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Search results for "Teens accused of bombing attempt at Mamdani home openly discussed plans to kill"

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Nancy Mace stated on November 06, 2025 in a fundraising email:
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani “is bringing Sharia law to America.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 7, 2025
Donald Trump stated on June 25, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist.
By Ella Moore, Amy Sherman• June 26, 2025
Rula Jebreal stated on July 22, 2014 in comments on MSNBC:
Between June 30 and July 10, CNN interviewed "17 Israeli public officials versus one" Palestinian official.  
By Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• July 24, 2014
TikTok posts stated on September 18, 2024 in a TikTok video:
“Attorney General Merrick Garland just vetoed charging Ryan Routh with attempted assassination” of Donald Trump.
By Jeff Cercone• September 20, 2024
Peter King stated on September 21, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"In 2011, (the Islamic State) attempted to attack Fort Knox."
By Steve Contorno• September 23, 2014
Dick Cheney stated on February 14, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week:
President Barack Obama's "initial response when we heard about the Christmas underwear bomber" was to say that "this was the act of an isolated extremist."
By Louis Jacobson• February 15, 2010
Cavalier Johnson stated on December 21, 2021 in News release:
“In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the amount in 2020.”
By D.L. Davis• February 4, 2022
Michael McCaul stated on February 28, 2011 in a statement:
Says a Lubbock terror suspect’s alleged plan "to use baby dolls to conceal chemical explosives" is similar to a 1995 plot "to blow up 12 jumbo jets over the Pacific Ocean."
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 28, 2011
Hillary Clinton stated on January 25, 2016 in a CNN town hall:
When terrorists killed more than 250 Americans in Lebanon under Ronald Reagan, "the Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."
By Lauren Carroll• February 1, 2016
Paul Maner stated on January 20, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Jordan Davis, son of Georgia Congresswoman Lucy McBath, was killed in "a drug deal gone bad."
By Tom Kertscher• January 24, 2020
National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 31, 2017 in a campaign ad:
"ISIS is infiltrating America and using Syrians to do it."
By Louis Jacobson• June 1, 2017
Kathleen Passidomo stated on May 30, 2011 in a newspaper article:
"It is a greater crime to have an untagged alligator than to host an open house party (for kids)."
By Amy Sherman• June 2, 2011
Paul Ryan stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky.:
The Obama administration "called Bashar Assad a reformer when he was turning his Russian-provided guns on his own people."
By Louis Jacobson• October 12, 2012
Michael McCaul stated on September 12, 2015 in the Republican weekly radio/TV address:
Iran’s "regime is responsible for more than 1,000 American casualties during the Iraq war" and "has plotted a terrorist attack here in our nation's capital."
By W. Gardner Selby• October 5, 2015
Facebook posts stated on February 09, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says a teenage Pete Buttigieg was arrested in the late 1990s for killing dogs.
By Samantha Putterman• February 14, 2020
Barack Obama stated on May 23, 2013 in a speech at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.:
Says that since he took office, "there have been no large-scale attacks on the United States."
By Louis Jacobson• May 24, 2013
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 08, 2010 in an interview on 'Good Morning America':
"We had no domestic attacks under Bush."
By Aaron Sharockman• January 8, 2010
X posts stated on January 31, 2026 in an X post:
Images show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a child with his mother, Mira Nair, and Jeffrey Epstein.
By Maria Briceño• February 2, 2026
Nancy Grace stated on January 14, 2014 in a segment on 'Nancy Grace':
People on pot "shoot each other ... stab each other ... strangle each other, drive under the influence, kill families."  
By Katie Sanders• January 24, 2014
Madison Cawthorn stated on September 14, 2021 in a speech to the Johnston County school board:
Children and teen suicide attempts “skyrocketed 250% in 2020” according to “one study done by a hospital.”
By Paul Specht• September 28, 2021

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By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• December 15, 2015

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