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Hillary Clinton
stated on September 17, 2019 in a speech at George Washington University:

Between 27,000 and 200,000 Wisconsinites were "turned away" from the polls in 2016 due to lack of proper identification.

By Eric Litke • September 19, 2019
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 3, 2019 in a speech:

In Wisconsin, because a key provision of the Voting Rights Act was not in effect, "somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people were turned away from the polls (in 2016) because of the color of their skin" and other factors.

By D.L. Davis • March 6, 2019
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 10, 2016 in a rally in Detroit:

"Back in the Great Recession, when millions of jobs across America hung in the balance, Donald Trump said rescuing the auto industry didn’t really matter very much. He said, and I quote again, ‘Let it go.’ "

By Lauren Carroll • October 18, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 17, 2016 in a campaign rally in Cleveland:

"I am the only candidate who ran in either the Democratic or the Republican primary who said from the very beginning (that) I will not raise taxes on the middle class."

By Lauren Carroll • August 17, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 31, 2016 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

Says, regarding the presence of classified information in her email, FBI Director James "Comey said my answers were truthful, and what I've said is consistent with what I have told the American people."

By Lauren Carroll • August 1, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 14, 2016 in a speech.:

"I am the only candidate who ran in either primary who said, ‘I will not raise taxes on the middle class.’"

By Warren Fiske • July 23, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 3, 2016 in comments on Meet the Press:

"I'm the only candidate in the Democratic primary, or actually on either side, who Wall Street financiers and hedge fund managers are actually running ads against."

By Linda Qiu • April 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 17, 2008 in Washington, D.C.:

"I remember landing under sniper fire."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • March 25, 2008
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 26, 2008 in a debate in Cleveland, Ohio.:

Obama "basically threatened to bomb Pakistan."

By Bill Adair • February 27, 2008