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Bill Clinton
stated on August 18, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech:

The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began.

By Louis Jacobson • August 19, 2020
Bill Clinton
stated on August 5, 2019 in a tweet:

"After (the assault weapon ban) passed in 1994, there was a big drop in mass shooting deaths. When the ban expired, they rose again."

By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2019
Bill Clinton
stated on June 4, 2018 in an interview on NBC's Today show:

"I left the White House $16 million in debt."

By Manuela Tobias • June 5, 2018
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 in a post on Medium:

Says Hillary Clinton tripled the number of people with AIDS whose "lives are being saved .. and it did not cost you any more money."

By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2016
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic national convention:

Says Hillary Clinton "negotiated the first agreement — ever — where China and India officially committed to reduce their emissions."

By Linda Qiu • July 29, 2016
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 in a video at the DNC:

"We moved 100 times as many people out of poverty as moved out when President (Ronald) Reagan was in office, with 40 percent more jobs."

By Miriam Valverde • July 28, 2016
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 in remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:

"As secretary of state, (Hillary Clinton) worked hard to get strong sanctions against Iran's nuclear program" and "got Russia and China to support them."

By Lauren Carroll • July 27, 2016
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:

"The approval of the United States was 20 points higher when (Hillary Clinton) left the secretary of state's office than when she took it."

By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2016
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic convention:

Says Hillary Clinton helped "get done" the Children's Health Insurance Program.

By Alan Gathright • July 27, 2016
Bill Clinton
stated on April 7, 2016 in during a campaign stop in Philadelphia:

"Because of (the 1994 crime bill), we had a 25-year low in crime, a 33-year low in the murder rate, and listen to this, because of that and the background check law, a 46-year low in the deaths of people of gun violence."

By Anna Orso • April 8, 2016
Bill Clinton
stated on April 3, 2016 in a campaign speech:

"A college loan is the only loan in the United States that you cannot refinance when interest rates go down."

By Chris Nichols • April 6, 2016
Bill Clinton
stated on March 20, 2016 in a campaign rally for Hillary Clinton:

"80 percent of the American people haven’t gotten a pay raise since the crash."

By Anthony Cave • March 24, 2016
Bill Clinton
stated on February 24, 2016 in a campaign rally.:

"Every year there is a slightly smaller percentage of American households owning guns."

By Sean Gorman • March 7, 2016
Bill Clinton
stated on February 16, 2016 in a campaign event:

"The people that perpetrated that travesty in San Bernardino had never been to the Middle East."

By Lauren Carroll • February 22, 2016
Bill Clinton
stated on August 11, 2015 in an interview with Inc. magazine:

"There's not a single, solitary example that" signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall "had anything to do with the financial crash."

By Lauren Carroll • August 19, 2015
Bill Clinton
stated on June 14, 2015 in comments on CNN's State of the Union:

Says Hillary Clinton "was completely exonerated, when I was in the White House" by an official inquiry on Whitewater.

By Linda Qiu • June 23, 2015
Bill Clinton
stated on June 14, 2015 in comments on CNN's State of the Union:

After a federal inquiry corroborated Hillary Clinton on Whitewater, "the next day, there was nothing in the media about it."

By Christian Belanger • June 23, 2015
Bill Clinton
stated on June 17, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":

"Between 2010 and 2014, there was no net in-migration from Mexico."

By Jon Greenberg • June 22, 2015
Bill Clinton
stated on May 5, 2015 in an interview with NBC News:

"When we moved into the White House, we had the lowest net worth of any family since Harry Truman."

By Katie Sanders • May 7, 2015
Bill Clinton
stated on October 24, 2014 in a speech:

"One-hundred times as many people worked their way from poverty into the American middle class" during his presidency compared to Ronald Reagan's presidency.

By Tom Kertscher • November 7, 2014
Bill Clinton
stated on June 29, 2014 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"I had the lowest net worth of any American president in the 20th century when I took office."

By Katie Sanders • June 29, 2014
Bill Clinton
stated on September 4, 2013 in a speech in Little Rock, Ark.:

According to a recent poll, "there are more young Republicans enrolled in their parents' (health insurance) plans than young Democrats."

By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2013
Bill Clinton
stated on September 20, 2012 in an interview on "The Daily Show":

Says the government has "gotten the TARP money back plus a profit."

By Jon Greenberg • September 28, 2012
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 in a convention speech:

The Obama administration is allowing state waivers from welfare work requirements "only if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20 percent."

By Molly Moorhead • September 10, 2012
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:

Says President Barack Obama "gives students the right to repay (federal) loans as a clear, fixed, low percentage of their income for up to 20 years."

By Becky Bowers • September 7, 2012
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:

Says U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan attacked the president for "the same amount of Medicare savings that (Ryan) had in his own budget."

By Becky Bowers • September 6, 2012
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 in a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:

"In the last 29 months, our economy has produced about 4.5 million private-sector jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2012
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 in his Democratic National Convention speech:

The stimulus program "cut taxes for 95 percent of the American people."

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 6, 2012
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 in a speech to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.:

"Since 1961 … our private economy has produced 66 million private-sector jobs. So what's the jobs score? Republicans 24 million, Democrats 42 (million)."

By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2012
Bill Clinton
stated on July 13, 2012 in an interview on 'Today':

It’s "typical" for a presidential candidate to release 10 or 11 years of tax returns.

By Jon Greenberg • August 1, 2012

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