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Donald Trump stated on January 5, 2026 in a graphic on Truth Social and Instagram:

The former U.S. childhood vaccine schedule called for babies to get “72 injections.”

By Grace Abels, Loreben Tuquero • January 15, 2026

Tim Walz stated on November 30, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

“I take responsibility for putting people in jail” in Minnesota fraud scandal.

By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2025

Donald Trump stated on November 12, 2025 in an X post:

“My tariffs … are helping to slash the deficit this year by more than 25%.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 14, 2025

JD Vance stated on October 15, 2025 in an episode of The Charlie Kirk Show:

"Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left.”

By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2025

Rick Scott stated on October 2, 2025 in an X post:

Democrats shut down the government because they want “health care for illegal aliens and funding for free abortions.”

By Samantha Putterman • October 8, 2025

Donald Trump stated on October 5, 2025 in a statement to the media:

“Portland is burning to the ground.”

By Amy Sherman, Maria Briceño • October 7, 2025

Donald Trump stated on September 23, 2025 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly:

“I have ended seven unendable wars.”

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2025

JD Vance stated on August 24, 2025 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."

By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2025

Jon Favreau stated on July 8, 2025 in Pod Save America:

“ICE will now become the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency, bigger than the FBI, bigger than the DEA.”

By Amy Sherman • July 11, 2025

X posts stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post:

California Democrats “block bill to make sex trafficking minors a felony.”

By Grace Abels • May 5, 2025

Pam Bondi stated on April 29, 2025 in an X post:

In President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, fentanyl seizures saved “119 million” to “258 million” lives.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 1, 2025

Mike Rogers stated on August 16, 2024 in a blog post:

Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s vote for the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act was a vote to “cut Medicare benefits for seniors.”

By Caleb McCullough • August 28, 2024

Facebook posts stated on April 19, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Macy’s, Foot Locker, Gap, Burger King, Regal Cinemas and Kroger have had mass store closures during Joe Biden’s presidency.

By Sara Swann • April 24, 2024

Donald Trump stated on November 1, 2022 in Instagram/Truth Social posts:

“So the Pennsylvania Supreme Court just ruled, in effect, that the 2020 presidential election was rigged.”

By Michael Majchrowicz • November 7, 2022

Ron DeSantis stated on October 2, 2022 in an interview with CNN:

Lee County, Florida, wasn't "even in the cone" of Hurricane Ian 72 hours before landfall.

By Yacob Reyes • October 4, 2022

Facebook posts stated on August 2, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Former President Donald Trump asked “for troops around the Capitol to make sure everyone is safe,” on Jan. 6, 2021, but was “turned down by the Democrats.”

By Madison Czopek • August 10, 2022

Zach Nunn stated on July 10, 2022 in an interview with Breitbart:

“My opponent, Cindy Axne, has actively sought to defund the police.”

By Sam Knupp • July 20, 2022

Instagram posts stated on August 17, 2021 in on social media:

The man next to Mike Pompeo in a November 2020 photo “is the guy the Trump administration helped get out of jail in 2018 and who is now the 'president' of Afghanistan."

By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2021

Jon Ossoff stated on December 6, 2020 in a debate:

Says David Perdue “hasn't held a single public town hall meeting in six years” and “sells four meetings a year and a retreat on a private island for a $7,500 corporate PAC check.”

By Tom Kertscher • December 11, 2020

Facebook posts stated on December 8, 2019 in a Facebook post:

“Trump’s daughter works at the White House. Her husband works at the White House. Rudy’s son works at the White House. Barr’s son-in-law works at the White House. Barr’s daughter works at Treasury. Trump’s sons do foreign business. Trump’s daughter is getting Chinese patents and Saudi grants.”

By Bill McCarthy • February 11, 2020

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