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Carly Fiorina stated on December 17, 2015 in a column posted on Medium:

"When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different things — including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. None of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity."

By Louis Jacobson• January 7, 2016

TikTok posts stated on May 15, 2023 in a TikTok video:

"Chinese communist” troops on the ground at U.S. southern border.

By Jeff Cercone• May 19, 2023

John Cornyn stated on March 17, 2010 in in a letter to President Barack Obama:

"The spillover violence (from Mexico) in Texas is real and it is escalating."

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 28, 2010

Trey Blocker stated on January 24, 2018 in a commentary in the Odessa American:

Says the Texas Department of Agriculture didn’t notify over 700 Texas students about a computer hack releasing critical personal information including Social Security numbers until 32 days after the breach.

By W. Gardner Selby• February 5, 2018

Rick Perry stated on March 02, 2011 in an interview.:

Says neither President Barack Obama nor Mexico President Felipe Calderon "have been on the border to see what's happening to the citizens of Mexico, and for that matter the citizens of Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby• March 4, 2011

Boyd Richie stated on April 30, 2010 in a press release:

Says Gov. Rick Perry failed "to involve border sheriffs in developing plans to prevent violence in their communities."

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 10, 2010

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

John Loughlin stated on July 09, 2010 in a comment on The Helen Glover Show:

Transporting drugs "is the price of admission" for people crossing the border illegally.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• July 20, 2010

Michael J. Gardiner stated on June 22, 2010 in a posting on his website:

U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin didn't want a border fence to block illegal immigration "because he is afraid that someone will get hurt trying to go around the fence."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 25, 2010

Lamar Smith stated on May 20, 2010 in an interview with the Fox News Network:

Mexican government officials "hand out brochures showing individuals how they can avoid our Border Patrol, how they can get into our country."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• May 30, 2010

Facebook posts stated on July 30, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The White House delivered an “official statement” July 28 that we “need to be getting prepared for something big to happen, potentially to our critical infrastructure.”

By Loreben Tuquero• August 2, 2023

Lisa Boothe stated on July 26, 2016 in an interview on Fox:

"One in four inmates is an illegal immigrant."

By Miriam Valverde• August 15, 2016

Bill Richardson stated on October 05, 2007 in an interview on CNN.:

"Fences have not worked. The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall. That's not good among peoples, especially friends like the United States and Mexico."

By Tom Tobin• October 23, 2007

Brian Fitzpatrick stated on May 05, 2020 in a radio interview:

“For the World Health Organization, the international entity whose sole responsibility it is to alert the world of global pandemics like this, to miss this, is a huge problem.”

By Jessica Calefati• May 30, 2020

Lindsey Graham stated on July 28, 2010 in an interview with Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren":

"People come here to have babies. They come here to drop a child. It's called 'drop and leave."

By Louis Jacobson• August 6, 2010

Donald Trump stated on January 05, 2026 in an X post:

Maduro was “flooding America with deadly fentanyl.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 7, 2026

Doonesbury stated on June 14, 2015 in the strip about Greg Abbott and the Jade Helm military exercise:

Greg Abbott "activated the state guard to monitor" Jade Helm 15 "in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores."

By W. Gardner Selby• June 19, 2015

Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends:

Says the Obama administration never responded to his 2012 letter flagging the uptick in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

By W. Gardner Selby• July 18, 2014

Instagram posts stated on August 14, 2021 in Instagram posts:

Department of Homeland Security “deemed as terrorism” behavior that includes “resisting COVID regulations” and “thinking the election was rigged.”...“In other words, if you are a Trump supporter, you are a terrorist.”

By Noah Y. Kim• October 12, 2021

Rick Perry stated on July 23, 2014 in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News:

Says three Ukrainians recently captured on a West Texas ranch are among "individuals from countries that have strong terrorist ties being apprehended" near the state’s border with Mexico.

By W. Gardner Selby• July 31, 2014

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