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Rush Limbaugh stated on November 1, 2009 in Fox News Sunday:

"That 3.5 percent (increase in the third quarter GDP) came from two things — government spending on Cash for Clunkers — they just moved fourth-quarter auto sales into the third quarter — and the first-time home buyer thing."

By Robert Farley • November 3, 2009

Rush Limbaugh stated on August 28, 2009 in his radio program:

The government is "going to have the right to get into your bank account with the health care bill and make transfers without you knowing it."

By Robert Farley • September 8, 2009

Rush Limbaugh stated on August 25, 2009 in a radio broadcast:

"President Obama . . . wants to mandate circumcision."

By Catharine Richert • August 27, 2009

Presente.org stated on July 13, 2009 in a radio ad:

Rep. Adam Putnam was silent when Rush Limbaugh called Sonia Sotomayor a racist.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 14, 2009

Rush Limbaugh stated on June 29, 2009 in his radio show:

On the day the House voted on the climate change bill, "there was not even a copy of the bill in the well of the House, which is standard. It wasn't even written."

By Catharine Richert • July 9, 2009

Rush Limbaugh stated on May 26, 2009 in his radio program:

Sotomayor "ruled against the white firefighter — Ricci and other white firefighters — just on the basis that she thought women and minorities should be given a preference because of their skin color and because of the history of discrimination in the past. The law was totally disregarded."

By Robert Farley • May 28, 2009

Rush Limbaugh stated on April 8, 2009 in a radio broadcast:

"You can't read a speech by George Washington . . . without hearing him reference God, the Almighty."

By Alexander Lane • April 10, 2009

Barack Obama stated on September 18, 2008 in a video ad.:

Obama ad contends that John McCain endorses Rush Limbaugh's comments about immigration.

By Robert Farley • September 19, 2008

Byron Donalds stated on August 23, 2026 in una entrevista:

La “inmigración ilegal desenfrenada” durante la administración Biden es la causa de “un brote de sarampión en ciertas partes del país”.

By Samantha Putterman • August 27, 2026

Byron Donalds stated on August 23, 2026 in an interview:

“Rampant illegal immigration” during the Biden administration is the cause of “a measles outbreak in certain parts of the country.”

By Samantha Putterman • August 27, 2026

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

Bird flu in the U.S. is a "scamdemic" timed to coincide with the 2024 presidential elections “by design.”

By Jeff Cercone • May 24, 2024

Herschel Walker stated on March 13, 2022 in an appearance at a church:

The presence of apes calls into question the concept of evolution.

By Sara Swann • March 17, 2022

Facebook posts stated on December 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Maybe they’re just calling the common cold … the omicron variant.”

By Bill McCarthy • December 20, 2021

Dennis Prager stated on November 8, 2021 in an interview with Newsmax:

"During the AIDS crisis, can you imagine if gay men and intravenous drug users … had they been pariahs the way the non-vaccinated are? But it would've been inconceivable."

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2021

Instagram posts stated on July 24, 2021 in an Instagram post:

People charged in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol are “political prisoners” and “non-violent trespassers” who have been held in solitary confinement for the past six months.

By Tom Kertscher • July 28, 2021

Instagram posts stated on May 20, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Arizona ballots were shredded and burned in a chicken farm fire.

By Bill McCarthy • May 25, 2021

Rush Limbaugh stated on December 15, 2020 in a radio show segment:

The American Medical Association rescinded a previous statement and now says "hydroxychloroquine is okay" for COVID-19.

By Bill McCarthy • December 16, 2020

Bloggers stated on October 16, 2020 in a blog post:

The coronavirus pandemic is “effectively over” in the United Kingdom and “there is absolutely no need for vaccines.”

By Bill McCarthy • December 2, 2020

Viral image stated on October 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Donald Trump said, “The doctors said they’ve never seen a body kill the coronavirus like my body. They tested my DNA and it wasn’t DNA. It was USA.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 7, 2020

Facebook posts stated on September 29, 2020 in a video:

Says Joe Biden was “wearing a wire” during the first presidential debate.

By Daniel Funke • September 30, 2020

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