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Steve King stated on May 06, 2009 in a Fox News interview:

The federal Hate Crimes Prevention Act bill would create "special protection for pedophiles."

By Robert Farley• May 14, 2009

Bill O'Reilly stated on October 23, 2009 in a comment on the O'Reilly Factor:

When White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Mao Tse-tung was "one of her favorite philosophers, only Fox News picked that up."

By Louis Jacobson• October 27, 2009

Mike Pence stated on March 17, 2009 in a TV interview:

"Tens of billions of dollars (from taxpayer-funded bailouts) ... flowed straight through AIG into the coffers of foreign corporations and foreign banks."

By Robert Farley• March 20, 2009

John Kline stated on October 08, 2009 in a press release:

Under the Hate Crimes bill, "any pastor, preacher, priest, rabbi or imam who gives a sermon out of their moral traditions about sexual practices could be found guilty of a federal crime."

By Robert Farley• October 9, 2009

Eric Johnson stated on March 26, 2012 in a Twitter post:

"Obama tells Russia that he'll turn over America's defense system to them if re-elected."

By Eric Stirgus• April 2, 2012

William Lacy Clay stated on August 18, 2017 in an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

"Calling for the assassination of the president is a federal crime."

By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg• September 15, 2017

Seth Moulton stated on March 24, 2026 in an interview on MS NOW:

"Bombing civilian power infrastructure is a war crime.”

By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand• April 2, 2026

Charlotte Bergmann stated on January 10, 2012 in a campaign billboard along I-240.:

"Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican."

By Bartholomew Sullivan• January 23, 2012

Boyd Richie stated on November 15, 2011 in an email blast:

Says King Street Patriots held a fundraiser featuring an author who believes that registering the poor to vote is un-American.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• December 16, 2011

Greg Abbott stated on July 16, 2010 in an interview with Fox News:

"More lives have been lost because of the war with the drug cartels in Juarez alone, just a few blocks from the United States of America, than have been lost in the war in Afghanistan."

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 5, 2010

Philip Van Cleave stated on January 18, 2016 in a speech:

Martin Luther King Jr. "was a Republican."

By Sean Gorman• January 25, 2016

Bloggers stated on December 31, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

"Since 2001, 63,000 of us were murdered by illegal aliens."

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 9, 2019

Marco Rubio stated on November 23, 2013 in a press release:

"Just days ago, Iran's Supreme Leader (Ali) Khamenei, who will oversee implementation of this agreement, was calling Israel a 'rabid dog' and accusing the United States of war crimes."

By Julie Kliegman• November 27, 2013

Danny Porter stated on May 04, 2015 in an interview with AM750 and 95.5 FM News/Talk WSB radio:

"A sitting sheriff cannot be charged except by a warrant issued by a Superior Court judge."

By Nancy Badertscher, April Hunt• May 6, 2015

Peter King stated on August 31, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

The United States had "allies lined up" for air strikes in Syria and then Obama "pulled the rug out."

By Steve Contorno, Jon Greenberg• August 31, 2014

John McCain stated on November 29, 2007 in a campaign event in St. Petersburg:

" ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."

By John Frank• December 18, 2007

Charlie Crist stated on March 02, 2010 in his State of the State address.:

"Florida's new fingerprint identification system is improving our rate of solving cold cases by 300 percent."

By Aaron Sharockman• March 8, 2010

Facebook posts stated on September 11, 2022 in a Facebook post:

King Charles III signed “a proclamation stating that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election and is the rightful president by law.”

By Madison Czopek• September 12, 2022

True Pundit stated on February 08, 2017 in a web post:

Says a video shows "Coretta Scott King thanking Jeff Sessions for Rosa Parks library."

By Louis Jacobson• February 9, 2017

Jim DeMint stated on June 15, 2012 in a news release:

Says President Obama's new immigration plan "is amnesty."

By Jon Greenberg• June 20, 2012

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