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Joe Biden stated on May 3, 2021 in remarks on the American Families Plan:

For vaccine rates among Americans 65 and older, “there’s virtually no difference between white, Black, Hispanic, Asian American.”

By Victoria Knight • May 11, 2021

Harry Reid stated on June 22, 2011 in an online chat with the "Washington Post":

"Hispanic unemployment has been ticking down from an all-time high of 13.9 percent because of the policies we’ve implemented."

By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2011

Laura Loomer stated on July 31, 2024 in an X post:

“Nowhere on her birth certificate does it say that she is BLACK OR AFRICAN. … Kamala Harris is NOT black and never has been.”

By Jeff Cercone • August 6, 2024

Donald Trump stated on January 15, 2022 in a speech:

“In New York state, if you’re white, you have to go to the back of the line to get medical help.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 27, 2022

Facebook posts stated on November 27, 2021 in Facebook post:

Omicron 'hysteria' was timed so that it would coincide with and distract from the Ghislaine Maxwell trial.

By Jeff Cercone • November 30, 2021

Dan Patrick stated on August 19, 2021 in an interview:

"Democrats like to blame Republicans on (low vaccination rates). Well, the biggest group in most states are African Americans who have not been vaccinated. The last time I checked, over 90% of them vote for Democrats."

By Brandon Mulder • August 26, 2021

Gary Sides stated on August 3, 2021 in a school board meeting:

The United States' southern border is "basically open" and is "a super spreader event.”

By Paul Specht • August 13, 2021

Facebook posts stated on September 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Kohl's confirmed that they will be selling BLM merchandise” but are not selling “back the blue” at this time.

By Samantha Putterman • November 3, 2020

Rick Scott stated on June 28, 2020 in an interview:

Says “Joe Biden supported the Castro regime and meeting with Maduro.”

By Amy Sherman • July 1, 2020

Priorities USA Action stated on May 19, 2020 in in a TV and digital ad:

Says President Donald Trump is trying to make $451 billion in Medicare cuts "in the middle of a deadly pandemic."

By Victoria Knight • May 29, 2020

Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says CEOs got advance notice of COVID, then resigned to dump stock.

By Tom Kertscher • April 13, 2020

Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2020 in a Hannity show interview:

Speaking of his restriction on travel from China, “I had (Joe) Biden calling me xenophobic. … He called me a racist, because of the fact that he felt it was a racist thing to stop people from China coming in.”

By Miriam Valverde • March 27, 2020

Tulsi Gabbard stated on March 10, 2019 in a town hall:

"We pay far more for health care than any other country in the world, yet we have far worse outcomes than any other country in the world."

By Tom Kertscher • March 18, 2019

Hillary Clinton stated on June 27, 2016 in remarks in Cincinnati, Ohio:

After Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, "within 24 hours, Americans lost $100 billion from our 401(k)s."

By Lauren Carroll • June 28, 2016

Todd Wilcox stated on May 20, 2016 in a newspaper interview:

"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."

By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016

John Sharp stated on June 18, 2012 in a speech in Austin:

Says scientists predict "sometime in the future, an event that will kill … somewhere between 80 and 90 million people."

By Sue Owen • September 25, 2012

Rachel Maddow stated on September 19, 2011 in on "The Rachel Maddow Show":

"Poverty among Americans 65 and over is statistically unchanged" in recent years because of Social Security.

By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 19, 2011

Bill McCollum stated on June 15, 2010 in a press release:

Rick Scott "has heavily invested in a company that is geared to helping illegal aliens transfer money to family and friends out of the country."

By Amy Sherman • June 21, 2010

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