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By Katherine Burns October 10, 2016

By Joseph Cariz October 10, 2016

Allison Graves

By Allison Graves October 10, 2016

By Rachel Tiede October 10, 2016

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stated on September 12, 2016 in a radio ad:

"The head of the IRS ordered 24,000 emails erased before Congress could review them, making sure the American people will never know the real truth."

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Lisa Grafstein
stated on October 12, 2024 in a campaign mailer:

Scott Lassiter “repeatedly campaigned to promote” North Carolina's “largest-ever” school funding cut, sending public school money to “unaccountable private schools” and ending science education.

By Paul Specht • October 25, 2024
X posts
stated on October 25, 2024 in X posts:

Video shows an election worker destroying mail ballots with votes for former President Donald Trump in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

By Loreben Tuquero • October 25, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 23, 2024 in a Threads post:

Kamala Harris’ statements about Trump invoking Adolf Hitler were based on a “debunked hoax from The Atlantic.”

By Sofia Ahmed • October 25, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 23, 2024 in a photo:

Kamala Harris "proclaimed she would not accept the outcome of the election and has a team of lawyers ready to overturn them"

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • October 25, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 23, 2024 in a video:

Kamala Harris imprisoned a woman for three years for praying.

By Samantha Putterman • October 25, 2024
X posts
stated on October 22, 2024 in a post on X:

“BREAKING: Lizzo charged the Harris-Walz campaign $2.3 million for a single appearance at a Detroit rally.”

By Madison Czopek • October 25, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 16, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:

“El gobernador de la Florida dice que por el momento va a pausar” la ley S.B. 1718 porque necesitan que los hispanos reconstruyan el estado tras la destrucción del huracán Milton.

By Maria Briceño • October 25, 2024
Social Media
stated on October 15, 2024 in in social media posts:

"The Defense Department, with the stroke of a pen, has quietly codified its right to deploy lethal force against its own citizens.”

By Jeff Cercone • October 25, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on September 27, 2024 in un anuncio de campaña:

El expresidente Donald Trump quiere eliminar la Ley del Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio.

By Marta Campabadal Graus • October 25, 2024
Viral image
stated on October 22, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Land O Lakes has announced the return of the iconic squaw to its packaging.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 25, 2024