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Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2014 in a meme on social media:

Police in the United States are allowed to use tear gas even though it "has been classified as a chemical weapon and banned in international conflict since 1993."

By Louis Jacobson• August 26, 2014

Viral image stated on May 27, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says an image of armed anti-lockdown protesters and an image of unarmed Minneapolis protesters being tear gassed were taken in the “same state, same month.”

By Samantha Putterman• May 29, 2020

Bloggers stated on November 26, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

Photo of migrant mother at U.S.-Mexico border running from tear gas with children "was a staged hoax."

By Samantha Putterman• November 29, 2018

Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated on November 27, 2018 in a press briefing:

"Tear gas was used on average once a month during the Obama administration for very similar circumstances."

By Miriam Valverde• November 28, 2018

John Kasich stated on January 25, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down -- Abraham Lincoln said it."

By Lauren Carroll• January 25, 2015

Facebook posts stated on March 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:

A video shows migrants faking tears for news cameras.

By Ciara O'Rourke• December 20, 2022

Facebook posts stated on September 14, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows a Federal Emergency Management Agency “concentration camp” in Hawaii.

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 21, 2023

Kayleigh McEnany stated on June 03, 2020 in a White House press briefing:

“No tear gas was used and no rubber bullets were used.”

By Jon Greenberg• June 4, 2020

Joe Morrissey stated on June 18, 2020 in a radio interview.:

Protest vandalism in Richmond “all started two weeks ago when Mayor Stoney’s police gassed - tear gassed - a peaceful crowd of protesters, moms and children, at 7:30 p.m. sharp.”

By Warren Fiske• June 25, 2020

Facebook posts stated on September 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Biden and Obama allowed grown men in restrooms with little girls. Trump has rescued over 300 missing children from (pedophiles) and perverts.”

By Madison Czopek• October 2, 2020

William Barr stated on June 07, 2020 in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation:

“There were not chemical irritants” used to clear a crowd. Pepper balls are “not a chemical irritant.”

By Jon Greenberg• June 8, 2020

Facebook posts stated on July 14, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Protest video shows “resistance” to “President Macron’s plan for mandatory COVID vaccinations of all French citizens.”

By Kelsey Sena Tamakloe• July 16, 2021

Jack Posobiec stated on October 24, 2021 in a post:

A photo taken on Jan. 6, 2021, at the United States Capitol riot was “doctored to look as if the Capitol was on fire.”

By Monique Curet• November 3, 2021

Adam Schiff stated on August 20, 2017 in an interview:

"I think what the authors of the (25th) Amendment principally had in mind was some kind of physical incapacitation or serious mental illness or a breakdown, an inability to function in office."

By John Kruzel• August 29, 2017

Instagram posts stated on April 23, 2023 in an Instagram post:

"Healthy pilots are suffering from myocarditis and dropping dead on flights” because of the COVID-19 vaccines.

By Jeff Cercone• April 28, 2023

Facebook posts stated on October 09, 2020 in a post on Facebook:

"If Biden becomes president and cannot complete his term, Harris will become president, and Pelosi will become vice president."

By Ilana Strauss• October 11, 2020

Facebook posts stated on January 26, 2021 in a post on Facebook:

Video shows “pupils in Nigeria running away from being vaccinated.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 27, 2021

Facebook posts stated on June 19, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The Guantanamo Bay detention camp remaining open is proof that Joe Biden is not the president.

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 22, 2023

Sherrod Brown stated on January 08, 2021 in an interview with Ohio reporters:

Summer “protesters outside the White House were met with tear gas, rubber bullets, a full militarized response. While ... rioters were able to breach the Capitol.”

By Jon Greenberg• January 11, 2021

Whoopi Goldberg stated on July 15, 2014 in a segment on "The View":

"For the first time in history, (Thor’s) hammer is being held by a woman."

By Katie Sanders• July 18, 2014

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