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Pete Buttigieg stated on March 10, 2024 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

The stock market “hit an all-time high under President Biden and not under President Trump."

By Louis Jacobson• March 11, 2024

Bloggers stated on December 11, 2018 in a Facebook post:

That Donald Trump said in 1998 if he were to run for president he would run as a Republican because "They’re the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and they’d still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific."

By Samantha Putterman• December 18, 2018

Donald Trump stated on February 16, 2017 in a press conference:

"The stock market has hit record numbers, as you know. And there has been a tremendous surge of optimism in the business world."

By Miriam Valverde• February 16, 2017

Mark Cuban stated on August 15, 2019 in a tweet:

Says "wealthy people in Canada donate to hospitals" to get better health care treatment.

By Bill McCarthy• August 19, 2019

Jennifer Carroll stated on September 27, 2010 in a speech:

Rick Scott "doesn't have any ties to a lobbyist."

By Amy Sherman• October 18, 2010

Bumper Sticker stated on December 20, 2010 in Washington, D.C.:

"CEOs now earn 431 times what their workers earn."

By Martha M. Hamilton• December 21, 2010

Joe Kennedy stated on January 30, 2018 in response to State of the Union address:

"Top CEOs (are) making 300 times the average worker."

By John Kruzel• January 31, 2018

Rush Limbaugh stated on April 28, 2014 in comments on his radio show:

"Some of the wealthiest Americans are African-American now."

By Aaron Sharockman• April 29, 2014

Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2019 in a rally:

"We have been losing to China for many years, $500 billion a year.

By D.L. Davis• April 30, 2019

Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2016 in comments on CNN's State of the Union:

"I don't know anything about David Duke."

By Linda Qiu• March 2, 2016

Markwayne Mullin stated on January 30, 2018 in a post on Rep. Mullin's Facebook page:

Under President Barack Obama: 4 million jobs lost, unemployment rose from 7.8% to 9.9%, the S&P 500 was 1,115.1 and the GDP went down 2.8%.

By Jon Greenberg• February 2, 2018

Jack Posobiec stated on August 01, 2023 in a tweet:

Judge Tanya Chutkan “is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C., who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested.”

By Madison Czopek• August 2, 2023

Ilhan Omar stated on June 05, 2019 in a tweet:

"Every day on average 500 people die from gun violence."

By Tom Kertscher• June 12, 2019

Allen West stated on October 14, 2011 in a Fox News interview:

In the Affordable Care Act, Democrats "cut $500 billion from Medicare" and "put in place the Independent Payment Advisory Board, 15 unelected bureaucrats, which will be making decisions about health care for our seniors and for all Americans."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 1, 2011

Newt Gingrich stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:

Says "Hillary (Clinton) wants to increase the number (of Syrian refugees) by 500 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Miriam Valverde• July 21, 2016

Ted Cruz stated on March 23, 2015 in a speech at Liberty University:

"Small businesses (are) going out of business in record numbers."

By Steve Contorno• March 24, 2015

Alan Grayson stated on September 07, 2013 in an interview with the "Washington Post":

In the event of a U.S. strike on Syria, "the Russians will replace the weapons immediately. They’ve said it on the record. They’ve suggested they might even replace it with better stuff."

By Louis Jacobson• September 11, 2013

Mike Haridopolos stated on June 09, 2011 in an 'Orlando Sentinel' op-ed:

"Obamacare cuts $500 billion in future Medicare funding in order to fund the new constitutionally questionable government mandate, even going so far as to scuttle Medicare's most popular (and successful) part, Medicare Advantage."

By Aaron Sharockman• June 10, 2011

Donald Trump stated on September 17, 2020 in a tweet:

Says “some people in the Great State of North Carolina have been sent TWO BALLOTS. RIGGED ELECTION in waiting!”

By Paul Specht• September 22, 2020

Mike Pence stated on October 04, 2016 in the vice presidential debate:

Says Donald Trump "hasn’t broken his promise" to release his tax returns.

By Linda Qiu• October 5, 2016

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