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Jim DeMint is a former U.S. Senator from South Carolina. He is now president of The Heritage Foundation .

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Jim DeMint
stated on March 7, 2014 in an interview:

"The big Wall Street banks, the big corporations" give "many times more" political donations to Democrats than Republicans.

By Tom Kertscher • April 16, 2014
Jim DeMint
stated on April 3, 2014 in a broadcast of "Vocal Point":

"A lot of the move to free the slaves ... did not come from the federal government. It came from a growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith."

By Jon Greenberg • April 15, 2014
Jim DeMint
stated on June 15, 2012 in a news release:

Says President Obama's new immigration plan "is amnesty."

By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2012
Jim DeMint
stated on August 3, 2011 in an interview with "The State" newspaper:

The debt-ceiling bill "doesn’t cut the debt. It will add about $7 trillion in new debt over the next 10 years."

By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2011
Jim DeMint
stated on June 27, 2011 in a news release:

Says U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is responsible for "over $14 trillion in debt."

By Mark Naymik • July 11, 2011

Americans United for Change
stated on March 9, 2009 in a cable TV ad:

Republican leaders said "no" to "tax cuts for 95% of working Americans."

By Robert Farley • March 9, 2009

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