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Search results for "Peter Hotez gave remarks at an event hosted by Comedy Injection in Houston, TX"

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Instagram posts stated on December 06, 2024 in an Instagram post:
"Vaccine researcher Peter Hotez says multiple viruses will be unleashed on America the day after Trump takes office."
By Jeff Cercone• December 6, 2024
Rachel Maddow stated on March 01, 2021 in a TV segment:
"While he was president, President Trump never encouraged Americans to get vaccinated."
By Bill McCarthy• March 4, 2021
Dan Patrick stated on August 19, 2021 in an interview:
"Democrats like to blame Republicans on (low vaccination rates). Well, the biggest group in most states are African Americans who have not been vaccinated. The last time I checked, over 90% of them vote for Democrats."
By Brandon Mulder• August 26, 2021
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
Chris Carpenter stated on July 24, 2010 in radio news story:
"Nobody’s invited us" to the Obama events in Atlanta.
By Jim Tharpe• July 30, 2010
Chip Roy stated on July 29, 2021 in a hearing:
A quorum-breaking Texas Democrat said in 2007 that mail-in ballot fraud “is the greatest source of voter fraud in this state.”
By Brandon Mulder• August 6, 2021
Rick Perry stated on November 04, 2010 in on an episode of Fox & Friends:
"Since the first of the year, 153 businesses at last count had moved out of California to Texas."
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 18, 2010
Ted Cruz stated on September 24, 2017 in an interview at the Texas Tribune Festival:
"In 2017, I've done 17 town halls."
By W. Gardner Selby• October 4, 2017
Threads posts stated on October 14, 2024 in a Threads post:
“Breaking news: Megyn Kelly calls for boycott of Taylor Swift after singer attends charity event in Gaza.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 22, 2024
Ben Carson stated on May 21, 2019 in a tweet:
More than 100,000 people are waiting for public housing in Houston and people who are in the country illegally are taking their spaces.
By Madlin Mekelburg• May 30, 2019
David Barton stated on June 12, 2010 in an open letter:
"Powerful Houston Democrats Sylvia Garcia (Democrat county commissioner in Harris County) and Elyse Lanie(r) (wife of the former liberal Democrat mayor Bob Lanier) sponsored a Democrat fundraiser for Speaker (Joe) Straus with numerous Democrat officials and high-ranking union officials."
By W. Gardner Selby• July 5, 2010
X posts stated on October 01, 2024 in a post:
“Breaking: Pete Buttigieg reveals that he is HIV-positive.”
By Grace Abels• October 3, 2024
Steve Adler stated on July 26, 2017 in a tweet:
"Austin is the safest big city in Texas."
By W. Gardner Selby• August 24, 2017
Bill O'Reilly stated on September 28, 2011 in an interview on "The Daily Show":
Says the federal government hosted a conference and "ordered 250 muffins at 16 bucks a piece."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 4, 2011
John Cornyn stated on March 18, 2020 in a press conference:
“China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs and things like that, these viruses are transmitted from the animal to the people and that's why China has been the source of a lot of these viruses like SARS, like MERS, the Swine Flu and now the coronavirus.”
By Madlin Mekelburg• March 26, 2020
Sylvester Turner stated on July 26, 2016 in a tweet announcing new display signage at airports and Houston's City Hall:
"Welcome to #Houston, the most #diverse city in #America."
By Fauzeya Rahman• September 23, 2016
Instagram posts stated on February 11, 2024 in an Instagram post:
If a woman in Texas takes “abortion pills voluntarily,” she would be “charged with murder.”
By Jeff Cercone• February 14, 2024
Rick Perry stated on February 22, 2013 in remarks at a Washington, D.C. event.:
Says Houston is "home to more doctors, more nurses, more researchers than any other place in the world."
By W. Gardner Selby• March 21, 2013
The Liberty Raise stated on May 02, 2018 in a headline:
"Breaking: Michelle Wolf fired -- Comedy Central apologizes to Sarah Sanders."
By Amy Sherman• May 4, 2018
Republican Party of Texas stated on March 10, 2010 in a Twitter post:
"War for the soul of the TxDems: 57% of Dem incumbents for Tx House LOST their primary."
By W. Gardner Selby• March 25, 2010

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Everything you need to know about Paxlovid — especially, should you take it?

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Walz has conflated IVF and IUI when discussing his family. What’s the difference?

By Jeff Cercone• August 22, 2024

Scott Walker's immigration stance after New Hampshire appearance: Decoder ring needed

By Dave Umhoefer• April 2, 2015

Tracking the shift after Joe Biden’s same-sex marriage ‘epiphany’

By Matthew Crowley• March 17, 2023

In Context: What Joe Biden said about the vaccine supply he found when he took office

By Jon Greenberg• February 18, 2021

"Pardon me, but your bias is showing!"

By • August 3, 2010

United Facts of America to feature top-flight voices on elections, AI, vaccines

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Facts on the vitamin K shot for newborns

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Fact-checking misleading statements by Trump and his allies about Judge James Boasberg

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Rand Paul stretches the truth on 'The Daily Show'

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RFK Jr. ended COVID vaccine recommendation for kids, pregnant women. What do facts show about risk?

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