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Devin Nunes stated on March 20, 2017 in a House Intelligence Committee hearing:
"In recent years ... the Obama administration was committed to the notion, against all evidence, that we could reset relations with Putin."
By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2017
Bernie Sanders stated on February 25, 2020 in in remarks during the South Carolina Democratic primary debate:
“(A recent study) said ‘Medicare for All’ will lower health care costs in this country by $450 billion a year and save the lives of 68,000 people who would otherwise have died.”
By Shefali Luthra• February 26, 2020
Facebook posts stated on July 27, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“96% of U.S. climate data is corrupted.”
By Madison Czopek• August 19, 2022
Marco Rubio stated on May 20, 2014 in an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly:
Surface temperatures on Earth "have stabilized."
By Louis Jacobson• May 27, 2014
Viral image stated on March 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"The day Al Gore was born, there were 130,000 glaciers on earth. Today, only 130,000 remain."
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 2, 2019
Bloggers stated on March 24, 2017 in a headline:
"Ken Starr’s plane just disappeared on his way to D.C. to testify against Hillary (Clinton)."
By Joshua Gillin• March 31, 2017
Donald Trump stated on August 20, 2020 in a rally:
Says Joe Biden “abandoned Scranton.”
By Jessica Calefati• August 29, 2020
Vivek Ramaswamy stated on August 23, 2023 in a GOP presidential primary debate in Milwaukee:
“The reality is more people are dying of bad climate change policies than they are of actual climate change.”
By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• August 24, 2023
Johnny Isakson stated on March 15, 2011 in a YouTube.com video:
"There has never been a death caused by a [commercial nuclear] reactor in the United States, even when Three Mile Island failed in the 1970s."
By Willoughby Mariano• April 1, 2011
Mark Pocan stated on January 16, 2014 in a speech:
As a result of climate change, ice fishermen in Wisconsin "are already noticing fewer days they can be out on our ice covered lakes."
By James B. Nelson• February 17, 2014
John Kerry stated on August 31, 2009 in an op-ed published in the Huffington Post:
"Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013."
By Catharine Richert• September 2, 2009
Arne Burkhardt stated on January 20, 2024 in A Facebook post:
In vaccinated males, the COVID-19 vaccine’s spike protein “has entirely replaced their sperm.”
By Katelyn Ferral• January 26, 2024
Viral image stated on October 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:
In the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, “the perps were ANTIFA and BLM anarchists.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 21, 2020
Congressional Leadership Fund stated on October 07, 2020 in an ad:
Says Debbie Mucarsel-Powell's family received $700,000 from the firm of "violent warlord Ihor Kolomoisky," who is compared to Fidel Castro and Nicolás Maduro.
By Tom Kertscher• October 16, 2020
James Edming stated on March 23, 2021 in a speech:
“You can’t tell me they can (develop a safe vaccine) in eight to 10 months. Or a year. It takes more time than that.”
By Eric Litke• March 26, 2021
Bloggers stated on September 02, 2017 in an article on an unreliable website:
"30,000 scientists have come forward confirming that man-made climate change is a hoax perpetuated by the elite in order to make money."
By Jon Greenberg• September 8, 2017
Greg Abbott stated on September 07, 2021 in a press conference:
The Texas abortion law “provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion.”
By Amy Sherman• September 9, 2021
Dana Perino stated on February 09, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:
On climate change, "the temperature readings have been fabricated, and it's all blowing up in their (scientists') faces."
By Jon Greenberg• February 13, 2015
Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2023 in a Facebook post:
30 tons of lost ammonium nitrate on a California-bound train suggest an orchestrated conspiracy.
By Jeff Cercone• June 1, 2023
Environmental Justice League of R.I stated on January 12, 2016 in a report:
"In reality, gas produced by fracking is worse for the climate than coal."  
By Mark Reynolds• January 24, 2016

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2014 Lie of the Year: Exaggerations about Ebola

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By Louis Jacobson• March 20, 2013

What Raphael Warnock's win means for Democrats' Senate advantage

By Louis Jacobson, Yacob Reyes• December 7, 2022

How Republicans could fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat, explained

By Louis Jacobson• September 20, 2020

What a government study suggests about sunlight and COVID-19

By Amy Sherman• April 24, 2020

What do we know about the relationship between climate change and Hurricane Harvey?

By Manuela Tobias• August 31, 2017

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By Lauren Carroll• May 16, 2017

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