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Viral image stated on July 17, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Jim Jordan told Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, “You’re just dumb.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 19, 2022

Facebook posts stated on January 23, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez crying after “Ted Cruz gets up and humiliates her to her face.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 26, 2023

Facebook posts stated on April 13, 2023 in a Facebook post:

A video shows Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., playing a phone conversation between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Hunter Biden.

By Loreben Tuquero• April 17, 2023

Donald Trump Jr. stated on April 04, 2022 in a Facebook video:

The FBI lost Hunter Biden’s laptop.

By Samantha Putterman• April 6, 2022

Ron Johnson stated on November 17, 2024 in TV interview:

“There's never been a placebo-controlled study on childhood vaccines.”

By Madeline Heim• January 2, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on September 04, 2025 in a Senate hearing:

“It's going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history.”

By Arielle Zionts• October 13, 2025

Facebook posts stated on November 15, 2024 in a photo:

Smallpox was “never eradicated, it’s held in check by vaccines,” and RFK Jr. would eliminate coverage for the smallpox vaccine.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• November 27, 2024

Facebook posts stated on February 01, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Robert Kennedy Jr. promoting a diabetes cure.

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 6, 2025

Elizabeth Warren stated on January 29, 2025 in a Senate confirmation hearing:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “made $2.5 million off suing one of the entities that (he would be regulating) and plans to keep getting a take of every lawsuit in the future.”

By Sara Swann• January 30, 2025

Ted Cruz stated on January 09, 2021 in a tweet:

Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”

By Landon Allison, Julia Schneider• February 18, 2021

Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., “is now worth $29 million dollars.”

By Loreben Tuquero• April 3, 2023

Instagram posts stated on December 13, 2024 in an Instagram post:

RFK Jr. posted on X that, “Effective January 20th, all Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) will be BANNED in the United States.”

By Sofia Ahmed• December 30, 2024

Donald Trump stated on May 02, 2024 in an X post:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called voter ID “racist,” calls NRA a “terrorist organization” and supports affirmative action.

By Amy Sherman• May 14, 2024

Viral image stated on June 26, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "weeps over empty parking lot."

By Ciara O'Rourke, Stefanie Pousoulides• July 22, 2019

Threads posts stated on October 30, 2024 in a Threads post:

"AOC is worth 29 Million dollars! How did that happen, on $174,000 per year?"

By Jeff Cercone• October 30, 2024

X posts stated on November 06, 2025 in an X post:

“RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office.”

By Maria Briceño• November 7, 2025

Instagram posts stated on July 19, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was “faking being arrested” during an abortion-rights protest outside the Supreme Court.

By Bill McCarthy• July 20, 2022

Threads posts stated on February 25, 2025 in a Threads post:

“The Texas measles outbreak is pure propaganda” because media outlets used stock images.

By Jeff Cercone• February 28, 2025

Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz “says that if Democrats win they’ll make (U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) speaker of the house.”

By Jeff Cercone• October 29, 2024

Facebook posts stated on June 04, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “People are dying who have never died before.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 9, 2021

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