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Search results for "Former youth pastor dies day he was set to appear in court for the 2006 death of his wife"

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Fact-checks (25127)

X posts stated on April 11, 2024 in a post on X:
An X post that said, “I did it” was “the last thing O.J. Simpson tweeted before he passed.”
By Madison Czopek• April 12, 2024
Erick Erickson stated on November 13, 2020 in a tweet:
Says Raphael Warnock "ran over his wife" and was "arrested for obstructing an investigation into child abuse."
By Tom Kertscher• November 16, 2020
Rashad Taylor stated on March 20, 2012 in a speech:
"More children die in agricultural jobs than in any other industry."
By Eric Stirgus• April 4, 2012
Kelly Loeffler stated on November 10, 2020 in a tweet:
Says Raphael Warnock “celebrated Fidel Castro and welcomed him to his church.”
By Tom Kertscher• November 13, 2020
Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Haiti, Tanzania and Madagascar refused the COVID-19 vaccines and now all three of their presidents have died unexpectedly.
By Samantha Putterman• July 12, 2021
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
Herschel Walker stated on November 16, 2022 in an ad:
“(Raphael) Warnock’s camp was shut down for failing to report five findings of child abuse and neglect."
By Tom Kertscher• November 29, 2022
Bloggers stated on November 14, 2016 in a headline:
Says White House adviser Steve Bannon said, "Nobody can blame you for beating your wife if it’s out of love."
By Joshua Gillin• March 2, 2017
Viral image stated on April 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“59 people die as pastor gives them dettol to drink in church to prevent coronavirus.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 8, 2020
Priorities USA Action stated on August 07, 2012 in campaign ad:
Says Mitt Romney and Bain Capital are to blame in a woman’s premature death when they closed the plant where her husband worked.
By Jon Greenberg• August 9, 2012
Emergency Committee for Israel stated on October 09, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"When Congress voted to condemn Iran for sentencing a Christian pastor to death, (U.S. Rep. Lois) Capps was the only member who voted no."
By Louis Jacobson• October 11, 2012
Instagram posts stated on January 14, 2020 in an Instagram post:
Says Martin Luther King Jr. "was killed (smothered) in the hospital" and "the US government was found guilty in a court of law of conspiring to kill him."
By Daniel Funke• January 17, 2020
Duncan Hunter stated on September 26, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says "Ammar Campa-Najjar is working to infiltrate Congress" and "is being supported by CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood."
By Louis Jacobson• November 1, 2018
Donald Trump stated on June 20, 2020 in a campaign rally:
“Joe Biden and the Democrats want to prosecute Americans for going to church, but not for burning a church.”
By Sophie Austin• June 23, 2020
George Will stated on August 07, 2015 in a Washington Post column:
Says Bernie Sanders chose "to spend his honeymoon in the Soviet Union in 1988."
By Will Cabaniss• August 12, 2015
Florida First Initiative stated on June 09, 2010 in a TV ad:
Of hospitals in Rick Scott’s Columbia/HCA health care company, "A top executive said they even turned away a poor man and left him to die outside their door."
By Cristina Silva• June 15, 2010
College presidents stated on December 19, 2012 in in a letter:
In 2010, 2,694 young people were killed by gunfire. 1,773 were victims of homicide; 67 were elementary school-age children.
By Janel Davis• January 18, 2013
X posts stated on April 12, 2022 in a tweet:
Gilbert Gottfried died from the COVID-19 vaccine.
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 13, 2022
Instagram posts stated on July 29, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Photos of Barack Obama golfing with bandaged fingers are proof of his involvement in Tafari Campbell’s death.
By Jeff Cercone• July 31, 2023
Phil Berger stated on December 08, 2017 in a press release:
"Death penalty opponents like Roy Cooper and Josh Stein have imposed a de-facto moratorium on capital punishment."
By Paul Specht• January 3, 2018

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