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Justice Clarence Thomas is a great man, and the Democrats’ latest political attacks are simply repackaged smears in a 31-year campaign of hatred to punish and delegitimize a conservative Black Justice who thinks for himself. – Mike Davis	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Apparently he believes I was very effective in exposing his misconduct, Donald Trump’s misconduct. And that’s what they’re trying to stop, so, I think that he benefits from having these smears repeated. And that’s part of what he gains from it. But this is a pretext, and nothing more. – Adam Schiff	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Let’s stop with the campaign smears and tactics to get people to turn against us – even having my favorite president call us and tell us to knock this off. I think it actually needs to be reversed and the [former] president needs to tell Kevin McCarthy you do not have the votes and it’s time to withdraw. – Lauren Boebert	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Let’s stop with the campaign smears and tactics to get people to turn against us – even having my favorite president call us and tell us we need to knock this off, i think it actually needs to be reversed. The president needs to tell Kevin McCarthy that, sir, you do not have the votes and it’s time to withdraw. – Lauren Boebert	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Let's work together. Let's stop with the campaign smears and tactics to get people to turn against, even having my favorite president call us and tell us we need to knock this off. – Lauren Boebert	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I expect we will see a thorough examination of her record, of her jurisprudence, what we will not see is the kind of political circus that we saw from Senate Democrats, particularly with Justice Brett Kavanaugh, where they engaged in personal smears. They went into the gutter. – Ted Cruz	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Sadly, Senate Democrats have undermined the American people’s confidence in previous judicial confirmation processes with vicious personal smears and unfounded accusations, these kinds of shameless attacks demeaned the Senate and made a mockery of our constitutional role in providing advice and consent to the president on nominations. I believe Judge Jackson should be treated with the dignity and decorum that has been lacking from the consideration of past nominations. – Ted Cruz	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Thousands of Afghan allies are urgently trying to save themselves and their families ; they shouldn't have to worry about unfounded smears from demagoguing politicians too. – New Jersey.Adam Bates	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The smears against me range from distortions of my personal life to wild, and I mean wild, conspiracy theories. – Arkansas Republican	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The Mary Trump media, you know, moves immediately from -- OK, well, never mind -- the unmasking was, you know, found to be completely nonsensical to the latest alleged scandal and expects everybody to just follow suit, so, I dont think that we should be repeating unsubstantiated smears just because the rightwing media suggests that we should. – Jeff Zucker	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
[ Those are ] just a small exampleof the truly vile smears leveledagainst the two GOP memberson the Wayne County board ofcanvassers, and unfortunatelythis kind of hysteria andvitriol is not unique toDetroit. – Sean Hannity	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Despite the breathless coverage each new View Trump attack gets, this endless rotation of the same debunked smears isn't the product of strategic genius, it's a sign of myopia and desperation as each successive attempt backfires, re-elevating a massive View Trump liability while leaving View Trump campaign scrambling to find something new. – Kate Bedingfield	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We appreciate that Twitter recognizes that they should not permit disproven smears, like those from the Trump campaign, to appear in advertisements on their platform. – Bill Russo	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Just two days ago, the New York Times put out an article saying that I'm a Russian asset and an Assad apologist and all these different smears, this morning, a CNN commentator said on national television that I'm an asset of Russia. Completely despicable. – Tulsi Gabbard	Found on CNN 4 years ago
They promised to cut back the power of capital, and the attacks on them, the smears, have been extraordinary. And they will get worse. – Ken Loach	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
These smears and forgeries have existed in the dark recesses of the Internet for a while. And to this day, right-wing trolls and others continue to exploit them for their own gain. – Joe Biden	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
After three years of lies, smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead the collusion delusion is over. – The Russia probe Trump	Found on CNN 5 years ago
After three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead. The collusion delusion is over, the Russia witch hunt was a plan by those who lost the election to try and illegally regain power by framing innocent Americans – many of them, they suffered – with an elaborate hoax. – Donald Trump	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
These young people will forever have these smears follow them through their life every time they proffer their resume with the word' Covington' on it. It will also affect anyone who ever has or ever will attend that school. The damage is incalculable. – Patricia Heaton	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It’s the sort of thing they specialize in—mainstreaming false smears, allegations that are so salacious and over the top that people assume they must be true. – Thor Halvorssen	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It’s the sort of thing they specialize in—mainstreaming false smears, allegations that are so salacious and over the top that people assume they must be true, they did this with Browder, they did this with two other whistleblowers and they did this with me –they are outrageous accusations where innocence just isn’t enough. – Thor Halvorsson	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Those who will be possibly impacted by this are often the sole providers of health care for these patients. They provide Pap smears and breast cancer screening and many other preventative services, and it is not so easy to find other providers to take up the slack if these providers don't receive the funding. – Daniel Grossman	Found on CNN 7 years ago
She lies, she smears, she paints African Americans – you -- as racists, she bullies voters, who only want a better future, and tries to intimidate them out of voting for a change – I ’m for change, she does n’t want change. – Donald Trump	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
It is an adult moment for Grassley to set the tone going forward that these kinds of tactics by his friends on the right are not welcome in this process -- a process that should be free of these type of political smears. – Brad Woodhouse	Found on CNN 8 years ago

Justice Clarence Thomas is a great man, and the Democrats’ latest political attacks are simply repackaged smears in a 31-year campaign of hatred to punish and delegitimize a conservative Black Justice who thinks for himself.

