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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 05, 2024 in a statement on his website:

On Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol “protestors carried no weapons.”

By Amy Sherman• April 5, 2024

Lamar Smith stated on May 31, 2014 in a letter to the editor of the San Antonio Express-News:

"Last year," Obama "administration officials released into our neighborhoods more than 36,000 criminal immigrants who had nearly 88,000 convictions. The crimes included hundreds of convictions for murder, rape and kidnapping and thousands of drug-related crimes."

By W. Gardner Selby• June 10, 2014

Kathy Hochul stated on February 22, 2024 in an interview:

In New York, there are no barriers to law enforcement to work with the federal government on immigration laws, and there are 100 crimes where migrants can be handed over.

By Jill Terreri Ramos• March 29, 2024

Corey Stewart stated on June 13, 2018 in in a tweet:

Says Sen. Tim Kaine "approves of and even applauds his son's participation in a known terrorist organization, #Antifa."

By Bill McCarthy• June 20, 2018

Ashley Moody stated on March 09, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview:

Says the Biden administration is canceling immigration detainers and “requiring our law enforcement leaders to release” serious criminal offenders.

By Miriam Valverde• March 12, 2021

Donald Trump stated on February 04, 2020 in his 2020 State of the Union address:

“In sanctuary cities, local officials order police to release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public instead of handing them over to ICE to be safely removed.”

By Bill McCarthy• February 5, 2020

Larry O'Connor stated on July 07, 2015 in an interview on "The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson" on Fox News:

"25 percent of federal inmates are noncitizens."

By Jon Greenberg• July 10, 2015

Lisa Boothe stated on July 26, 2016 in an interview on Fox:

"One in four inmates is an illegal immigrant."

By Miriam Valverde• August 15, 2016

Progressive Choice Florida stated on June 23, 2014 in a radio ad:

Says Charlie Crist signed "the nation’s harshest marijuana laws."

By Joshua Gillin, Amy Sherman• June 27, 2014

David Dewhurst stated on July 21, 2014 in a news story:

At "least a quarter of those apprehended" at the border "have criminal records."

By W. Gardner Selby• August 29, 2014

Hans von Spakovsky stated on July 09, 2015 in an article on the Heritage Foundation website:

"134,000 (criminal) aliens have been released by the (Obama) administration in just the past two years."

By Jon Greenberg• July 16, 2015

Sean Hannity stated on August 23, 2016 in a slide presented on Hannity’s show during an Austin interview of Donald Trump:

Says that in 2015, "illegal" immigrants accounted for 75 percent of federal drug possession convictions and 5 percent to 30 percent of convictions for murder and kidnapping plus two other crimes.

By W. Gardner Selby• September 2, 2016

X posts stated on January 08, 2023 in a tweet:

Photo shows a copycat ‘QAnon shaman’ at attack on Brazil’s capital.

By Samantha Putterman• January 9, 2023

Tom Cotton stated on February 26, 2021 in a CPAC speech:

The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported."

By Miriam Valverde• February 26, 2021

Donald Trump stated on September 29, 2024 in a rally in Erie, PA:

Kamala Harris "let in the 13,099 convicted murderers and opposes all efforts to find them and to remove them."

By Marta Campabadal Graus, Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 2, 2024

Joe Biden stated on July 13, 2024 in a statement to the media:

“The idea that there’s political violence or violence in America like this is just unheard of.”

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• July 15, 2024

Lila Rose stated on May 14, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Anti-abortion activist sentenced to 57 months in prison for “handing roses and resources to women at an abortion facility.”

By Jeff Cercone• May 17, 2024

Bloggers stated on July 13, 2018 in a blog post:

"An elderly British politician has been savagely beaten to a bloody pulp by a gang of anti-Trump protestors because he ‘welcomed’ the U.S. president to the United Kingdom."

By Katie Akin• July 17, 2018

Kelda Helen Roys stated on September 28, 2021 in Email:

Says gubernatorial candidate Rebecca Kleefisch “worked with Scott Walker to sign five abortion restrictions into law that took away services and threatened doctors with prison time for providing safe and legal abortions.”

By Madeline Heim• November 2, 2021

Senate Leadership Fund stated on October 11, 2018 in a campaign ad:

"Washington Heidi supports sanctuary cities, where illegal immigrants can be released on our streets, like this criminal, who was let go and then sexually assaulted a child."

By Manuela Tobias• October 19, 2018

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