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Viral image stated on May 19, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Travis Kelce takes a stand, ‘I will resign if Harrison Butker is on the team next season.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 24, 2024

Threads posts stated on May 16, 2024 in a Threads post:

Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker said we should go back to a time when “women had more babies than thoughts.”

By Jeff Cercone• May 17, 2024

Katie McGinty stated on June 03, 2016 in On the 'About' page of McGinty's campaign website:

Says she was the first in her family to go to a four-year college.

By Mark Dent• June 3, 2016

Viral image stated on June 20, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Lia Thomas declares: ‘In our country, only people like (Harrison) Butker have a place — I’m leaving the USA.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 25, 2024

Threads posts stated on April 18, 2024 in a Threads post:

Former President Donald Trump didn’t attend daughter Ivanka Trump’s graduation.

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 19, 2024

Barack Obama stated on January 23, 2008 in a radio ad in South Carolina:

"But it was Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Tom Brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to Ronald Reagan's economic and foreign policy."

By John Frank• January 25, 2008

Instagram posts stated on May 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Joe Biden told West Point graduates that “he is not planning to accept the results of the 2024 election” and he wants them to “stand back and stand by” to ensure Donald J. Trump doesn’t win.

By Sofia Ahmed• May 30, 2024

Instagram posts stated on May 13, 2023 in an Instagram post:

President Joe Biden showed signs of cognitive decline when he walked away from an Air Force Falcons presentation with a jersey, snubbing a signed football and helmet.

By Loreben Tuquero• June 8, 2023

Arian Foster stated on March 19, 2014 in a tweet:

The NCAA will "get billions" from the men’s basketball tournament. "Players get a trophy."

By Jon Greenberg• April 1, 2014

Christine O'Donnell stated on October 13, 2010 in a debate:

Chris Coons has "Marxist beliefs."

By Robert Farley• October 14, 2010

Moms Rising stated on July 13, 2016 in :

"In North Carolina, paid family leave is more popular than college basketball."

By Will Doran• July 15, 2016

Greg Abbott stated on December 12, 2013 in as quoted during a school visit:

Says 85 percent of IDEA charter-school students come from low-income families and about 99 percent of its graduates go to college.

By W. Gardner Selby• February 5, 2014

Michael Rosen stated on May 19, 2011 in a blog posting:

Wisconsin’s technical college graduates "have a higher employment rate and starting salaries" than four-year college graduates nationwide.

By Tom Kertscher• June 2, 2011

Ken Hagan stated on December 16, 2013 in an interview with the 'Tampa Bay Times':

Studies suggest the 2017 College Football Playoff Championship game will bring about 1,700 to 1,800 full-time jobs.

By Joshua Gillin• December 20, 2013

Viral image stated on May 21, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Kansas City cancels three Pearl Jam shows at Arrowhead Stadium: ‘We stand with Harrison Butker.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 24, 2024

Instagram posts stated on December 17, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Video shows Vice President Kamala Harris “is plastered again!”

By Ciara O'Rourke• December 20, 2024

Facebook posts stated on September 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Houston Texans coming out for the Black National Anthem then going into the locker room for THE REAL NATIONAL ANTHEM is DISGRACEFUL.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 15, 2020

Viral image stated on February 08, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Michelle Obama earned a doctorate after leaving the White House.

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 9, 2021

Viral image stated on May 18, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid “says he’ll stand with Harrison Butker: ‘If they get rid of Harison, they get rid of me.'”

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 22, 2024

Scott Walker stated on June 20, 2015 in a speech:

Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming."

By Tom Kertscher• June 25, 2015

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