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Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated on November 27, 2018 in a press briefing:

"Tear gas was used on average once a month during the Obama administration for very similar circumstances."

By Miriam Valverde• November 28, 2018

William Barr stated on June 07, 2020 in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation:

“There were not chemical irritants” used to clear a crowd. Pepper balls are “not a chemical irritant.”

By Jon Greenberg• June 8, 2020

Joe Morrissey stated on June 18, 2020 in a radio interview.:

Protest vandalism in Richmond “all started two weeks ago when Mayor Stoney’s police gassed - tear gassed - a peaceful crowd of protesters, moms and children, at 7:30 p.m. sharp.”

By Warren Fiske• June 25, 2020

Kayleigh McEnany stated on June 03, 2020 in a White House press briefing:

“No tear gas was used and no rubber bullets were used.”

By Jon Greenberg• June 4, 2020

Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2014 in a meme on social media:

Police in the United States are allowed to use tear gas even though it "has been classified as a chemical weapon and banned in international conflict since 1993."

By Louis Jacobson• August 26, 2014

X posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a tweet:

Says police officers in Austin, Texas, have been “authorized to use LIVE ROUNDS, and lethal force” against protesters.

By Madlin Mekelburg• June 5, 2020

Sherrod Brown stated on January 08, 2021 in an interview with Ohio reporters:

Summer “protesters outside the White House were met with tear gas, rubber bullets, a full militarized response. While ... rioters were able to breach the Capitol.”

By Jon Greenberg• January 11, 2021

Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

People protesting the Dakota Access pipeline “were intentionally poisoned” by government officials in North Dakota when a pilot “knowingly sprayed poisonous chemicals” over protesters’ camps.

By Madison Czopek• April 12, 2022

Donald Trump stated on August 22, 2017 in a rally:

"There aren't too many people outside protesting" his speech at the Phoenix Convention Center.

By Miriam Valverde• August 23, 2017

Viral image stated on May 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says an image of armed anti-lockdown protesters and an image of unarmed Minneapolis protesters being tear gassed were taken in the “same state, same month.”

By Samantha Putterman• May 29, 2020

Kristi Noem stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference:

“No American citizens have been arrested or detained” during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns.

By Nick Karmia, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 31, 2025

Diane Allen stated on May 09, 2011 in a press release:

Says Ocean Spray is moving its Bordentown processing facility to Pennsylvania largely because of costs associated with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

By Bill Wichert• June 20, 2011

James Peterson stated on June 23, 2017 in a ruling from the bench:

"Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement than the youth at Lincoln Hills."

By Alan Hovorka• August 18, 2017

Bloggers stated on November 26, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

Photo of migrant mother at U.S.-Mexico border running from tear gas with children "was a staged hoax."

By Samantha Putterman• November 29, 2018

Facebook posts stated on June 03, 2020 in Facebook post:

“It wasn't a big deal when Bill Clinton held up the Bible in front of the same exact church (as Donald Trump).”

By Eric Litke• June 11, 2020

Viral image stated on November 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says a photo shows CNN chyrons that read, "Democrats ask, ‘Why even have a Second Amendment?'" and "CNN Exclusive: China cracks down on pro democracy demonstrators."

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 21, 2019

Facebook posts stated on March 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:

A video shows migrants faking tears for news cameras.

By Ciara O'Rourke• December 20, 2022

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 29, 2025 in a town hall event:

DARPA is spraying the skies with chemicals that are in jet fuel.

By Madison Czopek• May 5, 2025

Mike Pence stated on July 19, 2018 in a speech:

In 2017, ICE "arrested more than 127,000 illegal immigrants with criminal convictions or facing charges of breaking our nation's’ laws," and removed nearly 5,000 gang members.

By Miriam Valverde• July 25, 2018

Rachel Maddow stated on June 21, 2018 in in a monologue:

"There isn't a system" for reuniting families separated under Trump’s zero tolerance border policy.

By John Kruzel• June 29, 2018

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