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A comprehensive list of statements made about the ocean by candidates during the 2016 election season.

Posted on March 17, 2016 By Andrew Thaler
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1. “I was once bitten by an octopus at the beach and got terribly ill. (Yes, apparently octopuses can be poisonous.)” Senator Ted Cruz

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