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Facebook posts stated on August 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Melania dug up the WH Rose Garden, removing roses from every First Lady since 1913.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 24, 2020

Donald Trump stated on August 09, 2017 in a tweet:

"My first order as president was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before."

By Louis Jacobson• August 9, 2017

Bloggers stated on June 30, 2018 in a blog post:

"Justice Kennedy quit because he and his son helped Trump launder illegal Russian money through Deutsche Bank."

By Katie Akin• July 10, 2018

Kasim Reed stated on February 13, 2013 in news story:

Says the Georgia Dome would need up to $350 million in work over the next five to seven years.

By Janel Davis• March 8, 2013

Cliff Stearns stated on February 18, 2011 in a press release:

"The cost for renovating the headquarters of the U.N. has doubled from the original estimate."

By Laura Figueroa• February 28, 2011

Jim DeMint stated on February 05, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor.:

There is a provision in the economic stimulus plan that means that "students cannot meet together in their dorms, if that dorm has been repaired with this federal money, and have a prayer group or a Bible study."

By Robert Farley• February 13, 2009

Reince Priebus stated on May 30, 2012 in an interview:

Because of voter fraud, Republican candidates "need to do a point or two better" to win statewide elections in Wisconsin.

By Tom Kertscher• May 31, 2012

National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on August 18, 2016 in "Flush," a campaign ad :

"And while (Ted) Strickland proposed cuts for services for children, he wasted over $250,000 remodeling his bathrooms at the governor’s mansion."

By Nadia Pflaum• September 1, 2016

Donald Trump stated on August 07, 2017 in a tweet:

Says his time away from Washington coincides with a "long planned renovation" for the White House.

By Manuela Tobias• August 8, 2017

Charlie Crist stated on October 24, 2014 in in a campaign ad:

Says Rick Scott "spent $800,000 of your tax dollars upgrading the Governor's Mansion."

By Joshua Gillin• October 31, 2014

Thom Tillis stated on September 14, 2020 in a debate:

Says Cal Cunningham “got a $40,000 tax incentive to update his butler’s pantry.”

By Paul Specht• September 28, 2020

Facebook posts stated on March 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Nancy Pelosi’s “daughter is on the board of the Kennedy Center so that’s why it was so important to send them all that money.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 3, 2020

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on May 14, 2025 in Senate testimony:

It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.

By Madison Czopek• May 16, 2025

Crossroads GPS stated on November 10, 2011 in a TV ad:

Stimulus money went to "office upgrades for politicians."

By Sean Gorman• November 19, 2011

Facebook posts stated on March 05, 2019 in posts on the Internet:

"Right here (in West Virginia), they are building new houses … so that 321 Syrian Muslims can move down into this neighborhood in two months. … (A funeral home) is to be torn down in two months, and a mosque is going to built there."

By Liz Newton, Patrick Orsagos, Mary Alice Truitt• March 27, 2019

John Kasich stated on March 08, 2011 in his State of the State speech:

There was "some sort of informal commitment to build a (psychiatric) building in downtown Cleveland."

By Tom Feran• April 12, 2011

Social Media stated on May 31, 2026 in social media posts:

A video shows workers removing President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center.

By Loreben Tuquero• June 1, 2026

Jimmy Carter stated on September 20, 2010 in Former President Jimmy Carter, Sept. 20, during an NBC interview about his latest book :

Said that his batting average with Congress is higher than every other president since Dwight D. Eisenhower except Lyndon Johnson.

By Willoughby Mariano• October 5, 2010

Friends of Miami First stated on April 23, 2013 in a mailer:

The Dolphins stadium renovation will "create more than 4,000 new local jobs."

By Amy Sherman• May 1, 2013

Kasim Reed stated on July 15, 2014 in a press release:

Kasim Reed has kept every promise he made as a candidate.

By April Hunt• August 15, 2014

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