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Instagram posts stated on July 18, 2023 in an Instagram post:

No human remains or aircraft debris were found at the Pentagon or in Pennsylvania after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 19, 2023

Facebook posts stated on August 24, 2022 in an image shared on Facebook:

The FBI “spent more time investigating” the Jan. 6 Capitol attack than 9/11.

By Madison Czopek• August 30, 2022

Ron Paul stated on September 30, 2011 in remarks at Politics & Eggs forum in Manchester, N.H.:

Every month since 9/11, there have been as many suicide attacks against the United States and its allies as there were in all the years leading up to 9/11.

By Maryalice Gill• October 24, 2011

Kevin O'Toole stated on August 21, 2011 in an opinion piece in the Times of Trenton:

"As we near the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, we should not forget that some of the hijackers used New Jersey driver’s licenses to board those aircraft."

By Bill Wichert• August 28, 2011

Various media reports 2 stated on September 11, 2019 in reports:

Democrats were at a 9/11 memorial service when NC Republicans held a controversial vote

By Paul Specht• September 17, 2019

Instagram posts stated on September 12, 2023 in an Instagram reel:

Video shows a missile hitting the Pentagon on 9/11.

By Sara Swann• September 12, 2023

Mike Pence stated on January 03, 2020 in a tweet:

Says Qassem Soleimani "assisted in the clandestine travel to Afghanistan of 10 of the 12 terrorists who carried out the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States."

By Miriam Valverde• January 7, 2020

Kirsten Gillibrand stated on February 25, 2019 in in a news conference:

"Almost every day another 9/11 survivor or responder dies from a 9/11-related cancer."

By Jill Terreri Ramos• March 9, 2019

Facebook posts stated on September 11, 2022 in a Facebook post:

A Boeing 757 didn’t fly into the Pentagon on 9/11.

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 14, 2022

Facebook posts stated on June 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“The 9/11 Memorial in NYC was just defaced with graffiti.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 8, 2020

Tammy Baldwin stated on October 24, 2012 in a TV ad:

Says U.S. Senate opponent Tommy Thompson "personally made over $3 million" from a federal contract granted to his healthcare company, but left 9/11 first responders "without the care they were promised."

By Dave Umhoefer• October 26, 2012

Instagram posts stated on June 25, 2023 in Instagram posts:

“The day before 9/11 the Pentagon reported $2.3 trillion missing.”

By Loreben Tuquero• June 29, 2023

Tommy Thompson stated on October 23, 2012 in a television ad:

Says "Tammy Baldwin had the opportunity to vote to honor the victims of 9/11 and she voted against it."

By James B. Nelson• October 26, 2012

Barack Obama stated on July 06, 2011 in a Twitter town hall:

"Young veterans have a higher unemployment rate than people who didn’t serve."

By Louis Jacobson• July 7, 2011

Joy Reid stated on August 04, 2014 in comments on her MSNBC show:

"So far, the war in Gaza has left more than 1,800 Palestinians dead -- the population equivalent to 100 9/11s."

By Derek Tsang• August 7, 2014

Benny Johnson stated on September 11, 2023 in a Facebook video:

“Donald Trump spent 9/11 marching into a war zone of fire and ashes with an army of his own men to save Americans.”

By Sara Swann• September 18, 2023

Donald Trump stated on December 15, 2015 in the Republican debate in Las Vegas:

The 9/11 terrorists' friends, family, girlfriends in the United States "were sent back for the most part to Saudi Arabia. They knew what was going on. They went home, and they wanted to watch their boyfriends on television."

By Jon Greenberg• December 17, 2015

Ilhan Omar stated on March 23, 2019 in a speech:

Says that the Council on American-Islamic Relations was founded in response to 9/11.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 15, 2019

Gloria Steinem stated on October 01, 2014 in an AP interview:

More women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends since Sept. 11 than "all the Americans who were killed by 9/11 or in Afghanistan and Iraq."

By Katie Sanders• October 7, 2014

John Thrasher stated on May 03, 2011 in comments on the Senate floor:

Says that had E-Verify been in place in Florida when 9/11 terrorists lived here, "we might have saved the lives of 3,000 Americans."

By Aaron Sharockman• May 3, 2011

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