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Alma Adams stated on July 14, 2021 in a committee meeting:
"Lumber prices can be tied to the (Trump) administration’s actions."
By Paul Specht• July 23, 2021
Bernie Sanders stated on March 09, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Miami:
"If you look at Latino kids between 17 and 20 who graduated high school, 36 percent of them are unemployed or underemployed. … African-American kids are unemployed or underemployed to the tune of 51 percent."
By Louis Jacobson• March 10, 2016
Facebook posts stated on January 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden’s order stopping the Keystone pipeline “made oil more expensive for us to use.”
By Tom Kertscher• February 15, 2021
Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Images of Plymouth Rock prove sea levels are not rising.
By Madison Czopek• July 20, 2022
Bloggers stated on March 26, 2018 in posts on the Internet:
Says David Hogg wasn’t at school during the Parkland school shooting.
By Allison Graves• March 27, 2018
Cascade Policy Institute stated on July 05, 2012 in a website:
Unemployment among Oregon high school graduates aged 18 to 20 increased more than 200 percent from 2008 to 2011, while the U.S. average increased only 30 percent.
By Janie Har• July 19, 2012
Barack Obama stated on February 25, 2010 in the televised health care summit:
"The costs for families (in the individual market) for the same type of coverage that they're currently receiving would go down 14 percent to 20 percent."
By Robert Farley• February 26, 2010
Matthew Dowd stated on March 08, 2019 in a tweet:
"Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama."
By Louis Jacobson• March 13, 2019
Michelle Obama stated on March 21, 2016 in an interview posted on Medium:
"Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP."  
By Jon Greenberg• April 29, 2016
Scott Walker stated on August 19, 2013 in an interview with Fox News:
In the Wisconsin health insurance exchange, "the Society of Actuaries points out that there'll be, according to them, an 82 percent increase in individual premiums over the next couple years under Obamacare."
By Jon Greenberg• August 29, 2013
Jim Webb stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009."
By Louis Jacobson• March 17, 2015
Facebook posts stated on April 28, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“Hillary Clinton is in jail at Gitmo at the moment.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 29, 2022
Barack Obama stated on October 06, 2011 in a press conference at the White House:
The Arab Spring … "drove up gas prices."
By Louis Jacobson• October 7, 2011
Bernie Sanders stated on July 06, 2015 in a rally in Portland, Maine:
For African-Americans between the ages of 17 and 20, "the real unemployment rate … is 51 percent."
By Louis Jacobson• July 13, 2015
American Future Fund stated on October 01, 2012 in a campaign ad:
Under Barack Obama, the U.S. now has the "lowest workforce since (President Jimmy) Carter."
By Louis Jacobson• October 8, 2012
Facebook posts stated on September 11, 2014 in a Facebook graphic:
"There is no state in the U.S. where a 40-hour minimum wage work week is enough to afford a two-bedroom apartment."
By Steve Contorno• September 18, 2014
Social Media stated on July 13, 2024 in social media posts:
Donald Trump staged the shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
By Samantha Putterman• July 14, 2024
Hillary Clinton stated on May 24, 2016 in an advertisement:
"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• May 26, 2016
X posts stated on November 20, 2022 in a tweet:
The Club Q shooting was a “false flag.”
By Andy Nguyen• November 22, 2022
Instagram posts stated on September 15, 2023 in an Instagram post:
President Joe Biden and his son snorted cocaine in the White House.
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 29, 2023

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