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Search results for "Biden admin asked tech companies to help with cyberattacks in early 2020s"

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Americans for Prosperity stated on November 02, 2011 in a TV ad:
"(President Barack Obama gave) half a billion in taxpayer money to help his friends at Solyndra, a business the White House knew was on the path to bankruptcy."
By Becky Bowers• November 15, 2011
Facebook posts stated on May 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"When you can't find gas, remember who executively ordered the Keystone Pipeline to close."
By Andy Nguyen• May 17, 2021
Tim Scott stated on October 07, 2023 in a post on X:
The Biden administration “wanted Israel to stand down after the attack" by Hamas.
By Louis Jacobson• October 10, 2023
Andrew Tate stated on March 26, 2024 in an X post:
The ship that struck a Baltimore bridge “was cyber-attacked.”
By Jeff Cercone• March 26, 2024
Instagram posts stated on February 19, 2023 in Instagram posts:
"Biden admin negotiates deal to give WHO authority over US pandemic policies.”
By Jeff Cercone• February 21, 2023
Paul Junge stated on July 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Rep. Elissa Slotkin “voted against condemning cyber attacks by the Chinese Communist Party on American organizations developing COVID-19 treatments.”
By Clara Hendrickson• August 24, 2020
Viral image stated on January 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“DirecTV cancels OAN after Joe Biden orders media outlets and tech giants to banish voices that deviate from the regime’s official narrative.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 19, 2022
Instagram posts stated on March 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:
The movie “Leave the World Behind” predicted the Baltimore bridge crash.
By Grace Abels• March 27, 2024
Donald Trump stated on December 27, 2024 in a U.S. Supreme Court brief:
On banning TikTok
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• January 16, 2025
Donald Trump stated on July 22, 2025 in a press conference:
In 2016, after Donald Trump won the presidency, then-President Barack Obama was “trying to lead a coup” with Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton.
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 22, 2025
Facebook posts stated on October 07, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says the sons of Nancy Pelosi, Mitt Romney and John Kerry are all on the boards of "energy companies doing business in Ukraine."
By Daniel Funke• October 10, 2019
Instagram posts stated on September 23, 2022 in a screenshot:
"Only 325,000 American kids out of 19,000,000" were vaccinated against COVID-19.
By Madison Czopek• September 27, 2022
Donald Trump stated on July 26, 2024 in remarks at Turning Point USA summit:
Kamala Harris “wants to forcibly compel doctors and nurses against their will to give chemical castration drugs to young children.”
By Grace Abels• August 29, 2024
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
Hillary Clinton stated on October 19, 2016 in the third 2016 presidential debate:
"We have 17 intelligence agencies, civilian and military, who have all concluded that these espionage attacks, these cyberattacks, come from the highest levels of the Kremlin, and they are designed to influence our election."
By Lauren Carroll• October 20, 2016
Jim Lamon stated on January 26, 2022 in an ad:
The Biden-Harris administration "wants to hand out $450,000 to illegal immigrants."
By Tom Kertscher• January 26, 2022
Elise Stefanik stated on February 09, 2023 in a Tweet:
53% of Americans made aware of the Hunter Biden laptop story would have changed their vote in 2020.
By Jill Terreri Ramos• February 25, 2023
TikTok posts stated on September 29, 2021 in a TikTok post:
“The Biden administration wants to create an international oversight committee” to alter or cancel Second Amendment rights.
By Gabrielle Settles• November 1, 2021
Katie Britt stated on March 07, 2024 in the Republican response to the State of the Union address:
President Joe Biden “bans TikTok for government employees but creates an account for his own campaign.”
By Loreben Tuquero• March 8, 2024
Viral image stated on May 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Birmingham is officially out of gas and fuel and can’t get anymore.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 10, 2021

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