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Greg Abbott stated on February 03, 2022 in a press conference:
"As compared to last year, Texas has about 15% more power generation capacity."
By Nusaiba Mizan• April 4, 2022
Sheldon Whitehouse stated on December 13, 2011 in a Senate hearing:
"[Renewable energy] projects . . . get us off foreign oil and away, step by step, from these foreign entanglements that we have to get into to defend our oil supply."
By Alex Kuffner• January 8, 2012
Barack Obama stated on January 20, 2015 in the State of the Union address:
"America is No. 1 in wind power."
By Joshua Gillin• January 21, 2015
Institute for Energy Research stated on April 16, 2021 in an article:
“Conventional generators are very thin right now because Texas has gone to so many renewables.”
By Brandon Mulder• May 10, 2021
Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Milwaukee Elections Chief Lost Elections Flash Drive in Morning Hours of November 4th When Democrats Miraculously Found 120,000 Votes for Joe Biden.”
By Eric Litke• November 17, 2020
Tony Evers stated on April 22, 2018 in an appearance on UpFront with Mike Gousha:
Says Wisconsin ‘could compel’ Foxconn to install solar panels that would power 33,000 homes.
By Eric Litke• June 6, 2018
Solar Energy Fairness stated on April 13, 2016 in a television ad:
"Big rooftop solar's plan forces Nevada families who don’t have solar panels to pay higher power bills to subsidize rooftop solar."
By Riley Snyder• May 13, 2016
Facebook posts stated on April 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Thomas Homer-Dixon as saying a windmill will "never generate as much energy as was invested building it."
By Samantha Putterman• April 12, 2019
Tucker Carlson stated on November 02, 2021 in a documentary film:
“DEA agent Mark Ibrahim was forced from his job and later indicted simply because he was near the Capitol protest on Jan. 6.”
By Samantha Putterman• November 2, 2021
Facebook posts stated on March 04, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Phoenix’s increased wildfire risk is linked to Bill Gates’ “smart city” plans.
By Loreben Tuquero• March 28, 2025
Nicholas Kristof stated on October 22, 2014 in an op-ed in the "New York Times":
"All of Liberia can produce less than one-third as much electricity as the Dallas Cowboys football stadium consumes at peak times."
By Jon Greenberg• October 30, 2014
Viral image stated on June 12, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Video shows “U.S. Navy deploys in Miami due to Russian warships 6/12.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 14, 2024
Donald Trump stated on December 02, 2015 in a speech.:
 In 2000, "I wrote about Osama bin Laden, ‘We’ve got to take him out.’"
By Warren Fiske• December 11, 2015
Rick Perry stated on February 16, 2010 in a press release:
"Texas has installed more wind power than any other state, and all but four countries."
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 6, 2010
TikTok posts stated on June 06, 2023 in a TikTok:
The wildfires in Canada were planned.
By Sara Swann• June 8, 2023
Jay Inslee stated on March 10, 2019 in in an interview:
"We have developed a wind industry (in Washington state) from zero to $6 billion in 12 years."
By John Kruzel• March 13, 2019
Donald Trump stated on October 19, 2016 in a presidential debate:
"ISIS is in 32 countries."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 24, 2016
Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2014 in posts on Facebook:
Fox News is "banned in Canada" because it violates a law that "prevents ‘news’ channels from lying to their viewers."  
By Linda Qiu• July 14, 2014
Elissa Slotkin stated on August 09, 2024 in Meta ad:
Mike Rogers “left Michigan to trade on his D.C. connections, helping Chinese tech companies get access to the U.S.”
By Caleb McCullough• August 23, 2024
Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"That’s 5,615 projected coal-powered plants in just 8 countries. The USA has 15 - building 0 more."  
By Amy Sherman• January 13, 2020

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