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Donald Trump stated on February 01, 2018 in a Tweet:
"45.6 million people watched (the State of the Union), the highest number in history. @FoxNews beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in."
By Manuela Tobias• February 1, 2018
Tim Scott stated on April 28, 2021 in a GOP response to President Joe Biden's speech:
Says Democrats blocked his efforts at police reform.
By Amy Sherman• April 30, 2021
Viral image stated on April 29, 2021 in an image on Facebook:
11.6 million people watched Biden’s first presidential address to Congress while far larger audiences watched Donald Trump’s speeches.
By Madison Czopek• May 3, 2021
Instagram posts stated on October 13, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Says former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, “I hope that America obliterates Israel.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 15, 2024
Frederica Wilson stated on November 17, 2010 in an interview for a Miami Herald blog:
The U.S. House rule barring members from wearing hats while in session dates back to the 1800s and can be waived by the speaker.  
By Amy Sherman• November 19, 2010
Mitt Romney stated on December 06, 2007 in College Station, Texas:
"I saw my father march with Martin Luther King."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 28, 2007
True Pundit stated on February 08, 2017 in a web post:
Says a video shows "Coretta Scott King thanking Jeff Sessions for Rosa Parks library."
By Louis Jacobson• February 9, 2017
Rick Scott stated on November 18, 2010 in a speech to the Council of 100:
Regulations are an "endemic weakness in government -- so old that Thomas Jefferson listed this problem among his charges against the King of England in the Declaration of Independence."
By Lee Logan• November 22, 2010
Barack Obama stated on September 09, 2009 in a speech to Congress:
Preventive care "saves money."
By Catharine Richert• September 10, 2009
Barack Obama stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address:
"The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan" gave his first address to a joint session of Congress.
By Steve Contorno• January 29, 2014
Karl King stated on October 15, 2013 in a website statement:
There were "$2 billion in earmarks in fiscal year 2012."
By Dana Tims• November 15, 2013
Rick Scott stated on March 08, 2011 in his State of the State speech.:
"We ... sold the state airplanes as I had promised."
By Aaron Sharockman• March 8, 2011
Peter King stated on September 01, 2013 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"The House did vote against engagement in Kosovo, and Bill Clinton kept fighting anyway. And, then, ultimately, a vote did pass."
By Louis Jacobson• September 4, 2013
Matthew Dowd stated on January 23, 2011 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour":
Poll results from the past 35 years show that State of the Union speeches "do not move" presidential approval numbers.
By Louis Jacobson• January 24, 2011
Marcy Kaptur stated on September 14, 2011 in a speech in the House of Representatives:
"Last year, Korea sold nearly half a million cars in our country. ... The United States, you know how much we sell to them? Six thousand. What kind of deal is that?"
By Sabrina Eaton• October 4, 2011
Sawyer Hackett stated on January 16, 2023 in a tweet:
Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”
By Nusaiba Mizan• February 14, 2023
Bret Baier stated on January 20, 2015 in an analysis of Obama's speech:
In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001."
By Katie Sanders• January 21, 2015
Rick Santorum stated on February 25, 2012 in a speech in Troy, Mich.:
"President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college."
By Louis Jacobson• February 27, 2012
Maggie Hassan stated on April 08, 2016 in an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:
Kelly Ayotte "has voted to defund Planned Parenthood" six times.
By Allie Morris• April 29, 2016
Barack Obama stated on September 09, 2009 in an address to a joint session of Congress:
"It’s a plan that incorporates ideas from many of the people in this room tonight – Democrats and Republicans."
By Robert Farley• September 10, 2009

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