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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

Joaquin Castro stated on September 22, 2012 in a panel at the Texas Tribune Festival.:

Texas is "the state that has now gone the longest without electing a Democrat statewide."

By W. Gardner Selby• September 26, 2012

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

Jenna Wadsworth stated on January 26, 2021 in a tweet:

North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall "has won more statewide races than probably anyone else alive."

By Paul Specht• February 2, 2021

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

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

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

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

Unite Here Florida PAC stated on August 16, 2018 in a TV ad:

"Gwen Graham owns a $14 million stake in her family’s company that’s behind the American Dream Mall. ... While Graham and her family will make millions, Florida will be stuck with poverty wage jobs, endangered wildlife and massive traffic congestion."

By Amy Sherman• August 22, 2018

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

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

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

Georgia Voice stated on September 17, 2015 in a news story:

No openly gay man has ever been elected to the Georgia Legislature.

By April Hunt• September 28, 2015

Bloggers stated on March 21, 2017 in a headline:

"Lindsey Graham threatens to convert to Democrat if Republicans don’t Dump Trump."

By Joshua Gillin• May 2, 2017

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

Lindsey Graham stated on July 13, 2009 in a Senate hearing:

"Now, there was a time when someone like Scalia and Ginsburg got 95-plus votes."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 13, 2009

Eric Cantor stated on May 28, 2014 in a campaign mailer:

Senate immigration legislation is the "Obama-Reid plan to give illegal immigrants amnesty."

By Steve Contorno• May 28, 2014

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

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

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