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TikTok posts stated on February 05, 2024 in a TikTok video:

Killer Mike arrested at Grammy Awards for not endorsing Joe Biden on “Real Time with Bill Maher.”

By Jeff Cercone• February 5, 2024

Jack Seiler stated on November 05, 2014 in a news release:

"No one was taken into custody" for feeding the homeless.

By Amy Sherman• November 17, 2014

Instagram posts stated on July 19, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was “faking being arrested” during an abortion-rights protest outside the Supreme Court.

By Bill McCarthy• July 20, 2022

Bloggers stated on August 14, 2017 in an Internet post:

"Whoopi Goldberg humiliated, handcuffed and dragged out of the TV studio."

By Joshua Gillin• August 16, 2017

Kristi Noem stated on October 30, 2025 in a press conference:

“No American citizens have been arrested or detained” during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdowns.

By Nick Karmia, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 31, 2025

Thom Tillis stated on January 08, 2024 in a press release:

Police made ‘no arrests’ of protesters who blocked Durham Freeway

By Paul Specht• January 19, 2024

Lesley Cohen stated on September 24, 2016 in a political mail piece.:

"It’s bad enough that (Stephen) Silberkraus appeared in a sexual fetish film where women were kidnapped from their homes and forced to live naked in kennels and trained to be pets. But when Silberkraus isn’t acting in films that degrade women, he’s stalking them in his personal time."

By Riley Snyder• October 6, 2016

Instagram posts stated on September 17, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Video shows New York City police “arrest two young people for sleeping on concrete blocks.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 21, 2023

Facebook posts stated on April 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Derek Chauvin’s trial and conviction for the murder of George Floyd was faked as part of a “false flag.”

By Bill McCarthy• April 21, 2021

Casey Askar stated on July 21, 2020 in in an ad:

“When Byron Donalds wanted a state job, he lied, claiming he wasn’t a felon despite convictions for drugs and felony theft.”

By Amy Sherman• August 6, 2020

Aubrey Huff stated on March 14, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Hank Aaron and Marvelous Marvin Hagler died “after taking the COVID-19 vaccine.”

By Tom Kertscher• March 16, 2021

Peter King stated on April 22, 2013 in an interview with MSNBC:

The Boston Marathon bombing "is the fifth case" in which U.S. government officials examined individuals potentially involved in terrorism "and felt they were no threat and they went on to carry out terrorist murders."

By Louis Jacobson• April 23, 2013

Kamala Harris stated on June 01, 2020 in a CNN interview:

Says the Obama administration was doing pattern-or-practice investigations of discrimination by police departments and “Donald Trump came in with Jeff Sessions and undid those.”

By Miriam Valverde• June 4, 2020

Truth Examiner stated on November 02, 2017 in a headline:

"New Jersey police chief says black people ‘have no value’ and should all be executed."

By Amy Sherman• December 14, 2017

Facebook posts stated on March 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:

A man was arrested “for wearing a T-shirt that says ‘We The People’ and has a picture of the ‘Statue of Liberty.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 24, 2022

Donald Trump Jr. stated on May 24, 2022 in a video:

“American journalist” Jack Posobiec was “arrested at World Economic Forum.”

By Monique Curet• May 25, 2022

Bloggers stated on January 31, 2017 in Internet posts:

Says President Donald Trump’s "executive order leads to capture of ISIS leader, Rasheed Muhammad."

By Joshua Gillin• February 7, 2017

TikTok posts stated on January 24, 2025 in a video on TikTok:

“JD Vance is in North Carolina, and he’s found furnished apartments to put the people in that have been living in tents.”

By Madison Czopek• January 30, 2025

Jack Kingston stated on July 08, 2014 in Friends of Jack Kingston flyer:

David Perdue "has never voted in a Republican primary until his name was on the ballot."

By Nancy Badertscher• July 18, 2014

Michael McCaul stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address:

Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 5, 2015

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