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Breitbart
stated on September 13, 2021 in an article:

“Polling center tells some Republicans they ‘already voted’" in the California recall election.

By Tom Kertscher • September 14, 2021
Breitbart
stated on February 12, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Amy Klobuchar vows to resettle 500 percent more refugees, none in her neighborhood.”

By Miriam Valverde • February 17, 2020
Breitbart
stated on July 5, 2019 in a post on Facebook:

The "establishment media ignored" President Donald Trump’s Fourth of July event.

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 11, 2019
Breitbart
stated on February 7, 2018 in a headline:

"Food stamp enrollment drops by four million in one month."

By Amy Sherman • February 12, 2018
Breitbart
stated on January 30, 2018 in a headline:

"Fall River, Massachusetts was not 'built by immigrants.' "

By Amy Sherman • February 1, 2018
Breitbart
stated on October 17, 2017 in a news article:

An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."

By Chris Nichols • October 20, 2017
Breitbart
stated on June 14, 2015 in an article on the Breitbart website:

Says the California flag was supposed to be a pear, not a bear.

By Jon Greenberg • June 18, 2015
Breitbart
stated on November 8, 2014 in a story:

Loretta Lynch, the new nominee for attorney general, "was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe."

By Aaron Sharockman • November 10, 2014