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X posts stated on July 15, 2021 in a tweet:

“You must give EVERY PENNY” of the advance child tax credit payments back when you file your 2021 taxes.

By Madison Czopek• July 21, 2021

Ken Paxton stated on September 05, 2017 in a press release:

"President Obama used" his DACA order "to unilaterally confer U.S. citizenship."

By W. Gardner Selby• September 15, 2017

David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

"We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015."

By Robert Farley• July 15, 2010

Barack Obama stated on January 20, 2015 in his 2015 State of the Union address:

"Since 2010, America has put more people back to work than Europe, Japan, and all advanced economies combined."

By Lauren Carroll• January 21, 2015

Barack Obama stated on November 09, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

"We've created more jobs in the United States than every other advanced economy combined since I came into office."

By Lauren Carroll• November 9, 2014

Barack Obama stated on November 16, 2014 in a press conference after the G20 summit:

"Over the last few years, we’ve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined."

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson• November 18, 2014

YouTube videos stated on April 12, 2020 in social media posts:

The $1,200 coronavirus relief checks this year are “just an advance on your next tax return. … Next year, you're automatically going to owe $1,200 come tax season.”

By Louis Jacobson• April 15, 2020

John Lott stated on June 24, 2015 in comments on Fox News:

"The United States doesn’t have the highest murder rate among developed countries. You look at Russia, you look at Brazil, those are countries that have 3 to 5 times higher murder rates than what we have here in the United States."

By Anna Bruzgulis• June 30, 2015

Scott Jones stated on August 22, 2016 in a radio interview:

Says allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances on a female sheriff’s deputy "were found by two separate judges to not have merit."

By Chris Nichols• October 17, 2016

Todd Starnes stated on September 29, 2020 in a tweet:

“Word on the street is that Joe Biden got tonight’s debate questions in advance.”

By Jon Greenberg• September 30, 2020

Susan Combs stated on November 15, 2011 in a statement:

On advancing state money for a Formula One race

By Sue Owen• November 28, 2011

Barack Obama stated on July 17, 2014 in a speech in Delaware:

"We've recovered (from the recession) faster and come farther than almost any other advanced country on Earth."

By Lauren Carroll• July 23, 2014

Advancing Wisconsin stated on October 28, 2010 in campaign literature distributed by an outside group:

Says Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker "increased his own pay by $50,000."

By Tom Kertscher• October 29, 2010

Facebook posts stated on November 20, 2014 in a meme on social media:

A sign in Dearborn, Mich., for the Advancement of Islamic Agenda for America says, "Allah be praised. America we will kill you all and nothing you can do to stop it."

By Nai Issa• November 24, 2014

Barack Obama stated on June 18, 2015 in remarks at the White House:

"This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency."

By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson• June 22, 2015

NextGen Climate Action Committee stated on August 08, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Rick Scott "is letting Duke (Energy) keep collecting billions" despite troubled power plants.

By PolitiFact Staff • August 13, 2014

Michael Steele stated on August 25, 2009 in a Fox News interview:

The Department of Veterans Affairs has "a manual out there telling our veterans stuff like, 'Are you really of value to your community?' You know, encouraging them to commit suicide."

By Robert Farley• August 25, 2009

Barack Obama stated on September 27, 2010 in a TV interview:

"We now have our kids go to school about a month less than most other advanced countries."

By Robert Farley• September 30, 2010

Rand Paul stated on January 26, 2014 in an interview with CNN:

"Over half of the young people" in medical, dental and law schools are women.

By Steve Contorno• January 28, 2014

John McCain stated on April 26, 2013 in a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce:

"Over half" of science, technology, engineering and mathematics students "receiving advanced degrees are not citizens of the United States of America."

By Louis Jacobson• April 30, 2013

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