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Nikki Haley
stated on June 4, 2023 in a CNN town hall:

Having "biological boys … in their locker rooms” is a reason why “a third of our teenage girls seriously contemplated suicide last year."

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on June 2, 2023 in an Instagram post:

In a simulation, an AI-enabled drone operated by the U.S. Air Force killed its operators and “started taking out communication towers.”

By Loreben Tuquero • June 5, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on May 25, 2023 in a radio interview:

Donald Trump "wanted to amnesty 2 million illegal aliens in 2018 when he was president."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 5, 2023
Charlie Kirk
stated on June 1, 2023 in a post:

“Jamie Foxx left ‘paralyzed and blind’ from blood clot in his brain” after a COVID-19 vaccine injection.

By Gabrielle Settles • June 5, 2023
Al Franken
stated on May 17, 2023 in a tweet:

"Americans will get $1.1 B in rebates from health insurance companies this year cuz of a provision I wrote in the ACA.”

By Julie Appleby • June 5, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on June 29, 2023 in a video:

The blue, pink, and white colors in the progress pride flag represent pedophiles

By Grace Abels • June 2, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on May 31, 2023 in an Instagram post:

"The European Union is now warning pregnant women not to get the COVID-19 vaccine due to the possibility of infertility and miscarriage.”

By Jeff Cercone • June 1, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on May 17, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Photos show “Elon Musk and his company are in the final stages of making a Robot Wife.”

By Loreben Tuquero • June 1, 2023
Kevin McCarthy
stated on May 28, 2023 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

"Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.”

By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The U.S. "takes 87% of all the prescription medications in the world."

By Tom Kertscher • June 1, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on May 22, 2023 in a post:

Video shows boxes of books removed from a middle school library that were “banned by the DeSantis regime in Florida.”

By Gabrielle Settles • June 1, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on May 22, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

La guanábana “es considerada como la quimioterapia natural”.

By Maria Briceño • June 1, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2023 in a Facebook post:

30 tons of lost ammonium nitrate on a California-bound train suggest an orchestrated conspiracy.

By Jeff Cercone • June 1, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on May 17, 2023 in an Instagram reel:

Pop-Tarts and other foods “have antifreeze in them.”

By Sara Swann • June 1, 2023
Derrick Van Orden
stated on April 13, 2023 in Radio interview:

On exceptions to Wisconsin's abortion ban

By Vanessa Swales • June 1, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on May 28, 2023 in a post:

Video shows officials in Maricopa County, Arizona, "illegally breaking into" voting machines.

By Tom Kertscher • May 31, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on May 24, 2023 in a Twitter Spaces event:

“There's not been a single book banned in the state of Florida.”

By Matthew Crowley • May 31, 2023
Tweets
stated on May 29, 2023 in a tweet:

Chick-fil-A “just hired a VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.”

By Loreben Tuquero • May 31, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on May 30, 2023 in a video:

Roseanne Barr made a video of a rainbow in a sprinkler questioning 'what the heck is in our water supply.'

By Grace Abels • May 31, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on May 23, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Arizona BANS Electronic Voting Machines.”

By Samantha Putterman • May 31, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on May 22, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

"Si trabajaste en el año 2020 puede ser que te deban muchísimo dinero” a través de un “crédito que está activo hasta ahora”.

By Madison Czopek • May 31, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on May 26, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Miami-Dade County has banned” Amanda Gorman’s poem “from elementary schools.”

By Jeff Cercone • May 31, 2023
Alex Epstein
stated on May 5, 2023 in a post:

A chart on Arctic sea ice provides evidence that Al Gore was wrong when he said in 2009 that the north polar ice cap would lose all of its ice “within the next five to seven years.”

By Andy Nguyen • May 31, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on May 27, 2023 in a post:

"F.ight BREAKS as C.omer SHUTS UP Biden's lawyer with B0MBSHELL."

By Gabrielle Settles • May 31, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on May 17, 2023 in a post:

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called for the immediate “expulsion and prosecution of Rep. Adam Schiff for committing crimes of treason against the United States.”

By Madison Czopek • May 30, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on May 24, 2023 in a TikTok post:

Says Ron DeSantis said Puerto Rico’s flag can’t be displayed in Florida.

By Maria Briceño • May 30, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on May 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., is facing charges after “lying” to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.

By Loreben Tuquero • May 30, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on May 29, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Video shows Rep. Nancy Pelosi being arrested.

By Loreben Tuquero • May 30, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on May 11, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

"Estelas de aviones ... están modificadas con químicos por gobiernos poderosos para enfermar a las personas con fines económicos manipulativos y de reducción de la población".

By Maria Briceño • May 30, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on May 5, 2023 in una publicación de Facebook:

Estas imágenes tomadas "con 100 años de diferencia" muestran que el nivel del mar no ha subido.

By Marta Campabadal Graus • May 30, 2023

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