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Search results for "Leading Pakistan activist given life sentence over soldier's killing at rally"

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Scott Adams stated on March 08, 2023 in a tweet:
The 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was “an American intel op against Trump.”
By Gabrielle Settles• March 10, 2023
Paul Maner stated on January 20, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Jordan Davis, son of Georgia Congresswoman Lucy McBath, was killed in "a drug deal gone bad."
By Tom Kertscher• January 24, 2020
Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a web video:
The Obama administration "leaked information, deliberately or otherwise, that led to the identification of the Pakistani doctor that helped us in achieving our goals and killing bin Laden."
By Jon Greenberg• August 22, 2012
Barack Obama stated on May 01, 2011 in an address to the nation:
"Bin Laden had declared war against Pakistan."
By Robert Farley• May 5, 2011
Lila Rose stated on May 14, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Anti-abortion activist sentenced to 57 months in prison for “handing roses and resources to women at an abortion facility.”
By Jeff Cercone• May 17, 2024
Donald Trump stated on February 20, 2024 in a Fox News town hall:
Donald Trump’s fine in the New York fraud case “is a form of Navalny, it is a form of communism or fascism.”
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• February 22, 2024
Bill Clinton stated on February 16, 2016 in a campaign event:
"The people that perpetrated that travesty in San Bernardino had never been to the Middle East."
By Lauren Carroll• February 22, 2016
Eric Burlison stated on January 20, 2020 in a tweet:
“Remember, the American Revolution began when they came for the guns.”
By Anna Peterson• March 18, 2020
Donald Trump stated on September 23, 2025 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly:
“I have ended seven unendable wars.”
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• September 23, 2025
Richard Clarke stated on April 26, 2015 in a panel on ABC "This Week":
 Said President Barack Obama "said he was going to stop (signature strikes)."
By Lauren Carroll• April 28, 2015
Viral image stated on March 22, 2021 in a tweet:
These 11 mass shootings involved an AR-15-style weapon.
By Jon Greenberg• March 24, 2021
Henry Kissinger stated on September 06, 2014 in an interview on NPR:
"There were fewer civilian casualties in Cambodia than there have been from American drone attacks."
By Jon Greenberg• September 11, 2014
Barack Obama stated on April 27, 2012 in a Web ad:
Says Mitt Romney's comments indicated he would not have pursued Osama bin Laden.
By Becky Bowers• April 30, 2012
Facebook posts stated on January 06, 2021 in a Facebook post:
A man who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a horned fur cap is an “Antifa thug.”
By Bill McCarthy• January 7, 2021
Donald Trump stated on July 28, 2025 in an interview:
“I’ve stopped six wars” since taking office in January 2025.
By Samantha Putterman• August 5, 2025
Michael McCaul stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address:
Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital."
By W. Gardner Selby• October 5, 2015
Donald Trump Jr. stated on July 17, 2024 in Speech:
After being shot at a Milwaukee rally in 1912, former President Teddy Roosevelt “finished his speech and he kept fighting.”
By Madeline Heim• July 18, 2024
Rebecca Quigley stated on May 14, 2015 in a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.:
"Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• May 31, 2015
Barack Obama stated on September 26, 2008 in Oxford, Miss.:
John McCain "has threatened extinction for North Korea and sung songs about bombing Iran."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 29, 2008
Viral image stated on September 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows “all the men who have killed police officers this year (2020).”
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 30, 2020

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