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Facebook posts stated on December 28, 2019 in a Facebook post:
An email from Hillary Clinton to Donna Brazile Oct.17th, 2016 stated: "If that f-----’ bastard wins, we’re all going to hang from nooses! You better fix this s---!"
By Amy Sherman• January 2, 2020
Matt Lauer stated on January 11, 2015 in a red carpet interview before the Golden Globes:
"The name Frank has risen in popularity by 20 percent" since the debut of 'House of Cards' on Netflix.
By Katie Sanders• January 12, 2015
Joe Biden stated on April 30, 2009 in an interview on "The Today Show":
"When one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 4, 2009
Michele Bachmann stated on June 27, 2011 in several speeches and interviews:
Says President Barack Obama said that if he doesn’t turn the economy around after three years in office, he’ll be a one-term president.
By Louis Jacobson• June 29, 2011
Newt Gingrich stated on March 23, 2011 in televised interviews:
On whether the United States should intervene in Libya.
By Louis Jacobson• March 24, 2011
Donald Trump stated on November 29, 2017 in a post on Twitter:
Says Joe Scarborough is party to an "unsolved mystery" from his time as a congressman in Florida.
By Aaron Sharockman• November 29, 2017
Michele Bachmann stated on April 13, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today" show:
"The top 1 percent of income-earners pay about 40 percent of all taxes into the federal government."
By Louis Jacobson• April 18, 2011
Americans for Prosperity stated on August 14, 2012 in an Americans for Prosperity attack ad:
Says President Obama said of the national debt, "If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition."
By Joshua Gillin• August 16, 2012
Barack Obama stated on October 19, 2008 in a TV interview:
"The race will tighten, just because that's what happens at the end of campaigns. They always have."
By Alexander Lane• December 1, 2008
Donald Trump stated on September 07, 2016 in NBC's Commander-in-Chief Forum:
Says Russian President Vladimir Putin "calls me brilliant." 
By Linda Qiu• September 8, 2016
Mitt Romney stated on March 06, 2016 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":
On Donald Trump's track record in business
By Louis Jacobson• March 6, 2016
Lesley Cohen stated on September 24, 2016 in a political mail piece.:
"It’s bad enough that (Stephen) Silberkraus appeared in a sexual fetish film where women were kidnapped from their homes and forced to live naked in kennels and trained to be pets. But when Silberkraus isn’t acting in films that degrade women, he’s stalking them in his personal time."
By Riley Snyder• October 6, 2016
Rebuilding America Now stated on June 23, 2016 in an advertisement against Hillary Clinton:
Says Hillary Clinton "savaged" the dignity of people who accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment or assault "and shamed them."
By Neelesh Moorthy• July 6, 2016
Carlos Curbelo stated on July 10, 2015 in a radio interview:
Says Bill and Hillary Clinton attended Donald Trump's last wedding.
By Joshua Gillin• July 21, 2015
George W. Bush stated on November 08, 2010 in an interview on NBC's "Today Show":
"My debt to GDP was the lowest or one of the lowest of modern presidents. My taxes to GDP was the lowest and my spending to GDP" was too.
By Louis Jacobson• November 13, 2010
John McCain stated on August 11, 2008 in a speech in Las Vegas:
"First, he (Obama) opposed the surge. Then he confidently predicted that it would fail. Then he tried to prevent funding for the troops who carried out the surge."
By Alexander Lane• August 12, 2008
Elon Musk stated on May 02, 2022 in a tweet:
NBC News “covered up Hunter Biden laptop story.”
By Monique Curet• May 4, 2022
Paul Ryan stated on May 05, 2016 in an interview:
On supporting the eventual Republican presidential nominee
By Tom Kertscher• May 6, 2016
Tom DeLay stated on January 13, 2011 in an interview.:
Says the foreman of the jury that convicted him was a Greenpeace activist.
By W. Gardner Selby• February 10, 2011
Donald Trump stated on September 07, 2016 in the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum :
Says Hillary Clinton said the Veterans Affairs scandal is "over-exaggerated." "She said she was satisfied with what was going on."
By Miriam Valverde• September 8, 2016

Articles (11)

Biden wrong on sneezing

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 4, 2009

Fact-checking Newt Gingrich

By Martha M. Hamilton• May 9, 2011

Should the U.S. have kept Iraq's oil, as Donald Trump argues?

By Louis Jacobson• September 9, 2016

False ratings for both Obama, Boehner

By Louis Jacobson• May 11, 2011

Previewing Donald Trump's 'Today' show town hall

By Katie Sanders• October 25, 2015

Fact-checking the NBC 'commander-in-chief' forum

By Linda Qiu• September 7, 2016

Last week's themes: Money and Power

By Willoughby Mariano• November 21, 2010

What Donald Trump said about intelligence briefings

By Joseph Cariz• September 10, 2016

What a video shared by DeSantis campaign omits about Trump's LGBTQ+ rights record

By Amy Sherman• July 7, 2023

Anatomy of a talking point: Donald Trump on the JFK assassination

By Linda Qiu• May 6, 2016

Fact-Check-A-Thon calls out misleading TV ads in 2016 primaries

By Katie Sanders• March 8, 2016