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Hillary Clinton stated on December 06, 2015 in an interview with George Stephanopoulos:
The Charleston, S.C., shooter "should have never been given a gun, but the universal background check was not fast enough."
By Linda Qiu• December 6, 2015
Jay Nixon stated on August 17, 2014 in on ABC's "This Week":
"I've been here almost every day."
By Steve Contorno• August 18, 2014
Ted Nugent stated on June 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Three mass shootings were meant to distract from Hillary Clinton controversies.
By Jeff Cercone• June 16, 2022
Instagram posts stated on April 20, 2021 in an Instagram post:
“Black Lives Matter and antifa set Catholic church on fire in Minneapolis.”
By Andy Nguyen• April 21, 2021
Hillary Clinton stated on January 17, 2016 in the South Carolina Democratic debate:
Says Bernie Sanders "voted for what we call the 'Charleston Loophole.'"
By Amy Sherman• January 18, 2016
Various media reports 2 stated on June 18, 2015 in church shooting aftermath:
Only five states, including Georgia, do not have a hate crimes law.
By Nancy Badertscher• July 1, 2015
Bloggers stated on March 19, 2018 in in a blog:
Say Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof was raped and beaten in prison.
By John Kruzel• March 20, 2018
Burger King stated on August 26, 2014 in a Facebook post:
After merging with Tim Hortons of Canada, Burger King is "not moving. … Our headquarters will remain in Miami" and "(we) will continue to pay all of our federal, state and local U.S. taxes."
By Louis Jacobson• August 29, 2014
Instagram posts stated on January 24, 2024 in a video:
Video of Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton speeches proves that their words are “all scripts and copied, all fake.”
By Jeff Cercone• March 8, 2024
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech before a joint session of Congress:
"According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country."
By Miriam Valverde• March 2, 2017
Dane County Republican Party stated on August 25, 2017 in a news release:
"The KKK was founded as the military arm of the Democratic Party." 
By D.L. Davis• October 23, 2017
Al Roker stated on June 16, 2011 in a broadcast:
"(Birmingham, Ala.) is the cradle of the civil rights movement."
By Eric Stirgus• June 28, 2011
Donald Trump stated on June 20, 2020 in a campaign rally:
“Joe Biden and the Democrats want to prosecute Americans for going to church, but not for burning a church.”
By Sophie Austin• June 23, 2020
Gwen Moore stated on November 18, 2016 in an interview:
Says Donald Trump "thinks stop-and-frisk is fine."
By Tom Kertscher• December 9, 2016
Bloggers stated on October 07, 2017 in :
"Burger King admits to using horse meat in burgers, Whoppers."
By Tessa Weinberg• October 24, 2018
Kelly Loeffler stated on November 13, 2020 in an ad:
Says Raphael Warnock defended the “hatred” of Jeremiah Wright, the pastor who said “not God bless America, God damn America,” and gave Wright “an award for truth telling.”
By Tom Kertscher• December 1, 2020
Donald Trump stated on August 22, 2018 in a tweet:
Says the "South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers" and alleges a "large scale killing of farmers" in the country.
By Katie Akin• August 24, 2018
Facebook posts stated on August 27, 2014 in a Facebook meme:
"McDonald’s hamburgers are only 15 percent ‘real beef.’ The other 85 percent is meat filler cleansed with ammonia, which causes stomach and intestinal cancer."
By Linda Qiu• September 3, 2014
Facebook posts stated on July 25, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Black Lives Matter "injures 1000 police officers kills 36 people and does $8 billion in damage."
By Tom Kertscher• August 7, 2020
Larry Pittman stated on February 15, 2018 in a Facebook post:
"So many of these shooters turn out to be communist Democrats."
By Dan Clark, Paul Specht• February 23, 2018

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