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Viral image stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Nancy Pelosi “wants to remove votes from soldiers overseas” and said, “They don’t even live here.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The Post Office advises never send cash in the mail. It’s not secure. Vote by mail?” Viral image stated on August 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This USPS employee was caught taking down Trump signs. These people are also responsible for the mail in ballots they are pushing so hard.” Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama “spied on my campaign, and got caught!” America First stated on August 4, 2020 in an ad: Says Joe Biden told Americans, ‘If you elect me, your taxes are going to be raised, not cut.” Chris Murphy stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet: “At UNC 14% of students tested positive.” Robert Ortt stated on July 20, 2020 in a news release: Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic lawmakers are “granting free tuition to illegal immigrants while closing Excelsior Scholarship applications to citizen students.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 10, 2020 in during a televised roundtable discussion on education: “The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.” Viral image stated on August 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Thousands of Seattle Democrats gather to demand mail-in voting because it’s too dangerous to vote in-person.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Biden’s tax rate on a family making 75,000 dollars would go from 12% to 25%.” Viral image stated on August 19, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Photos show Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Gretchen Whitmer and Cory Booker violating COVID-19 safety precautions. Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet: Goodyear Tires “announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS…This is what the Radical Left Democrats do.” Thom Tillis stated on July 30, 2020 in a radio interview: “Cal Cunningham has been silent on this on defunding the police; I assume his silence is consent.” Abigail Spanberger stated on August 4, 2020 in a TV ad.: “When I ran for Congress, I promised to refuse money from corporate PACs. I’ve kept that promise.” Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Kamala Harris inaccurately “claimed to be bussed in the 60’s due to segregation type issues.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Mike Pence “said he won’t debate Kamala Harris.” Tommy Tuberville stated on August 17, 2020 in an interview: Amid COVID-19, 25 of the 26 Republican governors "have decided to play football," but "three-fourths" of the 24 Democratic governors "have decided not to play already and most will probably not play.” Facebook posts stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Kamala Harris said, “I don’t like Joe Biden and do not like his history with certain people or who he’s aligned with, he’s trash to me.” Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Condoleezza Rice said, “If you are taught bitterness and anger, then you will believe you are a victim. You will feel aggrieved and the twin brother of aggrievement is entitlement. So now you think you are owed something and you don’t have to work for it and now you’re on a really bad road to nowhere because there are people who will play to that sense of victimhood, aggrievement and entitlement, and you still won’t have a job.” Viral image stated on July 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: A coloring book that describes Joe Biden as “America’s Sexiest Moderate” is being marketed to children. Carol Miller stated on July 30, 2020 in a tweet: “In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.” Bill Clinton stated on August 18, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began. Donald Trump Jr. stated on August 15, 2020 in a tweet: “8% of the votes cast” in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary, 864 mailed ballots, came from dead voters. “NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!” Viral image stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Kamala Harris is “listed as Caucasian on her birth certificate.” Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2020 in a speech: The coronavirus has seen a “big surge in New Zealand. It's terrible. We don't want that." Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet: “In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.”
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Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on August 20, 2020 in News release: Kanye West’s access to Wisconsin’s ballot was “denied by liberals.” Viral image stated on July 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photos show former President Barack Obama acting inappropriately with a child. Peggy Hubbard stated on August 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The DNC omitted ‘one nation under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance.” Viral image stated on August 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says this photo shows Joe Biden kissing and biting a child on the cheek. Viral image stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Nancy Pelosi “wants to remove votes from soldiers overseas” and said, “They don’t even live here.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The Post Office advises never send cash in the mail. It’s not secure. Vote by mail?” Viral image stated on August 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This USPS employee was caught taking down Trump signs. These people are also responsible for the mail in ballots they are pushing so hard.” Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama “spied on my campaign, and got caught!” America First stated on August 4, 2020 in an ad: Says Joe Biden told Americans, ‘If you elect me, your taxes are going to be raised, not cut.” Chris Murphy stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet: “At UNC 14% of students tested positive.” Robert Ortt stated on July 20, 2020 in a news release: Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic lawmakers are “granting free tuition to illegal immigrants while closing Excelsior Scholarship applications to citizen students.” Ron DeSantis stated on August 10, 2020 in during a televised roundtable discussion on education: “The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.” Viral image stated on August 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Thousands of Seattle Democrats gather to demand mail-in voting because it’s too dangerous to vote in-person.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Biden’s tax rate on a family making 75,000 dollars would go from 12% to 25%.” Viral image stated on August 19, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Photos show Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Gretchen Whitmer and Cory Booker violating COVID-19 safety precautions. Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet: Goodyear Tires “announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS…This is what the Radical Left Democrats do.” Thom Tillis stated on July 30, 2020 in a radio interview: “Cal Cunningham has been silent on this on defunding the police; I assume his silence is consent.” Abigail Spanberger stated on August 4, 2020 in a TV ad.: “When I ran for Congress, I promised to refuse money from corporate PACs. I’ve kept that promise.” Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Kamala Harris inaccurately “claimed to be bussed in the 60’s due to segregation type issues.” Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Mike Pence “said he won’t debate Kamala Harris.” Tommy Tuberville stated on August 17, 2020 in an interview: Amid COVID-19, 25 of the 26 Republican governors "have decided to play football," but "three-fourths" of the 24 Democratic governors "have decided not to play already and most will probably not play.” Facebook posts stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Kamala Harris said, “I don’t like Joe Biden and do not like his history with certain people or who he’s aligned with, he’s trash to me.” Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Condoleezza Rice said, “If you are taught bitterness and anger, then you will believe you are a victim. You will feel aggrieved and the twin brother of aggrievement is entitlement. So now you think you are owed something and you don’t have to work for it and now you’re on a really bad road to nowhere because there are people who will play to that sense of victimhood, aggrievement and entitlement, and you still won’t have a job.” Viral image stated on July 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: A coloring book that describes Joe Biden as “America’s Sexiest Moderate” is being marketed to children. Carol Miller stated on July 30, 2020 in a tweet: “In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.” Bill Clinton stated on August 18, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began. Donald Trump Jr. stated on August 15, 2020 in a tweet: “8% of the votes cast” in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary, 864 mailed ballots, came from dead voters. “NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!” Viral image stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Kamala Harris is “listed as Caucasian on her birth certificate.” Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2020 in a speech: The coronavirus has seen a “big surge in New Zealand. It's terrible. We don't want that." Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet: “In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.”
Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on August 20, 2020 in News release: Kanye West’s access to Wisconsin’s ballot was “denied by liberals.”
Viral image stated on July 21, 2020 in a Facebook post: Photos show former President Barack Obama acting inappropriately with a child.
Peggy Hubbard stated on August 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The DNC omitted ‘one nation under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance.”
Viral image stated on August 2, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says this photo shows Joe Biden kissing and biting a child on the cheek.
Viral image stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Nancy Pelosi “wants to remove votes from soldiers overseas” and said, “They don’t even live here.”
Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: “The Post Office advises never send cash in the mail. It’s not secure. Vote by mail?”
Viral image stated on August 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: “This USPS employee was caught taking down Trump signs. These people are also responsible for the mail in ballots they are pushing so hard.”
Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet: Says President Barack Obama “spied on my campaign, and got caught!”
America First stated on August 4, 2020 in an ad: Says Joe Biden told Americans, ‘If you elect me, your taxes are going to be raised, not cut.”
Robert Ortt stated on July 20, 2020 in a news release: Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic lawmakers are “granting free tuition to illegal immigrants while closing Excelsior Scholarship applications to citizen students.”
Ron DeSantis stated on August 10, 2020 in during a televised roundtable discussion on education: “The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.”
Viral image stated on August 17, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Thousands of Seattle Democrats gather to demand mail-in voting because it’s too dangerous to vote in-person.”
Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: “Biden’s tax rate on a family making 75,000 dollars would go from 12% to 25%.”
Viral image stated on August 19, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Photos show Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Gretchen Whitmer and Cory Booker violating COVID-19 safety precautions.
Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet: Goodyear Tires “announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS…This is what the Radical Left Democrats do.”
Thom Tillis stated on July 30, 2020 in a radio interview: “Cal Cunningham has been silent on this on defunding the police; I assume his silence is consent.”
Abigail Spanberger stated on August 4, 2020 in a TV ad.: “When I ran for Congress, I promised to refuse money from corporate PACs. I’ve kept that promise.”
Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Kamala Harris inaccurately “claimed to be bussed in the 60’s due to segregation type issues.”
Facebook posts stated on August 16, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Mike Pence “said he won’t debate Kamala Harris.”
Tommy Tuberville stated on August 17, 2020 in an interview: Amid COVID-19, 25 of the 26 Republican governors "have decided to play football," but "three-fourths" of the 24 Democratic governors "have decided not to play already and most will probably not play.”
Facebook posts stated on August 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Kamala Harris said, “I don’t like Joe Biden and do not like his history with certain people or who he’s aligned with, he’s trash to me.”
Facebook posts stated on June 3, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says Condoleezza Rice said, “If you are taught bitterness and anger, then you will believe you are a victim. You will feel aggrieved and the twin brother of aggrievement is entitlement. So now you think you are owed something and you don’t have to work for it and now you’re on a really bad road to nowhere because there are people who will play to that sense of victimhood, aggrievement and entitlement, and you still won’t have a job.”
Viral image stated on July 30, 2020 in a Facebook post: A coloring book that describes Joe Biden as “America’s Sexiest Moderate” is being marketed to children.
Carol Miller stated on July 30, 2020 in a tweet: “In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.”
Bill Clinton stated on August 18, 2020 in a Democratic convention speech: The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Donald Trump Jr. stated on August 15, 2020 in a tweet: “8% of the votes cast” in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary, 864 mailed ballots, came from dead voters. “NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!”
Viral image stated on August 13, 2020 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Kamala Harris is “listed as Caucasian on her birth certificate.”
Donald Trump stated on August 17, 2020 in a speech: The coronavirus has seen a “big surge in New Zealand. It's terrible. We don't want that."
Donald Trump stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet: “In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.”
