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India Walton
stated on September 9, 2021 in a debate:

Under Mayor Byron Brown, “we’ve been defunding community centers, our pools were closed this summer, we’ve been defunding senior and youth services.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 24, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Haitian migrants took an implausible route to Texas-Mexico border area.

By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2021
Melissa Agard
stated on September 2, 2021 in News release:

"No other country on the planet witnesses the number of gun deaths that we do here in the United States, and it’s not even close."

By D.L. Davis • September 17, 2021
Infowars
stated on September 13, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Biden’s Treasury Department declares IRS will monitor” all accounts over $600.

By Tom Kertscher • September 15, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on September 4, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Stunning report: nearly 15 million mail-in ballots were not counted in the 2020 election.”

By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on August 31, 2021 in an Instagram post:

"Japan says goodbye Moderna, hello ivermectin."

By Andy Nguyen • September 14, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on August 31, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Nancy Pelosi on Aug. 31 blocked members of Congress from reading aloud on the House floor the names of the 13 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan.

By Gabrielle Settles • September 9, 2021
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stated on August 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The U.S. left the Taliban an “arsenal” in Afghanistan, including 358,530 assault rifles and 22,174 Humvees.

By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2021
Sean Casten
stated on August 23, 2021 in remarks at a press conference:

Says the 1995 Chicago heat wave was “the largest single-day, non-war fatality in the United States” prior to 9/11, and “we are now expecting temperatures that hot in Chicago every summer.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 1, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
stated on August 23, 2021 in a TV ad.:

Glenn Youngkin “called COVID relief ‘unnecessary.’”

By Warren Fiske • September 1, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The COVID-19 vaccines “were released to the public after only two months of testing in healthy humans.”

By Tom Kertscher • August 31, 2021
TikTok posts
stated on July 31, 2021 in a Tik Tok post:

The contagiousness of the coronavirus delta variant is “valued between 5 and 9½,” and if the value is closer to 10, “within six weeks, the whole country will test positive for delta, regardless of vaccination.”

By Tom Kertscher • August 30, 2021
Larry Elder
stated on August 19, 2021 in a tweet:

“California voters to be able to download ballots at home for recall election, sparking security concerns.”

By Chris Nichols • August 27, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on August 19, 2021 in a Facebook post:

White House, CDC, WHO and vaccine makers don’t require the COVID-19 vaccine for their workers.

By Andy Nguyen • August 27, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on July 29, 2021 in an image:

“It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.”

By Emily Tian • August 27, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on August 23, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“FDA approval means nothing when you realize the FDA also approves pesticides in our food!"

By Jason Asenso • August 27, 2021
Warren Davidson
stated on August 17, 2021 in an interview with Breitbart:

Former President Donald Trump “was blocked from getting troops out of (Afghanistan) by Liz Cheney and others.”

By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on August 10, 2015 in a viral image:

Says “31 U.S. troops” were “killed in Afghanistan yesterday.”

By Tom Kertscher • August 23, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Joe Biden is on a two-week vacation. Kamala Harris has been nonexistent since Inauguration Day. Jen Psaki is taking a break from her duties as press secretary for one week.”

By Tom Kertscher • August 20, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris “continuously questioned the vaccine during the campaign” but now “they support vaccine cards and forced vaccinations.”

By Tom Kertscher • August 20, 2021
Democratic Underground
stated on August 17, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“The second-largest investor in Regeneron” is a firm whose CEO is Ron DeSantis’ “number one political donor.”

By Tom Kertscher • August 19, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on August 4, 2021 in an Instagram post:

A six-month study from Pfizer shows that its vaccine “reduces severe COVID symptoms/hospitalizations by .1%.”

By Andy Nguyen • August 17, 2021
David Suetterlein
stated on August 9, 2021 in a floor speech.:

The General Assembly gave Gov. Ralph Northam “a $1 billion blank check.”

By Warren Fiske • August 16, 2021
Ken Paxton
stated on August 7, 2021 in an interview:

The Biden administration is “not even testing these people” being released by Border Patrol into the U.S.

By Brandon Mulder • August 13, 2021
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stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image:

The federal infrastructure bill includes “a pilot program for a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee, which is basically a long-term plan to make it too expensive to drive a car."

By Tom Kertscher • August 12, 2021
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stated on August 8, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19.

By Tom Kertscher • August 10, 2021
Viral image
stated on August 6, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Pfizer CEO’s Israel visit canceled because he is not fully vaccinated.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 9, 2021
Josh Stein
stated on August 3, 2021 in a Council of State meeting:

“More people have died of an opioid overdose in North Carolina in recent years than have died of COVID.”

By Paul Specht • August 6, 2021
Tom Tiffany
stated on July 20, 2021 in Twitter:

Says spending by Democrats is driving major jumps in car rentals, gas prices and hotel prices this summer

By Laura Schulte • August 6, 2021
Rodney Davis
stated on July 27, 2021 in remarks at a press conference:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “office was calling the shots on all of their (Capitol security officials’) actions on Jan. 6.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 5, 2021

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