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Sylvester Turner stated on March 04, 2016 in a ceremony to introduce new local transit authority chairman:
"We have been focusing so much, especially the Texas Department of Transportation, on that 97 percent of people in single-occupancy vehicles."
By Emma Hinchliffe• May 6, 2016
Viral image stated on October 02, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"449,000 Californians turned down jury duty because they were not citizens… but they were registered voters."
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 11, 2019
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
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
Patriotnetwork.one stated on April 27, 2018 in a headline:
"Breaking: Czech Republic arms citizens. You can now shoot terrorists on sight."
By Amy Sherman• May 3, 2018
Tom Price stated on September 14, 2009 in a fundraising letter:
"Medicare began as a public option and now holds 97 percent of the market share."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 16, 2009
Bernie Sanders stated on June 01, 2016 in a news conference:
"There are tens of thousands of homes right here in California where you turn on the faucet but you can't drink the water."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 14, 2016
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
Adam Kinzinger stated on August 09, 2019 in a TV interview:
"97% of murders occur with handguns."
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller• August 15, 2019
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
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
Instagram posts stated on December 05, 2021 in a post:
“SHOCKING: In the wake of Austria’s drastic lockdown of unvaccinated people, EU chief calls for throwing out Nuremberg Code.”
By Monique Curet• December 7, 2021
Doctors Without Borders stated on July 21, 2016 in a press release:
Trade deals threaten "India’s role as the pharmacy of the developing world" for new HIV medicines.
By Jon Greenberg• August 3, 2016
Kimberly Guilfoyle stated on July 31, 2009 in the Glenn Beck show:
If you log into the government's Cash for Clunkers Web site (cars.gov) from your home computer, the government can "seize all of your personal and private" information, and track your computer activity.    
By Robert Farley• August 3, 2009
Instagram posts stated on September 26, 2022 in a video:
Video shows “Italians take down an EU flag and replace it with an Italian flag” after the 2022 national election.
By Andy Nguyen• September 28, 2022
Rick Santorum stated on August 28, 2015 in an interview with Bill Maher:
The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."
By Linda Qiu• September 2, 2015
Facebook posts stated on July 09, 2023 in a Facebook video:
A video shows people holding up their phones to film President Joe Biden, but “every phone there is turned off.”
By Sara Swann• July 12, 2023
X posts stated on December 05, 2021 in a tweet:
"Tap water is testing positive for COVID!”
By Jeff Cercone• December 6, 2021
Steve Deace stated on August 02, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Sweden had few COVID deaths in July, despite low vaccination rates, relaxed lockdown rules and low mask compliance.
By Tom Kertscher• August 6, 2021
Marco Rubio stated on May 11, 2014 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Human activity is not "causing these dramatic changes to our climate."
By Julie Kliegman• May 13, 2014

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