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Tom Hughes stated on November 02, 2011 in a guest column:

Twenty percent of housing in Portland’s Pearl District is ‘affordable.’

By Janie Har• November 18, 2011

Chet Edwards stated on September 06, 2010 in a TV ad.:

Says opponent Bill Flores helped run a company that laid off over 3,000 workers and paid off executives with millions.

By W. Gardner Selby• September 15, 2010

NextGen Climate Action Committee stated on August 22, 2014 in a TV ad:

Rick Scott took $200,000 from a family that leased land for drilling "and now he is trying to hide from it."

By Amy Sherman• August 28, 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

Barack Obama stated on February 23, 2012 in a speech in Miami:

The U.S. has a "record number of oil rigs operating right now – more working oil and gas rigs than the rest of the world combined."

By Amy Sherman• March 1, 2012

Drunk History stated on July 02, 2019 in an episode:

Says the late Lady Bird Johnson sicced the CIA on actress and singer Eartha Kitt after Kitt spoke out against the Vietnam War during a White House luncheon in January 1968.

By Kelsey Bradshaw• August 15, 2019

MoveOn.org stated on April 05, 2008 in an e-mail:

McCain "voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 19, 2008

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

Ohio Director of Job Creation "Mark Kvamme just clawed back about $900,000 from companies that made promises and they didn't keep them."

By Mark Naymik• March 23, 2011

Bloggers stated on February 09, 2020 in a headline:

“Obama ordered CIA to train ISIS Jihadists”

By Madison Czopek• February 27, 2020

Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video:

"Days after the (Osama bin Laden) raid, Hollywood was invited into the White House so that they could receive a briefing" that revealed intelligence sources and methods.

By Jon Greenberg• August 20, 2012

Bloggers stated on April 08, 2018 in in a blog:

The "moon has more than 250 million citizens."

By John Kruzel• April 13, 2018

Hugh Hewitt stated on March 26, 2017 in comments on "Meet the Press":

Obamacare "is in a death spiral."

By Allison Graves• March 26, 2017

Bob Stacey stated on October 19, 2010 in a television ad:

Says Tom Hughes supports paving over thousands of acres with over-development and sprawl.

By Janie Har• October 20, 2010

Duriya Farooqui stated on February 13, 2013 in a presentation:

"Of the 18 stadiums built from 2004 to 2013, 47 percent of the total cost came from public sources."

By Eric Stirgus• March 1, 2013

Viral image stated on August 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says the Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner paid for a Wall Street Journal ad critical of the president.

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 10, 2021

Lou Greenwald stated on May 12, 2011 in a message on Facebook:

Because Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a 30-bill job creation package, "New Jersey ranks 50th in the nation in job creation."

By Bill Wichert• June 12, 2011

Bloggers stated on November 14, 2021 in a blog post:

“Biden’s banking nominee demands all ‘private bank accounts’ be eliminated”

By Jill Terreri Ramos• November 19, 2021

Rob Portman stated on May 17, 2016 in a radio interview:

Ohio is "probably top five in the country, sadly, in terms of heroin overdoses. It’s now exceeded car accidents as the No. 1 cause of death in Ohio."

By Nadia Pflaum• May 23, 2016

Paul Wolfowitz stated on September 11, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"The Germans, the French, countries that opposed us in the (Iraq) war, all believed (Saddam Hussein) had weapons of mass destruction."

By Allison Graves, Jon Greenberg• September 13, 2016

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

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