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stated on September 20, 2026 in a post:

President Joe Biden “cut off 440 reporters’ credentials.”

By Jeff Cercone • September 21, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed
stated on September 1, 2026 in an X post:

President Donald Trump’s tariffs “cost each Michigan household $5,619.”

By Caleb McCullough • September 17, 2026

Jon Ossoff
stated on September 2, 2026 in a TV ad:

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins “voted to gut Social Security” and “wants to push (older Americans) off Social Security and back to work.”

By Maria Briceño • September 15, 2026

WinSenate
stated on in an ad:

“Troy Jackson expanded Medicaid health coverage in Maine. Susan Collins was the deciding vote for Trump’s Medicaid cuts.”

By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2026

Roy Cooper
stated on August 26, 2026 in a televised interview:

North Carolina officials “removed” an early-voting site from North Carolina A&T State University.

By Paul Specht • September 11, 2026

Sam Altman
stated on September 1, 2026 in a podcast:

“For every 38,000 ChatGPT queries, that is the same amount of water that is used in the production of a single almond in California.”

By Caleb McCullough • September 4, 2026

Troy Jackson
stated on August 28, 2026 in an X post:

When Sen. Susan Collins “had the chance to actually vote to stop Trump’s tariffs from driving up costs for Maine families and businesses, she voted NO.”

By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed
stated on August 5, 2026 in an interview:

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers “helped to architect the legislation that kicked off the opioid epidemic.”

By Caleb McCullough • August 17, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2026 in a Fox News interview:

Prices are “all coming down now. The food, the groceries, it’s all coming down.”

By Louis Jacobson • August 10, 2026

Seth Moulton
stated on August 5, 2026 in an Instagram post:

“DOJ Epstein files reveal Senator Ed Markey was part of Epstein lobbying effort.”

By Amy Sherman, Caleb McCullough • August 6, 2026

Haley Stevens
stated on July 27, 2026 in a debate:

“No,” she hasn’t taken money from utility companies for her U.S. Senate campaign.

By Caleb McCullough • July 29, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on July 22, 2026 in a speech in Georgia:

“They caught thousands of votes in New Jersey where illegal aliens were allowed to vote. Thousands and thousands.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2026 in remarks at a press conference:

The AI industry needs “more energy than the entire country produces right now … In fact some people say almost double.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2026 in remarks to reporters:

President Joe Biden “raised the cost of housing by 40 and 50% — the cost of (a) rental — because they were housing illegal aliens in all of those empty units.”

By Carsten Oyer • July 10, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on July 1, 2026 in remarks to reporters:

“You know why I’m profiting? Because the stock market’s going up. … I’m profiting because I have a lot of money and a lot of cash.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on June 23, 2026 in a speech in Macungie, Pennsylvania:

In the past 13 months, “The typical 401(k) … is up almost $30,000.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 25, 2026

Jon Ossoff
stated on June 17, 2026 in an ad:

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Collins “admitted” that President Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.

By Ben Brasch • June 18, 2026

Elizabeth Warren
stated on June 5, 2026 in an X post:

“If you live near one of these large data centers, your electricity bills over the last five years have gone up by as much as 267%.”

By Caleb McCullough • June 12, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on May 22, 2026 in remarks in Suffern, New York:

“No Republican wins in Nassau.”

By Conor Amendola • June 12, 2026

John Kagia
stated on April 2, 2026 in an interview with Politico:

“The number of New Yorkers who consume cannabis daily or near daily is the same as the number of New Yorkers who buy coffee from a coffee shop daily or near daily — 1.2-plus million people.”

By Mary McNaughton • June 5, 2026

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