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Search results for "Republicans appointing family members to the U.S. Senate with zero experience"

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Fact-checks (21426)

Rachel Maddow stated on June 21, 2018 in in a monologue:
"There isn't a system" for reuniting families separated under Trump’s zero tolerance border policy.
By John Kruzel• June 29, 2018
Rick Green stated on March 25, 2010 in a YouTube video:
"When you look at the nearly 150 men and women who have served us on the Texas Supreme Court, more than half of them had zero prior judicial experience."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• April 16, 2010
Donald Trump stated on March 18, 2018 in a tweet:
Robert Mueller’s investigative team has "13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans."
By Louis Jacobson• March 21, 2018
Ron Johnson stated on September 28, 2010 in a campaign TV ad:
"There are 100 members of the U.S. Senate. Fifty-seven of them, including Russ Feingold, are lawyers. There are zero manufacturers and one accountant."
By Dave Umhoefer• October 22, 2010
Hillary Clinton stated on December 20, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.:
"I have 35 years' experience making change."
By Bill Adair• February 19, 2008
Tim Grendell stated on April 18, 2011 in a forum on the state budget:
"In Senate Bill 5, there is this new method of evaluating teachers. … You’re also going to be rated on what the parents think of you and they can send questionnaires and surveys home to parents."
By Joe Guillen• April 26, 2011
Bloggers stated on June 16, 2018 in a blog post:
"Obama administration kept illegal Mexican kids in detention camps as ‘experiment’"
By Bill McCarthy• June 25, 2018
Chain email stated on September 27, 2012 in an email:
Less than 10 percent of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet members have private-sector experience.
By Eric Stirgus• October 8, 2012
David Perdue stated on August 04, 2014 in during an appearance in Middle Georgia:
"There are only about 10 people in the United States Senate who have any real business experience."
By Nancy Badertscher• August 13, 2014
Massachusetts legislature stated on September 22, 2009 in votes in 2004 and 2009:
On whether the governor of Massachusetts should be able to appoint an interim U.S. senator
By Louis Jacobson• September 24, 2009
Elon Musk stated on October 02, 2024 in a post on X:
With U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s CBP One app, it “takes less than 5 minutes and zero documentation to get approved as an illegal immigrant and be flown to the United States with air tickets paid for by the American taxpayer.”
By Jeff Cercone, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 4, 2024
David Dewhurst stated on September 16, 2013 in a Republican lieutenant governor candidate forum:
"I’ve been reducing the number of Democratic" Texas Senate committee "chairs since I came in" as lieutenant governor.
By W. Gardner Selby• September 26, 2013
Mark Pocan stated on January 11, 2017 in a letter:
Says Betsy DeVos and her family "have donated extensively to groups which promote the idea that students who identify as LGBT must undergo 'conversion' therapy."
By Tom Kertscher, Dave Umhoefer• January 25, 2017
Barack Obama stated on May 26, 2009 in a speech at the White House.:
"Walking in the door (Sonia Sotomayor) would bring more experience on the bench, and more varied experience on the bench, than anyone currently serving on the United States Supreme Court had when they were appointed."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 26, 2009
Chris Christie stated on August 06, 2015 in comments in a GOP debate in Cleveland:
"I was appointed U.S. attorney by President Bush on Sept. 10, 2001."
By Nick Reid• August 7, 2015
Fred Thompson stated on August 31, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn.:
Sarah Palin "has more experience than Barack Obama."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 2, 2008
Marco Rubio stated on August 06, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland:
Says Hillary Clinton has "been in office and in government longer than anybody else running here tonight."
By Lauren Carroll• August 7, 2015
Chele Farley stated on April 23, 2018 in an interview on Capital Tonight:
"Kirsten Gillibrand has put forward 331 bills since she's been in Congress. Do you know how many of them have been passed into law? Zero!"
By Dan Clark• May 4, 2018
Michele Bachmann stated on August 26, 2011 in a campaign event:
President Barack Obama "has virtually no one in his cabinet with private-sector experience."
By Louis Jacobson• September 1, 2011
Kendrick Meek stated on August 24, 2010 in his primary victory speech.:
Kendrick Meek claims he's the only candidate who said Sonia Sotomayor "will make an excellent Supreme Court justice."
By Aaron Sharockman• August 25, 2010

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Adding up Clinton's 35-year claim

By Bill Adair• February 19, 2008

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By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 3, 2008

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By Willoughby Mariano• September 5, 2010

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Six times PolitiFact checked claims about the NC constitutional amendments

By Will Doran• November 2, 2018

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By Bill Adair• July 1, 2008

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A voter guide to North Carolina’s Senate primaries

By Louis Jacobson, Paul Specht• May 13, 2022

The race for North Carolina’s U.S. Senate seat: A guide

By Paul Specht• April 13, 2022

What is the scope of the proposed Jan. 6 commission? And is there a Plan B?

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By Louis Jacobson• January 7, 2021

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By Bill Adair, Amy Hollyfield• January 8, 2008

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By Amy Sherman• July 16, 2020

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By Louis Jacobson• June 14, 2021

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