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Andrew Yang stated on December 20, 2019 in a Democratic presidential primary debate:
"They banned face masks in Hong Kong. Why? Because they have AI technology that now is using facial recognition to identify protesters if they so much as do anything on the street, so they can follow up with them and detain them later."
By Bill McCarthy• December 20, 2019
X posts stated on September 18, 2024 in an X post:
Photo shows a toilet after “some Hezbollah operative blew up.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 24, 2024
Facebook posts stated on August 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“South Korea sprays rioters with dye so they can be identified & arrested later.”
By Noah Y. Kim• September 8, 2020
Viral image stated on November 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows CNN chyrons that read, "Democrats ask, ‘Why even have a Second Amendment?'" and "CNN Exclusive: China cracks down on pro democracy demonstrators." 
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 21, 2019
Viral image stated on April 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says video shows “the Chinese are destroying the 5G poles as they are aware that it is the thing triggering the corona symptoms.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 7, 2020
Facebook posts stated on April 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says the Asian, Hong Kong, swine and bird flus each “killed more people than coronavirus.”
By Tom Kertscher• April 14, 2020
Donald Trump stated on November 20, 2019 in a tweet:
 "Today I opened a major Apple Manufacturing plant in Texas that will bring high paying jobs back to America."
By Madlin Mekelburg• November 21, 2019
Marco Rubio stated on March 14, 2013 in a CPAC speech:
"The Chinese government provides their people no access to the Internet."
By Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• March 15, 2013
Andrew Cuomo stated on April 14, 2020 in a news conference:
“Go look at other countries that went through exactly this, started to reopen, and then they saw the infection rate go back up again.”
By Jill Terreri Ramos• April 20, 2020
Facebook posts stated on March 26, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:
"Barco chino destruye imponente barco en Baltimore".
By Loreben Tuquero• March 29, 2024
Barack Obama stated on October 01, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Says Romney invested in a firm that made goods in China that "could have been made here in America."
By Jon Greenberg• October 9, 2012
Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2024 in Facebook posts:
The ship that struck the Baltimore bridge was controlled by a Chinese company.
By Loreben Tuquero• March 28, 2024
Libs of TikTok stated on October 30, 2024 in an X post:
“The lady who leaked passwords for voting systems in Colorado is the same person who tried to remove Trump from the ballot.”
By Sofia Ahmed• November 2, 2024
Ted Strickland stated on October 20, 2016 in the U.S. Senate debate in Cleveland:
Says Rob Portman was a registered foreign agent whose "client was Haiti, at a time when the Baby Doc, Duvalier, who was a despot, was killing people."
By Linda Qiu• October 21, 2016
Michelle Nunn stated on August 12, 2014 in an ad:
In Georgia, Perdue’s company closed plants and moved jobs to China.
By April Hunt• September 5, 2014
Donald Trump stated on March 10, 2018 in a rally:
Says China and Singapore impose the death penalty on drug dealers.
By Miriam Valverde• March 14, 2018
Mitt Romney stated on October 22, 2012 in the third presidential debate in Boca Raton, Fla.:
"Latin America’s economy is almost as big as the economy of China."
By Louis Jacobson• October 23, 2012
Jamie Nadler stated on April 14, 2020 in a newspaper interview:
“Small trials” to test convalescent plasma therapy for coronavirus patients “seem to have had some degree of success.”
By Jaren Holmes, Julia Schneider• April 29, 2020
Reince Priebus stated on January 08, 2017 in an interview:
Says Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s email password was "password."
By Tom Kertscher• January 11, 2017
Jesse Watters stated on January 04, 2017 in an episode of Fox News' "Outnumbered":
Says John Podesta’s email password was "password." 
By Lauren Carroll• January 6, 2017

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