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stated on February 15, 2021 in a post on Facebook

“If you make $50,000/year, $36 of your taxes goes to food stamps. $4,000 goes to corporate subsidies.”

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stated on March 15, 2020 in an image

"COVID-19 started because we eat animals."

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stated on February 28, 2020 in a Facebook post

"Poll Finds 38% of Americans Say They Will Not Drink Corona Beer Because of Virus."

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stated on August 23, 2019 in a Facebook post

"Popeyes manager arrested for allegedly dipping chicken in cocaine based flour to increase business sales."

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stated on July 15, 2019 in a Facebook post

Says the FDA will now require sealed ice cream cartons in response to the Blue Bell ice cream licker, thus driving up the cost for consumers.

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stated on January 9, 2019 in a Facebook post

Pepsi admitted an employee contaminated its products with AIDS.

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stated on January 10, 2019 in a meme

"Lettuce killed more Americans this year than undocumented immigrants."

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stated on August 3, 2017 in a web post

"Human meat found in McDonald’s meat factory"

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stated on September 13, 2016 in a letter to state health officials

"Not one illness has been reported from raw milk in" Texas "in more than four years. A total of six illnesses have occurred in the last 20 years."

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stated on June 29, 2016 in a podcast.

"A few weeks ago, (the) education committee in Congress is deciding what’s going to be in your local salad bar."

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stated on April 25, 2016 in a press release

"A simple review of the Backroom’s health code records will reveal that the restaurant already has a long-standing problem with rodent infestations."

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stated on November 17, 2015 in a Providence Journal commentary

"Each vegan spares more than 100 animals every year."

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stated on July 28, 2015 in an episode of The Rush Limbaugh Show

Austin is "effectively" imposing "a ban on barbecue restaurants."

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Centers for Disease Control

stated on July 16, 2015 in radio interview

Caution: Kissing and cuddling chickens can be hazardous to your health.

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stated on July 19, 2015 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight"

"With the exception of baby formula, the federal government does not require any food to carry an expiration date, and state laws vary widely."

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stated on March 21, 2015 in posts on social media

Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care.

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stated on February 12, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC

"Monarch butterflies are becoming extinct" because of increased use of crops genetically modified to withstand pesticides.

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stated on November 24, 2014 in a Facebook post

"Turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds. In the ‘30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds."

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stated on September 10, 2014 in posts on Facebook

"Fox admits they lie" and, under the First Amendment, "have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves."

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stated on August 27, 2014 in a Facebook meme

"McDonald’s hamburgers are only 15 percent ‘real beef.’ The other 85 percent is meat filler cleansed with ammonia, which causes stomach and intestinal cancer."

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Ordering takeout is probably safe during COVID-19 outbreak, experts say, but take precautions

Ordering takeout is probably safe during COVID-19 outbreak, experts say, but take precautions

By Samantha Putterman • April 1, 2020