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Byron Donalds stated on April 12, 2026 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
The U.S. Navy was created "to free international waters from the Barbary pirates."
By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand• April 14, 2026
Facebook posts stated on October 15, 2023 in a Facebook video:
A video shows President Joe Biden invoking the Selective Service Act.
By Loreben Tuquero• October 17, 2023
Viral image stated on October 06, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows hundreds of “sitting ships” waiting to dock at U.S. ports.
By Samantha Putterman• October 13, 2021
Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“North Carolina & Virginia State line is closed. Nothing in or out."
By Paul Specht• April 8, 2020
Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:
U.S. sanctions mean “Cuba can’t trade with any country or any company whatsoever.”
By Gabrielle Settles• July 19, 2021
Instagram posts stated on May 09, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“George Soros is a roaring, cold-blooded Nazi sociopath.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 14, 2024
Ted Cruz stated on April 22, 2021 in a press conference:
“You didn't see Republicans when we had control of the Senate try to rig the game.”
By Louis Jacobson, Brandon Mulder• April 27, 2021
Facebook posts stated on July 02, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Putin humiliatingly blows up all weapons and facilities" on Snake Island by retreating Russian troops.
By Andy Nguyen• July 12, 2022
Ron Johnson stated on September 25, 2017 in an interview:
"California, New York and Massachusetts, they represent about 20 percent of the population, they get close to 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It's just simply inequitable."  
By Tom Kertscher• September 29, 2017
Instagram posts stated on October 21, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Cargo ships “can’t get into port” because of Donald Trump’s executive order 13959.
By Tom Kertscher• October 25, 2021
Judicial Confirmation Network stated on May 26, 2009 in a released statement:
Sotomayor thinks "that one’s sex, race and ethnicity ought to affect the decisions one renders from the bench."
By Robert Farley• May 27, 2009
Facebook posts stated on March 26, 2024 in a Facebook reel:
Video of the ship colliding with the Baltimore bridge proves the bridge collapse wasn’t “an accident.”
By Sara Swann• April 2, 2024
Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2019 in a rally in Manchester, NH:
Says Pennsylvania chemical plant and Louisiana liquified natural gas plant "could never have happened" without his administration.
By Jon Greenberg• August 16, 2019
Threads posts stated on December 25, 2024 in a Threads post:
After Donald Trump offered to buy Greenland, “Denmark clapped back saying they’d buy the USA, give us free healthcare, and actually make America great again.”
By Caleb McCullough• January 8, 2025
Pam Davidson stated on May 18, 2012 in a statement:
Georgia Public Service Commission member Stan Wise "has received about 95 percent of his campaign money from the utilities he is supposed to be regulating."
By Eric Stirgus• June 5, 2012
Facebook posts stated on February 14, 2022 in a post:
“Trudeau declares Emergencies Act amounting to near martial law in Canada.”
By Monique Curet• February 17, 2022
Facebook posts stated on December 02, 2014 in a meme:
"The U.S. Constitution owes its notion of democracy to the Iroquois Tribes."
By Louis Jacobson• December 2, 2014
Lindsey Graham stated on October 05, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Under sequestration, the military was cut "down to the smallest Army since 1940, the smallest Navy since 1915."
By Lauren Carroll• October 5, 2014
Tim Michels stated on June 23, 2022 in Twitter:
The cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by Joe Biden “killed hundreds of jobs, sent gas prices way up.”
By Kelly Smits• July 21, 2022
Donald Trump stated on October 05, 2025 in a statement to the media:
“Portland is burning to the ground.”
By Maria Briceño, Amy Sherman• October 7, 2025

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