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Asa Hutchinson stated on December 11, 2023 in comments at Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire:
China is allowed to do crypto mining in the U.S.
By Rebecca Catalanello, Louis Jacobson• December 15, 2023
Donald Trump stated on April 30, 2018 in a press conference:
"In seven years that (nuclear) deal will have expired, and Iran is free to go ahead and create nuclear weapons."  
By Jon Greenberg• May 2, 2018
Facebook posts stated on March 22, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Video shows the Bitcoin whitepaper “was spotted at the White House.”
By Loreben Tuquero• March 27, 2025
Facebook posts stated on February 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“CNN confirms Trump WILL be ARRESTED.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 17, 2022
Richard Burr stated on August 03, 2016 in a press release:
Says Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are "responsible for leading America into a deal that will arm Iran."
By Will Doran• August 5, 2016
Instagram posts stated on November 13, 2022 in an Instagram post:
U.S. tax dollars sent to help Ukraine were laundered back by cryptocurrency firm FTX to help Democrats in midterms.
By Jeff Cercone• November 15, 2022
Joe Biden stated on September 13, 2020 in an op-ed on the CNN website:
“Iran has stockpiled 10 times as much enriched uranium as it had” in 2016.
By Jon Greenberg• September 17, 2020
Viral image stated on November 15, 2022 in an Instagram post:
“The CEO of FTX is the daughter of the chairman of the SEC.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 16, 2022
Viral image stated on September 30, 2024 in a Threads post:
Says Elon Musk said on X, “Go to my crypto project.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 3, 2024
Viral image stated on July 04, 2024 in a Threads post:
A McDonald’s billboard said, “Hey crypto bro’s we are hiring.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 5, 2024
X posts stated on April 05, 2022 in a tweet:
“With the money Elon Musk spent to buy Twitter shares, he could have given every American family $100,000 and still had enough left over to cancel all student debt.”
By Andy Nguyen• April 8, 2022
Facebook posts stated on January 08, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"The missiles that were launched at American forces in Iraq from Iran, were funded by Barack Obama, with American tax dollars."
By Bill McCarthy• January 10, 2020
Viral image stated on December 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Bill Clinton "gave nukes to North Korea," Barack Obama "gave nukes to Iran," and Hillary Clinton "gave uranium to Russia."
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 9, 2020
Donald Trump stated on March 03, 2026 in remarks at the White House:
The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement “gave (Iran) the right to have top-of-the-line nuclear weapons.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2026
Donald Trump stated on March 21, 2016 in a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.:
"When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 24, 2016
Dick Cheney stated on September 02, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
Under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty "enrichment has been limited to basically the weapons states."  
By Jon Greenberg• September 3, 2015
Charlie Crist stated on March 28, 2010 in a debate on Fox News Sunday:
Marco Rubio controlled funds that "out of the $600,000 that were raised, only $4,000 went to candidates to try to improve their chances to be elected to office."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• March 29, 2010
Mitch McConnell stated on July 19, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:
In 2010, Clinton "said Iran could enrich uranium. In 2014 she said she’s always argued against it."
By Jon Greenberg• July 20, 2016
Ted Cruz stated on September 09, 2015 in a tweet:
"The Iran Deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons."  
By Louis Jacobson• September 10, 2015
Donald Trump Jr. stated on August 01, 2018 in an interview with One America News Network:
"You see the Nazi platform from the early 1930s ... look at it compared to the (Democratic Party) platform of today, you're saying, 'Man, those things are awfully similar.'"
By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2018

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