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Joe, you know that your assertion that I've only passed one bill in the time I've been in the Senate — you've said it over and over again, it's been fact-checked as false over and over again, you're running a TV ad saying it over and over again. – Michael Bennet	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
My wife and I were shocked, but not surprised by the assertion that we somehow collaborated with Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj in her decision to delay the trial of the predator who attacked our daughter, nothing could be further from the truth.We had neither any input nor collaboration in that decision-making process.Rather, those decisions were made exclusively by her, without our input. – Scott Smith	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
In any event, to the extent any of the documents in question could be subject to a claim of executive privilege of any sort, including by the former President, President Biden has determined that an assertion of such a privilege is not justified and is not in the best interests of the United States. – The National Archives	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I would question the assertion of my ‘privilege’ and ‘white power,’. – Chip Roy	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He walked out on a deposition, that kind of puts you in a weak position to make any type of assertion. – Bennie Thompson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Israel is not an apartheid state and any conference seeking to promote such a baseless assertion must be recognized for the sham that it is. – Mike Pompeo	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Beijing's claim to the vast majority of South China has no basis in international law. That assertion treads on the sovereignty of states in the region. – Lloyd Austin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Those who make such an assertion are conflating a policy choice and a constitutional requirement. – Eleanor Holmes Norton	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We agree with the assertion from Tesla and Elon Musk that there’s a lot of lithium in clay, we cannot put a number on it, but given the demand for lithium we owe it to the industry to try. – Eric Norris	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Communicating behind masks and from a distance is difficult, so my idea and all my products attempt to serve as an unspoken and polite assertion. – Aleah Colón-Alfonso	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Secretary Pompeo notion that religious liberty and property rights are inherently more important than, for instance, freedom from discrimination, is dangerous. And Secretary Pompeo assertion that President Donald Trump stands opposed to those fomenting division in American society, rather than as a leading agitator of societal discord, is simply absurd. – Rob Berschinski	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Needless to say, I strongly disagree with that assertion, but that is what millions of Democrats and independents today believe. – Bernie Sanders '	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
While our campaign has won the ideological debate, we are losing the debate over electability. I can not tell you how many people our campaign has spoke to and said, and I quote,' I like what your campaign stands for, I agree with what your campaign stands for, but I'm going to vote for Joe Biden because I think Joe Biden is the best candidate to defeat Donald Trump,' we have heard that statement all over this country. Needless to say, I strongly disagree with that assertion, but that is what millions of Democrats and independents today believe. – Bernie Sanders	Found on CNN 4 years ago
There's a reason the Obama administration and The Trump administration, at least before this point, never made such audacious legal claims. The assertion that Congress has authorized the executive branch to use force against Iran is unsound. A bipartisan majority of both houses of Congress have rejected that view in just the past few weeks through congressional findings, the administration's position is dangerous. It holds Iran directly responsible for abuses committed by armed groups under a new-fangled theory that United States would not want to see applied to our support for armed forces including the Saudi bombing campaign in Yemen and the Syrian Kurdish forces' treatment of detainees. – Eliot Engel	Found on CNN 4 years ago
This official report directly contradicts the President's false assertion that he attacked Iran to prevent an imminent attack against the United States, this spurious, after-the-fact explanation won't do. – Eliot Engel	Found on CNN 4 years ago
There iszero, zero, zero, zeroevidence of any assertion being made, nobody has ever asserted that I did anything wrong except he [ President Trump ] and whats that fellows name -- Rudy Hootie. – Hunter Biden	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Not one single credible outlet has given any credibility to President Donald Trump assertion, not one single one, and so I have no comment except the President should start to be president. – Hunter Biden	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The president's assertion does not change the fact that the attorney general and the secretary of commerce are sadly in contempt. – Elijah Cummings	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Look at Donald Trump and look at me and answer the question, it's self-evident, you know it's a ridiculous assertion on Donald Trump part. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 4 years ago
There are many current examples that show quite powerfully that higher education does play quite a significant role in building national identity and supporting its assertion. – Liviu Matei	added by anonymous 5 years ago
Congressman Deutch mischaracterized data on allegations of sexual abuse, sexual harassment, or inappropriate sexual behavior made by minors at care facilities operated by HHS grantees. Congressman Deutch even went so far as to level the unfounded assertion that members of the HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement( ORR) federal staff were the subjects of sexual abuse allegations. This was totally false, congressman Deutch knowing mischaracterization of the data -- and Congressman Deutch impugning of the ORR federal staff -- was an immoral and indecent insult to all of the career civil servants who are dedicated to ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of the children in the unaccompanied alien children( UAC) program. – Jonathan Hayes	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The assertion that the limousine was cleared to be on the road following the September inspection is categorically false, the vehicle was subject to inspections and the owner was warned not to operate the vehicle ; the vehicle was placed out of service. – Joseph Morrissey	Found on CNN 5 years ago
To make an assertion that New York physicians are prescribing opioids because of payments from drug companies is completely at odds with recent statistics showing a significant decrease in opioid prescribing in New York. – Thomas Madejski	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We don’t agree with Debra Messing’s assertion, we’re not in the business of being a megaphone for an inaccurate story. – Catt Sadler	Found on FOX News 6 years ago

Joe, you know that your assertion that I've only passed one bill in the time I've been in the Senate — you've said it over and over again, it's been fact-checked as false over and over again, you're running a TV ad saying it over and over again.

