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Tom DeLay stated on January 13, 2011 in an interview.:

Says Travis County, home to Austin, is the most liberal county in the United States.

By W. Gardner Selby• February 16, 2011

John McCain stated on June 03, 2008 in a speech in New Orleans:

"In just a few years in office, Sen. Obama has accumulated the most liberal voting record in the Senate."

By Bill Adair• June 16, 2008

John McCain stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.:

"Senator Obama has the most liberal voting record in the United States Senate."

By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• September 26, 2008

John McCain stated on September 03, 2008 in a TV ad:

Obama is the Senate's "most liberal."

By Bill Adair• September 3, 2008

Josh Mandel stated on June 24, 2011 in a radio interview:

"Sherrod Brown was just voted two years in a row the most liberal senator in the United States of America" and is more liberal than Sen. Bernie Sanders.

By Stephen Koff• July 18, 2011

Joe Biden stated on May 01, 2019 in an interview:

"I was always labeled as one of the most liberal members of the United States Congress."

By John Kruzel• May 6, 2019

Bernard Jackvony stated on September 02, 2012 in an appearance on "A Lively Experiment.":

David Cicilline is "the 5th most liberal person in the House of Representatives."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• September 17, 2012

Donna Campbell stated on June 12, 2010 in a speech:

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett is "the most liberal man in the United States Congress."

By W. Gardner Selby• June 20, 2010

Fred Thompson stated on November 07, 2007 in a Nashville radio interview.:

"He's a good man but he's a pro-life liberal. He's right on the pro-life part, but he's a liberal."

By Neil Skene• December 31, 2007

John McCain stated on July 17, 2008 in an interview with the <i>Kansas City Star</i>:

Barack Obama "is more to the left of the announced Socialist in the United States Senate."

By Shawn Zeller• July 29, 2008

Tommy Thompson stated on September 06, 2011 in a statement:

Says Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin ranks "as the most liberal member of the House."

By Tom Kertscher• September 9, 2011

Marco Rubio stated on February 09, 2012 in a speech at the CPAC conference:

"The majority of Americans are conservatives."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 24, 2012

Todd Starnes stated on April 17, 2014 in an interview on "Hannity":

Liberals have figured out a Facebook algorithm and "all the people getting banned from Facebook are somehow conservatives."

By Jon Greenberg• April 22, 2014

Connie Mack stated on May 14, 2012 in a Web ad:

Says George LeMieux was one of two Republicans who voted for President Barack Obama's jobs bill.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 16, 2012

Austin Scott stated on July 21, 2010 in an e-mail to supporters:

Jim Marshall "votes liberal in Washington ... and we aren't fooled."

By Eric Stirgus• July 27, 2010

Barack Obama stated on May 26, 2008 in a speech in Las Cruces, N.M.:

"I had an uncle ... who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps."

By Robert Farley• May 27, 2008

Johnny Isakson stated on December 04, 2013 in a speech:

Fifty-three percent of graduates from liberal arts colleges these days can’t find jobs.

By Nancy Badertscher• January 7, 2014

Barack Obama stated on April 14, 2020 in an endorsement announcement:

Joe Biden "already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history."

By Louis Jacobson• April 17, 2020

The Miami Post stated on May 06, 2018 in a headline:

"Breaking: 3 liberal celebrities arrested for conspiracy to assassinate President Trump."

By Amy Sherman• May 7, 2018

George Will stated on July 18, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week:

Democrats in the 1930s wanted President Franklin Roosevelt "to be more conservative."

By Louis Jacobson• July 22, 2010

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