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Terry McAuliffe
stated on May 6, 2021 in a debate.:

“Every single Petersburg (Va.) school was accredited when I left office.”

By Warren Fiske • May 12, 2021
Viral image
stated on April 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Manufacturing the battery for one electric car produces the same amount of carbon dioxide as running a petrol car for eight years."

By Andy Nguyen • May 11, 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
Institute for Energy Research
stated on April 16, 2021 in an article:

“Conventional generators are very thin right now because Texas has gone to so many renewables.”

By Brandon Mulder • May 10, 2021
Survival International
stated on April 22, 2021 in a website press release:

With the goal to preserve 30% of the earth’s land and water by 2030, “300 million people stand to lose their land and livelihood, most of them tribal and indigenous peoples.”

By Jon Greenberg • May 7, 2021
Chris Christie
stated on May 2, 2021 in remarks on ABC's "This Week":

"Joe Biden is proposing that any family who tries to pass a business or a farm down to their son or daughter or grandson or granddaughter are going to pay a huge new tax."

By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2021
Ron Johnson
stated on April 8, 2021 in Twitter:

With federal stimulus money for schools, “no distinctions are being made between Wisconsin schools that remain closed to in-person learning, and those that have been re-opened for months.”

By Laura Schulte • May 5, 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
Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2021 in social media posts:

“For #Covid vaccines, shingles and even more dangerous and painful skin conditions may be the new thrombocytopenia."

By Julie Appleby • April 29, 2021
Missouri House Democratic Caucus
stated on March 22, 2021 in a tweet:

"An average of nearly 5,000 Missourians were contracting COVID every day in November."

By William Skipworth • April 24, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on April 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Maxine Waters could be “sentenced” for “jury tampering.”

By Sasha Hupka • April 23, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Joe Biden and the Democrats want to remove any term that denotes gender.”

By Tom Kertscher • April 19, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on April 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Hobby Lobby’s CEO wrote a letter saying the company’s stores may close.

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 19, 2021
Janet Bewley
stated on March 28, 2021 in TV interview:

Says Republican lawmakers delayed COVID-19 testing

By Eric Litke • April 16, 2021
Glenn Grothman
stated on March 24, 2021 in Twitter:

“We have encountered the largest surge of migrants (at the southern border) in the last 20 years.”

By Laura Schulte • April 12, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on April 8, 2021 in a speech:

“You go to a gun show, you can buy whatever you want, and no background check."

By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2021
Tom Tiffany
stated on March 29, 2021 in Speech:

Says it doesn't make sense for young adults to get the vaccine since they "really are not under that much of a threat as a result of this virus."

By Madeline Heim • April 8, 2021
Tim Scott
stated on April 6, 2021 in a tweet:

Says Georgia “has more day-of voting rights than Colorado.”

By Jon Greenberg • April 7, 2021
Jennifer Granholm
stated on April 4, 2021 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union":

President Joe Biden’s corporate tax rate increase would "put us in line with other industrial nations."

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Ford agreed to invest $900 million at an Ohio plant because Donald Trump “lowered taxes” and is now moving the project to Mexico because Joe Biden is “increasing taxes.”

By Tom Kertscher • April 6, 2021
Citizens United
stated on March 31, 2021 in a tweet:

Says Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan “is the Green New Deal.”

By Jon Greenberg • April 2, 2021
Turning Point USA
stated on March 27, 2021 in a video posted on Instagram:

HR 1 “gives the federal government the power to establish their own committees” to take over the redistricting process.

By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2021
Michael MacDonald
stated on March 24, 2021 in a statement:

Michigan election bills are “designed to make it easier for people to vote.”

By Clara Hendrickson • April 2, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on March 30, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Calls COVID-19 vaccine a “non-FDA-approved experimental agent.”

By Jon Greenberg • March 31, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Joe Biden puts pro-life groups on domestic extremist list, calls pro-life people ‘violent.’”

By Tom Kertscher • March 31, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Less than 500 people a year killed by all rifles combined” and “4,000 a year killed by illegals.”

By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says the suspected Boulder mass shooter is a Muslim "who entered illegally from Mexico and purchased the firearm from a guy that sells stolen guns."

By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“We spent billions on a border wall and quit when it was 90% finished.”

By Miriam Valverde • March 29, 2021
Josh Holmes
stated on March 28, 2021 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:

A Georgia law has not “criminalized giving people bottles of water.” It pertains to political organizations.

By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2021
Tweets
stated on March 21, 2021 in a tweet:

"Joe Biden forced the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina to resign after 24 people were charged with election fraud and the Mainstream Media never even batted an eyelash."

By Paul Specht • March 29, 2021

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