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Ted Cruz stated on April 18, 2015 in remarks in New Hampshire:
"About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators."
By W. Gardner Selby• April 27, 2015
Cory Gardner stated on February 24, 2016 in a talk show:
"It's been since 1888 that a Senate of a different party than the president in the White House confirmed a Supreme Court nominee."  
By Alan Gathright• February 26, 2016
Joe Scarborough stated on April 10, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
Before "our last three presidents, you have to go back to the 1800s, early 1800s to find three presidents in a row being consecutively re-elected."
By Aaron Sharockman• April 10, 2014
Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2018 in a rally in Mosinee, Wis.:
"Many presidents don’t get the chance to put a Supreme Court justice on."
By Louis Jacobson• October 25, 2018
Jerry Falwell Jr. stated on January 01, 2019 in a newspaper interview.:
"This midterm (election), the president did better than the average president does in his first midterms."  
By Warren Fiske• January 8, 2019
Stephen Miller stated on March 13, 2022 in a Fox News show:
Vice President Kamala Harris "was asked about gasoline prices ... and she tried to defer to President Duda, the Polish president."
By Jeff Cercone• March 14, 2022
Facebook posts stated on October 09, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
"If Biden becomes president and cannot complete his term, Harris will become president, and Pelosi will become vice president."
By Ilana Strauss• October 11, 2020
Lawrence O'Donnell stated on April 14, 2015 in a panel discussion on MSNBC's "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell":
"The president and vice president can't be from the same state."  
By Jon Greenberg• April 16, 2015
Charles Schumer stated on July 10, 2018 in an interview on MSNBC:
Says Brett Kavanaugh "has said the president shouldn't be investigated."
By Amy Sherman• July 10, 2018
Bernie Sanders stated on July 10, 2018 in Facebook post:
Says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion that a president "may decline to enforce a statute . . . when the president deems the statute unconstitutional" is "contrary to 200 years of Supreme Court precedent."
By Manuela Tobias• July 16, 2018
Adam Schiff stated on August 20, 2017 in an interview:
"I think what the authors of the (25th) Amendment principally had in mind was some kind of physical incapacitation or serious mental illness or a breakdown, an inability to function in office."
By John Kruzel• August 29, 2017
Bloggers stated on April 03, 2019 in an article:
"George Washington, as many don’t know, was not the first President of the United States. The first President of the United States was one John Hanson, and he was a black man."
By Daniel Funke, Volodymyr Solohub• July 25, 2019
Facebook posts stated on February 06, 2021 in Facebook posts:
“Biden’s Air Force One is not the same as Trump’s Air Force One,” which indicates Biden is not the real president.
By Noah Y. Kim• February 9, 2021
Charles Rangel stated on April 04, 2011 in an interview on the Fox Business network:
"Franklin Roosevelt (was) the last president to come to the Congress to ask for permission to engage into war."
By Louis Jacobson• April 5, 2011
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
Facebook posts stated on May 27, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Donald Trump signed the Insurrection Act and “still is president.”
By Tom Kertscher• June 4, 2021
Michael Williams stated on April 26, 2011 in a tweet.:
"Gas prices have gone up $2 since Obama took office."
By W. Gardner Selby• May 22, 2011
Donald Trump stated on December 27, 2017 in an event in West Palm Beach:
"We have signed more legislation than anybody. We broke the record of Harry Truman."
By Louis Jacobson• December 29, 2017
Viral image stated on July 22, 2024 in an X post:
Fox News aired a chyron that said, “Kamala could be the oldest elected female president.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 23, 2024
James Risch stated on May 15, 2017 in remarks to reporters:
"The minute the president speaks about it to someone, he has the ability to declassify anything at any time without any process."
By Louis Jacobson• May 16, 2017

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By Louis Jacobson• April 22, 2024

What happens if a president or nominee dies or is incapacitated? Around elections, it gets thorny

By Louis Jacobson• October 2, 2020

Can Robert Mueller subpoena Donald Trump? A look at the legal precedents

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• May 9, 2018

Countdown to Perry for president?

By • May 27, 2011

Can Donald Trump get rid of national monument protections?

By Jon Greenberg• May 2, 2017

A Trump nuclear strike against North Korea: constitutional or not?

By Manuela Tobias• August 10, 2017

Donald Trump's misleading comments on Obama's calls to fallen soldiers' families

By Manuela Tobias• October 17, 2017

Is Ron Johnson right to call Donald Trump the nation’s “chief law enforcement officer”?

By Eric Litke• October 10, 2019

Biden, so far, has signed fewer executive orders than Trump

By Ranjan Jindal• July 5, 2024

Read the articles of impeachment House Democrats have introduced against President Donald Trump

By Angie Drobnic Holan• December 10, 2019

Kamala Harris didn’t break protocol, only past practice, in not returning military salutes

By Tom Kertscher• March 26, 2021

What do we mean when we call Joe Biden the president-elect?

By Noah Y. Kim• November 13, 2020

Here's the readout of Donald Trump's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

By John Kruzel• September 25, 2019

Did Obama inherit the McChrystal 'problem' from President Bush?

By Louis Jacobson• June 23, 2010

Tempest over a presidential text?

By Nancy Badertscher• June 16, 2014

Who took more vacation -- George W. Bush or Barack Obama?

By Louis Jacobson• August 23, 2014

House Democrats’ new bill on the 25th Amendment, explained

By Bill McCarthy• October 9, 2020

Perry on a presidential run: 'I’m going to think about it'

By • May 27, 2011

Can Donald Trump become a three-term president?

By Louis Jacobson• March 31, 2025

In Context: The 'Biden Rule' on Supreme Court nominations in an election year

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 17, 2016