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stated on November 24, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Pennsylvania just banned alcohol sales.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 24, 2020
Joe Biden
stated on November 18, 2020 in a virtual roundtable:

“666,000 teachers have been laid off already since March."

By Bill McCarthy • November 20, 2020
Jon Ossoff
stated on November 17, 2020 in an ad:

“David Perdue says he'll do everything in his power to make sure Joe Biden fails.”

By Tom Kertscher • November 20, 2020
Ted Nugent
stated on November 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says “47 additional counties used the same software that caused a ‘glitch’ in Antrim County (that switched 6,000 votes from Trump to Biden in that county)” and votes in the state are “potentially fraudulent.”

By Samantha Putterman • November 18, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on November 16, 2020 in in a Live video:

"Voter FRAUD exposed in Georgia. Over 2600 votes 'FOUND.'"

By Daniel Funke • November 18, 2020
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
Kelly Loeffler
stated on November 10, 2020 in a tweet:

Says Raphael Warnock “celebrated Fidel Castro and welcomed him to his church.”

By Tom Kertscher • November 13, 2020
Ben Wikler
stated on November 8, 2020 in TV interview:

"Across the state the rejection rate for ballots went way down” in the Nov. 3 election.

By D.L. Davis • November 13, 2020
Bloggers
stated on November 6, 2020 in a blog post:

Says Nancy Pelosi has “suspicious ties” to a voting software company that was involved in glitches that favored Joe Biden.

By Jon Greenberg • November 9, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on November 4, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

Officials in Fairfax, Va., gave 100,000 Trump votes to Biden.

By Hayat Norimine • November 7, 2020
Tucker Carlson
stated on November 2, 2020 in a Fox News broadcast:

“When large numbers of people in Butler (Pa.) started killing themselves with narcotics, no one in Washington or New York or Los Angeles said a word about it.”

By Jon Greenberg • November 5, 2020
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stated on October 21, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

Broken voting machines in Russellville, Ark., tried to automatically tally votes meant for Donald Trump as votes for Joe Biden.

By Bill McCarthy • November 3, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on November 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Pennsylvania officials are “attempting to silence voters” by sending them letters that say they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 and “must remain quarantined and not vote in person on Election Day.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 2, 2020
TikTok posts
stated on September 1, 2020 in a video posted on TikTok:

In Massachusetts, "anybody can go vote for anybody so long as they have their information. … They're not even checking IDs at the polling stations."

By Miriam Valverde • November 2, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2020 in a TV ad:

“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ government-run health care plan… could lead to hospitals being closed, put Medicare coverage at risk, and give benefits to illegal immigrants.”

By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2020
Sam Brown Petsonk
stated on September 14, 2020 in a tweet:

A lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act backed by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey “would eliminate health care for over 800,000 West Virginians.”

By Dijonee Davis • November 1, 2020
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stated on October 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Joe Biden calls Pennsylvania voters who don’t support him ‘chumps.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 30, 2020
Justin Clark
stated on October 28, 2020 in a tweet:

“Major decision protecting voting rights in Pa. Ballots received after Election Day will not be counted.”

By Jessica Calefati • October 29, 2020
Cheri Toalson Reisch
stated on October 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“The Columbia school buildings in my district have the lowest test scores in all of Boone County.”

By Veronica Mohesky • October 29, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on October 20, 2020 in a Facebook post.:

“Because our family couldn’t afford health insurance, Obama/Biden penalized us about $10,000, then took that $10,000 and used it to pay for others’ free Obamacare. Trump ended that theft.”

By Victoria Knight • October 28, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 in the final 2020 presidential debate:

“President Obama would never give them long-term funding, and I did … I saved historically Black colleges and universities.”

By Bill McCarthy • October 27, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2020 in a tweet:

“CAN I CHANGE MY VOTE? ... The answer in most states is YES.”

By Daniel Funke • October 27, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2020 in a campaign rally:

"We have a mayor in D.C. who formed a commission with recommendations. Her recommendation is: Take down the Washington Monument, close up the Lincoln Monument."

By Bill McCarthy • October 26, 2020
Ron Johnson
stated on October 21, 2020 in a presentation:

"Generally the deaths are still pretty flat because we've flattened the curve.”

By Haley BeMiller • October 23, 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
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stated on October 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden owns four $3 million -$7.5 million homes on a $200,000 salary.

By Hayat Norimine • October 23, 2020
Lucy McBath
stated on September 28, 2020 in an ad:

Says Karen Handel "slashed the Centers for Disease Control's ability to fight diseases, cutting millions in research funding."

By Tom Kertscher • October 23, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 in the final presidential debate:

“When I closed (travel from China) he said I should not have closed. ...He said this is a terrible thing, you are a xenophobe, I think he called me racist. Now he says I should have closed it earlier.”

By Samantha Putterman • October 23, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on October 8, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Biden said, "The day after I’m elected I will let you know what I stand for, bc if I tell you now it will be all over the news."

By Monique Curet • October 22, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on October 21, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Kamala Harris’ husband said, “I am married to the next president of the United States.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 22, 2020

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