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Hillary Clinton voting — Surrounded by a crowd of people, Hillary Clinton finishes casting her votes on Election Day. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)

By Aaron Sharockman
November 1, 2016

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Instagram posts
stated on November 1, 2024 in a post:

Dominion Voting Systems employee Eric Coomer told an Antifa meeting he “made sure” Donald Trump wouldn’t win.

By Aaron Sharockman • November 3, 2024

Threads posts
stated on October 29, 2024 in a post:

“Joe Rogan says he will not be voting for Trump after having him on the podcast.”

By Aaron Sharockman • November 3, 2024

Viral image
stated on August 5, 2021 in a viral image:

Says there are fewer than 2,000 confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S.

By Aaron Sharockman, Tom Kertscher • August 9, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on June 21, 2021 in a post on Facebook:

Says President John F. Kennedy said, “There are people in Washington, D.C., in positions of power to whom the border is just a nuisance, and I think some of them believe that illegal immigration is a moral good. It is not.”

By Aaron Sharockman • June 22, 2021

Bloggers
stated on October 7, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

“Shredded Pennsylvania Mail in ballot Applications were discovered in a trailer. The applications were for @realDonaldTrump.”

By Aaron Sharockman • October 8, 2020

Jason MIller
stated on October 4, 2020 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says Joe Biden stays in his basement.

By Aaron Sharockman • October 4, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

“As of the last 24 hours this is the protocol regarding masks: Masks should only be used by healthcare workers, caretakers or by people who are sick with symptoms like fever and cough.”

By Aaron Sharockman • August 18, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 30, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

An image from the St. Louis protest is “what MSM (mainstream media) won’t show you. Peaceful demonstrator pointing weapon at homeowner.”

By Aaron Sharockman • July 1, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 24, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Tennis star Serena Williams wrote that she’s “sick of COVID-19. I’m sick of black vs. white. I’m sick of Democrats vs. Republicans. I’m sick of gay vs. straight. I’m sick of Christians vs atheists. I’m REALLY sick of the media.”

By Aaron Sharockman • June 24, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on June 12, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

Says Tim Tebow “kneeled in protest of abortion during the National Anthem in 2012. He was praised by fans as being a ‘model American.’”

By Aaron Sharockman • June 19, 2020

X posts
stated on February 29, 2020 in posts on Twitter and Facebook:

Says Sen. Chuck Schumer deleted a Feb. 5 tweet criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to ban some forms of travel to and from China.

By Aaron Sharockman • February 29, 2020

Viral image
stated on February 29, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

“Bernie Logic: Nobody can live on $7 an hour. We must raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Also we must raise the tax rate to 52%. $15 an hour * 52% = $7.80. $15 an hour – $7.80 = $7.20. $7.20 an hour!!!”

By Aaron Sharockman • February 29, 2020

Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 20, 2019 in the sixth Democratic presidential debate:

Says Pete Buttigieg ran statewide in Indiana and “lost by 20 points.”

By Aaron Sharockman • December 20, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on October 29, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

“As some of you may know I am the recent $3.4 million lotto winner. I’d like to spread some positivity so I’m sending $1,000 to the first 100k people that share this.”

By Aaron Sharockman • October 31, 2018

Bloggers
stated on February 7, 2018 in a blog post:

“FBI RAIDS OBAMA – Find Massive Secret That Was Hidden For YEARS.”

By Aaron Sharockman • March 30, 2018

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Social Media
stated on July 20, 2026 in an X post:

North Carolina “processed 1,031,350 duplicate [voter] registrations.”

By Paul Specht • August 28, 2026

Byron Donalds
stated on August 23, 2026 in una entrevista:

La “inmigración ilegal desenfrenada” durante la administración Biden es la causa de “un brote de sarampión en ciertas partes del país”.

By Samantha Putterman • August 27, 2026

Byron Donalds
stated on August 23, 2026 in an interview:

“Rampant illegal immigration” during the Biden administration is the cause of “a measles outbreak in certain parts of the country.”

By Samantha Putterman • August 27, 2026

JD Vance
stated on August 24, 2026 in a speech in Brewer, Maine:

Drug overdoses decreased in Maine because the Trump administration “sealed the border.”

By Amy Sherman • August 26, 2026

Social Media
stated on August 23, 2026 in social media posts:

Products marked as beef on U.S. store shelves “might just be from a foreign country that was buying horses from the U.S. government for the slaughter.”

By Maria Briceño • August 25, 2026

Jon Husted
stated on August 4, 2026 in a Fox News interview:

When he was a senator, Sherrod Brown “supported Social Security payments for illegals, healthcare for illegals and COVID checks for illegals.”

By Cami Henry-Seymore • August 25, 2026

Byron Donalds
stated on August 8, 2026 in an ad:

Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly said he supports “gender-changing surgeries on kids.”

By Samantha Putterman • August 19, 2026

Randy Fine
stated on August 16, 2026 in a fundraising email:

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is “requiring ID” to shop at city-run grocery stores.

By Amy Sherman • August 18, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed
stated on August 5, 2026 in an interview:

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers “helped to architect the legislation that kicked off the opioid epidemic.”

By Caleb McCullough • August 17, 2026

Alexander Vindman
stated on July 27, 2026 in an X post:

Then-Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody transferred “$10 million in taxpayer money meant for children’s health care to a campaign fund.”

By Samantha Putterman • August 13, 2026

Ron Johnson
stated on August 10, 2026 in a Fox News Digital video:

There is “an 82% miscarriage rate with women who got the (COVID-19 vaccine) injection in the first or second trimester.”

By Caleb McCullough • August 12, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on August 10, 2026 in remarks in the Oval Office:

When the measles, mumps and rubella vaccines are given together in the combined MMR vaccine, “there could be a possibility they’re quite lethal.”

By Amy Sherman, Madison Czopek • August 11, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on August 10, 2026 in remarks while signing an executive order:

There are vaccines the size of a “bottle of soda … poured into a little child’s body.”

By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson • August 11, 2026

X posts
stated on August 8, 2026 in X posts:

Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed “openly calls for Sharia law in America.”

By Amy Sherman • August 10, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2026 in a Fox News interview:

Prices are “all coming down now. The food, the groceries, it’s all coming down.”

By Louis Jacobson • August 10, 2026

Mike Rogers
stated on August 5, 2026 in a campaign statement:

Abdul El-Sayed “believes America deserved 9/11.”

By Caleb McCullough • August 7, 2026

Byron Donalds
stated on July 22, 2026 in X post:

“Senate Bill 484 ensures that utility rates will not go up due to data centers.”

By Samantha Putterman • August 7, 2026

Seth Moulton
stated on August 5, 2026 in an Instagram post:

“DOJ Epstein files reveal Senator Ed Markey was part of Epstein lobbying effort.”

By Amy Sherman, Caleb McCullough • August 6, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2026 in una entrevista en Fox News :

En Venezuela, “Estamos ganando cientos de miles de millones de dólares (en ingresos petroleros), y ellos también”.

By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2026 in a Fox News interview:

In Venezuela, “We’re making hundreds of billions of dollars (in oil revenue), and so are they.”

By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2026

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