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Ron Ramsey stated on January 27, 2012 in an email announcing redistricting maps.:

"This year’s redistricting has been the most open, interactive and transparent redistricting process in Tennessee history."

By Richard Locker• February 10, 2012

Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12."

By Tom Kertscher• October 19, 2021

Robin Vos stated on September 15, 2023 in News release:

Gov. Tony Evers and Democrats "rejected our (Iowa model redistricting) proposal to enact the very plan they originally endorsed."

By Vanessa Swales• December 22, 2023

Ron Tusler stated on September 12, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter:

Wisconsin Republicans are backing “a nonpartisan redistricting plan based off the Iowa Model. ... Republicans, Democrats, and the Governor pushed this plan last time redistricting happened in 2020.”

By D.L. Davis• December 8, 2023

Facebook posts stated on June 23, 2020 in Facebook on June 23:

Says Taylor Swift wants to remove the Statue of Liberty

By Sophie Austin• July 2, 2020

Byron Donalds stated on May 04, 2026 in an interview:

Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black voters.”

By Samantha Putterman• May 8, 2026

Bloggers stated on November 09, 2017 in blog posts:

Malia Obama was "among 10 arrested in racist Antifa attack," and the cop who arrested her was "found dead under suspicious circumstances."

By Sophie Kaplan• November 10, 2017

Jon Husted stated on August 15, 2012 in an interview with reporters:

A member of the redistricting commission proposed in Issue 2 "could accept a bribe from somebody" and "couldn’t be removed from this commission."

By Joe Guillen• October 11, 2012

Tom Cotton stated on October 21, 2021 in a tweet:

The newly drawn congressional district map in Arkansas “keeps communities together.”

By Louis Jacobson• October 22, 2021

Ted Budd stated on March 21, 2022 in a tweet:

“Pat McCrory appointed the ‘Republican’ judge who sided with Democrats in the partisan Democrat lawsuit/power-grab over redistricting.”

By Paul Specht• March 29, 2022

National Republican Congressional Committee stated on May 02, 2012 in an email statement:

Says that Rep. Betty Sutton "would rather riot with Occupy (Wall Street) than stand up for Ohio families."

By Henry J. Gomez• May 9, 2012

Turning Point USA stated on March 27, 2021 in a video posted on Instagram:

HR 1 “gives the federal government the power to establish their own committees” to take over the redistricting process.

By Louis Jacobson• April 2, 2021

Jerry Tillman stated on November 15, 2019 in a speech:

Says the U.S. Constitution "doesn’t say anything about (redistricting) being fair. … it’s set up to be partisan."

By Paul Specht• November 26, 2019

Joe Biden stated on July 22, 2020 in a town hall:

No U.S. presidents elected before Donald Trump were racist.

By Sophie Austin, Louis Jacobson• July 27, 2020

Daniel Rodriguez stated on May 30, 2012 in an email to PolitiFact Texas.:

Says no city comparable in size to Austin or smaller was broken into as many congressional districts.

By W. Gardner Selby• July 20, 2012

Viral image stated on July 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden said, “We don’t need any more N***** bigshots.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 22, 2020

Allen West stated on October 08, 2012 in an ad:

Says Patrick Murphy is trying to "hide his drunken assault of a police officer."

By Amy Sherman• October 16, 2012

Sebastian Gorka stated on August 08, 2017 in an interview with MSNBC:

"There's no such thing as a lone wolf. ... That was a phrase invented by the last administration to make Americans stupid."

By Louis Jacobson• August 10, 2017

Tennessee Democratic Party stated on April 25, 2012 in a blog post on the party’s web site on April 25, 2012:

Says U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher "breaks earmark pledge."

By Michael Collins• May 25, 2012

Kamala Harris stated on July 21, 2023 in in a speech in Jacksonville, Florida:

"Some states have “tried to ban teaching Latino and Hispanic history.”

By Marta Campabadal Graus• August 7, 2023

Headed to week three, raring to go

By Zack McMillin• January 30, 2012

What is redistricting? And why should voters care?

By Louis Jacobson• October 27, 2021

What is critical race theory, and why are conservatives blocking it?

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman• May 24, 2021

Social media claims mislead about Democratic vote for congressional apportionment

By Sofia Ahmed• May 24, 2024

More immigrants equal better odds for Democrats after the next census? Why those claims are flawed

By Jeff Cercone• March 25, 2024

Fact-checking misleading attacks on HR 1, Democrats’ voting rights bill

By Amy Sherman• February 3, 2021

What is the ‘great replacement theory’ linked to the Buffalo shooter?

By Bill McCarthy• May 16, 2022

Was candidate excluded because of her race?

By Eric Stirgus• June 10, 2010

Is Florida’s mid-decade redistricting plan ‘illegal,’ as some Democrats say?

By Samantha Putterman• April 15, 2026

Getting it right about Florida's redistricting

By Amy Sherman• July 20, 2011

Do NC, Texas face more election lawsuits than all other states combined?

By Paul Specht• February 8, 2019

Hakeem Jeffries ‘maximum warfare’ comment was about redistricting, not a call to violence

By Amy Sherman• April 27, 2026

Who is Fani Willis, the prosecutor in Trump’s Fulton County, Georgia, election interference case?

By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa, Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 31, 2023

JD Vance called California’s congressional map ‘outrageous.’ It’s not an outlier

By Louis Jacobson• August 4, 2025

Did a city in Tennessee ban being gay in public? It’s complicated

By Grace Abels• November 28, 2023

Fact-checking attacks against Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s running mate

By Ciara O'Rourke, Samantha Putterman• August 20, 2020

Digging up dirt on Michelle Obama

By Angie Drobnic Holan• May 30, 2008

Will children be counted if Missouri Amendment 3 passes? It depends

By Veronica Mohesky• October 15, 2020

Will McDonnell keep campaign pledge on bipartisan redistricting?

By Warren Fiske• April 5, 2011

Ask PolitiFact: What is independent state legislature theory, and could it create election chaos?

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• December 5, 2022

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