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Search results for "The fight for free and fair elections is happening right now in courts across the country"

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Fact-checks (22600)

Hillary Clinton stated on November 19, 2015 in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations:
"The Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections for the kind of leadership they want."
By Louis Jacobson• November 23, 2015
Jerry Tillman stated on November 15, 2019 in a speech:
Says the U.S. Constitution "doesn’t say anything about (redistricting) being fair. … it’s set up to be partisan."
By Paul Specht• November 26, 2019
AFSCME stated on August 17, 2010 in a television election ad:
"Jim Renacci cheated on his income taxes" and is a "deadbeat citizen."
By Sabrina Eaton, Jane Kahoun• August 27, 2010
Deb Butler stated on January 12, 2022 in a tweet:
Says the “NC appeals court” acknowledged the state’s election maps “are skewed,” but didn’t block them because they are “partisan hacks.”
By Paul Specht• January 21, 2022
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in a presidential debate:
Poll watchers in Philadelphia “were thrown out.”
By Jessica Calefati• October 1, 2020
Donald Trump stated on February 20, 2024 in a Fox News town hall:
Donald Trump’s fine in the New York fraud case “is a form of Navalny, it is a form of communism or fascism.”
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 22, 2024
Instagram posts stated on May 26, 2024 in Instagram post:
Ronald Reagan’s Federal Communications Commission abolished the Fairness Doctrine and gave rise to Fox News.
By Tatevik Lazaryan• June 18, 2024
Tammy Baldwin stated on September 19, 2020 in a statement:
On whether to nominate and confirm a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year
By Eric Litke• September 22, 2020
Mitt Romney stated on September 12, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:
Says that in his book, Rick Perry said that "Social Security is unconstitutional."
By Louis Jacobson• September 13, 2011
Instagram posts stated on May 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:
When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine."
By Jeff Cercone• May 29, 2024
Chris Cuomo stated on May 06, 2015 in a Tweet:
"Hate speech is excluded from protection" under the First Amendment.
By Lauren Carroll• May 7, 2015
Cory Booker stated on September 05, 2012 in an interview with #waywire:
Says the Republican Party platform says "pull back even more of the rules on campaign finance reform, get rid of McCain-Feingold" while the Democratic Party platform says "we want to find a way to put more fair rules on campaign finance reform."
By Erin O'Neill• September 9, 2012
Scott Adams stated on March 08, 2023 in a tweet:
The 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was “an American intel op against Trump.”
By Gabrielle Settles• March 10, 2023
Ted Cruz stated on December 05, 2015 in a speech at the Rising Tide Summit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa:
"The Democrats in the Senate last year introduced a constitutional amendment to repeal the free speech protections of the First Amendment."
By Jason Noble• December 22, 2015
Randy Forbes stated on May 13, 2016 in a campaign flier:
Says Virginia Republican "Scott Taylor has been convicted in at least four different courts across the country, at times failing to even appear, and having a warrant issued for his arrest."
By Warren Fiske• May 23, 2016
Kamala Harris stated on July 17, 2024 in a campaign video:
"Unlike Mike Pence, (JD) Vance said he would have carried out Trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election."
By Amy Sherman• July 18, 2024
Will Weatherford stated on March 28, 2012 in remarks to the press:
"It's the first time in the nation this many members have been drawn (by a Legislature) into the same districts where it wasn't a court order."
By Katie Sanders• April 13, 2012
Mark Warner stated on October 20, 2014 in a TV ad.:
Ed Gillespie’s "firm even lobbied for five foreign governments, including a dictator now awaiting trial for war crimes."
By Nancy Madsen• October 24, 2014
Tulsi Gabbard stated on March 15, 2022 in a Fox News appearance:
"What is happening here is not so different from what we're seeing happening in Russia, where you have got state TV and controlled messaging across the board."
By Bill McCarthy• March 18, 2022
Erick Erickson stated on March 31, 2015 in a RedState.com column:
Say Apple’s Tim Cook "will not do business with Indiana."
By Katie Sanders• April 2, 2015

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