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Search results for "Number of Americans viewing Trump as dangerous dictator surges"

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Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 21, 2021 in in an ABC News interview:
The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.”
By Miriam Valverde• March 24, 2021
Conservative Daily Post stated on January 30, 2018 in a headline:
"Trump declares globalist Soros as ‘national security threat’ using Obama’s 2014 executive order."
By Amy Sherman• February 19, 2018
Jeff Flake stated on January 17, 2018 in the U.S. Senate:
Says Donald Trump's use of the term "fake news" to undermine journalism "seems (to have) inspired dictators and authoritarians."
By John Kruzel• January 22, 2018
Donald Trump stated on February 08, 2026 in an interview on NBC:
Crime in Minneapolis “is down 25, 30% because we’ve removed thousands of criminals from the area.”
By Amy Sherman• February 13, 2026
Social Media stated on January 03, 2026 in social media posts:
Images and videos show aftermath of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s capture.
By Loreben Tuquero• January 5, 2026
Donald Trump stated on October 23, 2024 in a post on X:
Vice President Kamala Harris has been “going so far as to call me Adolf Hitler.”
By Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• October 24, 2024
Mitch McConnell stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."
By Louis Jacobson• March 16, 2015
George Will stated on October 05, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"The last time there was a sustained surge of confidence in government's competence was under Ronald Reagan."  
By Jon Greenberg• October 5, 2014
Mike Rogers stated on June 15, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"Thousands of Westerners and Americans" are fighting with extremists in eastern Syria and Iraq. 
By Steve Contorno• June 18, 2014
Donald Trump stated on May 25, 2025 in a press gaggle:
Harvard University “refuse(s) to tell us” who its international students are.
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• May 28, 2025
Mitt Romney stated on April 24, 2012 in a graphic posted on his website:
In the "Obama economy ... the youth unemployment rate is double the unemployment rate for all Americans."
By Louis Jacobson• April 26, 2012
Greg Abbott stated on July 16, 2010 in an interview with Fox News:
"More lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in Juarez alone, just a few blocks from the United States of America, than have been lost in the war in Afghanistan."
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 5, 2010
Facebook posts stated on May 09, 2020 in Facebook post:
Under an 1866 Supreme Court ruling, stay-at-home orders are illegal and can be disregarded with impunity
By Emily Venezky• May 13, 2020
Instagram posts stated on June 08, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Recent wildfires in California were planned to clear land for a high-speed rail system.
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 13, 2023
Sierra Club stated on February 22, 2016 in a letter from Tampa Bay Group chairman Kent Bailey to Hillsborough County commissioners:
"Our community (Tampa Bay) is one of the 10 most threatened by the sea level rise in the world."
By Joshua Gillin• February 26, 2016
Rick Perry stated on June 17, 2014 in an interview on Fox & Friends:
Says the Obama administration never responded to his 2012 letter flagging the uptick in unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
By W. Gardner Selby• July 18, 2014
Donald Trump stated on March 20, 2017 in remarks at a Kentucky rally:
"Since China joined — that’s another beauty — the WTO in 2001, the U.S. has lost many more than 60,000 factories."
By Lauren Carroll• March 24, 2017
Rick Scott stated on June 28, 2020 in an interview:
Says “Joe Biden supported the Castro regime and meeting with Maduro.”
By Amy Sherman• July 1, 2020
Rick Perry stated on June 04, 2015 in his speech declaring his candidacy for president:
"I deployed the Texas National Guard" to the Texas-Mexico border. "And the policy worked; apprehensions at the border declined 74 percent."
By Bradley Saacks• July 26, 2015
Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2021 in a text post:
Says Joe Biden is “now saying he inherited ‘a mess’ at the border. Fact: 9,000 illegals all of 2020. So far in 2021 108,000 entered U.S.”
By Daniel Funke• March 17, 2021

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By Amy Sherman• November 1, 2024

High Five: Attacks on Syria, Black Lives Matter

By Tom Kertscher• May 2, 2017

Events within and beyond Joe Biden’s control stymied progress on COVID-19 in his first year

By Victoria Knight• December 20, 2021

Tucker Carlson says white supremacy is a hoax. Here are 5 reasons why that’s wrong

By John Kruzel, Amy Sherman• August 7, 2019

What did Biden say about US-Hitler relationship at last debate?

By Noah Y. Kim• October 23, 2020

Is the United States turning into an oligarchy? What scholars say about Joe Biden’s warning

By Samantha Putterman• January 22, 2025

Licensed doctors who spread COVID-19 disinformation face no consequences, report shows

By Victoria Knight• September 22, 2021

Pants on Fire in Review 2020 -- Wisconsin

By Haley BeMiller• December 28, 2020

'Call Her Daddy,' 'The Howard Stern Show,' '60 Minutes': How accurate was Kamala Harris' media tour?

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 9, 2024

Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ Univision town hall with Latino voters

By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus• October 14, 2024

Biden, so far, has signed fewer executive orders than Trump

By Ranjan Jindal• July 5, 2024

Donald Trump doesn’t think white nationalism is on the rise. Data show otherwise

By Amy Sherman• March 20, 2019

Jeb Bush's questionable attack on Barack Obama and the use of U.S. power

By Katharina Fiedler, Louis Jacobson• April 27, 2015

Fact-checking impeachment trial claims by the Philly-area lawyers who played big roles

By Jessica Calefati• February 17, 2021

What Mexico has done to curb illegal immigration to United States, a look beyond Trump’s tweets

By Miriam Valverde• June 14, 2019

How Ye stirred up antisemitism among social media users

By Gabrielle Settles• October 25, 2022

Does leaving no soldier behind date to the beginning of the republic? PolitiFact Oregon

By Dana Tims• June 6, 2014

In Context: Donald Trump tells Christians they 'won't have to vote anymore'

By Mia Penner• July 29, 2024

Fact-checking former President Donald Trump’s 'Save America' rally in Iowa

By Caleb McCullough, Lyle Muller• October 11, 2021

Fact-checking claims about the current immigration crisis

By Derek Tsang• July 17, 2014