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Tammy Baldwin stated on June 26, 2018 in a public forum:

Says the Trump administration "has banned the CDC even using the word ‘transgender.’ "

By D.L. Davis• August 17, 2018

Facebook posts stated on March 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:

The word "alcohol" derives from the Arabic term for "body-eating spirit"

By Madison Czopek• March 22, 2022

Orrin Hatch stated on November 19, 2009 in a news release:

The Senate health care bill is longer than Tolstoy's 'War and Peace.'

By Louis Jacobson• November 20, 2009

Robert McKinzie stated on February 19, 2019 in a Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting:

The word picnic is a "racially insensitive word."

By Amy Sherman• February 21, 2019

Ted Cruz stated on November 10, 2015 in the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wis.:

"There are more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible."

By Louis Jacobson• November 11, 2015

Viral image stated on January 06, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Coronavirus is a Latin word for “heart attack virus.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 12, 2023

Catherine Hanaway stated on March 17, 2016 in a debate:

"The barber regulation here in Missouri is 10,000 words long….the book of Revelation is (also) 10,000 words long."

By Andrew Kessel • March 31, 2016

Eric Greitens stated on July 12, 2017 in a Facebook post:

"When we came into office, we saw that Missouri had 113,000 regulations. That’s more than 7.5 million words; it’s 40 dictionaries worth of regulations."

By Patrick Mueller• November 15, 2017

Leonard Lance stated on April 15, 2013 in a press release:

"The Internal Revenue code has ballooned to a 5,600-page, 4 million-word complicated mess that is seven times as long as the Bible with none of the good news."

By Caryn Shinske• May 2, 2013

Rick Perry stated on January 18, 2011 in his inauguration address:

Says the first word spoken from the moon was "Houston."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 22, 2011

Viral image stated on January 10, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Says Steve Jobs said, “I realize that all my recognition and wealth that I have is meaningless in the face of imminent death.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 12, 2022

Barack Obama stated on December 04, 2013 in a speech:

"By the time she turns 3 years old, a child born into a low-income home hears 30 million fewer words than a child from a well-off family."

By Julie Kliegman• December 5, 2013

Facebook posts stated on January 19, 2022 in a Facebook post:

COVID spelled backward is “divoc” which means "possession of the evil spirit" in Hebrew.

By Samantha Putterman• February 11, 2022

Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:

The United Nations sent out an email instructing staff not to use the words “invasion” or “war’” when referring to Ukraine.

By Samantha Putterman• March 28, 2022

Marc Thiessen stated on January 29, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "The Kelly File":

Says "Barack Obama has gone from blaming George W. Bush to plagiarizing George W. Bush."

By Jon Greenberg• January 29, 2014

Allen West stated on December 08, 2012 in a weekly newsletter:

"This week the House of Representatives voted to remove the word ‘lunatic’ from federal law."

By Amy Sherman• December 17, 2012

Herman Cain stated on November 15, 2013 in a video on Cain TV:

Says Thomas Jefferson said, "You might be able to fool the people for awhile, and they may go astray, but sooner or later the American people are going to wake up and they will correct the course."

By Jon Greenberg• November 19, 2013

Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says the word newspaper stands for "north, east, west, south, past and present event report."

By Samantha Putterman• September 18, 2019

Ro Khanna stated on May 26, 2018 in in a tweet:

"Amazon Echo is recording every conversation in a person's home and transmitting it to the cloud."

By John Kruzel• May 31, 2018

Sarah Palin stated on September 11, 2008 in Fairbanks, Alaska:

Sarah Palin was repeating "Abraham Lincoln's words" in discussing the war in Iraq.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 12, 2008

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