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Vivek Ramaswamy stated on September 27, 2023 in a Republican presidential primary debate. Being transgender is a "mental health disorder." Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2021 in a Facebook post Social media posts stated: “Remember Kamala telling Joe during the debate, ‘You will do whatever the Chinese tell you! They gave your son over a billion dollars.’” Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2021 in a Facebook post “Anyone remember Kamala telling Joe during the debate: ‘You will do whatever the Chinese tell you! They gave your son over a billion dollars.’” Facebook posts stated on October 8, 2020 in a Facebook post During the debate, Kamala Harris said, “that’s a great segway to the next question,” suggesting she knew the next question. Donald Trump stated on October 8, 2020 in an interview with Fox News The Commission on Presidential Debates wrote a letter after the 2016 presidential debates apologizing to Donald Trump. Mike Pence stated on October 7, 2020 in a debate Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris support abortion “up to the moment of birth.” TikTok posts stated on October 1, 2020 in a video Says Joe Biden’s website shows that he supports the Green New Deal, despite denials in debate. Facebook posts stated on September 29, 2020 in a Facebook post Says Joe Biden said 14,000 people died from H1N1. “Fact checking it is 574,000.” Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first 2020 presidential debate Says Joe Biden “passed a tax bill that gave us all these privileges for depreciation and for tax credits. We built a building, and we get tax credits like the hotel on Pennsylvania Ave.” Brit Hume stated on September 29, 2020 in a Fox News interview “I don’t think there’s any doubt (Joe) Biden’s senile.” Facebook posts stated on September 29, 2020 in a video Says Joe Biden was “wearing a wire” during the first presidential debate. Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in First presidential debate "You said you went to Delaware State but you forgot the name of your college." Todd Starnes stated on September 29, 2020 in a tweet “Word on the street is that Joe Biden got tonight’s debate questions in advance.” Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2020 in a Facebook post Says Joe Biden has a medical device implanted in his skull so he can hear someone give him answers to questions. Michael Bloomberg stated on February 20, 2020 in a tweeted video Video shows Democratic presidential candidates speechless for 20 seconds when discussing whether any of them started a business. Facebook posts stated on January 15, 2020 in a Facebook post "CNN reports DemDebate had 2.3 million viewers. Trump rally had 6.7 million last night!" Joe Biden stated on July 31, 2019 in a Democratic presidential primary debate Says Kamala Harris oversaw a police department that was "abusing people’s rights" and that she did not "disclose to defense attorneys" when there was exculpatory evidence: "She didn't do that. She never did it. And so, what happened? Along came a federal judge and said enough, enough, and he freed 1,000 of these people." Viral image stated on June 27, 2019 in a post on Facebook There were no American flags at the first Democratic presidential debate. Claire McCaskill stated on October 25, 2018 in a debate "I made my decision on Kavanaugh before the allegations surfaced, and it was all about Kavanaugh's alliance and allegiance to dark money and unlimited political contributions." Kelda Helen Roys stated on June 6, 2018 in statements On participating in a debate for Democratic gubernatorial candidates. Load more
Vivek Ramaswamy stated on September 27, 2023 in a Republican presidential primary debate. Being transgender is a "mental health disorder."
Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2021 in a Facebook post Social media posts stated: “Remember Kamala telling Joe during the debate, ‘You will do whatever the Chinese tell you! They gave your son over a billion dollars.’”
Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2021 in a Facebook post “Anyone remember Kamala telling Joe during the debate: ‘You will do whatever the Chinese tell you! They gave your son over a billion dollars.’”
Facebook posts stated on October 8, 2020 in a Facebook post During the debate, Kamala Harris said, “that’s a great segway to the next question,” suggesting she knew the next question.
Donald Trump stated on October 8, 2020 in an interview with Fox News The Commission on Presidential Debates wrote a letter after the 2016 presidential debates apologizing to Donald Trump.
Mike Pence stated on October 7, 2020 in a debate Says Joe Biden and Kamala Harris support abortion “up to the moment of birth.”
TikTok posts stated on October 1, 2020 in a video Says Joe Biden’s website shows that he supports the Green New Deal, despite denials in debate.
Facebook posts stated on September 29, 2020 in a Facebook post Says Joe Biden said 14,000 people died from H1N1. “Fact checking it is 574,000.”
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in the first 2020 presidential debate Says Joe Biden “passed a tax bill that gave us all these privileges for depreciation and for tax credits. We built a building, and we get tax credits like the hotel on Pennsylvania Ave.”
Brit Hume stated on September 29, 2020 in a Fox News interview “I don’t think there’s any doubt (Joe) Biden’s senile.”
Facebook posts stated on September 29, 2020 in a video Says Joe Biden was “wearing a wire” during the first presidential debate.
Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2020 in First presidential debate "You said you went to Delaware State but you forgot the name of your college."
Todd Starnes stated on September 29, 2020 in a tweet “Word on the street is that Joe Biden got tonight’s debate questions in advance.”
Facebook posts stated on September 28, 2020 in a Facebook post Says Joe Biden has a medical device implanted in his skull so he can hear someone give him answers to questions.
Michael Bloomberg stated on February 20, 2020 in a tweeted video Video shows Democratic presidential candidates speechless for 20 seconds when discussing whether any of them started a business.
Facebook posts stated on January 15, 2020 in a Facebook post "CNN reports DemDebate had 2.3 million viewers. Trump rally had 6.7 million last night!"
Joe Biden stated on July 31, 2019 in a Democratic presidential primary debate Says Kamala Harris oversaw a police department that was "abusing people’s rights" and that she did not "disclose to defense attorneys" when there was exculpatory evidence: "She didn't do that. She never did it. And so, what happened? Along came a federal judge and said enough, enough, and he freed 1,000 of these people."
Viral image stated on June 27, 2019 in a post on Facebook There were no American flags at the first Democratic presidential debate.
Claire McCaskill stated on October 25, 2018 in a debate "I made my decision on Kavanaugh before the allegations surfaced, and it was all about Kavanaugh's alliance and allegiance to dark money and unlimited political contributions."
Kelda Helen Roys stated on June 6, 2018 in statements On participating in a debate for Democratic gubernatorial candidates.
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