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The Other 98% stated on March 31, 2016 in a Facebook image:
"Last year (the U.S. women’s soccer team) generated $20 million more than the men’s team and were paid almost four times less."
By Lauren Carroll• April 6, 2016
Jim Moran stated on November 22, 2014 in a Facebook post.:
Graduation rates of players at major football colleges "are still twenty points below their male campus peers and worsened in the past three years."
By Nancy Madsen• December 30, 2014
Roger Goodell stated on February 02, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
NFL "players are living, on average, longer than the average male."
By Aaron Sharockman• February 2, 2014
Vladimir Putin stated on January 19, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
In Russia "all people are absolutely equal regardless of their religion, sex, ethnicity, or sexual orientation," while "70 countries of the world have criminal liability for homosexuality."
By Steve Contorno• January 19, 2014
Drew Brees stated on June 12, 2016 in as quoted in an interview with Kirk Bohls of the Austin American-Statesman:
"Do you know what the second sport with the most concussions is? Women’s soccer… And the third most dangerous sport? Cheerleading."
By W. Gardner Selby• July 15, 2016
John Calipari stated on January 20, 2018 in an interview:
"We have the highest graduation rate of basketball players in the history of the NCAA. We have the highest graduation rate of African-American basketball players in the history of the NCAA in basketball."
By John Kruzel• February 1, 2018
David Cicilline stated on April 17, 2012 in a news release:
Women "earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men in the same position."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 24, 2012
Barack Obama stated on May 13, 2016 in a press conference:
"The Nordic countries are some of the few countries" that meet development aid goals.  
By Jon Greenberg• May 26, 2016
Nancy Pelosi stated on June 17, 2014 in a tweet:
Says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Men’s National Team are immigrants.
By Steve Contorno• June 19, 2014
Robin Vos stated on March 09, 2023 in Podcast:
“When a basketball player or football or baseball player from another team plays in Wisconsin, that one game's salary, they pay Wisconsin income tax on it. ... So, if for some reason we do not have the Brewers in Wisconsin all of those player salaries that generate dollars for the State of Wisconsin go away."
By D.L. Davis• May 12, 2023
Sharon Day stated on July 19, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:
As a senator, Hillary Clinton "paid women less than the men" in her office.
By Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• July 20, 2016
E. Gordon Gee stated on October 04, 2011 in a comment to a reporter:
"We are the poster child for compliance, and whenever we discover possible infractions we resolve and report it to the NCAA no matter how minor the violations."
By Aaron Marshall• October 31, 2011
Mark Schlereth stated on January 27, 2014 in comments on ESPN's "Mike & Mike":
"The majority of teams (are) now spending their dollars on the offensive side of the football."
By Aaron Sharockman• January 30, 2014
Donald Trump stated on May 24, 2016 in an Instagram post:
"Hypocrisy at the Clinton Foundation: Top male staff made on average $218,029 while top female staff made $153,014 from 2010-2014."
By Louis Jacobson• May 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton stated on June 08, 2016 in an interview on CNN:
"Nine million people have lower-cost HIV/AIDS medicine because of the work of the Clinton Foundation and my husband."  
By Jon Greenberg• June 15, 2016
Nancy Mace stated on February 20, 2025 in an X post:
“You either have XX or XY chromosomes. Those are the options.”
By Grace Abels• February 21, 2025
Jon Erpenbach stated on February 23, 2015 in a Facebook post:
"In general, it appears" Wisconsin’s right to work bill would "likely apply to" the Green Bay Packers players and their union.
By Tom Kertscher• February 27, 2015
EMILY's List stated on September 01, 2014 in television attack ad:
"Federal investigators found a company that (David Perdue) ran discriminated against women -- paid them less than men for the same work."  
By Nancy Badertscher• September 9, 2014
Instagram posts stated on May 03, 2021 in an Instagram post:
“After California taxes, Trey Lance's $34.1M rookie deal becomes just $16M."
By Sasha Hupka• May 13, 2021
Mitt Romney stated on October 26, 2012 in a campaign mailer:
"Women in Barack Obama's White House are earning less than men."
By Louis Jacobson• October 29, 2012

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