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Mark Obenshain stated on November 27, 2013 in a statement.:

"Of the four statewide races this century within a 300-vote margin, three have been overturned in a recount."

By Nancy Madsen• December 17, 2013

David Perdue stated on April 24, 2022 in a debate:

A consent decree approved by Gov. Brian Kemp “invalidated all voter ID law” and “allowed fraudulent ballots to be accepted” in the 2020 race.

By Amy Sherman• April 26, 2022

Donald Trump stated on November 13, 2020 in a tweet:

A 1993 example of voter fraud in Philadelphia is “exactly what happened to us” in the 2020 election.

By Jessica Calefati• November 19, 2020

JD Vance stated on October 16, 2024 in a campaign event:

Says former President Donald Trump did not lose the 2020 election.

By Amy Sherman• October 17, 2024

Pat McCrory stated on March 26, 2016 in a list of rebuttals to criticism over the law:

"Will (HB2) threaten federal funding for public schools under Title IX? No, according to a federal court which has looked at a similar issue."

By Will Doran• March 29, 2016

Bloggers stated on June 14, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The 2020 election results in Pennsylvania “show a statistically impossible pattern” and votes were manufactured for Joe Biden.

By Tom Kertscher• June 18, 2021

Rush Limbaugh stated on May 26, 2009 in his radio program:

Sotomayor "ruled against the white firefighter — Ricci and other white firefighters — just on the basis that she thought women and minorities should be given a preference because of their skin color and because of the history of discrimination in the past. The law was totally disregarded."

By Robert Farley• May 28, 2009

Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"21% of 140,000 ballots were found to be in error in GA.”

By Amy Sherman• May 27, 2021

Donald Trump stated on June 27, 2021 in a statement:

“Facts have now come out to show conclusively” that the 2020 presidential election wasn’t legitimate.

By Amy Sherman• June 29, 2021

Donald Trump stated on January 02, 2024 in a Truth Social post:

"In actuality, there is no evidence Joe Biden won” the 2020 election, citing a report’s allegations from five battleground states.

By Amy Sherman, Sara Swann• January 5, 2024

Donald Trump stated on March 02, 2024 in a speech:

“Eighty-two percent of the country understands that (the 2020 election) was a rigged election.”

By Paul Specht• March 7, 2024

Donald Trump stated on November 17, 2020 in a Tweet:

“The recent statement by Chris Krebs on the security of the 2020 Election was highly inaccurate, in that there were massive improprieties and fraud."

By Noah Y. Kim• November 18, 2020

Donald Trump stated on April 09, 2025 in a memo:

The 2020 election was “rigged” and Chris Krebs, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director, “baselessly” dismissed “election malfeasance.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 10, 2025

Bloggers stated on November 11, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

"Fulton County numbers show massive duplicate ballots, rejected ballots, non-citizens trying to vote."

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 20, 2018

Dinesh D'Souza stated on November 06, 2024 in a post on X:

The 2024 election results show that Joe Biden’s 80 million votes in 2020 were a “lie.”

By Madison Czopek• November 6, 2024

Claire McCaskill stated on August 23, 2018 in an op-ed for the Springfield News-Leader:

Says a Josh Hawley lawsuit "would take away important prescription drug coverage for seniors through Medicare and end all of the consumer protections under the ACA."

By Hannah Archambault, Theo DeRosa, Matthew Hall• September 13, 2018

Facebook posts stated on December 25, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Judge Rules Over 200,000 Biden Votes Are Illegitimate In Wisconsin.”

By Eric Litke• January 6, 2021

Bloggers stated on November 07, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

Every single candidate President Obama campaigned for lost in the midterms.

By Samantha Putterman• November 14, 2018

Donald Trump stated on November 11, 2020 in a tweet:

“Pennsylvania and Michigan didn’t allow our poll watchers and/or vote observers to watch or observe.”

By Bill McCarthy• November 12, 2020

Tim Kaine stated on August 04, 2016 in a speech:

Says his father-in-law, former Gov. Linwood Holton, "integrated Virginia public schools."

By Warren Fiske• August 15, 2016

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