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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

Ron DeSantis stated on November 30, 2020 in a press conference:

“The states that are locked down are increasing at twice the rate we are” in Florida

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2020

Hugh Hewitt stated on September 28, 2020 in a radio show:

President Donald Trump’s tax returns show “what any wealthy person's tax history is, if you can believe it — which is good years and bad years, years of immense taxes and years of almost no taxes at all because you carry over losses.”

By Bill McCarthy • September 30, 2020

Facebook posts stated on September 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:

West Coast wildfires are due to “bad forest maintenance,” not climate change.

By Noah Y. Kim • September 15, 2020

Greg Gutfeld stated on August 20, 2020 in a TV segment:

“QAnon violence! There is none.”

By Bill McCarthy • August 24, 2020

Chris Hayes stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment:

"Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.”

By Bill McCarthy • July 10, 2020

Dan Forest stated on June 22, 2020 in a tweet:

"North Carolina is one of four states" that hasn't opened gyms.

By Paul Specht • June 25, 2020

Donald Trump stated on May 24, 2020 in a tweet:

“Cases, numbers and deaths (of COVID-19) are going down all over the Country!”

By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2020

Tucker Carlson stated on April 27, 2020 in a TV segment:

“The (corona)virus just isn’t nearly as deadly as we thought it was.”

By Bill McCarthy • May 4, 2020

Viral image stated on March 13, 2020 in a viral image:

“President Trump, COVID-19 coronavirus: U.S. cases 1,329; U.S. deaths, 38; panic level: mass hysteria. President Obama, H1N1 virus: U.S. cases, 60.8 million; U.S. deaths, 12,469; panic level: totally chill. Do you all see how the media can manipulate your life.”

By Tom Kertscher • March 18, 2020

Kamala Harris stated on November 13, 2019 in a Facebook ad:

"In America, there is a father who is holding down two jobs and paying more taxes than the richest 400 families in America."

By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2019

Ilhan Omar stated on October 12, 2019 in a tweet:

"The 1% is paying less in taxes than everyone else."

By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019

Bernie Sanders stated on September 24, 2019 in a speech:

"49% of all new income goes to the top 1%."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 29, 2019

Tammy Duckworth stated on September 16, 2019 in a tweet:

Says President Trump’s administration has "actually worsened our nation’s homelessness crisis" by cutting affordable housing programs, allowing shelters to refuse people based on gender identity or sexual orientation, evicting immigrant families of mixed legal status from subsidized housing and raising rent.

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 20, 2019

Rick Scott stated on September 11, 2019 in a statement to The Guardian:

When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention."

By Amy Sherman • September 20, 2019

Christy Harrison stated on August 26, 2019 in a recent New York Times column:

"We have a host of issues associated with high B.M.I.s. But correlation doesn’t prove causation, and there’s a significant body of research showing that weight stigma and weight cycling can explain most if not all of the associations we see between higher weights and poor health outcomes."

By Julie Appleby • September 17, 2019

Physicians for Fair Coverage stated on July 15, 2019 in a national commercial:

"What Congress is considering would cut money that vulnerable patients rely on the most. That means seniors, children and Americans who rely on Medicaid would be hurt. … Tell Congress we can end surprise billing without shredding the safety net."

By Rachel Bluth • August 7, 2019

Joe Biden stated on May 14, 2019 in a campaign event:

The 1994 crime bill "did not generate mass incarceration."

By Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel • May 30, 2019

Kamala Harris stated on May 20, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC:

On the need for independent investigations of police shootings

By Chris Nichols • May 23, 2019

Kamala Harris stated on March 26, 2019 in a tweet:

"In 30 states, average teacher pay is less than the living wage for a family of four."

By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2019

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