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Josh Stein stated on October 20, 2026 in an X post:

In North Carolina, “thousands more absentee ballots (are) being rejected this election — at a rejection rate twice as high as in 2022.”

By Paul Specht • October 23, 2026

X posts stated on September 11, 2025 in an X post:

A book on Amazon titled “The Shooting of Charlie Kirk” with a Sept. 9 publication date is evidence the event was staged.

By Samantha Putterman • September 12, 2025

Donald Trump stated on April 8, 2025 in a speech:

The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”

By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2025

Threads posts stated on October 18, 2024 in a Threads post:

Photo shows former President Donald Trump sitting on a black towel on “Fox & Friends” because “they don’t want him to stain the sofa.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 22, 2024

Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on October 7, 2024 in a post on X:

Patents dating back to the 1800s show that people can control the weather.

By Madison Czopek • October 10, 2024

Instagram posts stated on September 12, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Former President Donald Trump admitted during the Sept. 10 presidential debate that he “blew up the Nord Stream pipeline.”

By Loreben Tuquero • September 13, 2024

TikTok posts stated on June 5, 2024 in a TikTok video:

Audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur leaked.

By Jeff Cercone • June 7, 2024

Nikki Haley stated on March 3, 2023 in a speech at CPAC:

Democrats "want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.”

By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2023

Instagram posts stated on November 3, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Brazil’s presidential election was “stolen.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 4, 2022

Joe Manchin stated on August 28, 2022 in a tweet:

“WV families making less than $400K & small businesses will NOT be targeted by the IRS.”

By Amanda Boring • October 18, 2022

National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on June 14, 2022 in a political ad:

Cheri Beasley voted to reverse the conviction of an armed kidnapper, release a double murderer early.

By Paul Specht • July 7, 2022

Joe Biden stated on March 8, 2022 in a speech:

The oil industry has "9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year."

By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • March 9, 2022

Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Thalidomide was FDA-approved for pregnant women in the 1960s.

By Gabrielle Settles • August 30, 2021

Instagram posts stated on August 23, 2021 in an Instagram post:

75 doctors in South Florida walked out in protest as their hospital was flooded with unvaccinated COVID-19 patients

By Samantha Putterman • August 25, 2021

Donald Trump stated on August 20, 2020 in a rally:

Says Joe Biden “abandoned Scranton.”

By Jessica Calefati • August 29, 2020

Donald Trump stated on July 14, 2020 in White House Rose Garden:

Says Joe Biden plans to “mandate net-zero carbon emissions for homes, offices and all new buildings by 2030. That basically means no windows, no nothing.”

By Sophie Austin • July 17, 2020

X posts stated on June 1, 2020 in a hashtag:

Says officials in Washington, D.C., are “jamming all communications.”

By Daniel Funke • June 2, 2020

Brian Fitzpatrick stated on May 5, 2020 in a radio interview:

“For the World Health Organization, the international entity whose sole responsibility it is to alert the world of global pandemics like this, to miss this, is a huge problem.”

By Jessica Calefati • May 30, 2020

Bloggers stated on April 3, 2019 in an article:

"George Washington, as many don’t know, was not the first President of the United States. The first President of the United States was one John Hanson, and he was a black man."

By Daniel Funke, Volodymyr Solohub • July 25, 2019

Dan Bishop stated on July 17, 2019 in a speech at a Trump rally:

Says "Dan McCready took money from Ilhan Omar"

By Paul Specht • July 22, 2019

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