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Facebook posts stated on June 28, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“WNBA organizers have officially announced an investigation into the referees in all of Caitlin Clark's games for ignoring all dirty actions by her opponents against her.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 3, 2024

Bloggers stated on November 30, 2021 in an article:

At Lions Gate Hospital in Vancouver, “13 babies were reportedly stillborn at the hospital in a period of 24 hours. All of their mothers had received a COVID-19 injection.”

By Monique Curet• December 13, 2021

X posts stated on January 28, 2024 in a video:

Rep. Ilhan Omar said her "top priority is to put Somalia first and expand its territory.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 1, 2024

Viral image stated on February 28, 2019 in a post on the Internet:

"Obama settled 43,000 Somalian refugees in Minnesota. As of 2016, there were around 80,000. No wonder Ilhan Omar was elected. It was planned."

By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2019

Facebook posts stated on December 11, 2024 in a Facebook post:

The NFL punished three referees in “the game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Minnesota Vikings.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• December 20, 2024

Facebook posts stated on December 17, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“The referees in the (Dec. 15) game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers have been suspended after the match revealed that the officials overlooked numerous errors by the Eagles.”

By Caleb McCullough• December 30, 2024

Facebook posts stated on December 16, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“The NFL has abruptly fired three referees who officiated the game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• December 20, 2024

Facebook posts stated on August 01, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar has been "arrested 23 times" and is the "daughter of (a) Somali terrorist."

By Daniel Funke• August 14, 2019

Facebook posts stated on December 09, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Taylor Swift vowed to leave Elon Musk’s “toxic app X,” during the final moments of her Eras tour, calling him “rich, talented but heartless and immoral.”

By Sofia Ahmed• December 12, 2024

Viral image stated on January 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says if you take the oath of office on the Koran, “then you have committed treason.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 20, 2020

Facebook posts stated on May 20, 2024 in a Facebook post:

NFL referees “flex their authority, eject five players” for kneeling during the national anthem.

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 28, 2024

Viral image stated on August 22, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Breaking: WNBA referees disqualify players under league’s new ‘no anthem kneeling’ rule.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 28, 2024

Donald Trump stated on July 15, 2019 in remarks at the White House:

Says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was "speaking about how wonderful al-Qaida is."

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 16, 2019

Eco News stated on February 01, 2018 in a headline:

"NFL lawyer, who claimed Super Bowl is ‘rigged’, found dead."

By Amy Sherman• February 2, 2018

Bob Marshall stated on May 24, 2012 in an interview.:

Homosexual behavior "cuts your life by about 20 years."

By Sean Gorman• June 7, 2012

Jerrold Nadler stated on January 28, 2017 in a CNN interview:

"The various people who have, in fact, committed terrorist acts in this country, from 9/11 on, none of them came from any of the seven countries that are the subject of the president's executive order."

By Miriam Valverde• January 29, 2017

Facebook posts stated on January 27, 2023 in a Facebook post:

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered."

By Tom Kertscher• February 2, 2023

Viral image stated on August 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says a photo shows U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar "at a Al’ Qaida training camp in Somalia."

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 4, 2019

Viral image stated on November 09, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Quotes Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar as saying, "I think all white men should be put in chains as slaves because they will never submit to Islam."

By Miriam Valverde• November 15, 2018

William G. Batchelder stated on January 03, 2011 in a speech in the Ohio House of Representatives:

Says a "Canadian provincial prime minister came to Ohio for his medical treatment because of the delay in Canadian health care which would have endangered his life."

By Aaron Marshall• January 26, 2011

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