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Tommy Tuberville stated on February 22, 2024 in at the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference:
The Olympic boxing committee “decided this year that men can box against women in the Olympics.”
By Grace Abels• March 1, 2024
Facebook posts stated on June 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"Japan has banned all (Black Lives Matter) apparel from the Olympics. No one can kneel or raise fists during the anthems either."
By Andy Nguyen• June 28, 2021
Facebook posts stated on July 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
A photograph shows members of the U.S. women’s soccer team kneeling during the national anthem at the Tokyo Olympics.
By Madison Czopek• July 26, 2021
Facebook posts stated on November 25, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Elon Musk decides to withdraw support” for World Boxing Organization unless Imane Khelif’s “medal and $25 million bonus are revoked.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• December 5, 2024
Facebook posts stated on September 24, 2024 in a post:
“Olympic boxer Imane Khelif fails gender test, stripped of all titles, lifetime ban and $25 million prize money revoked!”
By Grace Abels• September 30, 2024
Instagram posts stated on June 20, 2022 in an Instagram post:
According to International Olympic Committee data, “an average of 29 athletes under the age of 35 suffered sudden death per year from 1966 to 2004. From March 2021 to March 2022, 769 athletes have died or suffered cardiac arrest."
By Samantha Putterman• June 23, 2022
Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“U.S. Olympic committee says Lia Thomas is welcome to try out for the men’s team.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 21, 2024
Facebook posts stated on April 18, 2022 in a Facebook post:
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Google Maps “opened all military and strategic facilities in Russia.”
By Luiz Romero• April 20, 2022
Vladimir Putin stated on January 19, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
In Russia "all people are absolutely equal regardless of their religion, sex, ethnicity, or sexual orientation," while "70 countries of the world have criminal liability for homosexuality."
By Steve Contorno• January 19, 2014
Mark Warner stated on January 13, 2019 in in an interview:
Says the Trump administration has "a scheme to try to take (Oleg Deripaska’s) ownership level down from 70 percent to roughly 40, 45" so that the Russian company is no longer subject to sanctions.
By John Kruzel• January 15, 2019
Viral image stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows Laurel Hubbard “winning the women's weight lifting competition” at the Olympics.
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 6, 2021
Donald Rumsfeld stated on February 17, 2013 in an op-ed in the "Washington Post":
Says wrestling was a favorite sport of Abraham Lincoln.
By Bill Adair• February 18, 2013
Facebook posts stated on January 31, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Mitch McConnell's "biggest donor" is a "Russian oligarch that the GOP just lifted sanctions on."
By Samantha Putterman• February 14, 2019
Jim Moran stated on November 22, 2014 in a Facebook post:
Only 20 colleges and universities "have athletic departments with revenue exceeding expenses."
By Nancy Madsen• December 22, 2014
Jody Conradt stated on September 28, 2013 in a Texas Tribune Festival panel:
"All" University of Texas "student-athletes get an iPad."
By W. Gardner Selby• November 22, 2013
Marco Rubio stated on September 14, 2022 in an ad:
Val Demings "voted to allow transgender youth sports and teaching radical gender identity without parental consent."
By Tom Kertscher• October 5, 2022
Ted Cruz stated on November 19, 2015 in an interview with Steven Crowder:
The "federal government is going after school districts, trying to force them to let boys shower with little girls."
By W. Gardner Selby• December 4, 2015
Jim Moran stated on November 22, 2014 in a Facebook post.:
Graduation rates of players at major football colleges "are still twenty points below their male campus peers and worsened in the past three years."
By Nancy Madsen• December 30, 2014
Facebook posts stated on August 01, 2021 in a Facebook post:
"They didn't allow" Simone Biles "to take her ADHD medication."
By Tom Kertscher• August 2, 2021
Facebook posts stated on April 30, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“The US Women's team has made it clear that they will resign immediately if the Olympic Committee allows Lia Thomas to try out.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 7, 2024

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