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Peter DeFazio stated on February 12, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC:

"Monarch butterflies are becoming extinct" because of increased use of crops genetically modified to withstand pesticides.

By Lauren Carroll• February 17, 2015

Mark Pocan stated on January 16, 2014 in a speech:

As a result of climate change, ice fishermen in Wisconsin "are already noticing fewer days they can be out on our ice covered lakes."

By James B. Nelson• February 17, 2014

Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Says Bill Gates said, “We’re taking things that are genetically modified organisms, and we’re injecting them into little kids’ arms” in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Tom Kertscher• July 31, 2023

Dana Perino stated on April 22, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:

"A lot of the problems with forest fires ... is because of bad policy (not to clear out the forests) that was put in place by environmentalists."

By Jon Greenberg• May 1, 2014

Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows an electric car charging station that uses "12 gallons of diesel fuel per hour, and it takes three hours to fully charge a car to get 200 miles. That's 36 gallons for 200 miles. 5.6 mpg."

By Andy Nguyen• July 19, 2021

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

Facebook posts stated on September 08, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Queen Elizabeth II “feeding Africans like chickens.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 9, 2022

Dave Weldon stated on June 17, 2012 in a statement on Central Florida News 13’s 'Political Connections':

"There’s no wildlife" in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

By Katie Sanders• June 21, 2012

Gordon Challstrom stated on January 15, 2014 in a campaign website statement:

"Oregon and the federal government now have more than one million acres of burnt land and millions of trees are being left to rot."

By Dana Tims• February 21, 2014

Josh Earnest stated on August 03, 2016 in a White House press briefing:

"The mosquito population in South Florida is larger than it is in many other communities in the country."

By Joshua Gillin• August 5, 2016

Friends of Miami First stated on April 23, 2013 in a mailer:

The Dolphins stadium renovation will "create more than 4,000 new local jobs."

By Amy Sherman• May 1, 2013

Chris Redfern stated on September 15, 2011 in a news conference:

Says that to drive the length of the newly drawn 15th District "you’d find yourself on the road as long as it would take to drive from Columbus to Niagara Falls."

By Aaron Marshall• October 5, 2011

Instagram posts stated on July 07, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Antarctica has “an entrance to a different world” — a “mythic land” with green forests, giant animals, and “extraterrestrial technologies.”

By Luiz Romero• July 26, 2022

Heartland Institute stated on October 11, 2021 in an article from the Heartland Institute:

“U.S. acres burned each year are much fewer now — even in our worst years — than was the case in the early 20th century.”

By Jon Greenberg• October 15, 2021

Facebook posts stated on March 04, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Asteroid warning: NASA tracks a 4KM killer rock on approach - Could end human civilisation.”

By Tom Kertscher• March 5, 2020

Social Media stated on January 20, 2026 in posts on social media:

Trees can explode if temperatures drop to 20 degrees below zero.

By Madison Czopek• January 26, 2026

Bloggers stated on November 05, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

Trump supporters are heading to the border as the migrant caravan approaches.

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 8, 2018

Ron Johnson stated on November 01, 2018 in a radio interview:

"Every couple days we have a caravan size group of people apprehended trying to come into the country illegally, or coming to the ports of entry without documentation."

By D.L. Davis• November 16, 2018

Charlie Crist stated on March 28, 2010 in a debate on Fox News Sunday:

Marco Rubio controlled funds that "out of the $600,000 that were raised, only $4,000 went to candidates to try to improve their chances to be elected to office."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 29, 2010

Dan Forest stated on September 02, 2020 in an interview:

"All evidence points to the fact that our kids are 17 times more likely to have ill effects from the seasonal flu than they are from the coronavirus.”

By Paul Specht• September 14, 2020

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