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Nikki Haley stated on January 5, 2024 in an Iowa PBS interview:

“We’ve had 8 million” immigrants come to the U.S. illegally under Biden “and they only sent back 142,000.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 11, 2024

Ron Johnson stated on April 24, 2023 in Public statement:

Says Social Security is a “legal Ponzi scheme.”

By Vanessa Swales • May 5, 2023

Instagram posts stated on April 29, 2023 in an Instagram reel:

Video shows people collapsing because of COVID-19 vaccines.

By Sara Swann • May 3, 2023

Instagram posts stated on January 1, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram:

“All ‘gender affirming care’ for children is 100% experimental. There are zero long term studies on the effects the drugs and surgeries will have on them.”

By Madison Czopek • January 17, 2023

Viral image stated on October 22, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Video clips show staged war footage from Ukraine.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 26, 2022

YouTube videos stated on January 22, 2022 in a YouTube video:

"Total deaths from COVID MUCH LOWER than reported.”

By Jeff Cercone • January 24, 2022

Mary Miller stated on October 23, 2021 in a tweet:

The migrant caravan from Tapachula, Mexico “is the population of Minneapolis.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 31, 2021

Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2021 in a post on Facebook:

Video shows “pupils in Nigeria running away from being vaccinated.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 27, 2021

Facebook posts stated on April 19, 2021 in social media posts:

“For #Covid vaccines, shingles and even more dangerous and painful skin conditions may be the new thrombocytopenia."

By Julie Appleby • April 29, 2021

Greg Abbott stated on November 19, 2020 in a press conference:

Says that shutdowns are “ineffective” and that we now know that COVID-19 is not commonly spread “by someone going to work.”

By Brandon Mulder • November 27, 2020

Robocaller stated on August 27, 2020 in a robocall:

“If you vote by mail, your personal information will be part of a public database that will be used by police departments to track down old warrants and be used by credit card companies to collect outstanding debt. The CDC is even pushing to use records for mail-in voting to track people for mandatory vaccines.”

By Clara Hendrickson, Dave Boucher • August 31, 2020

Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC:

Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.”

By Miriam Valverde • August 28, 2020

Chris Jacobs stated on June 13, 2020 in remarks in a debate:

Says Nate McMurray said that “gun owners are part of the most insecure and dangerous club on earth,” that “the NRA are homegrown terrorists,” and that “abortion opponents are the American Taliban.”

By Meghan Hall, Julia Schneider • June 18, 2020

Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“The COVID-19 future vaccine will come with the ID — a mark. The ID tells everyone you are free of COVID.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 22, 2020

Steve Bannon stated on April 14, 2020 in a radio interview.:

Dr. Anthony “Fauci told us there’s nothing to worry about. That’s his quote, ‘There’s nothing to worry about.’”

By Warren Fiske • April 29, 2020

Donald Trump stated on March 12, 2020 in a tweet:

Says Joe Biden “was in charge of the H1N1 Swine Flu epidemic which killed thousands of people. The response was one of the worst on record. Our response is one of the best, with fast action of border closings & a 78% Approval Rating, the highest on record. His was lowest!"

By Miriam Valverde • March 15, 2020

Scott Walker stated on February 24, 2020 in a tweet:

"Bernie (Sanders) is a communist."

By Eric Litke • March 4, 2020

Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

Event 201 “gave out stuffed souvenir coronavirus toys” to “commemorate” Novel coronavirus outbreak

By Emily Venezky • February 3, 2020

Pharmaceutical Research and Manfacturers of America stated on November 27, 2019 in an ad in the “Politico Playbook PM” newsletter.:

"Speaker Pelosi's drug pricing plan would siphon $1 trillion or more from biopharmaceutical innovators over the next 10 years. CBO's preliminary estimate found this bill ‘would result in lower spending on research and development and thus reduce the introduction of new drugs.’"

By Shefali Luthra • December 5, 2019

Kay Hoflander stated on October 11, 2019 in a fundraising email:

"All signs seem to point to Hillary (Clinton) laying the groundwork to run for president again."

By Madison Czopek • November 15, 2019

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