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"When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different ... — Carly Fiorina
"Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical ... — Hillary Clinton
"A violent felon can buy (a gun) over the Internet with no background check, ... — Barack Obama
A Trump television ad shows Mexicans swarming over "our southern border." — Donald Trump
"Everywhere that we have more citizens carrying guns, crime is less. There's a study ... — Dan Patrick
"Both Cruz and Rubio are missing the vast majority of their votes." — Rand Paul
"We didn't go out and take" information from the Hillary Clinton campaign. — Bernie Sanders
Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya." — Hillary Clinton
Says the Obama administration invited "Russia into Syria." — Chris Christie
Says American polling shows Russian President Vladimir Putin has "an 80 percent approval rating." — Donald Trump
The Affordable Care Act is "making families pay double-digit premium increases." — Paul Ryan
The United States spends "almost three times per capita what they spend in the ... — Bernie Sanders
"Secretary Clinton changes her position on (gun issues) every election year, it seems, having ... — Martin O'Malley
ISIS is "going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims ... — Hillary Clinton
"One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was ... — Ted Cruz

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