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Featured Statements

Mitt Romney
stated on April 6, 2012 in Mitt Romney's website:

"Women account for 92.3 percent of the jobs lost under Obama."

By Molly Moorhead • April 10, 2012
Rick Santorum
stated on April 2, 2012 in in a speech in Wisconsin:

"I think it’s seven or eight of the California system of universities don’t even teach an American history course. It’s not even available to be taught."

By Becky Bowers • April 3, 2012