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Allison Tant stated on April 30, 2013 in a Florida Voices column:
Says Gov. Rick Scott allowed Republican legislators to cut his teacher pay raise proposal by 60 percent.
By Katie Sanders• May 6, 2013
Donald Trump stated on March 02, 2019 in a speech:
"When the wind stops blowing, that’s the end of your electric."
By John Kruzel• April 3, 2019
Donald Trump stated on August 08, 2024 in a press conference:
Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• August 9, 2024
Glenn Beck stated on June 28, 2010 in comments on his radio program:
"The government is trying to now close the Lincoln Memorial for any kind of large gatherings."
By Robert Farley• August 27, 2010
Hillary Clinton stated on March 11, 2008 in a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pa.:
Obama voted for "tax subsidies and giveways" that have slowed oil companies from pursuing clean energy sources.
By Dina Cappiello• March 12, 2008
Americans for Prosperity stated on February 21, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says Alaska Sen. Mark Begich "is on record supporting a carbon tax, even pushing Harry Reid to make it a priority."
By Julie Kliegman• February 25, 2014
Robert Menendez stated on February 13, 2017 in a tweet:
Recent immigration raids "are not business as usual. The raids are being done indiscriminately. They’re not focused simply on criminal aliens."
By Miriam Valverde• February 17, 2017
Michele Bachmann stated on September 10, 2015 in an interview on CNN:
Says Donald Trump’s polling numbers show that he’s "the highest with Hispanics that any Republican has ever been."
By Katie Sanders• September 15, 2015
Gavin Newsom stated on February 12, 2019 in a State of the State Address:
"More than a million Californians" do not have "clean water to bathe in or drink."
By Chris Nichols• February 14, 2019
Florida Democratic Party stated on May 08, 2010 in a press release.:
"McCollum admitted he didn't think that the subprime mortgage crisis was a big deal, telling reporters he thought that the subprime collapse had been exaggerated by the media and investors and that 'it's not the end of the world.' "
By Aaron Sharockman• May 11, 2010
Donald Trump stated on August 21, 2018 in :
"I want clean air. I want crystal clean water. And we’ve got it. We’ve got the cleanest country in the planet right now."
By Manuela Tobias• August 23, 2018
Rick Scott stated on January 09, 2018 in a press conference:
On expanding offshore oil drilling
By Amy Sherman• January 10, 2018
Jeb Bush stated on August 31, 2015 in comments on Twitter.:
"I cut state spending more than anybody (in the 2016 GOP field)."
By Linda Qiu• September 9, 2015
Donald Trump stated on November 02, 2016 in a rally in Pensacola, Fla.:
The media "never show crowds."  
By Allison Graves• November 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton stated on April 15, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Pennsylvania.:
"Obama voted for the Bush-Cheney energy bill that put $6-billion in the pocket of big oil."
By Bill Adair• April 17, 2008
Julián Castro stated on March 26, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Donald Trump’s health care policies have "left millions more Americans uninsured since he took office."
By Jon Greenberg• March 28, 2019
Chris Murphy stated on June 26, 2017 in a video:
Says because of Donald Trump, "the IRS decided to stop enforcing the individual mandate that was the underpinning of the ACA. That has resulted in insurance companies all across the country jacking their rates up, explicitly because they don't believe that healthy people will buy insurance."
By Manuela Tobias• July 10, 2017
Dan Sullivan stated on February 20, 2014 in a campaign email blast:
Says Alaska Sen. Mark Begich supported President Barack Obama’s economic policies "97 percent of the time."
By Julie Kliegman• February 21, 2014
George Takei stated on January 20, 2017 in a Tweet:
"The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections."
By Lauren Carroll• January 23, 2017
Marco Rubio stated on April 30, 2013 in a Fox News interview:
"We are dealing with an administration that, quite frankly, has shown a reluctance to enforce the immigration law."
By Molly Moorhead• May 7, 2013

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