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Search results for "LARGE AND INTENSE TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR Vance Air Force Base"

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Facebook posts stated on March 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“So Trump comes to Nashville to oversee damage from the tornado. He flies into the area in a helicopter to get there without further traffic problems in the city. He writes PERSONAL checks to those in need, with his personal accountant in tow.”
By Madison Czopek• March 23, 2020
Viral image stated on July 01, 2024 in an Instagram post:
“Roundabouts are causing tornadoes.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 5, 2024
Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Three or four countries" out of roughly 60 in the anti-ISIS coalition "are providing military force."
By Louis Jacobson• December 13, 2015
Bloggers stated on August 06, 2017 in a blog post:
Tornado carries mobile home 130 miles, family inside unharmed.
By Miriam Valverde• August 10, 2017
Joe Cunningham stated on March 07, 2019 in a U.S. House hearing:
"Seismic airgun blasting (used for energy exploration) is ... 16,000 times louder than" a conventional airhorn.
By Jon Greenberg• March 15, 2019
Joe Biden stated on July 27, 2023 in a speech on extreme heat:
“The No. 1 weather-related killer is heat. 600 people die annually from its effects, more than from floods, hurricanes and tornadoes in America combined.”
By Louis Jacobson• July 28, 2023
Instagram posts stated on July 19, 2023 in an Instagram post:
The tornado that destroyed a Pfizer building in North Carolina was orchestrated using weather manipulation to provide “an insurance claim for big pharma.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 20, 2023
Facebook posts stated on September 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:
West Coast wildfires are due to “bad forest maintenance,” not climate change.
By Noah Y. Kim• September 15, 2020
Instagram posts stated on April 17, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Video compilation shows a tornado and storms in Dubai on April 17.
By Sofia Ahmed• April 23, 2024
Lindsey Graham stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Top U.S. intelligence officials have told "every member of Congress, including the president, we’re about to be attacked in a serious way because (of) the threat emanating from Syria and Iraq."
By Jon Greenberg• August 10, 2014
John Kirby stated on April 25, 2016 in a State Department news briefing:
Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria.
By Louis Jacobson• April 27, 2016
Brit Hume stated on September 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":
Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."  
By Jon Greenberg• September 23, 2014
JD Vance stated on August 07, 2024 in a news conference:
Says Tim Walz said he carried weapons in war, but “he has not spent a day in a combat zone.”
By Jeff Cercone• August 12, 2024
Rob Wittman stated on December 09, 2015 in an interview.:
"Only nine" coalition nations with the U.S. "are truly actively involved" in fighting the Islamic State.
By Sean Gorman• December 22, 2015
Sean Duffy stated on July 20, 2017 in a TV interview:
"We're flying 1987 planes with 1987 technology."
By Alan Hovorka• September 6, 2017
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
Michele Bachmann stated on September 17, 2010 in a speech to the Values Voter Summit:
"Speaker Pelosi ... has been busy sticking the taxpayer with her $100,000 bar tab for alcohol on the military jets that she's flying."
By Louis Jacobson• September 21, 2010
TikTok posts stated on March 26, 2025 in TikTok videos:
Videos show tornadoes hitting Seattle on March 26 and 27.
By Jeff Cercone• March 28, 2025
Bloggers stated on March 20, 2019 in a social media post:
"American middle schools caught forcing students to do Muslim prayers 5 times a day."
By Miriam Valverde• April 2, 2019
JD Vance stated on February 19, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon:
Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights."
By Jon Greenberg• February 21, 2022

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