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Search results for "The president of Turning Point's University of Georgia chapter will be resigning later this evening"

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Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's "This Week":
Shirley Sherrod "was forced to resign before anybody on Fox said a word about this."
By Louis Jacobson• July 26, 2010
Nathan Deal stated on October 07, 2014 in debate:
Jason Carter never passed a bill in his tenure in the state Senate.  
By Nancy Badertscher, April Hunt• October 24, 2014
Robert Brown stated on June 02, 2011 in a press release:
Georgia’s illegal immigration crackdown laws should be called the "Brown Codes" because of their similarity to the "Black Codes" governing blacks after the Civil War.
By Willoughby Mariano• July 1, 2011
Doug MacGinnitie stated on June 06, 2010 in a campaign flier:
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp is a "career politician."
By Eric Stirgus• June 20, 2010
X posts stated on February 06, 2022 in a tweet:
Turning Point USA is a white nationalist organization.
By Caleb McCullough• February 16, 2022
Rick Perry stated on January 18, 2011 in his inaugural address.:
Says he’s the first Aggie governor of Texas.
By W. Gardner Selby• January 19, 2011
Roy Barnes stated on August 11, 2010 in a television interview:
On running a "civil and polite" campaign
By Willoughby Mariano• September 27, 2010
Viral media reports stated on November 09, 2015 in social media and in print:
Drinking champagne could help prevent Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
By Nancy Badertscher• November 17, 2015
Americans for Prosperity Georgia chapter stated on July 01, 2013 in an email:
Electricity rates are 40 percent higher in states that have required utility companies to use a certain amount of renewable energy such as solar power.
By Eric Stirgus• July 10, 2013
Bernie Sanders stated on December 10, 2017 in an interview on 'Meet the Press':
Says Donald Trump "has not apologized" for comments caught on tape by "Access Hollywood."
By John Kruzel• December 14, 2017
Newt Gingrich stated on May 11, 2011 in a campaign video:
During his time as House speaker, "unemployment came down from 5.6 percent to under 4 (percent)."
By Louis Jacobson, Eric Stirgus• May 12, 2011
Newt Gingrich stated on June 22, 2011 in a speech before the Atlanta Press Club:
"On the day of the New Hampshire primary in 1980, the top 13 people of Ronald Reagan’s staff quit."
By Willoughby Mariano• June 29, 2011
Bloggers stated on November 11, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
"Fulton County numbers show massive duplicate ballots, rejected ballots, non-citizens trying to vote."  
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 20, 2018
Republican Party of Florida stated on September 22, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
Judithanne McLauchlan "was part of a group that supports imposing a state income tax on Floridians."
By Joshua Gillin• October 3, 2014
Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher:
The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."
By Linda Qiu• September 2, 2015
Brian Kemp stated on March 05, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Says he "fought Obama twice and won to stop illegal immigrants from voting."  
By Miriam Valverde• March 21, 2018
Meagan Wolfe stated on November 05, 2021 in TV interview:
"Only a court can decide that somebody is incompetent to vote" -- the state Election Commission "cannot force facilities, private facilities, to allow special voting deputies" inside.
By D.L. Davis• November 18, 2021
Vernon Jones stated on June 03, 2010 in a candidate forum:
"I have a record on the environment of creating green energy ... taking trash and turning it into cash."
By Eric Stirgus• June 30, 2010
Preston Smith stated on July 28, 2010 in a news release:
"We have my opponent Sam Olens to thank for [the Arizona immigration ruling] since he was on the team that got Clinton elected."
By Eric Stirgus• August 2, 2010
Laura Ingraham stated on April 13, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
Obamacare is "costing 2 million jobs."
By Katie Sanders• April 13, 2014

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Fact-checking new claims in the Sarah Palin book

By Angie Drobnic Holan• November 18, 2009

Removal of Liz Cheney from House leadership is only one piece of GOP coalescing around the ‘Big Lie’

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Can presidents secretly record White House conversations? Yes

By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2017

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Suspended from social media, Donald Trump turns to traditional media avenues to push falsehoods

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