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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
Byron Donalds
stated on October 13, 2024 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

“Wages adjusted for inflation were massively up under Donald Trump for Black men. … The (Black-white) wage gap in 2019 was actually shrinking under Donald Trump's administration.”

By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2024
WinSenate
stated on September 3, 2024 in a Meta ad:

“Dave McCormick is fully against abortion.”

By Caleb McCullough • October 12, 2024
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 3, 2024 in a campaign ad:

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown “supported allowing puberty blockers and sex-change surgeries for minor children.”

By Seth A. Richardson • October 11, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on "60 Minutes":

"Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations."

By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2024
X posts
stated on October 3, 2024 in a X post:

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg banned private drones from flying over areas affected by Hurricane Helene.

By Maria Briceño • October 4, 2024
House Majority PAC
stated on September 9, 2024 in a television ad:

Laurie Buckhout is “trying to get to Congress to pass a national abortion ban, allowing politicians to ban abortions with no exceptions and prosecute women if they get an abortion, treating women right here like criminals.”

By Paul Specht • October 1, 2024
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on September 9, 2024 in a post:

“Less than three months ago, Kamala Harris and her administration blocked 300,000 unvetted Haitian migrants from being deported out of our country."

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • September 30, 2024
Elissa Slotkin
stated on September 30, 2024 in a Meta ad:

U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers “believes he should make that decision” about whether to end pregnancies.

By Caleb McCullough • September 30, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on September 25, 2024 in an interview with MSNBC:

“Even before the pandemic, (Donald Trump) lost manufacturing jobs, by most people’s estimates at least 200,000.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2024
JD Vance
stated on September 10, 2024 in an interview:

“Communicable diseases like HIV and TB (tuberculosis) have skyrocketed” after Haitian migrants came to Springfield, Ohio.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • September 26, 2024
Ruben Gallego
stated on August 17, 2024 in a post on X:

“MAGA Republicans like Kari Lake support Project 2025, which would raise the retirement age for 73% of Arizonans.”

By Mia Osmonbekov • September 26, 2024
Sam Brown
stated on August 15, 2024 in an X post:

Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen said the Biden administration did a "tremendous job" on the U.S. military’s Afghanistan withdrawal.

By Seth A. Richardson • September 26, 2024
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 17, 2024 in a TV ad:

“Two years ago, Bob Casey promised us his vote will reduce inflation. ... Casey’s vote for reckless spending” made inflation worse.

By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2024
Jacky Rosen
stated on August 13, 2024 in an ad:

“Sam Brown publicly supported forcing massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare and was caught on tape saying he admires the plan to phase out Social Security and Medicare in five years.”

By Seth A. Richardson • September 24, 2024
JD Vance
stated on September 15, 2024 in a CNN interview:

In Springfield, Ohio, “murders are up by 81%.”

By Madison Czopek • September 23, 2024
Vote No on 4
stated on September 10, 2024 in a TV ad:

“Unlike other amendments, Amendment 4 has no definitions. … Without definitions these words can mean almost anything.”

By Samantha Putterman • September 23, 2024
Jon Tester
stated on September 6, 2024 in a Facebook ad:

“Tim Sheehy told us his health care plan: ‘We need to return health care to pure privatization.’ That would eliminate Medicare.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2024
Republican Governors Association
stated on June 24, 2024 in a campaign advertisement:

“On (Josh) Stein’s watch, rapes in North Carolina are up 53%.”

By Paul Specht • September 17, 2024
Yes on 4
stated on September 10, 2024 in a TV ad:

Florida’s six-week abortion law has “no real exceptions. Not for her health. Not even for rape.”

By Samantha Putterman • September 13, 2024

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