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Winsome Earle-Sears stated on May 13, 2021 in a TV interview.:

“The very first Republican convention after the Civil War was held in Virginia in a Black church.”

By Warren Fiske• May 27, 2021

George Allen stated on July 02, 2011 in a TV interview.:

"China owns more of our bonds than do Americans."

By Sean Gorman• July 8, 2011

Michael Doherty stated on December 09, 2011 in a news release:

"Following the catastrophic, cascading collapse of major investment banks on Wall Street in 2007.....Nobody was prosecuted, no hearings were held and no reforms were implemented."

By Bill Wichert• December 19, 2011

Kristi Noem stated on February 02, 2025 in an interview:

At Guantánamo Bay, “we'll have the capacity to continue to do there what we've always done. We've always had a presence of illegal immigrants there that have been detained.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 9, 2025

Hillary Clinton stated on February 11, 2008 in an ABC/Politico interview:

"I have something in common with my husband. He never carried caucuses either. He lost all of the ones that I've lost."

By Adriel Bettelheim• February 13, 2008

Alex Sink stated on September 01, 2010 in figures cites on campaign website:

"Florida spends more than $300 million a year just on children repeating pre-K through 3rd grade."

By Laura Figueroa• September 21, 2010

William G. Batchelder stated on October 18, 2010 in an interview:

"We haven’t had control of the House for the last two years and it’s been malfunctioning. We had 109 sessions scheduled and held 49."

By Joe Guillen• November 16, 2010

Jon Ossoff stated on December 06, 2020 in a debate:

Says David Perdue “hasn't held a single public town hall meeting in six years” and “sells four meetings a year and a retreat on a private island for a $7,500 corporate PAC check.”

By Tom Kertscher• December 11, 2020

Randy Forbes stated on April 14, 2011 in a press release.:

"Each day our nation pays communist China $73.9 million in interest on our debt."

By Jacob Geiger• April 26, 2011

Ken Martin stated on August 05, 2025 in a press conference:

Texas Republicans held one hearing on flood response but eight hearings on redistricting

By Amy Sherman• August 6, 2025

ACLU Foundation of Georgia stated on December 07, 2012 in a press release:

"In the last 15 years, we've witnessed a dramatic expansion in the jailing of immigrants, from about 70,000 people detained annually to about 400,000."

By Eric Stirgus• December 17, 2012

Chain email stated on January 30, 2012 in a chain email:

"This year President Obama canceled the 21st annual National Day of Prayer ceremony at the White House under the ruse of ‘not wanting to offend anyone.' BUT … on September 25, 2009 from 4 AM until 7 PM, a National Day of Prayer FOR THE MUSLIM RELIGION was HELD on Capitol Hill, Beside the White House."

By Caryn Shinske• February 9, 2012

Republican Party of Georgia stated on February 01, 2012 in a web post:

"[A]t his current rate, President Obama will have added more debt to the United State of America by the end of his first term than each of the previous 43 presidents -- combined!"

By Eric Stirgus• February 13, 2012

Jeb Hensarling stated on July 08, 2010 in a speech:

"Today almost half our debt is owned by foreigners."

By W. Gardner Selby• July 30, 2010

Cort VanOstran stated on August 21, 2018 in a press release:

Says "Rep. Ann Wagner, a three-term incumbent, has never held a town hall in the Second District."

By Sten Spinella, Titus Wu• September 22, 2018

Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address:

Says one year later, "the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in Iraq and Syria."

By Jon Greenberg• January 31, 2018

John McCain stated on July 18, 2008 in a television ad:

"Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 21, 2008

Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Sen. Bernie Sanders lived off welfare before he was elected, never held a "9-5 job" and hasn’t proposed a single bill that passed.

By Samantha Putterman• March 1, 2019

Joe Manchin stated on October 29, 2019 in a tweet:

Murray Energy is "the largest coal company in the United States."

By Broghan Swart• November 8, 2019

Hillary Clinton stated on February 26, 2008 in a debate in Cleveland:

"He (Obama) chairs the subcommittee on Europe. ... He's held not one substantive hearing to do oversight."

By Robert Farley• February 27, 2008

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