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Search results for "George Washington wasn't the wealthiest man in the colonies he was pretty close"

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Jim Jordan stated on January 06, 2013 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
Seven of America’s 10 wealthiest counties are in the Washington, D.C., area.
By Sabrina Eaton• January 14, 2013
Rick Perry stated on February 24, 2015 in a speech:
"Thomas Paine wrote that ‘the duty of a patriot is to protect his country from his government.’"
By Sean Gorman• March 9, 2015
Andrea Tantaros stated on January 15, 2014 in comments on Fox News Channel's "The Five":
During the lead-up to the American Revolutionary War, "some guy in Boston got his head blown off because he tried to secretly raise the tax on tea."
By Aaron Sharockman• January 16, 2014
Morgan Griffith stated on April 03, 2012 in an interview.:
"On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first."
By Nancy Madsen• April 9, 2012
Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on September 12, 2011 in an interview before the CNN/Tea Party Express presidential debate:
Says CNN's Wolf Blitzer was wrong to say that "the wealthiest Americans, they pay the most in taxes already -- 50 percent of Americans don't even pay any federal income tax."
By Becky Bowers, Aaron Sharockman• September 16, 2011
Rush Limbaugh stated on April 28, 2014 in comments on his radio show:
"Some of the wealthiest Americans are African-American now."
By Aaron Sharockman• April 29, 2014
George Will stated on June 06, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week:
The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside."
By Louis Jacobson• June 12, 2010
Mike Huckabee stated on February 28, 2011 in an interview on a radio show:
Says Barack Obama grew up in Kenya.
By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 2, 2011
Rick Scott stated on November 18, 2010 in a speech to the Council of 100:
Regulations are an "endemic weakness in government -- so old that Thomas Jefferson listed this problem among his charges against the King of England in the Declaration of Independence."
By Lee Logan• November 22, 2010
Larry Pressler stated on February 28, 2014 in a campaign ad:
"American Hustle shows the FBI making real-life bribes to Washington politicians. I know, because as your U.S. senator, I turned them down."
By Louis Jacobson• March 4, 2014
Kelly E. Hastings stated on June 30, 2019 in On twitter:
Said, "The Seven Years’ War led to near bankruptcy for many countries; Britain’s need to raise taxes fueled the American desire for independence."
By Elizabeth Thompson• July 3, 2019
Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"When you can't find gas, remember who executively ordered the Keystone Pipeline to close."
By Andy Nguyen• May 17, 2021
Steve Doocy stated on September 29, 2009 in a statement on Fox and Friends:
White House Political Director Patrick Gaspard once served as the "right-hand man" for Bertha Lewis, who heads up ACORN.
By Robert Farley• September 30, 2009
Mike Huckabee stated on September 24, 2015 in radio interview:
The Washington D.C.-area "never has a recession."
By Sean Gorman• October 19, 2015
Matt Bevin stated on April 03, 2014 in a radio interview:
"Many" of the founding fathers were "very actively involved" in cockfighting.
By Tim Ryan• May 1, 2014
Nancy Pelosi stated on December 02, 2008 in a speech.:
"The Capitol was built by slaves."
By Alexander Lane• January 20, 2009
Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:
New Jersey “will be out of gas for a week.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 10, 2021
Ben Carson stated on November 04, 2015 in an edited Facebook post:
"Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no federal elected office experience."
By Louis Jacobson• November 8, 2015
Marina Dimitrijevic stated on February 16, 2016 in a press release:
Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is a "billionaire."
By James B. Nelson• March 2, 2016
Madison Cawthorn stated on August 26, 2020 in a speech at the RNC:
Says James Madison “signed the Declaration of Independence.”
By Paul Specht• August 27, 2020

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