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Monica Wehby stated on May 21, 2014 in a campaign news release:

"Jeff Merkley was the deciding vote on Obamacare, which in Oregon has been an unmitigated disaster."

By Dana Tims• May 23, 2014

Instagram posts stated on June 14, 2020 in an Instagram post:

Says photo of beaten woman is Aracely Henriquez, a pregnant woman who George Floyd assaulted during an armed robbery.

By Samantha Putterman• June 16, 2020

Facebook posts stated on August 09, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Photos show people wearing Ku Klux Klan hoods in the mini-mart owned by someone involved in the Montgomery riverfront brawl.

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 14, 2023

Jim Rubens stated on March 24, 2014 in in an interview at gun shop in Hudson, N.H.:

Says when armed civilians stop mass shootings with guns, an average of 2.5 people die; otherwise, an average of 18 people die.

By Jim Haddadin• June 6, 2014

Dan Patrick stated on January 03, 2016 in an interview on Meet the Press:

Every "one of the mass shootings except two in America since 1950 have been" in "gun-free zones."

By W. Gardner Selby• January 13, 2016

Philip Levine stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad:

"Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation."

By Allison Graves• February 23, 2018

Viral image stated on August 05, 2019 in a Facebook post:

A Fox News affiliate reported on a shooting before it happened.

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 12, 2019

Brian Wilson stated on April 28, 2014 in a campaign email:

Jules Bailey "was instrumental in creating the Business Energy Tax Credit that let companies like Wal-Mart profit by $11 million while costing the Oregon general fund $33 million."

By Dana Tims• May 1, 2014

David Simmons stated on March 03, 2018 in a vote in the Florida senate:

"Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents."

By Jon Greenberg• March 6, 2018

Facebook posts stated on June 03, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“This man who was kicked and stomped” was killed by an “antifa murderer.”

By Emily Venezky• June 5, 2020

Markel Hutchins stated on February 04, 2013 in an interview:

There are twice as many gun shops as McDonald’s in the United States.

By Eric Stirgus• February 11, 2013

Fran Lebowitz stated on February 20, 2015 in a panel on "Real Time with Bill Maher":

"Not a single unarmed white person has been shot by the police" in New York in about 45 years.

By Katie Sanders• April 1, 2015

Richard Corcoran stated on February 27, 2018 in an interview:

Florida’s school marshal program passed by the Florida House is the "first-of-its kind."

By Allison Graves• March 6, 2018

Scott Walker stated on November 19, 2013 in a book:

Protesters in La Crosse blocked an exit and surrounded a State Patrol car carrying the governor and were "beating on the windows and rocking the vehicle." When the car was "extricated" from the crowd, a truck blocked a second exit.

By James B. Nelson• December 23, 2013

Kesha Rogers stated on March 19, 2014 in statements on her campaign website:

Says President Barack Obama was responsible for "the assassination of at least four American citizens" in drone strikes.

By Sue Owen• March 19, 2014

Leticia Van de Putte stated on February 16, 2011 in a press release:

"Since 1980, over 145 incidents have been documented of suction entrapment in swimming pools and spas, including 36 deaths of children."

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 23, 2011

Chris Sgro stated on March 17, 2016 in a speech urging Charlotte's anti-discrimination ordinance be left intact:

"There have not been any public safety issues" in cities that allow transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify as.

By Will Doran• April 1, 2016

Instagram posts stated on August 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“America now has a government that forbids border agents from using deadly force, but is training IRS agents to use SWAT-team tactics on law-abiding citizens.”

By Jeff Cercone• September 30, 2022

Alan Grayson stated on November 24, 2012 in a Huffington Post column:

Says Walmart employees represent the largest group of Medicaid and food stamp recipients in many states, costing the taxpayer $1,000 per worker.

By Katie Sanders• December 6, 2012

Social Media stated on January 07, 2026 in social media posts:

Images of an unmasked man show the immigration officer who shot a woman in Minneapolis.

By Loreben Tuquero• January 8, 2026

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