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Laura Ingraham is a conservative broadcaster and commentator. On April 13, 2014, she was named an ABC News contributor.

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Laura Ingraham
stated on March 31, 2023 in a segment on “The Ingraham Angle":

Video clip shows that protesters in Tennessee “made their way onto the state Capitol floor.”

By Madison Czopek • April 4, 2023
Laura Ingraham
stated on February 8, 2021 in a TV segment:

“You may not have stayed in a hotel in the past year, but illegals arriving since Biden’s inauguration, they get to stay free of charge.”

By Bill McCarthy • February 15, 2021
Laura Ingraham
stated on December 8, 2020 in a TV handoff:

"You know what the biggest lie is, is that restaurants are spreaders of COVID. There's no science for that."

By Bill McCarthy • December 10, 2020
Laura Ingraham
stated on May 4, 2020 in a TV segment:

"There was no real scientific basis for believing that" social distancing would be necessary, "since it had never been studied."

By Bill McCarthy • May 6, 2020
Laura Ingraham
stated on January 3, 2016 in on "Fox News Sunday":

"The 90 percent statistic of supporting background checks, that's been debunked."

By Lauren Carroll • January 5, 2016

Instagram posts
stated on November 11, 2020 in an Instagram post:

Says Donald Trump posed as an anonymous “Nevada poll worker” on Laura Ingraham’s show.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 13, 2020

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