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Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison posing at “Defund the Police” event.

By Jeff Cercone • February 21, 2024

Facebook posts stated on February 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says former congressman Keith Ellison “beats his girlfriend and Democrats make him the deputy chair of the DNC.”

By Samantha Putterman • February 29, 2020

Viral image stated on September 18, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says a photo of a woman with multiple bruises on her face is Democrat Keith Ellison’s girlfriend and he is responsible for her injuries.

By Samantha Putterman • September 27, 2019

Keith Ellison stated on January 29, 2017 in a CBS 'Face The Nation' interview:

"About three-quarters of (Syrian refugees) are women and children. A full third of them are kids under 12 years old."

By Miriam Valverde • February 2, 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

Keith Ellison stated on February 9, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"Americans work way more than an average of industrialized countries around the world."

By Julie Kliegman • February 9, 2014

Keith Ellison stated on March 7, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Says President Donald Trump's travel ban could ban Somalis "from getting relief (from famine) through coming to the United States."

By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2017

Erik Paulsen stated on October 17, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says "sleazy Keith Ellison and shady Dean Phillips both caught up in another sexual harassment scandal" and that Phillips is "charged with ignoring sexual harassment and discrimination at his companies."

By Samantha Putterman • October 29, 2018

Amy Klobuchar stated on May 16, 2020 in a tweet:

“80% of the people” want the option of vote by mail

By Amy Sherman • May 21, 2020

Viral image stated on January 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says if you take the oath of office on the Koran, “then you have committed treason.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 20, 2020

Viral image stated on April 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden said, "the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor."

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 1, 2019

Viral image stated on November 9, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Quotes Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar as saying, "I think all white men should be put in chains as slaves because they will never submit to Islam."

By Miriam Valverde • November 15, 2018

Bloggers stated on November 7, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

"Democrats just elected (include)… a man who preys on underage prostitutes … and an anti-semitic racist who beats women."

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 13, 2018

Jeff Flake stated on October 31, 2017 in a speech on the Senate floor:

Says Roy Moore said a "practicing Muslim should not be a member of Congress because of his faith."

By Jon Greenberg • November 9, 2017

Bloggers stated on March 1, 2017 in a headline:

"Top Democrats refuse to stand for Gold Star widow."

By Joshua Gillin • March 1, 2017

Alan Grayson stated on April 16, 2015 in an interview with Democracy Now:

"I’m the only member of the House of Representatives who raised most of his campaign funds in the last election from small contributions of less than $200."

By Amy Sherman • April 27, 2015

Mark Pocan stated on May 13, 2013 in a speech:

"Nothing in the Constitution explicitly guarantees our right to vote."

By Tom Kertscher • May 30, 2013

Allen West stated on April 10, 2012 in a town hall meeting in Jensen Beach, Fla.:

About 78 to 81 House Democrats "are members of the Communist Party. ... It’s called the Congressional Progressive Caucus."

By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2012

Jon Runyan stated on September 3, 2011 in a mailer posted on bluejersey.com:

The deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling will "directly link a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts for the first time ever."

By Bill Wichert • September 9, 2011

Michele Bachmann stated on April 27, 2009 in an interview with Pajamas Media.:

In the 1970s, "the swine flu broke out . . . under another Democrat, President Jimmy Carter."

By Bill Adair • April 30, 2009

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Trump leaders say Minnesota officials withhold detained immigrants from ICE. Is that true?

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By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 8, 2026

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By Katie Sanders • December 12, 2014

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By Jon Greenberg • September 26, 2014

Your guide to the Sunday, Aug. 3 news shows

By Katie Sanders • August 1, 2014

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By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2014

Sept. 11 memorial in Sunday spotlight

By Katie Sanders • May 16, 2014

Mitt Romney returns (again) to the Sunday show lineup

By Katie Sanders • March 21, 2014

Fact-checking the Sunday Feb. 9 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman • February 9, 2014

Fact-checking the Feb. 9 news shows

By Aaron Sharockman • February 9, 2014

Sunday shows turn to Sochi, CBO report on Obamacare

By Katie Sanders • February 7, 2014

For Trump, no signal yet refugee policy will change after U.S. airstrike in Syria

By Miriam Valverde • April 7, 2017

Donald Trump’s St. Patrick’s Day ‘Irish proverb’ was probably not Irish

By Lauren Carroll • March 17, 2017

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