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Howard Dean stated on August 25, 2009 in an interview on the Rachel Maddow Show:
"All the really great programs in American history, Social Security, was done without Republicans. Medicare was done without Republican support until the last vote where they realized they had to get on board."
By Catharine Richert• August 28, 2009
John Carter stated on February 18, 2019 in a speech:
"I was the first elected Republican in Williamson County history."
By Madlin Mekelburg• March 22, 2019
Republican Governors Association stated on September 05, 2022 in Email:
Says President Joe Biden “recently said that 48.8% of Wisconsin voters are threats to democracy.”
By Madeline Heim• September 9, 2022
Michael Steele stated on November 08, 2010 in an interview on NPR:
"I have won more elections than any chairman since 1938."
By Robert Farley• December 3, 2010
Peter DeFazio stated on April 13, 2011 in a House floor speech:
"Medicare passed with virtually no Republican support."
By Louis Jacobson, Patrick Kennedy• April 15, 2011
Charlotte Bergmann stated on January 10, 2012 in a campaign billboard along I-240.:
"Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican."
By Bartholomew Sullivan• January 23, 2012
Robyn Vining stated on October 25, 2020 in an interview:
My 2018 election was the first time Speaker Robin Vos has lost a Republican-held seat
By Eric Litke• October 29, 2020
Steny Hoyer stated on September 28, 2009 in a news release:
"House Republicans pledged to introduce a bill to reform America’s health care system," but "the 'party of no' has . . . failed to produce legislation."
By Catharine Richert• September 28, 2009
James Clyburn stated on September 06, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:
When Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were created, "Republicans stood on the sidelines"
By Louis Jacobson• September 7, 2012
Kelly O'Donnell stated on January 19, 2010 in a segment on NBC's Today show:
In Massachusetts, Scott Brown's Republican affiliation is "not a secret, but clearly not on display."
By Louis Jacobson• January 20, 2010
George Will stated on June 14, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Says Jeb Bush "happens to be where a majority" of Republican voters are on giving legal status to illegal immigrants.
By Jon Greenberg• June 14, 2015
Brian Kemp stated on July 05, 2010 in a Cobb County Republican Party breakfast speech June 5:
Says his GOP challenger, Doug MacGinnitie, "hadn’t voted in a Republican primary for almost 20 years until 2008.
By Willoughby Mariano• July 4, 2010
Tom Barrett stated on March 07, 2016 in a radio ad:
"Republican Bob Donovan" has "run as a Republican time and again."  
By Tom Kertscher• March 11, 2016
Barack Obama stated on September 09, 2009 in an address to a joint session of Congress:
"It’s a plan that incorporates ideas from many of the people in this room tonight – Democrats and Republicans."
By Robert Farley• September 10, 2009
Steve Cohen stated on November 20, 2011 in appearance on MSNBC's "UP w/Chris Hayes":
"The Republicans have never done anything really to balance the budget."
By Zack McMillin• January 13, 2012
Ted Budd stated on March 21, 2022 in a tweet:
“Pat McCrory appointed the ‘Republican’ judge who sided with Democrats in the partisan Democrat lawsuit/power-grab over redistricting.”
By Paul Specht• March 29, 2022
Democratic National Committee stated on October 09, 2009 in an e-mail to reporters:
"Only 20 percent of Americans admit to being Republicans anymore."
By Ian Jannetta• October 16, 2009
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 17, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor:
"61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• December 28, 2013
Rahm Emanuel stated on June 20, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":
"If the Republicans were the majority, (Rep. Barton) would have actually the gavel and the chairmanship."
By Robert Farley• June 23, 2010
Christine Whitman stated on June 04, 2013 in an interview on The John Gambling radio show:
"We haven't had a Republican senator in Washington for ... why, I think Clifford Case was our last Republican senator."
By Caryn Shinske• June 13, 2013

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By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• January 19, 2010

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By Robert Farley, Louis Jacobson• January 2, 2011

Do Republicans have ideas on health care?

By Steve Contorno• November 27, 2013

Has the GOP already broken its promise on spending?

By Robert Farley• January 11, 2011

Are Republicans moving the goalposts on the budget debate?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 7, 2011

What is a MAGA Republican?

By Jon Greenberg• September 21, 2022

Are Pennsylvania Democrats fleeing the party to become Republicans?

By Colin Deppen• October 5, 2018

Did Democrats want expansion of slavery, while Republicans opposed it?

By Laura Schulte• January 9, 2024

Fact-checking Larry Elder’s reparations chatter on 'Fox & Friends'

By Bill McCarthy• June 27, 2019

Democratic exaggerations about "privatizing Social Security"

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Lukas Pleva• September 2, 2010

GOP health care reform: A simple explanation

By Louis Jacobson• November 5, 2009

Is Texas the most reliably Republican big state? You bet your Georgia peaches

By W. Gardner Selby• March 18, 2014

Fact-checking the Nov. 2 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• November 2, 2014

4 questions on the fight over Obamacare and what happens next

By Jon Greenberg• July 20, 2017

Republicans' favorite attack on incumbent Democrats: their loyalty to Obama in votes

By Lauren Carroll• October 22, 2014

Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District vote controversy nothing compared to the 1924 election

By Stephanie Gutierrez, Lyle Muller• November 13, 2020

Ask PolitiFact: Is Hakeem Jeffries right about the GOP’s stance on book-banning?

By Louis Jacobson• March 30, 2023

PunditFact fact-checks the Nov. 2 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• November 2, 2014

GOP leader says Obama seeking young comrades

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 2, 2009

Primary preview: Checking Mitt Romney's voting claim

By Robert Higgs, Louis Jacobson• February 9, 2012