem, NC:
Says he and Bernie Sanders have "very similar" views on trade
By Will Doran• July 27, 2016
Ted Cruz stated on October 26, 2020 in an interview:
Says Trump “didn’t campaign on cutting the debt” … “That’s not what he promised to do.”
By Brandon Mulder• October 30, 2020
Sherrod Brown stated on July 03, 2016 in an interview on ABC "This Week" :
Says Donald Trump made a lot of money from outsourcing jobs thanks to NAFTA "but never, ever raised his voice against it when Congress was considering it."  
By Nadia Pflaum• July 8, 2016
Bill O'Reilly stated on July 27, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor":
Russia and China "absolutely said pretty clearly" they would not keep economic sanctions on Iran if the United States "walked away from the deal."
By Anna Bruzgulis• July 30, 2015
Bernie Sanders stated on May 01, 2016 in an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation":
Winning enough pledged delegates is "not impossible."
By Jon Greenberg• May 2, 2016
Suzanne Devlin stated on January 19, 2011 in a letter to the editor:
The Republican Party raffled off an AR-15 assault rifle at the 2010 Oregon State Fair.
By Janie Har• January 29, 2011
Sherrod Brown stated on November 11, 2010 in a news release:
More than 10 years of free trade "has brought a $2 billion per day trade deficit."
By Stephen Koff• November 22, 2010
Bernie Sanders stated on April 04, 2016 in an interview with the New York Daily News:
"In Malaysia … many of the workers are indentured servants because their passports are taken away when they come into this country and are working in slave-like conditions."
By Linda Qiu• April 12, 2016
Mitt Romney stated on January 07, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:
Says President Barack Obama has opened up no new trade relationships with other nations.
By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2012
Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2019 in a speech in Monaca, Pa.:
"We were losing all our cases in the World Trade Organization. ... And then I came along. Now we’re winning a lot of cases because they know that they’re not on very solid ground."
By Louis Jacobson• August 16, 2019
Jeff Sessions stated on July 18, 2016 in the GOP convention in Cleveland:
Says Hillary Clinton "has been a champion of globalist trade agreements. ... Worst of all, they are now pushing the disastrous 5,000-page Obamatrade — the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement."  
By Linda Qiu• July 19, 2016
Robin Wright stated on May 25, 2016 in an event at the Rockefeller Center:
Says Apple products are currently "90 percent conflict-free," and "Intel is 100 percent conflict-free."
By Linda Qiu• June 15, 2016
Gary Johnson stated on September 04, 2016 in a campaign appearance:
Says he and his running mate "are the only candidates that do believe in free trade."
By Cara Lombardo• October 25, 2016
Christopher Monckton stated on October 14, 2009 in a speech in St. Paul, Minn.:
If President Obama signs the Copenhagen climate change treaty, he "will sign your freedom, your democracy, and your prosperity away forever — and neither you nor any subsequent government you may elect would have any power whatsoever to take it back again."
By Louis Jacobson• October 20, 2009
Mitt Romney stated on June 02, 2011 in a speech announcing his presidential campaign:
"We are only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy."
By Louis Jacobson• June 2, 2011
Bernie Sanders stated on April 10, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Hillary Clinton voted "for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions of jobs."
By Linda Qiu• April 10, 2016
Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican national convention:
Says Hillary Clinton "supported North American Free Trade Agreement), and she supported China’s entrance into the World Trade Organization…. She supported the job-killing trade deal with South Korea. She supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership."
By Linda Qiu• July 22, 2016
John McCain stated on September 04, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.:
"My opponent promises to bring back old jobs by wishing away the global economy."
By Alexander Lane• September 4, 2008
Americans for Job Security stated on September 23, 2010 in a campaign ad:
Says Zack Space voted for budgets and debt, energy taxes and the stimulus, and "we still lost more than 2.5 million jobs."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 27, 2010

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