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Search results for "Trump's personal phone number is the hottest commodity in Washington, D.C."

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George Will stated on May 09, 2010 in a roundtable segment on ABC's This Week:
Greece "has a GDP the size of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex."
By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2010
Donald Trump stated on August 25, 2025 in remarks to the media:
In Washington, D.C., “We always have a murder a week.”
By Amy Sherman• August 27, 2025
John Bel Edwards stated on November 11, 2015 in a campaign ad:
Says David Vitter "answered a prostitute’s call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom."
By Charles Maldonado• November 19, 2015
Kamala Harris stated on August 22, 2024 in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention:
Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year."
By Louis Jacobson• August 30, 2024
Viral image stated on August 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Donald Trump said, “Do not be distracted by all this going on in Afghanistan. Always keep one eye on Washington D.C. A magician always distracts his audience.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 24, 2021
Shelley Moore Capito stated on August 12, 2021 in an op-ed:
“In West Virginia, a gallon of gas is nearly one dollar more than it was a year ago, and we’re paying about 30 cents more for a gallon of milk than we did at this time last year.”
By Maxwell Ionno, Olivia Murray• October 5, 2021
Jamie Radtke stated on January 27, 2011 in remarks to the Senate Tea Party caucus meeting.:
Federal Reserve policies have led to a 69 percent rise in corn prices, 44 percent rise in wheat prices and 15 percent spike in sugar prices over the last year.
By Jacob Geiger• February 4, 2011
Instagram posts stated on November 05, 2024 in Instagram posts:
A video of Vice President Kamala Harris talking to a voter on the phone is fake because the camera app was on while she was on the call.
By Sofia Ahmed• November 6, 2024
Lynn Westmoreland stated on June 20, 2013 in an article:
"It is against the law for the NSA to record or monitor Americans’ phone calls without getting a specific FISA warrant to do so."
By Eric Stirgus• July 8, 2013
Facebook posts stated on December 02, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“The U.S. is sending everyone (a) free $16,800 right now.”
By Sara Swann• December 18, 2023
Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2023 in an interview:
Joe Biden as vice president didn't "have the right to declassify" documents.
By Loreben Tuquero• January 19, 2023
Instagram posts stated on October 28, 2022 in Instagram post:
“Freedom of Information Act requests show a dozen phone calls between the cell phone of Ray Epps and the office of Speaker Pelosi in the week before #January6th”
By Michael Majchrowicz• November 3, 2022
Facebook posts stated on March 09, 2024 in a Facebook post:
The Jan. 6 committee “suppressed testimony” from former Deputy Chief of Staff Anthony Ornato that proves former President Donald Trump pushed for 10,000 National Guard troops at the Capitol.
By Sara Swann• March 19, 2024
Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2008 in Elko, Nev.:
McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm is "the architect of some of the deregulation in Washington that helped cause the mess on Wall Street."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 17, 2008
Blake Masters stated on October 15, 2022 in a tweet:
Immigrants illegally in the country are treated “better than military veterans.”
By Jon Greenberg• October 21, 2022
Steve Doocy stated on June 24, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends.":
"NASA scientists fudged the numbers to make 1998 the hottest year to overstate the extent of global warming."
By Jon Greenberg• June 25, 2014
Instagram posts stated on November 11, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“Every state that does not require voter ID, Kamala won.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 13, 2024
Starbucks stated on May 04, 2017 in a Senate hearing:
"Coffee is the second-most traded commodity after oil."
By Jon Greenberg• May 8, 2017
Chain email stated on October 28, 2009 in a chain e-mail:
A new federal program provides subsidized "Obama phones" with 70 free minutes of cell phone service every month.
By Catharine Richert• October 28, 2009
Donald Trump stated on August 11, 2025 in a speech:
Washington, D.C., has 41 homicides per 100,000 people, “No. 1 that we can find anywhere in the world.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• August 12, 2025

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