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Instagram posts stated on October 17, 2021 in an Instagram post:

A nurse who fainted after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine died from the vaccination.

By Samantha Putterman • October 20, 2021

X posts stated on May 14, 2022 in Twitter posts:

The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was a “false flag event.”

By Gabrielle Settles • May 18, 2022

Facebook posts stated on January 6, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden said “dozens of police were killed” during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol but “exactly zero people” died that day.

By Andy Nguyen • January 19, 2022

Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2020 in a series of images:

A U-Haul operated by antifa activists distributed “shields, weapons & black bloc” to protesters in Louisville, Ky., and is linked to “a George Soros-funded initiative.”

By Daniel Funke • September 24, 2020

Facebook posts stated on April 10, 2020 in posts on the Internet:

“The Democrats are pushing for an implanted microchip in humans, and everyone to be vaccinated.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2020

Facebook posts stated on November 3, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"Did you know? Dentists are the only physicians that believe you can get away with leaving dead tissue in the body. One root canal tooth can shut down 63% of your immune system."

By Samantha Putterman • November 13, 2019

Facebook posts stated on August 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says the "bones of children" were found on Jeffrey Epstein’s island.

By Samantha Putterman • September 4, 2019

The Partnership for Safe Medicines stated on April 18, 2019 in a TV ad:

Florida state senators "are pushing a new government program that allows prescription drugs from China without FDA inspection."

By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2019

Bloggers stated on March 16, 2018 in in a video blog:

An all-female construction company built the Florida bridge that collapsed.

By John Kruzel • March 20, 2018

Bloggers stated on February 21, 2018 in multiple posts and blogs on the Internet:

Say David Hogg is a crisis actor.

By Allison Graves • February 21, 2018

Bloggers stated on March 2, 2017 in a headline:

"Doctors who discovered cancer enzymes in vaccines all found murdered."

By PolitiFact Staff • April 4, 2017

Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2016 in a tweet:

"Of course, there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day."

By Linda Qiu • October 17, 2016

Bloggers stated on July 28, 2014 in a blog post:

Says George Soros and Bill Gates are funding a bioweapons lab in Sierra Leone that caused the Ebola outbreak.

By Katie Sanders • August 11, 2014

Marco Rubio stated on January 17, 2013 in an interview on Fox News:

"Washington, D.C., had some of the strictest gun laws in the country. And when they passed them, violence skyrocketed."

By Becky Bowers • January 28, 2013

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