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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
Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2021 in a post on Facebook:

“In a vegan world there would be no pandemics. 100% of pandemics are zoonotic in origin.”

By Michael Majchrowicz • March 29, 2021
Joe Biden
stated on March 25, 2021 in a press conference:

Says there was a “28% increase in children to the border in my administration” and “31% … in 2019.” The increase in migration in January, February and March “happens every year.”

By Miriam Valverde • March 26, 2021
Charles Schumer
stated on March 24, 2021 in a Senate hearing:

“Republicans recently passed a bill to eliminate early voting on Sunday” in Georgia

By Amy Sherman • March 26, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Passports aren’t required to enter the United States from Mexico and Canada.

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 25, 2021
Jack Posobiec
stated on March 23, 2021 in a tweet:

“New information coming in that Boulder shooter was a Syrian refugee who arrived via Obama-era asylum programs.”

By Daniel Funke • March 24, 2021
Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2021 in a statement to the media:

"We proudly handed the Biden administration the most secure border in history. All they had to do was keep this smooth-running system on autopilot.”

By Amy Sherman • March 24, 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
Roy Blunt
stated on March 21, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Under H.R. 1, the Federal Election Commission “for the first time ever, instead of being an equal number of Republicans and Democrats (would be) three of one side and two of the other."

By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2021 in Facebook posts:

“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris forced our troops to sleep on the floor of a garage, yet has authorized $89 million for hotel rooms for illegal immigrants.”

By Noah Y. Kim • March 22, 2021
TikTok posts
stated on March 17, 2021 in a video caption:

“You will need a WHO Yellow Vaccination Passport if you plan on traveling internationally once borders open.”

By Daniel Funke • March 22, 2021
Duey Stroebel
stated on March 7, 2021 in a TV interview:

"We’ve had more voter turnout since voter ID was passed than ever before."

By Eric Litke • March 19, 2021
Eric Greitens
stated on March 2, 2021 in an interview on 97.1 KTFK:

By ending the Keystone XL Pipeline project, President Joe Biden “imperiled one of Donald Trump's most significant achievements, which was that we had achieved American energy independence.”

By William Skipworth • March 19, 2021
Thom Tillis
stated on March 10, 2021 in a committee meeting:

Says a lack of transparency for small-dollar donations is the “same thing” as dark money

By Paul Specht • March 16, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 15, 2021 in a post:

Says “Fallon (Fox), a transgender MMA fighter, has now broken 2 female opponents’ skulls,” and shows a photo of Fox alongside an MMA fighter with a severely bloodied face.

By Monique Curet • March 16, 2021

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