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Donald Trump stated on July 15, 2025 in comments to reporters:

The Jeffrey Epstein files “were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama. They were made up by Biden.”

By Grace Abels• July 18, 2025

JD Vance stated on July 28, 2024 in an interview:

Vice President Kamala Harris is “calling for an end to the child tax credit.”

By Samantha Putterman• July 30, 2024

X posts stated on December 12, 2025 in an X post:

Images from Jeffrey Epstein “archives” show President Donald Trump and Epstein with young women.

By Maria Briceño• December 19, 2025

JD Vance stated on September 28, 2025 in an interview:

“Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 1, 2025

Facebook posts stated on July 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Former President Barack Obama gave Presidential Medals of Freedom to Bill Cosby, Anthony Weiner and Harvey Weinstein.

By Daniel Funke• July 16, 2019

Occupy Democrats stated on July 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"Fox ‘News’ just announced that they will not air Mueller’s testimony about his report, which they claim ‘exonerates’ Trump."

By Bill McCarthy• July 23, 2019

Mick Mulvaney stated on March 31, 2019 in an interview on ABC News' "This Week":

"Every single (health care) plan that this White House has ever put forward since Donald Trump was elected covered pre-existing conditions."

By Jon Greenberg• April 1, 2019

Pete Buttigieg stated on August 11, 2024 in an interview on CNN State of the Union:

Gov. Tim Walz delivered paid family leave in Minnesota but “Republicans are blocking” a Biden-Harris proposal.

By Amy Sherman• August 16, 2024

Facebook posts stated on November 27, 2021 in Facebook post:

Omicron 'hysteria' was timed so that it would coincide with and distract from the Ghislaine Maxwell trial.

By Jeff Cercone• November 30, 2021

JD Vance stated on September 04, 2022 in an interview:

“Tim Ryan called police the new Jim Crow.”

By Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2022

Social Media stated on January 20, 2025 in a post:

After the inauguration, Meta forced users to follow President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Facebook, Instagram and Threads.

By Sara Swann• January 22, 2025

Social Media stated on September 21, 2024 in a video:

Sen. JD Vance admitted he has a ‘rent-a-dog’ from the Trump campaign to make him “seem like a dog person.”

By Samantha Putterman• September 22, 2024

Facebook posts stated on December 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Chief Justice John Roberts visited Jeffrey Epstein's private island.

By Bill McCarthy• December 21, 2020

JD Vance stated on February 12, 2024 in a memo shared with GOP colleagues:

“The Ukraine supplemental includes a hidden impeachment clause against President Trump.”

By Madison Czopek• February 16, 2024

JD Vance stated on October 26, 2022 in a tweet:

Rep. Tim Ryan “wanted to decriminalize fentanyl.”

By Amy Sherman• October 31, 2022

Kamala Harris stated on July 27, 2024 in a post on X:

Video shows that “JD Vance endorses Project 2025.”

By Madison Czopek• July 31, 2024

JD Vance stated on November 13, 2025 in an interview:

Housing is expensive “because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants” and because of a housing shortage.

By Samantha Putterman• November 20, 2025

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

Viral image stated on July 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows “Chuck Schumer kissing this child on Epstein island!”

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 18, 2020

Viral image stated on July 07, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Anthony Fauci “is married to Ghislaine Maxwell’s sister.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 7, 2020

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