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Mike Ford stated on March 18, 2011 in a letter.:
Says the fluoride Austin is putting in its drinking water is "toxic waste."
By W. Gardner Selby• April 19, 2011
Donald Trump stated on June 30, 2019 in remarks to South Korean business leaders:
"We hadn’t had a (car) plant built in years — in decades, actually. And now we have many plants being built all throughout the United States."
By Jon Greenberg• July 9, 2019
David A. Clarke Jr. stated on January 25, 2013 in a radio interview:
"I had to lay off 48 people last year," which has exacerbated the lack of law enforcement officers in the county that respond quickly to crime calls.
By Tom Kertscher• January 31, 2013
Facebook posts stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says photo shows "the Golden Gate Bridge opening to the public for the first time back in 1937, and yes, it almost collapsed."
By Miriam Valverde• December 4, 2019
Congressional Leadership Fund stated on September 09, 2020 in an ad:
"When California faced a budget crisis," Christy Smith "voted to lay off teachers and then voted to increase her pay."
By Tom Kertscher• September 24, 2020
Chris Murphy stated on December 23, 2018 in a tweet:
"The 2017/2018 budgets gave (President Donald) Trump billions for border upgrades. He’s spent ALMOST NONE of it. 6%."
By Louis Jacobson• January 4, 2019
X posts stated on July 20, 2021 in a tweet:
Says “Jeff Bezos will put 300 (metric tons) of carbon into the atmosphere for 180 seconds in space.”
By Jon Greenberg• July 20, 2021
Mike Rogers stated on October 14, 2024 in a debate:
“About 400,000 manufacturing jobs in the state of Michigan will go away with EV mandates.”
By Caleb McCullough• October 18, 2024
Facebook posts stated on June 03, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Boiling tap water causes fluoride in the water to be “more toxic.”
By Tom Kertscher• June 6, 2023
Facebook posts stated on April 12, 2022 in a post:
Fuel containing 15% ethanol will ruin a car engine.
By Monique Curet• April 18, 2022
Mary Burke stated on September 10, 2014 in an interview:
Says Scott Walker's jobs agency gives financial incentives that lead "Wisconsin companies to look at shipping jobs elsewhere. ... A company got $4.6 million in taxpayer money and actually reduced its jobs by 300 people."  
By Tom Kertscher• September 19, 2014
Donald Trump stated on October 02, 2018 in a rally in Southaven, Miss.:
Says Sen. Richard Blumenthal "lied about his service" in Vietnam.
By Jon Greenberg• October 4, 2018
Mitt Romney stated on January 04, 2012 in a town hall meeting in Peterborough, N.H.:
"You can hire lots of bureaucrats.  That’s what the president’s done.  He’s added 135,000 people to the government workforce."
By Jon Greenberg• January 9, 2012
Donald Trump stated on December 15, 2017 in White House graphic:
"Current immigration policy imposes as much as $300 billion annually in net fiscal costs on U.S. taxpayers."  
By Miriam Valverde• January 23, 2018
Tulsi Gabbard stated on June 01, 2019 in a veterans event in California:
Says immigrant military service members applying for U.S. citizenship "are getting rejected at higher numbers than those who are not veterans."
By Miriam Valverde• June 7, 2019
Bloggers stated on September 26, 2018 in In a Facebook post:
Says Christine Blasey Ford and her lawyer were photographed with George Soros, Hillary Clinton.
By Manuela Tobias• September 26, 2018
Facebook posts stated on November 13, 2023 in Facebook videos:
Audio shows former President Donald Trump warned “300 million Americans” will die from a catastrophe “in a matter of weeks.”
By Loreben Tuquero• November 29, 2023
Laura Ingraham stated on June 12, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show":
Americans "invented the automobile."
By Jon Greenberg• June 13, 2014
Mitt Romney stated on October 29, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs.
By Jon Greenberg• October 30, 2012
Joe Manchin stated on January 02, 2019 in a tweet:
The partial government shutdown in early 2019 affected "18,000 federal employees in West Virginia."
By Patrick Downey, Kenneth Harmonay• February 20, 2019

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