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TDAlliance.com stated on May 12, 2017 in a headline:

"Jefferson Davis statue to be replaced with Obama likeness."

By Joshua Gillin • May 18, 2017

Wendy Davis stated on June 25, 2013 in a filibuster on the Senate floor:

Says 92 percent of Texas counties had no abortion provider in 2008.

By Sue Owen, W. Gardner Selby • June 25, 2013

Viral image stated on September 18, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“The NAACP wants” the Confederate Memorial Carving “sandblasted off Stone Mountain.”

By Tom Kertscher • September 27, 2021

Ray McBerry stated on December 15, 2010 in a radio interview:

"You’ll find blacks in almost every regiment throughout the South who fought right alongside white Southerners," during the Civil War.

By Willoughby Mariano • January 7, 2011

Viral image stated on May 3, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Donald Trump scored a 73 on an IQ test administered to him while in high school at New York Military Academy.

By Samantha Putterman • May 14, 2019

Dave Griffith stated on February 12, 2019 in a hearing:

"Every county in the state of Texas has a veterans court."

By Gaëlle Fournier • April 25, 2019

worldnewsdailyreport.com stated on March 3, 2017 in a headline:

"Morgue employee cremated by mistake while taking a nap."

By Amy Sherman • December 14, 2017

Sean Hannity stated on August 23, 2016 in while interviewing Donald Trump in Austin:

"All of Texas is conservative, except a little bit of Austin."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2016

Chain email stated on February 9, 2015 in a chain email:

"Over 200 years ago, the United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led the charge!"

By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2015

Rob Portman stated on July 11, 2013 in a news conference call:

"I was filibustered."

By Stephen Koff • July 29, 2013

Newt Gingrich stated on December 18, 2011 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

In a watershed 1958 decision, "the Warren court asserted by itself that the Supreme Court was supreme over the president and the Congress."

By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2011

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In context: What Joe Biden said about George Wallace, Bull Connor and Jefferson Davis

By Jeff Cercone • January 20, 2022

Voting sign at polling place in San Antonio, 2-14-2022

U.S. presidents can’t cancel or postpone federal elections

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • May 7, 2024

Did Democrats want expansion of slavery, while Republicans opposed it?

By Laura Schulte • January 9, 2024

Some GOP hopefuls want to honor Confederate Braxton Bragg with US base. Here’s what to know.

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2023

Explaining the many sides of Chief Black Hawk’s story

By Madison Black • June 28, 2021

Could Jan. 6 rioters face sedition charges? And what would that mean?

By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2021