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You can make the unemployment rate anything you want it to be.
— Ben Carson, quoted by the Washington Post, arguing that politicians and a biased media convince us the economy is better than it actually is.
7
Number of swing states in play on the 2016 Electoral Map, according to Crystal Ball: “This map feels like déjà vu: It’s effectively the same map we featured for much of the 2012 cycle, and it unmistakably suggests the Democratic nominee should start the election as at least a marginal Electoral College favorite over his or (probably) her Republican rival. However, at the starting gate it is wiser to argue that the next election is basically a 50-50 proposition.”
$1.5 million
Amount Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign online in the 24 hours after he announced his candidacy, the Washington Post reports. “The donations came from a broad base of supporters — some 35,000 donors who gave an average of $43.54 a piece, according to the Sanders campaign.”
I don’t usually go to weddings of people that I don’t know, OK? I don’t go to ‘em. But if somebody that I like is getting married in the traditional sense or in the non-traditional sense, I’m not hung up about it and I’ll be celebrating with them at that point.
— Gov. John Kasich (R), quoted by the Wall Street Journal, declining to shed light on why he felt comfortable attending a gay wedding but was opposed to gay marriage.
I do not come to you tonight with the ability to speak Spanish. But I do speak a common language. I speak Jesus.
— Mike Huckabee, quoted by the Wall Street Journal, speaking to a Hispanic audience.
We’re looking at a system where our democracy is being owned by a handful of billionaires.
— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), quoted by ABC News, on why he’s running for president.
