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Jeb Bush stated on November 29, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation":

"It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion."

By Jon Greenberg• December 1, 2015

Emergency Committee for Israel stated on October 09, 2012 in a campaign ad:

"When Congress voted to condemn Iran for sentencing a Christian pastor to death, (U.S. Rep. Lois) Capps was the only member who voted no."

By Louis Jacobson• October 11, 2012

Mario Diaz-Balart stated on January 30, 2017 in a press release:

Says former President Barack Obama "took similar action against Cuban refugees" as President Donald Trump did in his executive order.

By Amy Sherman• January 31, 2017

Donald Trump stated on January 27, 2017 in an interview with CBN:

"If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible."

By Linda Qiu• January 29, 2017

Facebook posts stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post:

229 Christian missionaries were sentenced to death in Afghanistan.

By Jason Asenso• August 19, 2021

American Unity PAC stated on August 30, 2016 in a campaign ad:

Says Ted Strickland supported giving $150 billion to Iranian regime that persecutes women, Christians and gays.

By Nadia Pflaum• September 15, 2016

Mike Pence stated on September 04, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to increase Syrian refugees to this country by 550 percent."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 4, 2016

Donald Trump stated on September 24, 2019 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly:

"80% of the world’s population lives in countries where religious liberty is in significant danger or even completely outlawed."

By Jon Greenberg• September 25, 2019

Ted Cruz stated on February 02, 2016 in a town hall event in Windham, N.H.:

The 2013 immigration bill "expanded President Obama’s ability to bring Syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background checks."

By Joshua Gillin, Jon Greenberg• February 3, 2016

John McCain stated on March 18, 2008 in Amman, Jordan:

It's "common knowledge" that al-Qaida is receiving training from Iran.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 19, 2008

Ron Johnson stated on April 03, 2018 in a radio interview:

"We have laws on the books where people can walk right up to our ports of entry, say ‘I have a credible fear of persecution,’ and we bring them in. We don’t send them back."

By D.L. Davis• April 27, 2018

X posts stated on October 21, 2024 in a post:

There are “180,000 registered new Amish voters in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• October 29, 2024

Bloggers stated on December 12, 2016 in a Facebook post:

"House Democrats strike to implement Sharia law!!"

By Joshua Gillin• December 14, 2016

Ted Cruz stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:

"One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was that it gave President Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees, without mandating any background checks whatsoever."

By Joshua Gillin• December 18, 2015

Donald Trump stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 13, 2016

Bill O'Reilly stated on October 06, 2014 in a broadcast of Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor":

Muslim nations did not "call out" the people who celebrated the 9/11 attacks.

By Jon Greenberg• October 8, 2014

Newt Gingrich stated on April 24, 2009 in a news interview:

On torture.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 28, 2009

Whoopi Goldberg stated on January 31, 2022 in a TV segment:

"The Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race."

By Bill McCarthy• February 1, 2022

Ben Shapiro stated on October 15, 2014 in a YouTube video:

"We’re above 800 million Muslims radicalized, more than half the Muslims on Earth That’s not a minority. That’s now a majority."

By Jon Greenberg• November 5, 2014

Bloggers stated on December 01, 2016 in an MRCTV post:

"More than two-thirds of the aliens the Obama administration has brought to the United States under the president's Central American Minors program weren’t actually minors at all."

By Miriam Valverde• December 7, 2016

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