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Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Bath and Body Works products are not recommended during pregnancy because they are suspected of “damaging fertility or the unborn child.”
By Samantha Putterman• April 22, 2022
Viral image stated on February 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Photos show U.S. senators sleeping in the chamber.
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 5, 2021
Viral image stated on June 06, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"In 1921, early suffragettes often donned a bathing suit and ate pizza in large groups to annoy men…it was a custom at the time."
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 7, 2019
Mike DeWine stated on November 14, 2012 in a news conference:
"A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone."
By Joe Guillen• December 7, 2012
Matt Walsh stated on May 17, 2023 in a Facebook video:
“Tuck-friendly” bathing suits at Target “are available in kids’ sizes.”
By Sara Swann• May 23, 2023
Cliff Hayes stated on November 23, 2022 in a TV interview.:
“When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings.
By Warren Fiske• December 2, 2022
Gavin Newsom stated on February 12, 2019 in a State of the State Address:
"More than a million Californians" do not have "clean water to bathe in or drink."
By Chris Nichols• February 14, 2019
Robin Vos stated on January 07, 2024 in TV interview:
“The law in Wisconsin (on abortion time limit) is 20 weeks. That is way outside the international bounds.”
By D.L. Davis• February 9, 2024
Facebook posts stated on July 01, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows “Roman tidal baths in Malta, still at sea level after thousands of years!”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 5, 2024
Rob Portman stated on September 07, 2011 in a news conference:
"In the month of July alone, EU exports to South Korea increased by over 36 percent. A lot of that is our market share. Those are our farmers and our service providers who are suffering."
By Sabrina Eaton• September 21, 2011
Daily Mail stated on June 24, 2016 in a headline:
"Google search spike suggests many people don’t know why they voted for Brexit."    
By Allison Graves• July 1, 2016
Roy Blunt stated on August 12, 2009 in an editorial board meeting with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
"I'm 59. In either Canada or Great Britain, if I broke my hip, I couldn’t get it replaced."
By Louis Jacobson• August 19, 2009
Janet Mitchell stated on January 20, 2011 in an interview.:
Says 25 percent of Austin's public school buildings are "underutilized."
By W. Gardner Selby• February 13, 2011
Glenn Grothman stated on January 15, 2018 in a public forum:
"The past president (Barack Obama) brought Al Sharpton into the White House something like 80 times."  
By D.L. Davis• February 9, 2018
Viral image stated on June 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Iceland declares all religions are mental disorders.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 28, 2022
Rick Perry stated on June 27, 2017 in a White House briefing:
France "wouldn’t buy Texas beef for some reason, yet 76 percent of their energy comes from nuclear power."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 30, 2017
America's Health Insurance Plans stated on August 27, 2009 in CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight:
"Every survey shows strong satisfaction with private coverage."
By Louis Jacobson• September 1, 2009
Hillary Clinton stated on March 23, 2016 in remarks at Stanford University:
"It’s actually easier for the United States to get flight manifests from E.U. nations than it is for E.U. nations to get them from their own neighbors, thanks to an agreement the U.S. negotiated when I was secretary of state."
By Lauren Carroll• March 29, 2016
Bloggers stated on November 05, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
"(George) Soros Provides Migrants With Prepaid Debit Cards To Fund Illegal Journeys"  
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• November 13, 2018
Instagram posts stated on May 31, 2023 in an Instagram post:
"The European Union is now warning pregnant women not to get the COVID-19 vaccine due to the possibility of infertility and miscarriage.”
By Jeff Cercone• June 1, 2023

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