– Michael Bennet

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

My wife and I were shocked, but not surprised by the assertion that we somehow collaborated with Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj in her decision to delay the trial of the predator who attacked our daughter, nothing could be further from the truth.We had neither any input nor collaboration in that decision-making process.Rather, those decisions were made exclusively by her, without our input.

– Scott Smith

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

In any event, to the extent any of the documents in question could be subject to a claim of executive privilege of any sort, including by the former President, President Biden has determined that an assertion of such a privilege is not justified and is not in the best interests of the United States.

– The National Archives

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I would question the assertion of my ‘privilege’ and ‘white power,’.

– Chip Roy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He walked out on a deposition, that kind of puts you in a weak position to make any type of assertion.

– Bennie Thompson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Israel is not an apartheid state and any conference seeking to promote such a baseless assertion must be recognized for the sham that it is.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Beijing's claim to the vast majority of South China has no basis in international law. That assertion treads on the sovereignty of states in the region.

– Lloyd Austin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Those who make such an assertion are conflating a policy choice and a constitutional requirement.

– Eleanor Holmes Norton

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We agree with the assertion from Tesla and Elon Musk that there’s a lot of lithium in clay, we cannot put a number on it, but given the demand for lithium we owe it to the industry to try.

– Eric Norris

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Communicating behind masks and from a distance is difficult, so my idea and all my products attempt to serve as an unspoken and polite assertion.

– Aleah Colón-Alfonso

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Secretary Pompeo notion that religious liberty and property rights are inherently more important than, for instance, freedom from discrimination, is dangerous. And Secretary Pompeo assertion that President Donald Trump stands opposed to those fomenting division in American society, rather than as a leading agitator of societal discord, is simply absurd.

– Rob Berschinski

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Needless to say, I strongly disagree with that assertion, but that is what millions of Democrats and independents today believe.

– Bernie Sanders '

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

While our campaign has won the ideological debate, we are losing the debate over electability. I can not tell you how many people our campaign has spoke to and said, and I quote,' I like what your campaign stands for, I agree with what your campaign stands for, but I'm going to vote for Joe Biden because I think Joe Biden is the best candidate to defeat Donald Trump,' we have heard that statement all over this country. Needless to say, I strongly disagree with that assertion, but that is what millions of Democrats and independents today believe.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There's a reason the Obama administration and The Trump administration, at least before this point, never made such audacious legal claims. The assertion that Congress has authorized the executive branch to use force against Iran is unsound. A bipartisan majority of both houses of Congress have rejected that view in just the past few weeks through congressional findings, the administration's position is dangerous. It holds Iran directly responsible for abuses committed by armed groups under a new-fangled theory that United States would not want to see applied to our support for armed forces including the Saudi bombing campaign in Yemen and the Syrian Kurdish forces' treatment of detainees.

– Eliot Engel

Found on CNN
4 years ago

This official report directly contradicts the President's false assertion that he attacked Iran to prevent an imminent attack against the United States, this spurious, after-the-fact explanation won't do.

– Eliot Engel

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There iszero, zero, zero, zeroevidence of any assertion being made, nobody has ever asserted that I did anything wrong except he [ President Trump ] and whats that fellows name -- Rudy Hootie.

– Hunter Biden

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Not one single credible outlet has given any credibility to President Donald Trump assertion, not one single one, and so I have no comment except the President should start to be president.

– Hunter Biden

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The president's assertion does not change the fact that the attorney general and the secretary of commerce are sadly in contempt.

– Elijah Cummings

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Look at Donald Trump and look at me and answer the question, it's self-evident, you know it's a ridiculous assertion on Donald Trump part.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There are many current examples that show quite powerfully that higher education does play quite a significant role in building national identity and supporting its assertion.

– Liviu Matei

added by anonymous
5 years ago

Congressman Deutch mischaracterized data on allegations of sexual abuse, sexual harassment, or inappropriate sexual behavior made by minors at care facilities operated by HHS grantees. Congressman Deutch even went so far as to level the unfounded assertion that members of the HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement( ORR) federal staff were the subjects of sexual abuse allegations. This was totally false, congressman Deutch knowing mischaracterization of the data -- and Congressman Deutch impugning of the ORR federal staff -- was an immoral and indecent insult to all of the career civil servants who are dedicated to ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of the children in the unaccompanied alien children( UAC) program.

– Jonathan Hayes

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The assertion that the limousine was cleared to be on the road following the September inspection is categorically false, the vehicle was subject to inspections and the owner was warned not to operate the vehicle ; the vehicle was placed out of service.

– Joseph Morrissey

Found on CNN
5 years ago

To make an assertion that New York physicians are prescribing opioids because of payments from drug companies is completely at odds with recent statistics showing a significant decrease in opioid prescribing in New York.

– Thomas Madejski

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We don’t agree with Debra Messing’s assertion, we’re not in the business of being a megaphone for an inaccurate story.

– Catt Sadler

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

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