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Tucker Carlson stated on February 22, 2021 in a TV segment:

"There's no evidence that white supremacists were responsible for what happened on Jan. 6. That's a lie.”

By Bill McCarthy• February 23, 2021

Donald Trump stated on October 01, 2020 in a tweet from @TrumpWarRoom:

"Last week Joe Biden flashed the ‘white power’ sign. President Trump condemned white supremacists yesterday. Why hasn't Joe Biden?”

By Samantha Putterman• October 1, 2020

Joe Biden stated on October 05, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami:

The president's own FBI director said that the greatest domestic terrorist threat is white supremacists.

By Amy Sherman• October 6, 2020

Pete Buttigieg stated on August 05, 2019 in a Medium post:

"The Trump Administration cut funding allocated to the Department of Homeland Security to combat white nationalism."

By Amy Sherman• August 9, 2019

Dane County Republican Party stated on August 25, 2017 in a news release:

"The KKK was founded as the military arm of the Democratic Party."

By D.L. Davis• October 23, 2017

Viral image stated on October 21, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Biden flashed the white power sign while a black man was asking him a question.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 22, 2021

Viral image stated on April 07, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says John Wayne said, "If you don’t want an American flag flying in your town square or at your school, then why the hell are you living in the US?"

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 18, 2019

Tweets stated on April 07, 2022 in a tweet:

Sen. Marsha Blackburn made a white power symbol at Ketanji Brown Jackson.

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 13, 2022

Mike Haridopolos stated on June 29, 2011 in a posting on Twitter:

Florida’s proposed Health Care Freedom Act "will allow Floridians to opt out of Obama’s govt. takeover of healthcare!"

By Janet Zink• July 13, 2011

Newt Gingrich stated on December 18, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

In a watershed 1958 decision, "the Warren court asserted by itself that the Supreme Court was supreme over the president and the Congress."

By Louis Jacobson• December 20, 2011

Raphael Warnock stated on December 06, 2020 in a debate:

Says Kelly Loeffler “welcomed the support of a QAnon conspiracy theorist, and she sat down with a white supremacist for an interview.”

By Tom Kertscher• December 9, 2020

Viral image stated on April 01, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says William T. Thompson, the designer of the Confederate flag, said, "As a people we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race" and "As a national emblem, it is significant of our higher cause, the cause of the superior race."

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 11, 2019

North Carolina Republican Party stated on February 24, 2023 in an email:

“The left is determined to erase Mount Rushmore from our history books.”

By Paul Specht• March 14, 2023

Viral image stated on October 30, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Security cameras at Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home malfunctioned “for the duration of the break-in, so officials have ended their investigation.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 1, 2022

Andrew Koenig stated on August 18, 2017 in a tweet:

"It's time to remove any statue of Margaret Sanger who was a white suprematist (sic), spoke at kkk events & supported by democrats. #prolife"

By Katie Parkins, Allie Pecorin• October 5, 2017

Cory Booker stated on March 27, 2019 in a CNN town hall in South Carolina:

Says President Donald Trump "cut funding from the Justice Department to investigate these domestic terrorist groups, these white supremacist groups."

By Amy Sherman• April 11, 2019

Facebook posts stated on June 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden called ANTIFA “courageous Americans.”

By Samantha Putterman• June 16, 2020

Leo Berman stated on April 04, 2011 in a House committee hearing:

Says judges are using Shariah law in Dearborn, Mich.

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 14, 2011

Gwen Moore stated on August 26, 2020 in Twitter:

In contrast to how a Black man who was shot by police was treated, Kenosha police officers "let an armed white supremacist walk right past them after shooting people."

By Haley BeMiller• September 1, 2020

Viral image stated on April 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Coca-Cola, Ben & Jerry’s and other companies support rioting.

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 16, 2021

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