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TikTok posts stated on September 28, 2026 in a post:

These videos show scenes of alleged sexual assault at Cornell University.

By Jeff Cercone • October 1, 2026

Social Media stated on July 27, 2025 in a social media post:

President Donald Trump “made 4,725 wire transfers” to Jeffrey Epstein, totaling nearly $1.1 billion.

By Gabrielle Lazor, Loreben Tuquero • August 5, 2025

TikTok posts stated on August 29, 2022 in a video:

Executive Order 14067 will allow the federal government to “turn on and turn off your money.”

By Gabrielle Settles • September 8, 2022

Facebook posts stated on December 28, 2020 in a photo caption:

Cornell University professor Robert Oswald said “COVID-19 was imaginary and fictitious.”

By Daniel Funke • December 29, 2020

Viral image stated on December 31, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

"2,000 illegal aliens were arrested by ICE in 2017 for murders committed here in the United States!"

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 9, 2019

Tom Cotton stated on March 9, 2015 in a letter to Iranian leaders:

If President Barack Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time."

By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2015

Barack Obama stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech:

Citing his efforts to secure the border, Obama said, "Overall, the number of people trying to cross our border illegally is the lowest it has been since the 1970s."

By Amy Sherman • November 25, 2014

U.S. Census Bureau stated on January 7, 2014 in a mailing to Austin's Bob Cole:

Federal law requires residents to participate in the U.S. government’s American Community Survey.

By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2014

Rick Scott stated on August 2, 2010 in in a Univision debate in Miami.:

"We have over 700,000 illegal immigrants in the state. They're costing us billions of dollars and they're taking legal residents' jobs."

By Cristina Silva • August 18, 2010

Byron Donalds stated on May 4, 2026 in an interview:

Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black voters.”

By Samantha Putterman • May 8, 2026

Fentrice Driskell stated on April 29, 2026 in an interview:

“Under federal law, you cannot engage in partisan gerrymandering.”

By Samantha Putterman • May 1, 2026

Chris Murphy stated on March 1, 2026 in an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation":

“There is no history … that shows an air campaign alone will result in positive regime change. In fact, there's not a single example of it in the entirety of American history.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2026

Mehmet Oz stated on January 6, 2026 in an interview on Fox News:

“By federal law, if you sign someone up for Medicaid, you also give them the right to vote. … This is political patronage at the expense of Medicaid.”

By Amy Sherman • January 14, 2026

Donald Trump stated on October 19, 2025 in an interview:

“Fifty percent of the presidents, almost, have used (the Insurrection Act). And that's unquestioned power.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 22, 2025

Donald Trump stated on October 17, 2025 in a news conference:

“We’ve never had a president that solved one war, not one war.”

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 17, 2025

Josh Hawley stated on October 7, 2025 in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing:

“The FBI tapped my phone” and those of other senators.

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • October 9, 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

JD Vance stated on September 28, 2025 in en una entrevista:

“Los demócratas están amenazando con cerrar todo el gobierno porque quieren dar cientos de miles de millones de dólares en beneficios de cuidado de salud a los inmigrantes ilegales”.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 2, 2025

JD Vance stated on September 28, 2025 in an interview:

“Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 1, 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

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