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Donald Trump
stated on March 4, 2023 in a post on Truth Social:

Violent crime in Manhattan is "now at a record level."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 24, 2023
Darrin Madison
stated on February 8, 2023 in News release:

Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail."

By Madeline Heim • March 17, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on March 9, 2023 in a speech about his budget proposal:

“More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.”

By Amy Sherman • March 15, 2023
Kat Cammack
stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at CPAC:

The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.”

By Madison Czopek • March 2, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Rifles “were involved in 297 deaths” in the U.S. in 2022 and “constipation killed 2,167.”

By Tom Kertscher • February 28, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2023 in a post:

The officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives.

By Madison Czopek • February 1, 2023
Scott Perry
stated on January 8, 2023 in ABC This Week interview:

"Parents that go to school board meetings" and question the curriculum are being "flagged by the Department of Justice and the FBI for attending a meeting."

By Amy Sherman • January 10, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on December 19, 2022 in a Facebook post:

People who stole U.S. Postal Service uniforms are posing as postal workers and robbing people at gunpoint.

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 20, 2022
Viral image
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
Instagram posts
stated on December 12, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Human traffickers are putting toxin-laced tissues on gas pumps and door handles, then waiting for potential victims to pass out.

By Jeff Cercone • December 16, 2022
Bryan Steil
stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter:

In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years."

By D.L. Davis • December 9, 2022
Cliff Hayes
stated on November 23, 2022 in a TV interview.:

“When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings.

By Warren Fiske • December 2, 2022
Tweets
stated on November 20, 2022 in a tweet:

The Club Q shooting was a “false flag.”

By Andy Nguyen • November 22, 2022
Yesli Vega
stated on October 20, 2022 in an interview.:

They were “never my comments” that a woman can’t get pregnant from rape.

By Warren Fiske • November 4, 2022
Tim Michels
stated on October 24, 2022 in News conference:

Tony Evers “wants to let out between 9,000 and 10,000 more” Wisconsin prisoners

By Madeline Heim • November 4, 2022
Kris Mayes
stated on September 28, 2022 in a debate:

“We have seen over the last 10 years ... under Republican governors a rise in the murder rate in Arizona of 20%.”

By Sydney Carruth • November 2, 2022
Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2022 in a podcast interview:

At the Pelosi house, “the glass it seems was broken from the inside to the out, so it wasn’t a break-in, it was a breakout.”

By Gabrielle Settles • November 2, 2022
Amy Klobuchar
stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on Meet the Press:

“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.

By Amy Sherman • November 1, 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
Viral image
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
Viral image
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
Kim Reynolds
stated on October 6, 2022 in a campaign ad:

"Deidre DeJear refused to stand for police."

By Liam Halawith • October 31, 2022
Charlie Crist
stated on October 24, 2022 in a gubernatorial debate:

"Crime is up under Governor DeSantis. Crime was down when I was your governor."

By Yacob Reyes • October 28, 2022
Ted Budd
stated on October 7, 2022 in a debate:

Cheri Beasley was “encouraging (riots) all across our state and all across our country in 2020.”

By Paul Specht • October 25, 2022
Kathy Hochul
stated on September 28, 2022 in a speech:

New York state is outpacing the rest of the country, because shootings in New York are down 10%, and across the country the drop is only 2%.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 24, 2022
Viral image
stated on October 15, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows a taxi driver in New York City who “drives around taking people to kill.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 19, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 15, 2022 in Instagram post:

Seattle authorities are investigating a string of serial killings.

By Michael Majchrowicz • October 17, 2022
Ron Johnson
stated on October 4, 2022 in Public statement:

"To call what happened on January 6 an armed insurrection, I just think is not accurate."

By D.L. Davis • October 10, 2022
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News:

Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips

By Michael Majchrowicz • October 5, 2022
Viral image
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

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