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Donald Trump stated on July 19, 2020 in an interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace:
“We have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world” from COVID-19.
By Louis Jacobson• July 20, 2020
Viral image stated on November 25, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“Saudi team gets $460K Rolls-Royces for upset win.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 29, 2022
Bloggers stated on February 03, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says George Soros was arrested in Switzerland for a web of crimes based on information provided by Barack Obama.
By Samantha Putterman• February 8, 2019
Facebook posts stated on December 16, 2012 in a Facebook posting:
"Switzerland (where the government) issues every household a gun . . . has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!!!"
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 6, 2013
Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2024 in a post:
Cristiano Ronaldo was the only European soccer captain who did not wear a rainbow armband at Euro 2020.
By Grace Abels• June 21, 2024
Donald Trump stated on December 13, 2016 in a speech:
America’s federal business tax rate is the highest "in the world."
By Tom Kertscher• December 15, 2016
David Dewhurst stated on August 25, 2010 in an editorial board meeting with the Austin American-Statesman:
"We spend more money on health care per capita in the United States than any other country in the world. Of the 30 developed countries in the world, we spend 2 1/2 times more than the average. Of the country that spends the second most per capita, Switzerland, we spend 175 percent more."
By • August 31, 2010
Facebook posts stated on July 07, 2023 in a photo shared on Facebook:
“In Switzerland, it is illegal to flush the toilet after 10 p.m. in apartments to avoid disturbing neighbors.”
By Madison Czopek• July 12, 2023
Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2018 in a tweet:
"We do have a Trade Deficit with Canada, as we do with almost all countries (some of them massive)."
By Louis Jacobson• March 15, 2018
Bill O'Reilly stated on February 20, 2015 in a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor":
"I never said I was on the Falkland Islands."
By Jon Greenberg• March 3, 2015
X posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a tweet:
Says this crowd video shows the ongoing protests in Cuba.
By Samantha Putterman• July 13, 2021
Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:
“En la Eurocopa 2020, la Unión Europea impuso a todos los capitanes de selecciones nacionales llevar el distintivo lgtb. Pero Cristiano fue el único capitán de la Euro que se negó y no llevo el cintillo lgtb”.
By Grace Abels, Marta Campabadal Graus• June 21, 2024
Instagram posts stated on July 10, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Switzerland banned mammograms.
By Mia Penner• July 16, 2024
Instagram posts stated on December 03, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Henry Kissinger’s “deathbed confession” shows “Adolf Hitler was buried in Spain” and lived to age 68.
By Jeff Cercone• December 6, 2022
Joe Biden stated on August 29, 2023 in a speech at the White House:
U.S. inflation is "now down close to 3%, the lowest among the world’s leading economies."
By Louis Jacobson• September 1, 2023
Jeb Bush stated on October 27, 2014 in a fundraising letter:
"Among the developed nations, we are the least economically and socially mobile country in the world."
By Joshua Gillin• November 6, 2014
Jeb Bush stated on November 14, 2010 in an interview with his brother, former President George W. Bush, on CNN.:
"Rick Scott got a majority of the Hispanic vote in Florida."
By Aaron Sharockman• November 15, 2010
Viral image stated on September 25, 2015 in a viral Internet post:
Honduras "bans citizens from owning guns" and has the "highest homicide rate in the entire world." Switzerland, with a similar population, "requires citizens to own guns" and has the "lowest homicide rate in the entire world."
By Katie Sanders• September 30, 2015
Instagram posts stated on April 13, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Footage shows “Israelis panicking after Iranian attacks reach Israel.”
By Loreben Tuquero• April 15, 2024
Threads posts stated on July 16, 2024 in a Threads post:
Switzerland “no longer recognizes Islam as an official religion.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 31, 2024

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