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Search results for "Reform activist Adam Mitula suspended over racist and antisemitic comments remains election agent"

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Scott Adams stated on March 08, 2023 in a tweet:
The 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was “an American intel op against Trump.”
By Gabrielle Settles• March 10, 2023
Commonwealth Together PAC stated on April 08, 2026 in an online ad:
“Moulton voted with Republicans to thank ICE for protecting our homeland. He thanked ICE as they were terrorizing our communities and killed citizens in broad daylight.”
By Amy Sherman• April 13, 2026
Bloggers stated on November 06, 2018 in a post on Right Wing News:
"Black Panthers Just Took Over City (Atlanta) – All Out War On Election Day"  
By Jon Greenberg• November 6, 2018
Aaron Lieberman stated on April 28, 2022 in an ad:
"Kari Lake has been appearing at rallies with neo-Nazis," while "two federal juries have found" Katie Hobbs "guilty of racial discrimination."
By Tom Kertscher• May 12, 2022
Whoopi Goldberg stated on January 31, 2022 in a TV segment:
"The Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race."
By Bill McCarthy• February 1, 2022
TikTok posts stated on August 26, 2021 in a TikTok video:
"Verizon promotes defunding the police and (the) idea that America is fundamentally racist."
By Tom Kertscher• September 27, 2021
Tom Mechler stated on May 27, 2010 in a press release:
"The Democrats have over 20 field agents to our zero."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 4, 2010
Presente.org stated on July 13, 2009 in a radio ad:
Rep. Adam Putnam was silent when Rush Limbaugh called Sonia Sotomayor a racist.
By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 14, 2009
Instagram posts stated on July 18, 2020 in an image:
“Since Trump labeled ANTIFA a terrorist organization their rights were stripped by the Patriot Act which states if someone is labeled a terrorist they are not afforded due process.”
By Daniel Funke• July 21, 2020
Bloggers stated on April 03, 2018 in a headline:
Says Chuck Schumer said "it’s racist to only allow citizens to vote."
By Amy Sherman• April 5, 2018
Social Media stated on November 08, 2016 in a viral Tweet:
Says "thousands" at a Manhattan rally for Donald Trump were chanting "We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back."
By Linda Qiu• November 9, 2016
Seamless Florida stated on August 07, 2017 in a television ad:
"When Rick Baker heard (racist remarks from another mayoral candidate), he went after Congemi. Rick Kriseman he just looked away. Tolerating bigotry in silence is no virtue; taking it on is."
By Allison Graves• August 15, 2017
Only Politics stated on April 09, 2018 in a website:
"Malia Obama suspended after racist anti-white attack goes viral."
By Amy Sherman• April 10, 2018
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on July 11, 2023 in a video:
“COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”
By Samantha Putterman• July 19, 2023
MoveOn.org stated on September 02, 2008 in an e-mail.:
"(Palin) supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000."
By Edward Epstein• September 3, 2008
J. Christian Adams stated on June 03, 2020 in a House judiciary hearing:
In voting by mail, “hundreds of thousands of ballots have been rejected for defects and millions more end up missing or in landfills.”
By Amy Sherman• June 9, 2020
Bloggers stated on September 03, 2018 in in a blog post:
Says "Sasha Obama’s racist anti-white rant just got her expelled."
By Kyra Haas• September 4, 2018
Samuel Sinyangwe stated on August 30, 2019 in a tweet:
"America has more governors who’ve worn blackface than black governors."
By Bill McCarthy• September 6, 2019
Reince Priebus stated on August 28, 2016 in an interview during NBC's Meet the Press:
Says Hillary Clinton "is the one that labeled African-American youth as ‘superpredators.’"
By Allison Graves• August 28, 2016
Adam Laxalt stated on November 20, 2022 in an ad:
“Biden and Democrats have dismantled border security.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• November 3, 2022

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