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Byron Donalds
stated on April 10, 2025 in a NewsNation interview:

Under the SAVE Act, “as long as you have a Real ID … it should be easy for you to register to vote.”

By Grace Abels • April 18, 2025
Tim Walz
stated on April 6, 2025 in an interview:

“Less than half of Americans have $1,000 in savings.”

By Claire Cranford • April 16, 2025
Brooke Rollins
stated on April 6, 2025 in an interview:

“We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 9, 2025
X posts
stated on April 1, 2025 in an X post:

“Seven counties in Wisconsin (ran) out of ballots” and it was “intentional” to diminish Republican voter turnout.

By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2025
Sydney Batch
stated on February 28, 2025 in a podcast interview:

North Carolina “always had nonpartisan judicial races, and when the Republicans took over several years ago they changed it.”

By Paul Specht • March 28, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on March 26, 2025 in an interview with Newsmax:

“We have automobile plants being built at levels we've never seen … and they're going up fast.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 28, 2025
Social Media
stated on February 25, 2025 in a post:

Girl Scout cookies are “toxic” because a study showed they contain glyphosate and heavy metals.

By Sara Swann • March 14, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on March 4, 2025 in a speech to Congress:

"All armed services are having among the best recruiting results ever” because of Trump policies, and “it was just a few months ago where the results were exactly the opposite.”

By Amy Sherman • March 11, 2025
Larry Kudlow
stated on March 4, 2025 in on-air remarks:

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is “polling very well. It’s very popular.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on February 18, 2025 in a post on Facebook:

Former President Joe Biden “fired” 14,000 Keystone XL pipeline workers “on day one” of his administration.

By Madison Czopek • February 26, 2025
Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 18, 2025 in an X post:

“I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation … to increase your bank fees."

By Caleb McCullough • February 26, 2025
X posts
stated on February 11, 2025 in a post:

Rep. Nancy Pelosi has a $223,000 salary and a $202 million net worth. Sen. Mitch McConnell has a $200,000 salary and a $95 million net worth. Sen. Chuck Schumer has a $210,000 salary and a $75 million net worth. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a $285,000 salary and a $67 million net worth.

By Sara Swann • February 18, 2025
TikTok posts
stated on February 11, 2025 in a TikTok post:

Under the SAVE Act, “if you are a woman that has changed your name from your birth certificate, let’s say through marriage … you are no longer eligible to vote.”

By Caleb McCullough • February 17, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on February 4, 2025 in a Facebook post:

“Elon Musk officially cancelled USAID and fired all the staff. In his words, ‘we just toppled one of the biggest globalist terror organizations in history.’”

By Sofia Ahmed • February 7, 2025
Randy Fine
stated on January 28, 2025 in a senate special session:

Florida’s in-state college tuition waiver for immigrants in the country illegally costs the state $41 million.

By Samantha Putterman • February 6, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on January 24, 2025 in remarks in North Carolina:

"The Biden administration kicked 2,000 displaced North Carolinians out of their temporary housing into freezing 20-degree weather," earlier in January.

By Amy Sherman • January 29, 2025
JD Vance
stated on January 12, 2025 in a Fox News interview:

“Some of these (California) reservoirs have been dry for 15, 20 years."

By Caleb McCullough • January 17, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on January 11, 2025 in a Jan 11, 2025, video:

Video claims to show the Los Angeles fires.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • January 16, 2025
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 2, 2025 in a statement to the media:

H-1B guest workers are “being employed as dog trainers, massage therapists, cooks, and English teachers.”

By Amy Sherman • January 9, 2025
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2024 in a Facebook post:

"McDonalds chicken nuggets contain silicone oil."

By Maria Briceño • November 22, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 5, 2024 in a Threads post:

List shows 21 companies or celebrities, including Disney, Marvel and Warner Bros., that have “stopped posting on X.”

By Loreben Tuquero • November 13, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 9, 2024 in Instagram posts:

Kamala Harris’ campaign paid Oprah $1 million, Megan Thee Stallion $5 million, and Eminem $1.8 million.

By Sofia Ahmed • November 13, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 5, 2024 in a post:

“In Nevada, the GOP is succeeding in throwing out the votes of thousands of young people.”

By Sara Swann • November 8, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on November 5, 2024 in a video:

“ICE officials have been ordered NOT to wear their uniforms or badges when they vote today" so as not to intimidate noncitizens.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • November 6, 2024
Libs of TikTok
stated on October 30, 2024 in an X post:

“The lady who leaked passwords for voting systems in Colorado is the same person who tried to remove Trump from the ballot.”

By Sofia Ahmed • November 2, 2024
Tim Moore
stated on October 21, 2024 in a press conference:

“I’ve not gotten a single call from the White House.”

By Paul Specht • October 31, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 18, 2024 in TV debate:

Says opponent Eric Hovde “opposes efforts to negotiate with the big pharmaceutical companies to lower the price of prescription drugs.”

By D.L. Davis • October 31, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 7, 2024 in Campaign ad:

Says opponent Eric Hovde “just proposed cutting Social Security by 28%.”

By Madeline Heim • October 21, 2024
Ruben Gallego
stated on October 9, 2024 in a debate:

Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake “was against” the child tax credit expansion “when the bill was on the floor.”

By Mia Osmonbekov • October 18, 2024
Dan Bongino
stated on October 12, 2024 in a Facebook post:

CBS exposed “the fact” that Kamala Harris’ crowd sizes are inflated because her campaign bused hundreds of attendees to her New Hampshire rally.

By Sofia Ahmed • October 16, 2024

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