– Mike Davis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Apparently he believes I was very effective in exposing his misconduct, Donald Trump’s misconduct. And that’s what they’re trying to stop, so, I think that he benefits from having these smears repeated. And that’s part of what he gains from it. But this is a pretext, and nothing more.

– Adam Schiff

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Let’s stop with the campaign smears and tactics to get people to turn against us – even having my favorite president call us and tell us to knock this off. I think it actually needs to be reversed and the [former] president needs to tell Kevin McCarthy you do not have the votes and it’s time to withdraw.

– Lauren Boebert

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Let’s stop with the campaign smears and tactics to get people to turn against us – even having my favorite president call us and tell us we need to knock this off, i think it actually needs to be reversed. The president needs to tell Kevin McCarthy that, sir, you do not have the votes and it’s time to withdraw.

– Lauren Boebert

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Let's work together. Let's stop with the campaign smears and tactics to get people to turn against, even having my favorite president call us and tell us we need to knock this off.

– Lauren Boebert

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I expect we will see a thorough examination of her record, of her jurisprudence, what we will not see is the kind of political circus that we saw from Senate Democrats, particularly with Justice Brett Kavanaugh, where they engaged in personal smears. They went into the gutter.

– Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Sadly, Senate Democrats have undermined the American people’s confidence in previous judicial confirmation processes with vicious personal smears and unfounded accusations, these kinds of shameless attacks demeaned the Senate and made a mockery of our constitutional role in providing advice and consent to the president on nominations. I believe Judge Jackson should be treated with the dignity and decorum that has been lacking from the consideration of past nominations.

– Ted Cruz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Thousands of Afghan allies are urgently trying to save themselves and their families ; they shouldn't have to worry about unfounded smears from demagoguing politicians too.

– New Jersey.Adam Bates

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The smears against me range from distortions of my personal life to wild, and I mean wild, conspiracy theories.

– Arkansas Republican

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The Mary Trump media, you know, moves immediately from -- OK, well, never mind -- the unmasking was, you know, found to be completely nonsensical to the latest alleged scandal and expects everybody to just follow suit, so, I dont think that we should be repeating unsubstantiated smears just because the rightwing media suggests that we should.

– Jeff Zucker

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

[ Those are ] just a small exampleof the truly vile smears leveledagainst the two GOP memberson the Wayne County board ofcanvassers, and unfortunatelythis kind of hysteria andvitriol is not unique toDetroit.

– Sean Hannity

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Despite the breathless coverage each new View Trump attack gets, this endless rotation of the same debunked smears isn't the product of strategic genius, it's a sign of myopia and desperation as each successive attempt backfires, re-elevating a massive View Trump liability while leaving View Trump campaign scrambling to find something new.

– Kate Bedingfield

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We appreciate that Twitter recognizes that they should not permit disproven smears, like those from the Trump campaign, to appear in advertisements on their platform.

– Bill Russo

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Just two days ago, the New York Times put out an article saying that I'm a Russian asset and an Assad apologist and all these different smears, this morning, a CNN commentator said on national television that I'm an asset of Russia. Completely despicable.

– Tulsi Gabbard

Found on CNN
4 years ago

They promised to cut back the power of capital, and the attacks on them, the smears, have been extraordinary. And they will get worse.

– Ken Loach

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

These smears and forgeries have existed in the dark recesses of the Internet for a while. And to this day, right-wing trolls and others continue to exploit them for their own gain.

– Joe Biden

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

After three years of lies, smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead the collusion delusion is over.

– The Russia probe Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

After three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead. The collusion delusion is over, the Russia witch hunt was a plan by those who lost the election to try and illegally regain power by framing innocent Americans – many of them, they suffered – with an elaborate hoax.

– Donald Trump

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

These young people will forever have these smears follow them through their life every time they proffer their resume with the word' Covington' on it. It will also affect anyone who ever has or ever will attend that school. The damage is incalculable.

– Patricia Heaton

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It’s the sort of thing they specialize in—mainstreaming false smears, allegations that are so salacious and over the top that people assume they must be true.

– Thor Halvorssen

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It’s the sort of thing they specialize in—mainstreaming false smears, allegations that are so salacious and over the top that people assume they must be true, they did this with Browder, they did this with two other whistleblowers and they did this with me –they are outrageous accusations where innocence just isn’t enough.

– Thor Halvorsson

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Those who will be possibly impacted by this are often the sole providers of health care for these patients. They provide Pap smears and breast cancer screening and many other preventative services, and it is not so easy to find other providers to take up the slack if these providers don't receive the funding.

– Daniel Grossman

Found on CNN
7 years ago

She lies, she smears, she paints African Americans – you -- as racists, she bullies voters, who only want a better future, and tries to intimidate them out of voting for a change – I ’m for change, she does n’t want change.

– Donald Trump

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

It is an adult moment for Grassley to set the tone going forward that these kinds of tactics by his friends on the right are not welcome in this process -- a process that should be free of these type of political smears.

– Brad Woodhouse

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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