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Search results for "Trump reduces the size of 2 national monuments in Utah for development"

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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
Facebook posts stated on July 04, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says the National Mall’s webcam was "abruptly shut down" and removed from the White House’s website to stop viewers from seeing the lack of attendees at president Trump’s Fourth of July event.
By Samantha Putterman• July 9, 2019
Dan Gecker stated on September 25, 2015 in a campaign flier.:
Glen Sturtevant is "against smaller class sizes."
By Warren Fiske• October 5, 2015
Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2020 in a campaign rally:
"We have a mayor in D.C. who formed a commission with recommendations. Her recommendation is: Take down the Washington Monument, close up the Lincoln Monument."
By Bill McCarthy• October 26, 2020
Donald Trump stated on July 25, 2017 in an interview:
Untaxed corporate earnings used to be "$2.5 trillion … I guess it’s $5 trillion now. Whatever it is, it’s a lot more. So we have anywhere from 4 (trillion) to 5 or even more trillions of dollars sitting offshore."
By Manuela Tobias• August 3, 2017
Bloggers stated on September 12, 2009 in conservative blogs:
Photo of "tea party" protests shows crowd sprawling from Capitol to Washington Monument
By Catharine Richert• September 14, 2009
Threads posts stated on December 01, 2024 in a Threads post:
A CNN headline says, “Elon Musk considers melting down Statue of Liberty to make series of limited edition cyber trucks"
By Sofia Ahmed• December 2, 2024
Barack Obama stated on February 19, 2013 in a speech in Washington, D.C. :
If the sequester hits, federal prosecutors will have to "let criminals go."
By Louis Jacobson• February 22, 2013
Kamala Harris stated on January 24, 2018 in a tweet:
"No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it."
By Louis Jacobson• January 25, 2018
X posts stated on April 06, 2025 in a post:
Photos and videos show Washington, D.C., protests against White House adviser Elon Musk are “staged & paid — bussed in, scripted, clocked out.”
By Grace Abels• April 11, 2025
Jeb Bush stated on October 21, 2015 in a post on his website:
"The federal government owns about half of the West, yet it continues to acquire more land."
By Joshua Gillin• October 27, 2015
Sean Spicer stated on January 21, 2017 in a press conference:
"That was the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period."
By Linda Qiu• January 22, 2017
Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2017 in a tweet:
"The U.S. recorded its slowest economic growth in five years (2016). GDP up only 1.6%. Trade deficits hurt the economy very badly."
By Louis Jacobson• April 27, 2017
Brandon Creighton stated on May 07, 2019 in the Texas Senate:
"Texas actually leads in the number of (Confederate) monuments removed."
By Madlin Mekelburg• May 10, 2019
Joy Reid stated on August 13, 2017 in on NBC’s Meet The Press:
"The idea of putting up (Confederate) monuments actually didn’t happen right after the Civil War. It happened during the 1960s."
By John Kruzel• August 15, 2017
Michael Dougherty stated on March 12, 2020 in a tweet:
“Some states are only getting 50 tests per day, and the Utah Jazz got 58.”
By Bill McCarthy• March 13, 2020
Oregon PTA stated on May 17, 2013 in a newsletter:
Says, "Oregon has the third largest class size in the nation."
By Christian Gaston• May 31, 2013
Luther Strange stated on September 21, 2017 in a debate:
Alabama is "the most generous state in the union in terms of what we give to charities."
By Louis Jacobson• September 22, 2017
Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2017 in an interview with E.W. Scripps television:
"We're the highest developed nation taxed in the world."
By Jon Greenberg• October 18, 2017
Arizona House Democrats stated on June 20, 2016 in a blog post:
Says Gov. Doug Ducey wants to use "taxpayer dollars to increase the salaries of private prison guards."    
By Anthony Cave• June 29, 2016

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