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Joe Biden stated on July 13, 2024 in a statement to the media:

“The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.”

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 15, 2024

Viral image stated on November 27, 2024 in a Threads post:

Donald Trump ordered the “Dallas Police Department and Dallas Attorney General’s Office to begin the preparation for the arrest” of a suspect in John F. Kennedy’s assassination.

By Ciara O'Rourke• December 3, 2024

Bloggers stated on April 26, 2021 in a blog post:

“Hillary Clinton hanged at GITMO.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 28, 2021

X posts stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post:

Video shows Slovakia Prime Minister Fico speaking against the World Health Organization the week before he was the target of an assassination attempt.

By Loreben Tuquero• May 16, 2024

Facebook posts stated on February 06, 2022 in a Facebook post:

President John F. Kennedy “was planning to end the Federal Reserve.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos• February 21, 2022

Donald Trump stated on January 03, 2026 in a post on Truth Social:

Gov. Tim Walz had Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman killed.

By Madison Czopek• January 6, 2026

Roy Blunt stated on February 08, 2017 in a speech:

"Somebody observed this week that you have to go back to the very founding of the government to the first administration of George Washington to find a time when it’s taken longer to put a Cabinet in place."

By Grace Hase• March 25, 2017

X posts stated on September 15, 2024 in posts:

Ryan Routh's Instagram bio says he is a "proud LGBTQ+ member"

By Grace Abels• September 20, 2024

X posts stated on July 22, 2024 in a post on X:

The death of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, six days after the Trump rally shooting was linked to her “oversight of the Secret Service.”

By Madison Czopek• July 24, 2024

Instagram posts stated on July 14, 2024 in an Instagram post:

A Secret Service agent named Jonathan Willis said he “had the assassin in his sights for 3 minutes, but he was told not to engage by the head of the (Secret Service) unit.”

By Madison Czopek• July 15, 2024

Jon Stewart stated on July 16, 2024 in TV appearance:

Milwaukee's Marcus Performing Arts Center – where 'The Daily Show' had been scheduled – “was originally located in the ‘soft perimeter,’ they called it, security-wise” but “was shifted, understandably so, to the ‘hard perimeter.’”

By Madeline Heim• July 17, 2024

Michael McCaul stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address:

Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 5, 2015

The Miami Post stated on May 06, 2018 in a headline:

"Breaking: 3 liberal celebrities arrested for conspiracy to assassinate President Trump."

By Amy Sherman• May 7, 2018

Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2023 in a video:

There was a recent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump in Reno, Nevada.

By Madison Czopek• July 31, 2023

Donald Trump stated on January 02, 2019 in in a discussion with reporters:

"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia."

By John Kruzel• January 9, 2019

Viral image stated on July 07, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was going to “expose Clinton Foundation fraud” before he was assassinated.

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 13, 2021

Viral image stated on September 16, 2024 in an X post:

The FBI said it would “visit” Elon Musk for writing on X, “No one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 17, 2024

Instagram posts stated on July 17, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was transgender.

By Ranjan Jindal• July 23, 2024

Donald Trump Jr. stated on July 17, 2024 in Speech:

After being shot at a Milwaukee rally in 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt “finished his speech and he kept fighting.”

By Madeline Heim• July 18, 2024

William Lacy Clay stated on August 18, 2017 in an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

"Calling for the assassination of the president is a federal crime."

By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg• September 15, 2017

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