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Marco Rubio stated on February 04, 2016 in a town hall in Manchester, N.H.:

China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites."

By Louis Jacobson• February 5, 2016

Facebook posts stated on April 20, 2023 in an image:

The ocean is "flat" and "contained" by land features that jut up from a flat (not spherical) earth.

By Andy Nguyen• April 28, 2023

Edward Snowden stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Last Week Tonight":

"Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database."

By Katie Sanders• April 9, 2015

Ken Cuccinelli stated on September 06, 2013 in a TV ad.:

"Terry McAuliffe cashed in, walking away with millions" from the demise of Global Crossing.

By Warren Fiske, Nancy Madsen• September 23, 2013

Stephanie Cutter stated on August 22, 2012 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

In the past 27 months, President Barack Obama has created more private-sector jobs than "in the Reagan recovery."

By Louis Jacobson• August 27, 2012

Edd Houck stated on September 29, 2011 in a TV ad.:

"Bryce Reeves chaired a group bankrolled by a New York billionaire who fired hundreds of Virginia workers and sent their jobs to China."

By Sean Gorman• October 12, 2011

Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:

China has "total control, just about, of North Korea."

By Louis Jacobson• January 21, 2016

Jesse Watters stated on March 31, 2020 in comments made during an episode of "The Five" on the Fox News Channel:

“We were slow with the testing, but very quick with the travel ban. And that's been much more critical in saving lives.”

By Shefali Luthra• April 3, 2020

Stephanie Cutter stated on August 29, 2012 in a campaign email:

"Mitt Romney’s platform ...won't protect the mortgage interest (tax) deduction for middle-class families."

By Eric Stirgus• August 29, 2012

Stephanie Cutter stated on August 12, 2012 in an interview on "Face the Nation":

Says Paul Ryan's budget relies on the same $700 billion in savings from Medicare that Mitt Romney and other Republicans have been attacking Democrats about.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 15, 2012

Stephanie Cutter stated on September 18, 2013 in an episode of CNN's "Crossfire":

"One out of 10 minimum-wage workers in the U.S. live in Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby• September 20, 2013

SFA Fund stated on December 28, 2023 in a campaign ad:

Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• January 4, 2024

Viral image stated on December 01, 2020 in a Facebook post:

China recovered from COVID-19 “without a vaccine.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• December 4, 2020

Ward Armstrong stated on March 21, 2011 in a House floor speech.:

A telephone company will no longer have to provide landline service to customers if there is an alternative provider, including wireless.

By Jacob Geiger• March 5, 2011

Stephanie Cutter stated on October 19, 2014 in an episode of "Meet the Press":

"Money towards the Ebola vaccine is basically cut in half to what it was. More cuts are coming under the congressional sequester."

By Katie Sanders• October 24, 2014

Lou Dobbs stated on March 02, 2020 in a TV interview:

The United States is “actually screening fewer people (for the coronavirus than other countries) because we don't have appropriate testing."

By Bill McCarthy• March 4, 2020

Bill Weimer stated on June 26, 2012 in a newspaper column:

"Fireworks have never been safer, and their use continues to increase each year."

By Tom Feran• July 4, 2012

Facebook posts stated on February 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“The blood test for coronavirus costs $3,200.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 4, 2020

Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

“Africans living in China now being forced to sleep outside in the cold” as “Chinese nationals blame them for the rising number of new coronavirus cases in the country.”

By Tom Kertscher• April 16, 2020

Facebook posts stated on June 21, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The Titan submersible was found June 21 with all five passengers alive.

By Tom Kertscher• June 22, 2023

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