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stated on May 7, 2023 in a post:

California has approved $1.2 million in reparations for every Black resident.

By Gabrielle Settles • May 12, 2023
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2023 in a Truth Social post:

The 2020 election could not have been fair because “Los Angeles County agreed, during litigation, that there were 1.2 million ineligible voters after the election.”

By Amy Sherman • March 9, 2023
Public Interest Legal Foundation
stated on January 18, 2023 in a report:

In California, there were “10 million mail ballots unaccounted for” in the November midterm election.

By Jeff Cercone • January 26, 2023
Gavin Newsom
stated on January 23, 2023 in a tweet:

“The USA has a gun homicide rate 26 times higher than our peers.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 25, 2023
William Barclay
stated on December 1, 2022 in a radio interview:

California has twice the population of New York, but spends $260 billion, while New York spends $220 billion.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 13, 2023
Karen Bass
stated on December 18, 2022 in in an interview:

“Literally five (homeless) people a day die on our streets” in the city of Los Angeles.

By Andy Nguyen • December 20, 2022
Ro Khanna
stated on December 12, 2022 in an interview:

The U.S. "trade deficit with China has gone from about $80 billion a year in the 1990s to $400 billion a year.”

By Tom Kertscher • December 19, 2022
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stated on December 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Says U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., “says pedophilia isn’t a crime — it’s an identity.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 16, 2022
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stated on December 6, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows Rep. Adam Schiff and a “little boy he killed.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 6, 2022
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stated on November 13, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Ballots recovered from a Santa Clara County, California, ravine are evidence of “how the left cheats to win.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 18, 2022
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows “ballots not counted in California and this is only one polling location. Yet Gavin Newsom was declared governor minutes after polling stations closed.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 15, 2022 in a video:

President Joe Biden said, “I know you all know there’s no climate problem,” proving that people have been “lying for decades” about climate change.

By Madison Czopek • November 17, 2022
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stated on November 10, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Photos shows 2022 “midterm ballots in trash.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 11, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 31, 2022 in a post:

California’s Proposition 1 includes “a right to abortion up-to-birth.”

By Gabrielle Settles • November 7, 2022
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stated on November 1, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Leaked audio tape of the 911 call from the Paul Pelosi attack has surfaced. The call proves that the liberal media has lied about what really happened.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 3, 2022
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stated on November 30, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Two far-right websites attributed to David DePape to smear conservatives were fabricated — they were created Friday.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 2, 2022
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stated on October 31, 2022 in an Instagram post:

David DePape “stripped down to his underwear, grabbed a hammer, and jogged all the way to Nancy Pelosi’s house.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 2, 2022
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stated on October 31, 2022 in an Instagram post:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “doesn’t even have surveillance cameras around her house.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 2, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 29, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Police dispatch audio from Paul Pelosi’s attack was recorded in a Moscow studio.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 1, 2022
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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
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stated on October 30, 2022 in an Instagram post:

A photo shows David DePape filming the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 31, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 23, 2022 in Instagram post:

California state Sen. Scott Wiener “doesn’t just want to sterilize California kids, but sterilization of kids everywhere!”

By Michael Majchrowicz • October 31, 2022
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stated on October 29, 2022 in an Instagram post:

The Pelosis “are refusing to turn over surveillance video of their home.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 31, 2022
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stated on October 18, 2022 in an Instagram post:

There are “100,000 kids in cages” under the Getty art museum.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 20, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on October 6, 2022 in a post:

“California is registering non-citizens to vote and has refused to cooperate with the Federal Election Integrity Program.”

By Andy Nguyen • October 18, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on September 29, 2022 in a post:

California’s Senate Bill 107 means “your child can now be taken from your custody if you do not affirm gender-reassignment surgery.”

By Andy Nguyen • October 10, 2022
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stated on September 28, 2022 in an Instagram post:

A Stockton, California, council member said “there’s a serial killer in Stockton.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 3, 2022
California Together, No On Proposition 1
stated on August 16, 2022 in comments on its website:

“With Proposition 1, the number of abortion seekers from other states will soar even higher, costing taxpayers millions more.”

By Rachel Bluth • September 21, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on July 29, 2022 in una publicación en Facebook:

Una ballena se traga a dos mujeres en California.

By Nuria Diaz Muñoz • August 3, 2022
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stated on June 12, 2022 in social media posts:

Image shows Paul Pelosi, bruised, in a booking mugshot.

By Grace Abels • June 14, 2022

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