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Marc Short
stated on May 7, 2023 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union":

“This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2023
Tweets
stated on April 3, 2023 in a Tweet:

“Florida man charged with a hate crime” for defacing pride crosswalk.

By Grace Abels • April 7, 2023
Joe Biden
stated on March 28, 2023 in a speech:

In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.”

By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2023
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
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
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
Herschel Walker
stated on September 28, 2022 in an ad:

Raphael Warnock "called police thugs, then cut their funding."

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2022
CatholicVote
stated on August 17, 2022 in an ad:

Three churches were targeted during arson attacks over the summer “because they protect unborn babies and women in need.”

By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2022
Ron Johnson
stated on May 11, 2022 in News release:

In the immediate wake of a fire and vandalism at the Madison headquarters of an anti-abortion group, Democrats had not condemned “activists who are engaging in this repugnant illegal activity.”

By D.L. Davis • May 31, 2022
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 2, 2022 in Newsletter:

On Gov. Tony “Evers’ watch…the efficiency of the state crime lab has plummeted.”

By Laura Schulte • May 26, 2022
Marsha Blackburn
stated on March 21, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing:

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson advocated that “each and every criminal defendant in D.C. Corrections custody should be released.”

By Amy Sherman • March 22, 2022
Richard Irvin
stated on February 20, 2022 in a tweet:

"In my first year in office, Aurora homicides went down by 40%."

By Analisa Trofimuk • March 6, 2022
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.”

By Tom Kertscher • November 23, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2021 in social media posts:

“Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.”

By Duncan Slade • November 2, 2021
Viral image
stated on September 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:

There are 500,000 “missing kids a year.”

By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on July 27, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried “suspended gun rights — no due process — just because she says these people were merely ‘involved’ in January 6.”

By Amy Sherman • August 3, 2021
Viral image
stated on June 21, 2021 in a viral image:

“A known antifa member” dressed as a Donald Trump supporter “and caused the Capitol riot” on Jan. 6.

By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2021
Tweets
stated on May 30, 2021 in a Twitter post:

“Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police.”

By Emily Tian • June 18, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on May 26, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Police defunding is to blame for “skyrocketing murder rates” in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Portland, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

By Miriam Valverde • May 28, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on April 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Caitlyn Jenner “literally killed someone 6 years ago in the streets and was released by a District Attorney.”

By Steven Rascón • May 10, 2021
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 19, 2021 in a speech:

“If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up."

By Miriam Valverde • May 4, 2021
Ron Johnson
stated on March 20, 2021 in a speech:

“There was no violence on the Senate side, in terms of the chamber.”

By Eric Litke • March 23, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on January 7, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says left-wing activist John Sullivan “incited (the) insurgence of (the) US Capitol.”

By Bill McCarthy • January 8, 2021
Erick Erickson
stated on November 13, 2020 in a tweet:

Says Raphael Warnock "ran over his wife" and was "arrested for obstructing an investigation into child abuse."

By Tom Kertscher • November 16, 2020
Joe Biden
stated on October 22, 2020 in the final 2020 presidential debate:

As part of the Obama administration's criminal justice reforms, “38,000 prisoners were released from federal prison.”

By Bill McCarthy • October 23, 2020
Viral image
stated on October 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

In the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, “the perps were ANTIFA and BLM anarchists.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 21, 2020
Greg Abbott
stated on October 1, 2020 in a tweet:

Says “Property crime rising in Austin. This is the kind of thing that happens when cities defund and deemphasize police. Residents are left to fend for themselves.”

By Brandon Mulder • October 9, 2020
Viral image
stated on September 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows “all the men who have killed police officers this year (2020).”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 30, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on September 1, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“So far, out of 175 arrested in Kenosha, 102 were not from Kenosha. Rioting has become its own industry.”

By Eric Litke • September 18, 2020
Viral image
stated on July 5, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows Raz Simone, “the alleged leader of CHAZ crying after Seattle police arrested him.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 8, 2020

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