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

In Venezuela, "We’re making hundreds of billions of dollars (in oil revenue), and so are they."

By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2026

Kristi Noem stated on February 2, 2025 in an interview:

At Guantánamo Bay, “we'll have the capacity to continue to do there what we've always done. We've always had a presence of illegal immigrants there that have been detained.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 9, 2025

Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2025 in remarks:

The United States is the only country with unrestricted birthright citizenship.

By Samantha Putterman • January 21, 2025

Instagram posts stated on October 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Video shows a ‘Democratic operative’ making credible allegations of fraud during the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

By Madison Czopek • November 1, 2024

Instagram posts stated on October 18, 2024 in an Instagram post:

As part of his “charitable donations,” in 1990 Donald Trump “chartered a private plane to get Nelson Mandela to America when the U.S. government wouldn't help."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 19, 2024

Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2024 in an interview with a podcaster:

Vice President Kamala Harris “is a communist. … She is really a Marxist.”

By Amy Sherman • September 4, 2024

Donald Trump Jr. stated on July 17, 2024 in Speech:

After being shot at a Milwaukee rally in 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt “finished his speech and he kept fighting.”

By Madeline Heim • July 18, 2024

Jesse Watters stated on February 14, 2022 in a TV segment:

“Durham’s documents show that Hillary Clinton hired people who hacked into Trump’s home and office computers” and “planted evidence, fabricated evidence connecting Trump to Russia.”

By Bill McCarthy • February 17, 2022

Facebook posts stated on November 28, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“CNN is now saying that Trump will win!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 30, 2020

Donald Trump stated on August 31, 2020 in a tweet:

“If I didn’t INSIST on having the National Guard activate and go into Kenosha, Wisconsin, there would be no Kenosha right now.”

By Eric Litke • September 1, 2020

Donald Trump stated on June 9, 2020 in a tweet:

"Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment ... Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?"

By Bill McCarthy, Jill Terreri Ramos, Ciara O'Rourke • June 9, 2020

Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2019 in a rally:

"We have been losing to China for many years, $500 billion a year.

By D.L. Davis • April 30, 2019

Mark Warner stated on January 13, 2019 in in an interview:

Says the Trump administration has "a scheme to try to take (Oleg Deripaska’s) ownership level down from 70 percent to roughly 40, 45" so that the Russian company is no longer subject to sanctions.

By John Kruzel • January 15, 2019

Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2019 in a roundtable at the border:

"When I say Mexico is going to pay for the wall, that's what I said. Mexico is going to pay. I didn't say they're going to write me a check for $20 billion or $10 billion."

By Samantha Putterman • January 10, 2019

Bloggers stated on March 8, 2018:

"Singer Miley Cyrus: ‘Trump fans are destroying my career, I can’t stand them and I decided to move to…’"

By Mica Soellner • March 14, 2018

Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2017 in an interview:

"All pipelines that are coming into this country from now on has to be American steel."

By Tom Kertscher • April 20, 2017

Donald Trump stated on February 5, 2017 in an interview with Bill O'Reilly:

Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order.

By Linda Qiu • February 6, 2017

Hillary Clinton stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate:

Says Donald Trump once suggested that he "would try to negotiate down the national debt."

By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump stated on May 18, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times Magazine:

"There are places in America that are among the most dangerous in the world. You go to places like Oakland. Or Ferguson. The crime numbers are worse. Seriously."

By Linda Qiu • May 25, 2016

Bobby Jindal stated on August 30, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"I'm the only (Republican) candidate that has actually reduced the size of government."

By Linda Qiu • August 30, 2015

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