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Kevin O'Leary
stated on February 24, 2025 in an interview on CNN:

“We've never audited government for 100 years.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on February 1, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Ukrainian officials released list of “kickbacks” given to 18 U.S. politicians.

By Jeff Cercone • February 4, 2025
Threads posts
stated on November 19, 2024 in a Threads post:

“The U.S Senate accidentally passed a bill banning Trump from becoming President, and Biden is planning to sign it.”

By Jeff Cercone • November 20, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 30, 2024 in a Threads post:

"AOC is worth 29 Million dollars! How did that happen, on $174,000 per year?"

By Jeff Cercone • October 30, 2024
JD Vance
stated on October 16, 2024 in a campaign event:

Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election.

By Amy Sherman • October 17, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on January 19, 2024 in a video on Instagram:

President Joe Biden changed the State of the Union Address from summer to March.

By Madison Czopek • January 24, 2024
Andy Biggs
stated on October 16, 2023 in a post on X:

The Democrats are pushing “to take in a million Palestinian refugees.”

By Amy Sherman • October 18, 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
Facebook posts
stated on May 16, 2023 in a post:

Video shows “Pelosi CRIES LIKE KID after McCarthy kicked her out as speaker.”

By Gabrielle Settles • May 18, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"Adam Schiff will be impeached.”

By Jeff Cercone • April 24, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on April 19, 2023 in a video:

Video shows Nancy Pelosi saying, “I’ve given a shoot-to-kill order for any breach of the speaker’s lobby,” on Jan. 6, 2021.

By Gabrielle Settles • April 21, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on April 13, 2023 in a Facebook post:

A video shows Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., playing a phone conversation between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Hunter Biden.

By Loreben Tuquero • April 17, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on March 16, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“BREAKING: ANTHONY FAUCI is set to be arrested!!!”

By Samantha Putterman • March 20, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 22, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Sen. Josh Hawley told professor, “I will not use your pronouns.”

By Jeff Cercone • January 26, 2023
JD Vance
stated on October 26, 2022 in a tweet:

Rep. Tim Ryan “wanted to decriminalize fentanyl.”

By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on September 26, 2022 in a post:

House Democrats kicked Nancy Pelosi from office.

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 27, 2022
Mark Finchem
stated on July 28, 2022 in a speech:

Then-Vice President Mike Pence "seized power" from President Donald Trump and undertook "a coup" when he called on federal agencies to stop the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

By Amy Sherman • September 19, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on August 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Liz Cheney cries like kids after loses in ‘primary’ against Trump’s pick,” two days before the primary election.

By Andy Nguyen • August 16, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Supreme Court FINALLY signs VERDICT to IMPEACH Speaker Pelosi as Hunter’s Laptop IMPLICATES her.”

By Andy Nguyen • July 26, 2022
Donald Trump
stated on July 9, 2022 in a rally:

Ranked choice voting in Alaska is a “total rigged deal.”

By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on July 8, 2022 in a Facebook post:

House Democrats have kicked Rep. Ilhan Omar out of Congress

By Jeff Cercone • July 11, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on April 4, 2022 in a tweet:

Says Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitt Romney “are pro-pedophile.”

By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2022
David Perdue
stated on March 25, 2022 in a radio interview:

The 2021 Georgia Senate runoff and the 2020 presidential election “were stolen.”

By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2022
YouTube videos
stated on January 19, 2022 in a video:

“Ashli Babbitt Tried To Stop Antifa False Flag On Jan 6th”

By Bill McCarthy • January 21, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on January 6, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden said “dozens of police were killed” during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol but “exactly zero people” died that day.

By Andy Nguyen • January 19, 2022
Hillsborough County Republican Executive Committee
stated on December 13, 2021 in a billboard:

Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., is a communist

By Amy Sherman • December 15, 2021
Bob Good
stated on November 4, 2021 in a radio interview.:

“The infrastructure bill itself is only 10% true infrastructure.”

By Warren Fiske • November 15, 2021
Lisa McClain
stated on November 6, 2021 in a tweet:

In the infrastructure bill that just passed the House, “only 10% is actual infrastructure.”

By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2021
X posts
stated on August 19, 2021 in in tweets:

The bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 19 was a false flag.

By Bill McCarthy • August 24, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on July 28, 2021 in Instagram and Facebook posts:

Says D.C. police officer Michael Fanone is the same person who was arrested after carrying a Confederate flag through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

By Bill McCarthy • July 30, 2021

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