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Social Media stated on March 15, 2026 in social media posts:
Video shows toddler crying over casket of American service member killed in Iran.
By Grace Abels• March 16, 2026
Will Cain stated on October 01, 2021 in a Fox News segment:
"You are more likely, as a child, to end up in the hospital because of the vaccine than you are because of COVID. That's data from the CDC and from VAERS."
By Bill McCarthy• October 7, 2021
Emails stated on October 20, 2020 in email threat to Florida Democrats:
Says “we will know which candidate you voted for.”
By Amy Sherman• October 21, 2020
Keith Ellison stated on January 29, 2017 in a CBS 'Face The Nation' interview:
"About three-quarters of (Syrian refugees) are women and children. A full third of them are kids under 12 years old."
By Miriam Valverde• February 2, 2017
Randy Forbes stated on June 16, 2015 in a written statement.:
"The average age a child is trafficked into the commercial sex trade industry is between 11 and 14 years old."
By Sean Gorman• July 6, 2015
X posts stated on April 08, 2023 in a tweet:
A photo shows Jeffrey Epstein with four boys on a beach.
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 11, 2023
X posts stated on June 30, 2025 in X posts:
Idaho shooting suspect Wess Roley faced criminal charges and had a no-contact order from his family.
By Loreben Tuquero• July 1, 2025
Instagram posts stated on July 22, 2024 in an Instagram post:
There are nine states “where Biden’s name can’t be removed and no one can be added. That’s over 130 electoral votes in the toilet.”
By Ranjan Jindal, Amy Sherman• July 23, 2024
Instagram posts stated on October 28, 2024 in social media posts:
Photos show federal authorities arrested and charged a clone instead of the real Sean “Diddy” Combs.
By Gideon Hess• October 29, 2024
Lamar Alexander stated on March 22, 2012 in a press release.:
"This rule could prevent children under 18 from using such tools as a power screwdriver, a milking machine or something as simple as a wheelbarrow on the family farm . . . "
By Bartholomew Sullivan• April 15, 2012
Mark Warner stated on December 03, 2014 in an interview.:
Regarding sexual assault against women, "It’s actually safer not to be in college than it is to be in college."
By Sean Gorman• January 4, 2015
Tony Perkins stated on October 12, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"We know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad."
By Jon Greenberg• October 12, 2014
Kanye West stated on June 11, 2013 in a newspaper interview:
I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I haven't won one against a white person.
By Janel Davis• August 15, 2013
Facebook posts stated on September 07, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“There are people trying to make legal age of consent 4 years old.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2020
Viral image stated on August 22, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video shows interview with Elon Musk about making “passive income” with “Quantum AI.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 31, 2023
Matt Walsh stated on February 08, 2023 in a Tennessee State House Committee Hearing:
“The youth suicide rate has increased exponentially alongside trans affirmation. Trans affirmation causes the suicide rate, not the other way around.”
By Grace Abels• March 8, 2023
Bloggers stated on May 04, 2021 in articles and social media:
"15-year-old boy passes away from heart attack two days after Pfizer COVID-19 experimental jab."
By Tom Kertscher• May 6, 2021
Dan Patrick stated on September 03, 2015 in an interview by David Brown, host of the Texas Standard:
"100 percent of the crime is committed, in estimate, by about 15 percent of the population."
By W. Gardner Selby• October 6, 2015
Social Media stated on June 09, 2025 in social media posts:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom shared images taken in 2021 and said they showed National Guard troops sleeping on the floor in June 2025.
By Loreben Tuquero• June 10, 2025
Facebook posts stated on October 17, 2024 in a Facebook post:
"Michael Jackson discovered alive at age 65” and will testify against Sean “Diddy” Combs.
By Jeff Cercone• October 21, 2024

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