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Eric Swalwell stated on April 14, 2019 in a campaign rally:

In 2017, the first piece of legislation that Republicans passed "made it easier for the mentally ill to purchase guns."

By Julianna Rennie• April 22, 2019

Eric Swalwell stated on November 12, 2018 in a tweet:

"15,000 troops will not see their families for #Thanksgiving because of @realDonaldTrump’s Scaravan Stunt. Oh yeah, it’s also costing you 200 million dollars."

By Manuela Tobias• November 15, 2018

Facebook posts stated on May 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., is facing charges after “lying” to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.

By Loreben Tuquero• May 30, 2023

RevolutionRadio.org stated on May 07, 2018 in a headline:

"Democrats go full tyranny: now demand nationwide gun confiscation from law-abiding Americans ... at gunpoint, of course."

By Amy Sherman• May 10, 2018

Lauren Boebert stated on July 11, 2022 in a podcast:

U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores is “the first Mexican-born member of Congress.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 13, 2022

Eric Swalwell stated on April 30, 2025 in a post on X:

"Republicans just voted in the House Judiciary Committee to allow Trump to DEPORT U.S. citizens to a foreign country."

By Louis Jacobson• May 6, 2025

Facebook posts stated on May 06, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows a fight breaking out in a U.S. House of Representatives committee hearing.

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 8, 2023

Eric Swalwell stated on May 08, 2019 in posted on Twitter:

"The so-called ‘heartbeat’ law outlaws abortion before most women even know that they're pregnant. This is one of the most restrictive anti-abortion laws in our country."

By Shefali Luthra• May 13, 2019

Eric Swalwell stated on June 09, 2024 in a post on X:

Says Sen. Lindsey Graham said a newly elected Donald Trump “will round up and deport LEGAL immigrants.”

By Louis Jacobson• June 10, 2024

Joe Gruters stated on November 06, 2019 in a Tampa Bay Times forum:

"All the Democrats on the entire stage — every Democratic candidate said they want to give free health care to illegals."

By Amy Sherman• November 8, 2019

Ron Johnson stated on March 20, 2021 in a speech:

“There was no violence on the Senate side, in terms of the chamber.”

By Eric Litke• March 23, 2021

Donald Trump stated on July 31, 2019 in a re-election campaign ad:

Says the Democratic presidential candidates "support giving illegal immigrants free health care at our expense."

By Miriam Valverde• August 1, 2019

Facebook posts stated on April 19, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"Adam Schiff will be impeached.”

By Jeff Cercone• April 24, 2023

Facebook posts stated on January 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Say that former Clinton Foundation CEO Eric Braverman "has been missing for 70+ days."

By Samantha Putterman• January 18, 2019

Catherine Glenn Foster stated on July 14, 2022 in a congressional hearing:

"If a 10-year-old became pregnant as a result of rape and it was threatening her life, then that’s not an abortion."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 15, 2022

Rachel Maddow stated on April 06, 2009 in an episode of her MSNBC show:

Gov. Sarah Palin "got precisely zero support for her call for Alaska's Democratic Senator Mark Begich to resign because Ted Stevens' corruption conviction was overturned."

By Alexander Lane• April 10, 2009

Greg Abbott stated on September 07, 2021 in a press conference:

The Texas abortion law “provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion.”

By Amy Sherman• September 9, 2021

Jane Harman stated on September 28, 2014 in a panel on "Fox News Sunday":

The Justice Department’s Fast and Furious gun-walking program "started in the Bush administration."

By Katie Sanders• September 30, 2014

Ken Cuccinelli stated on January 29, 2013 in a radio interview.:

Virginia is "the only state" that has a tradition of attorneys general resigning if they run for governor.

By Warren Fiske• March 1, 2013

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

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