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Cory Booker
stated on August 9, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week.":

"You’re more likely to get struck by lightning in Texas" than find in-person voter fraud.

By Christian Belanger • August 18, 2015
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 6, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate:

"One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage. The people who get wages is declining dramatically."

By Christian Belanger • August 12, 2015
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 31, 2015 in a speech to the National Urban League in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.:

"African-American children are 500 percent more likely to die from asthma than white kids."

By Christian Belanger • August 11, 2015
Bloggers
stated on July 20, 2015 in various conservative websites:

"Obama Makes Huge Move to BAN Social Security Recipients From Owning Guns"

By Christian Belanger • July 30, 2015
Tom Cotton
stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day":

President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions."

By Christian Belanger • July 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 13, 2015 in a speech:

"Sen. Rubio’s (tax plan) would cut taxes for households making around $3 million a year by almost $240,000, which is way more than three times the earnings of a typical family."

By Christian Belanger • July 16, 2015
Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2015 in a post on his campaign website about releasing his tax returns:

Says his "average federal tax rate" was 36 percent.

By Amy Sherman • July 9, 2015
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 5, 2015 in an interview on CNN:

"We have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on Earth."

By Christian Belanger • July 8, 2015
Cornell William Brooks
stated on June 21, 2015 in comments on Face the Nation:

"We have at least 200,000 to 300,000 hate crimes in a given year."

By Christian Belanger • June 25, 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