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Facebook posts stated on July 7, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.”

By Tom Kertscher • July 10, 2020

Facebook posts stated on June 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Kill a White on Sight” appears on Black Lives Matter/Antifa flyers.

By Tom Kertscher • June 26, 2020

Candace Owens stated on June 11, 2020 in a tweet:

“According to its website Black Lives Matter, Inc is NOT a charity. It is a full-fledged corporation that does NOT have any locations.”

By Daniel Funke • June 17, 2020

Viral image stated on June 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“George Floyd at his own funeral and George Floyd three days ago.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 11, 2020

Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2020 in an image:

Says a photo shows a memorial vandalized by Black Lives Matter protesters.

By Daniel Funke • June 4, 2020

Bloggers stated on January 27, 2020 in a story:

An MSNBC reporter was fired for using a racial slur while covering the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash.

By Samantha Putterman • January 29, 2020

Donna Campbell stated on May 15, 2019 in in a tweet:

"Local Government debt in Texas has increased nearly 40% in the past 5 years."

By Madlin Mekelburg • May 24, 2019

Dan Bishop stated on April 30, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says he "cast the deciding vote" to override a vetoed ‘born alive’ bill

By Paul Specht • May 9, 2019

Bennett Sandlin stated on April 22, 2019 in a news conference:

Says 74% of people in Texas are "crammed into 4% of the land."

By Madlin Mekelburg • April 26, 2019

Stony Rushing stated on April 9, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says "5 out of 10" GOP candidates don’t live in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.

By Paul Specht • April 25, 2019

Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on September 10, 2018 in a mailer :

"Leah Vukmir OPPOSES Buy American legislation."

By D.L. Davis • October 17, 2018

Beverly Boswell stated on March 27, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Many March for Our Lives speakers called for "the murder of those who would not turn over their guns to the government."

By Paul Specht • March 29, 2018

National Rifle Association stated on March 21, 2018 in a segment on NRATV:

"March For Our Lives is backed by radicals with a history of violent threats, language and actions."

By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2018

Martina White stated on August 31, 2017 in In a statement to the Northeast Times:

"It is shocking to me that Police Commissioner Richard Ross and Mayor Jim Kenney allowed this illegal occupation to go on for hours without taking any action to enforce the law…"

By Mark Dent • September 1, 2017

Bloggers stated on July 20, 2016 in a headline:

"Police find 19 white female bodies in freezers with ‘Black Lives Matter’ carved into skin."

By Joshua Gillin • April 6, 2017

Bloggers stated on April 26, 2015 in posts on social media:

"Florida Sheriff: Blacks should learn to act like white people in order to stay alive."

By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2017

Sean Duffy stated on November 17, 2016 in an interview:

"Black Lives Matter, who are attacking law enforcement officers" -- Barack Obama "had them to the White House."

By Tom Kertscher • December 2, 2016

Michael O'Neill stated on April 26, 2016 in a legislative hearing :

"There’s no data that says a gun-free zone has saved lives."

By Jacqueline Tempera • May 8, 2016

John Oliver stated on February 14, 2016 in a TV show:

In Sauk City, Wisconsin, "the ID office" that provides identification for voting "is only open on the fifth Wednesday of every month" -- a total of four days in 2016.

By Tom Kertscher • February 19, 2016

Julius Jones stated on August 17, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC:

"The policy mistakes that ... the Clintons made got us, in large degree, to the situation that we are in today with mass incarceration."

By Will Cabaniss • August 25, 2015

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