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Bill Kristol stated on December 22, 2013 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says President Barack Obama "came into office very concerned about" wiretappings but "then he became president of the United States, he got all the briefings … (and) he decided … the balance is probably pretty appropriately struck."

By Katie Sanders• December 22, 2013

Jon Stewart stated on October 30, 2013 in in comments on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show":

Congress "is bewildered at the scope and reach of our spying apparatus" but in 2008 and 2012 "explicitly rejected an amendment calling for more disclosure."

By Jon Greenberg• November 5, 2013

Bob Barr stated on June 29, 2008 in an interview with Fox News.:

"The legislation ... that Senator McCain supports would provide the authority for the federal government to surveille American citizens in their own country without any suspicion whatsoever that they're engaging in discussions with terrorists or about criminal activity."

By Adriel Bettelheim• July 2, 2008

John McCain stated on July 09, 2008 in a news release from McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds :

Says Obama flip-flopped on warrantless wiretapping.

By Alexander Lane• July 15, 2008

Rush Holt stated on August 05, 2013 in a Democratic primary U.S. Senate seat campaign TV ad:

"We need to pass a carbon tax to stop climate change. Break up the Wall Street banks. And stop the government spying on innocent Americans. Cory Booker doesn’t support any of these ideas."

By Caryn Shinske• August 11, 2013

Donald Trump stated on November 16, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC:

The New York Police Department used to have "surveillance going on in and around mosques in New York City. ... Our mayor totally cut that out."

By Clayton Youngman• November 20, 2015

Rand Paul stated on December 06, 2015 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':

"In France, they have a (surveillance) program a thousandfold more invasive" than the United States.

By Louis Jacobson• December 8, 2015

Edward Snowden stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Last Week Tonight":

"Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database."

By Katie Sanders• April 9, 2015

Facebook posts stated on February 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Socialist Workers Party leader Bernie Sanders supported Ayatollah Khomeini against the US, condemned president Carter for imperialism, and accused the hostages of being CIA spies.”

By Samantha Putterman• February 25, 2020

Nan Orrock stated on January 22, 2014 in television interview:

Florida shelled out more money for drug testing than it saved by denying welfare benefits to people who tested positive for drugs.

By Nancy Badertscher• February 4, 2014

Facebook posts stated on May 28, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says it was "a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.”

By Bill McCarthy• May 21, 2020

Donald Trump stated on February 29, 2020 in a speech at CPAC:

Says the media cut out his request of Russian hackers to find Hillary Clinton’s emails “right at the end so that you don’t see the laughter, the joke.”

By Amy Sherman• March 2, 2020

Charlie Kirk stated on April 03, 2020 in a tweet:

“The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.”

By Bill McCarthy• April 7, 2020

Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet:

Says President Barack Obama “spied on my campaign, and got caught!”

By Jon Greenberg• August 20, 2020

Rick Scott stated on February 15, 2022 in a statement to reporters:

"The latest with the Durham report is that the Clinton campaign … actually spied on the president of the United States.”

By Jon Greenberg, Bill McCarthy• February 21, 2022

Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2018 in a press conference:

"In seven years that (nuclear) deal will have expired, and Iran is free to go ahead and create nuclear weapons."

By Jon Greenberg• May 2, 2018

Monica Crowley stated on June 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News:

Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media.

By Louis Jacobson• June 17, 2022

Instagram posts stated on February 04, 2023 in an Instagram post:

A vigilante “shot down the Chinese spy balloon in an extraordinary act.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 6, 2023

Michael Opitz stated on May 29, 2012 in a YouTube ad:

U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey gave the government the power to electronically spy on Americans without a warrant.

By Willoughby Mariano• June 27, 2012

Mario Diaz-Balart stated on December 18, 2014 in a press conference:

Says that in 2008, President Barack Obama said normalization with Cuba would first require "liberation of all political prisoners and some basic steps toward freedom, including freedom of the press, political parties, labor unions."

By Amy Sherman• December 23, 2014

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