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Hillary Clinton stated on November 19, 2015 in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations:

"The Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections for the kind of leadership they want."

By Louis Jacobson• November 23, 2015

Christopher Monckton stated on October 14, 2009 in a speech in St. Paul, Minn.:

If President Obama signs the Copenhagen climate change treaty, he "will sign your freedom, your democracy, and your prosperity away forever — and neither you nor any subsequent government you may elect would have any power whatsoever to take it back again."

By Louis Jacobson• October 20, 2009

Threads posts stated on November 06, 2024 in a post on Threads:

20 million Democratic votes “disappeared” in 2024.

By Madison Czopek• November 7, 2024

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

Threads posts stated on November 06, 2024 in a Threads post:

“I think they found a way to target Democratic districts and send millions of votes into a black hole. The numbers aren't adding up.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 7, 2024

Joe Biden stated on February 07, 2023 in the State of the Union:

“In the past two years, democracies have become stronger, not weaker. Autocracies have grown weaker, not stronger.”

By Samantha Putterman• February 9, 2023

Jeff Merkley stated on September 17, 2010 in a fundraising letter:

Says Scott Bruun supports allowing corporations to secretly funnel millions of dollars to front groups to finance attack ads.

By Janie Har• October 27, 2010

Threads posts stated on November 05, 2024 in a Threads post:

Says U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin said, “Let folks cast their votes for Trump if that’s their choice. But mark my words, we won’t be certifying the election. He might win, but we’ll ensure he doesn’t step foot in the Oval Office.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 5, 2024

Our Democracy 2020 stated on October 26, 2016 in a news release:

Says an election clerk in Green Bay refused to allow early voting on the UW-Green Bay campus because she "was afraid it would help Democrats," showing "outrageous partisan bias."

By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2016

Karen Harrington stated on November 12, 2011 in an interview:

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has blamed the Republicans for the creation of Hamas."

By Amy Sherman• December 5, 2011

Hillary Clinton stated on July 31, 2015 in a speech in Miami:

On the Cuba embargo.

By Amy Sherman• August 3, 2015

Citizens for Lower Taxes and a Stronger Economy stated on March 15, 2010 in an interview:

St. Pete Beach's experiences are a "fair example" of what could happen if Amendment 4 passes.

By Aaron Sharockman• March 19, 2010

Instagram posts stated on May 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Joe Biden told West Point graduates that “he is not planning to accept the results of the 2024 election” and he wants them to “stand back and stand by” to ensure Donald J. Trump doesn’t win.

By Sofia Ahmed• May 30, 2024

Deb Butler stated on January 12, 2022 in a tweet:

Says the “NC appeals court” acknowledged the state’s election maps “are skewed,” but didn’t block them because they are “partisan hacks.”

By Paul Specht• January 21, 2022

Barack Obama stated on August 19, 2008 in in a speech in Orlando, Fla.:

"I argued for years that we need to move from a 'Musharraf policy' to a 'Pakistan policy.' "

By Robert Farley• August 21, 2008

Donald Trump stated on July 09, 2022 in a rally:

Ranked choice voting in Alaska is a “total rigged deal.”

By Amy Sherman• July 22, 2022

Hugh Hewitt stated on September 13, 2015 in a panel discussion on CNN's "State of the Union":

Says history suggests sports will "quickly subsume a lot of the attention span of the country" in the presidential primary.

By Jon Greenberg• September 16, 2015

Cory Booker stated on September 05, 2012 in an interview with #waywire:

Says the Republican Party platform says "pull back even more of the rules on campaign finance reform, get rid of McCain-Feingold" while the Democratic Party platform says "we want to find a way to put more fair rules on campaign finance reform."

By Erin O'Neill• September 9, 2012

Mamie Locke stated on May 08, 2016 in an interview.:

"The United States has a low voter turnout rate."

By Warren Fiske• May 16, 2016

Donald Trump stated on June 25, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist.

By Ella Moore, Amy Sherman• June 26, 2025

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