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Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2023 in a Facebook post U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, “sends Biden straight to jail.” Facebook posts stated on February 27, 2023 in a post “The five people that died in that plane crash … were supposed to go to Ohio to test the water, the soil and the air quality in East Palestine.” Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2023 in a Facebook post In Ohio, “there are 75,000 acres of farmland, fertile farmland, that are all now being poured down with acid rain.” Instagram posts stated on February 24, 2023 in an Instagram post Digital IDs were given to residents in East Palestine, Ohio, “to track long term health problems like difficulty breathing” before the Feb. 3 train derailment. Pete Buttigieg stated on February 21, 2023 in a tweet Sen. Marco Rubio signed a 2021 letter that “supports waivers that would reduce visual track inspections.” Facebook posts stated on February 18, 2023 in a Facebook post The train that derailed in Ohio was carrying “over 300,000 gallons of a chemical that was banned in 1974.” Facebook posts stated on February 18, 2023 in a post Photo shows “what railways in Ohio look like while we send $40 billion to Ukraine.” Facebook posts stated on February 16, 2023 in a Facebook post A photo shows birds that “dropped dead” in Kentucky after the train derailment in Ohio. Instagram posts stated on January 4, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin’s collapse was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine. Facebook posts stated on December 11, 2022 in a Facebook post A video shows Rep. Jim Jordan threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with “‘possible’ jail time.” Tim Ryan stated on November 1, 2022 in a town hall event “J.D. Vance said nothing about” the attack on Paul Pelosi. J.D. Vance stated on October 10, 2022 in a debate “Tim Ryan when he ran for president two years ago … supported banning fracking both on public lands and generally speaking.” Tim Ryan stated on August 24, 2022 in statements to the media On supporting student debt relief. Tim Ryan stated on September 27, 2022 in a campaign ad “I voted with Trump on trade.” J.D. Vance stated on September 23, 2022 in an ad Tim Ryan said “I do love” Nancy Pelosi and votes with Joe Biden and Pelosi 100%. Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2022 in an Instagram post “There are giant human caucasian skeletons in Ohio that predate any known civilizations.” Facebook posts stated on September 6, 2022 in a post To qualify for Ohio SNAP benefits, “now a family of 3 can make up to $3,660 a month and it used to be $2,700, so it’s gone up almost $1,000 a month.” J.D. Vance stated on September 4, 2022 in an interview “Tim Ryan called police the new Jim Crow.” Tim Ryan stated on July 19, 2022 in an ad Instead of fighting opioid addiction, a nonprofit founded by J.D. Vance paid his “top political adviser” and funded “political polling.” Viral image stated on July 9, 2022 in a Facebook post A photo shows two men on the run who pretend to be homeless and then “attack and rob you.” Load more
Facebook posts stated on March 31, 2023 in a Facebook post U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, “sends Biden straight to jail.”
Facebook posts stated on February 27, 2023 in a post “The five people that died in that plane crash … were supposed to go to Ohio to test the water, the soil and the air quality in East Palestine.”
Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2023 in a Facebook post In Ohio, “there are 75,000 acres of farmland, fertile farmland, that are all now being poured down with acid rain.”
Instagram posts stated on February 24, 2023 in an Instagram post Digital IDs were given to residents in East Palestine, Ohio, “to track long term health problems like difficulty breathing” before the Feb. 3 train derailment.
Pete Buttigieg stated on February 21, 2023 in a tweet Sen. Marco Rubio signed a 2021 letter that “supports waivers that would reduce visual track inspections.”
Facebook posts stated on February 18, 2023 in a Facebook post The train that derailed in Ohio was carrying “over 300,000 gallons of a chemical that was banned in 1974.”
Facebook posts stated on February 18, 2023 in a post Photo shows “what railways in Ohio look like while we send $40 billion to Ukraine.”
Facebook posts stated on February 16, 2023 in a Facebook post A photo shows birds that “dropped dead” in Kentucky after the train derailment in Ohio.
Instagram posts stated on January 4, 2023 in an image shared on Instagram Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin’s collapse was caused by the COVID-19 vaccine.
Facebook posts stated on December 11, 2022 in a Facebook post A video shows Rep. Jim Jordan threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with “‘possible’ jail time.”
Tim Ryan stated on November 1, 2022 in a town hall event “J.D. Vance said nothing about” the attack on Paul Pelosi.
J.D. Vance stated on October 10, 2022 in a debate “Tim Ryan when he ran for president two years ago … supported banning fracking both on public lands and generally speaking.”
J.D. Vance stated on September 23, 2022 in an ad Tim Ryan said “I do love” Nancy Pelosi and votes with Joe Biden and Pelosi 100%.
Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2022 in an Instagram post “There are giant human caucasian skeletons in Ohio that predate any known civilizations.”
Facebook posts stated on September 6, 2022 in a post To qualify for Ohio SNAP benefits, “now a family of 3 can make up to $3,660 a month and it used to be $2,700, so it’s gone up almost $1,000 a month.”
Tim Ryan stated on July 19, 2022 in an ad Instead of fighting opioid addiction, a nonprofit founded by J.D. Vance paid his “top political adviser” and funded “political polling.”
Viral image stated on July 9, 2022 in a Facebook post A photo shows two men on the run who pretend to be homeless and then “attack and rob you.”
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