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Facebook posts stated on July 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Amber Alerts are issued for white kids "but not Black kids in Milwaukee."

By Eric Litke • July 13, 2020

Antonio Villaraigosa stated on September 20, 2017 in a newspaper article:

California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was "for (high-speed rail), before he’s against it, and then he’s for it again."

By Chris Nichols • September 29, 2017

Rick Scott stated on January 6, 2015 in his second inaugural address:

"Estimates say individuals who escaped these high tax states have taken with them around $2 trillion in adjusted gross income."

By Joshua Gillin • January 8, 2015

Barack Obama stated on January 28, 2014 in the State of the Union address:

"The federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan" gave his first address to a joint session of Congress.

By Steve Contorno • January 29, 2014

X posts stated on October 4, 2013 in messages on Twitter:

The Obama administration shut down the Amber Alert program because of the government shutdown.

By Jon Greenberg • October 7, 2013

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on March 4, 2025 in a Fox Nation interview:

“A lot of studies” show that getting measles "boosts your immune system later in life against cancers, atopic diseases, cardiac disease."

By Jeff Cercone • March 19, 2025

Threads posts stated on September 22, 2024 in a Threads post:

Florida "put Tom Walz instead of Tim Walz" on its ballots.

By Jeff Cercone • September 25, 2024

Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:

They passed the flu off as COVID-19, and “they’re going to do the same thing with monkeypox and shingles.”

By Jeff Cercone • May 26, 2022

Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:

California’s shipping backlog is, in part, caused by a “California Truck Ban which says all trucks must be 2011 or newer and a law called AB 5 which prohibits Owner Operators.”

By Samantha Putterman • October 19, 2021

Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Anyone remember Kamala telling Joe during the debate: ‘You will do whatever the Chinese tell you! They gave your son over a billion dollars.’”

By Bill McCarthy • April 30, 2021

Instagram posts stated on February 11, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations.

By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2021

Tucker Carlson stated on July 7, 2020 in a TV segment:

“To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat."

By Bill McCarthy • July 13, 2020

Lincoln Project stated on May 5, 2020 in an ad:

"Trump bailed out Wall Street, but not Main Street."

By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2020

Tucker Carlson stated on November 7, 2019 in Tucker Carlson Tonight:

Says Marie Yovanovitch was "dishonest" when she claimed under oath that she never personally responded to an email from a Democratic staffer. But "in fact, it turns out that she did respond."

By Miriam Valverde • November 15, 2019

Elizabeth Warren stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall in New Hampshire:

Speaking of the financial crisis that gained traction in 2007, "I talked about it to anyone who would listen, a crisis is coming."

By Miriam Valverde • April 30, 2019

Beto O'Rourke stated on February 24, 2018 in a Waco campaign stop:

Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2018

Gwen Moore stated on June 29, 2017 in a speech:

Says Dontre Hamilton "was shot 14 times by police for resting on a park bench in Milwaukee."

By Tom Kertscher • August 1, 2017

Jeff Sessions stated on March 27, 2017 in a press briefing:

"Just last May, the Department of Justice inspector general found that these (‘sanctuary city’) policies also violate federal law."

By Miriam Valverde • March 30, 2017

Bloggers stated on February 3, 2017 in a headline:

Says Sen. John McCain was "caught making highly illegal phone call to foreign country."

By Joshua Gillin • February 21, 2017

Keith Ellison stated on January 5, 2017 in a tweet:

"House GOP rules package bars CBO from counting spikes in deficit spending spurred by an ACA repeal."

By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2017

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