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David Dewhurst stated on December 13, 2011 in a post on his campaign website:

"Ballistic tests have confirmed that the death of at least one U.S. Border Patrol agent was caused by" weapons that were part of a federal arms trafficking operation.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 9, 2012

Charlie Kirk stated on August 02, 2023 in a video:

Douglass Mackey was convicted “because he made a meme in the 2016 election.”

By Madison Czopek• August 9, 2023

Charlie Kirk stated on February 24, 2020 in a tweet:

“Three Chinese nationals were apprehended trying to cross our Southern border illegally. Each had flu-like symptoms. Border Patrol quickly quarantined them and assessed any threat of coronavirus.”

By Madlin Mekelburg• February 28, 2020

Charlie Kirk stated on February 02, 2020 in a tweet:

Says "EIGHT Iowa counties have more adults registered to vote than voting-aged adults living there.”

By Daniel Funke• February 3, 2020

Bloggers stated on January 30, 2021 in a blog post:

“Trump assassination foiled, Deep State in panic mode!”

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 4, 2021

Donald Trump Jr. stated on November 12, 2018 in in a tweet:

"Nearly 200,000 Florida voters may not be citizens."

By Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias• November 13, 2018

Suzanne Devlin stated on January 19, 2011 in a letter to the editor:

The Republican Party raffled off an AR-15 assault rifle at the 2010 Oregon State Fair.

By Janie Har• January 29, 2011

Paul Bedard stated on February 27, 2015 in an opinion piece in the "Washington Examiner":

Says "President Obama is using executive actions to impose gun control on the nation, targeting the top-selling rifle in the country ... with a ban on one of the most-used" assault rifle bullets.

By Jon Greenberg• March 4, 2015

Michael Moore stated on June 14, 2016 in a tweet after the Orlando shooting:

The ammunition used in the Orlando shooting "is banned by Geneva Convention. It enters the body, spins & explodes."

By Neelesh Moorthy• June 23, 2016

Charlie Kirk stated on April 03, 2020 in a tweet:

“The Chinese Communist Party is using Zoom as a way to spy on our citizens.”

By Bill McCarthy• April 7, 2020

X posts stated on September 11, 2025 in an X post:

A book on Amazon titled “The Shooting of Charlie Kirk” with a Sept. 9 publication date is evidence the event was staged.

By Samantha Putterman• September 12, 2025

Threads posts stated on August 27, 2024 in a Threads post:

Charlie Kirk X post about iPhone storage reveals his top app is Grindr.

By Jeff Cercone• August 29, 2024

JD Vance stated on October 15, 2025 in an episode of The Charlie Kirk Show:

"Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left.”

By Amy Sherman• October 20, 2025

Charlie Kirk stated on September 29, 2019 in a tweet:

"Barack Obama asked Ukraine to investigate his political rival's campaign manager, 3 Democrat senators asked Ukraine to investigate Trump, and the DNC solicited Ukraine's help to dig up dirt on Trump."

By Bill McCarthy• October 3, 2019

Charlie Kirk stated on December 08, 2024 in a post on X:

The 14th Amendment “has never been challenged at SCOTUS.”

By Madison Czopek• December 12, 2024

Tammy Duckworth stated on June 08, 2016 in a tweet:

Says Mark Kirk "called for the mass arrest of 18,000 African Americans" and "was apparently fine with Trump’s #StillTooRacist call for mass deportation."

By Kevin Hoffman• July 15, 2016

X posts stated on February 06, 2022 in a tweet:

Turning Point USA is a white nationalist organization.

By Caleb McCullough• February 16, 2022

X posts stated on September 23, 2025 in posts on X:

“Erika Kirk is banned from Romania because her Evangelical group was accused of trafficking children out of Romanian villages.”

By Madison Czopek• September 26, 2025

Charlie Kirk stated on November 08, 2022 in a tweet:

“Maricopa County intentionally reduced the polling places.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 9, 2022

Charlie Kirk stated on October 03, 2022 in a video:

For climate change environmentalists, “not a single one of their predictions ever come true.”

By Kristin Hugo• October 25, 2022

Tyler Robinson: What's known about Charlie Kirk shooting suspect's politics, bullet casing etchings

By Louis Jacobson, Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• September 12, 2025

Fact-checking false claims about shooter’s identity in Charlie Kirk shooting

By Grace Abels, Maria Briceño, Loreben Tuquero• September 11, 2025

Charlie Kirk is dead after being shot at a Utah college event. What we know

By Grace Abels, Katie Sanders• September 10, 2025

Charlie Kirk tributes sounded like Adele and Bieber, but were AI. How to spot synthetic music

By Loreben Tuquero• October 1, 2025

Trump's posts on Brown shooting, Reiner killing highlight a rush to post before facts are known

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 15, 2025

PolitiFact's Fall TV Preview

By Bill Adair• September 6, 2010

Beto O’Rourke, Rick Perry and bombs NOT going off in El Paso (maybe NOT safest U.S. city)

By W. Gardner Selby• August 24, 2014

What is the ‘great replacement theory’ linked to the Buffalo shooter?

By Bill McCarthy• May 16, 2022

Fact-checking the Gordon Sondland impeachment hearing about Trump, Ukraine

By Louis Jacobson, Bill McCarthy• November 20, 2019

Charlie Kirk’s comparison of migrant entries with US births lacks reliable data

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 11, 2022

'Rough road ahead': Charlie Kirk’s assassination highlights the rise in US political violence

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• September 11, 2025

Mailbag: 'Discontinue this farce'

By Katie Sanders• October 11, 2013

The history of the AR-15 and how it became a symbol of American gun culture

By Sara Swann• June 28, 2022

Ad Watch: Nikki Fried's ad bashes Charlie Crist's Republican past

By Yacob Reyes• August 4, 2022

Fact-checking the NRA on 'Right to Carry'

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 16, 2011

‘How about a little less Trump?’ PolitiFact readers share feedback on our fact-checking

By Ellen Hine• October 21, 2025

Checking Texas shelters that euthanize dogs and cats with carbon monoxide

By W. Gardner Selby• April 3, 2013

The difference between automatic and semi-automatic weapons

By Joshua Gillin• October 2, 2017

PolitiFact Texas digs into Fast and Furious

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• February 3, 2012

Does Joe Biden’s plan tax semi-automatic firearms?

By Daniel Funke• November 1, 2020

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