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Pine Tree Results PAC stated on April 26, 2026 in an ad:

“Graham Platner blames Maine’s women for getting raped because he says they get f----- up drunk"

By Amy Sherman• April 29, 2026

Graham Platner stated on June 09, 2026 in a primary night speech:

Sen. Susan Collins votes “with Donald Trump 95% of the time.”

By Amy Sherman• June 10, 2026

Vincent Fort stated on July 06, 2010 in mailer:

Says Democratic opponent is "too Republican to stand up for us."

By Jim Tharpe• July 14, 2010

Evan McMullin stated on April 01, 2022 in an ad:

“Mike Lee advised Trump's legal challenges to overturn our election” and “was one of only two senators who was in on the scheme.”

By Tom Kertscher• April 11, 2022

Michigan Democratic Party stated on September 24, 2020 in an email:

“James is the only Senate candidate in a battleground state who has refused to take a position” on whether the Senate should promptly vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee

By Clara Hendrickson• September 25, 2020

Facebook posts stated on September 18, 2020 in on social media:

“4 republican senators now on board...no vote until January on (Supreme Court): Murkowski, Romney, Collins, Grassley.”

By Louis Jacobson• September 20, 2020

Patrick Murphy stated on August 31, 2016 in a statement:

"Sen. Rubio has the worst vote attendance record of any Florida senator in nearly 50 years."

By Joshua Gillin• September 2, 2016

The Collective super PAC stated on May 11, 2018 in an ad:

Says Gwen Graham "voted against President Obama 52 percent of the time."

By Allison Graves• May 17, 2018

Ted Cruz stated on October 18, 2015 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':

"Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general."

By Louis Jacobson• October 18, 2015

Michael Steele stated on May 23, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week.':

In Hawaii, "they don't have a history of throwing incumbents out of office."

By Aaron Sharockman• May 23, 2010

Bill Cassidy stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview on CNN:

Under the Graham-Cassidy health insurance bill, in "states like Maine, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, there will be billions more dollars to provide health insurance coverage for those in those states who have been passed by by Obamacare."

By Louis Jacobson• September 20, 2017

Rick Scott stated on September 02, 2010 in a press release.:

Jennifer Carroll is the "first African-American Republican woman to be part of a statewide ticket in Florida."

By Aaron Sharockman• September 3, 2010

Rick Perry stated on February 27, 2015 in a web ad:

"At this particular point in time, looking at the field, there’s only one individual that’s ever had the uniform of his country on—and that’s me."

By W. Gardner Selby, Alex Wilts• March 4, 2015

Lindsey Graham stated on September 19, 2020 in a tweet:

On confirming a Supreme Court justice nominee in a presidential election year.

By Jon Greenberg• September 21, 2020

Instagram posts stated on January 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"Last time Democrats removed a Republican from the ballot” was Abraham Lincoln in 1860.

By Jeff Cercone• February 6, 2024

Lindsey Graham stated on August 31, 2008 in an interview on ABC News' <i> This Week </i>:

Joe Biden "voted against the first Gulf War. He opposed the surge. He wanted to partition Iraq."

By Adriel Bettelheim• September 1, 2008

Rick Santorum stated on June 07, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

If Fox News' presidential debate rules had been in place during the 1992 election, "Bill Clinton wouldn't have been on the stage."

By Jon Greenberg• June 7, 2015

Rush Limbaugh stated on July 14, 2014 in an episode of his radio show:

Republicans "went out of the way to praise (Eric) Holder's nomination. ... Not a single Republican senator opposed Eric Holder's nomination."

By Louis Jacobson• July 16, 2014

Ron Johnson stated on September 25, 2017 in an interview:

"California, New York and Massachusetts, they represent about 20 percent of the population, they get close to 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It's just simply inequitable."

By Tom Kertscher• September 29, 2017

Marco Rubio stated on October 28, 2015 in the CNBC GOP presidential debate:

In 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama "missed 60 or 70 percent of his votes." In 2004, John Kerry missed "close to 60 to 70 percent" and Bob Graham missed "over 30 percent of his votes."

By Linda Qiu, Amy Sherman• October 29, 2015

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