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Julián Castro stated on March 08, 2016 in Hillary Clinton campaign news release:

"Bernie Sanders voted with Republicans to protect the Minutemen, a hate group that used military tactics against our community."

By Filipa Ioannou• April 30, 2016

Dennis Prager stated on April 26, 2022 in a radio show segment:

When there is “a noose on a college dorm of a Black student” or a racial slur “on a dormitory building, the odds are overwhelming that a Black student actually did that."

By Bill McCarthy• May 6, 2022

Dennis Prager stated on May 18, 2017 in an appearance on CNN:

"It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump’s) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend."

By Louis Jacobson• May 22, 2017

Barack Obama stated on February 21, 2008 in a debate in Austin, Texas.:

"We have seen hate crimes skyrocket in the wake of the immigration debate."

By Robert Farley• February 22, 2008

Tennessee Republican Party stated on February 25, 2008 in a news release:

"The board of a nonprofit organization on which Obama served as a paid director ... granted funding to a controversial Arab group."

By Robert Farley• March 14, 2008

Bloggers stated on April 03, 2020 in a fake news article:

Says celebrities are calling for a "'total Hollywood strike' until Trump resigns."

By Daniel Funke• April 7, 2020

Raphael Warnock stated on December 06, 2020 in a debate:

Says Kelly Loeffler “welcomed the support of a QAnon conspiracy theorist, and she sat down with a white supremacist for an interview.”

By Tom Kertscher• December 9, 2020

Instagram posts stated on May 20, 2021 in an Instagram post:

A video shows “Dems caught not wearing masks” at the White House.

By Bill McCarthy• May 24, 2021

Focus on the Family Action stated on March 26, 2008 in an article written by Tom Minnery:

Obama "supports hate-crimes expansion ... potentially putting churches at risk if they preach the truth about homosexuality."

By Robert Farley• April 23, 2008

Scott Dawson stated on May 15, 2018 in campaign press release:

"Gov. Kay Ivey gave nearly $1 million of taxpayers’ money to a liberal activist organization that promotes alternative lifestyles and transgenderism."

By Manuela Tobias• May 29, 2018

Instagram posts stated on February 27, 2024 in a post on Instagram:

“Your legal name is in fact a corporation. This is why you always see your name written in ALL CAPS.”

By Madison Czopek• March 1, 2024

John Kline stated on October 08, 2009 in a press release:

Under the Hate Crimes bill, "any pastor, preacher, priest, rabbi or imam who gives a sermon out of their moral traditions about sexual practices could be found guilty of a federal crime."

By Robert Farley• October 9, 2009

Liberty Institute stated on March 29, 2010 in a Web site:

"An attack on a healthy 22-year-old homosexual man would be more protected under the law than an attack on an eight-year-old child."

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 30, 2010

Marco Rubio stated on June 13, 2016 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:

"In America, radical speech is not a crime."

By Amy Sherman• June 15, 2016

Bloggers stated on April 11, 2018 in a post on the Internet:

"Singer Celine Dion Says: ‘I Can’t Even Look At An American Flag Any More, I Hate This Country.’"

By Allison Graves• April 13, 2018

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

Viral Politics US stated on March 10, 2018 in a headline:

"Putin issues international arrest warrant for Soros"

By Amy Sherman• March 16, 2018

Kelly Loeffler stated on December 06, 2022 in a tweet:

On the day of the Dec. 6 runoff, “armed groups of Black Panthers” were “reportedly patrolling certain voting locations” in Georgia.

By Gabrielle Settles, Amy Sherman• December 8, 2022

Hillary Clinton stated on September 01, 2016 in x:

Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there."

By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby• September 1, 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

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