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Search results for "Thomas Massie warns 'Automobile kill-switches are coming soon' to new cars"

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Donald Trump stated on September 10, 2020 in a speech at a rally in Michigan:
"After the last administration nearly killed the US auto industry, I saved the U.S. auto industry ... We brought you a lot of car plants… (and Japan) “announced five car companies are coming to Michigan.”
By Jon Greenberg• September 11, 2020
Paul Broun stated on March 25, 2014 in an interview:
Says U.S. Reps. Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston have "even changed votes to what I voted, multiple times."
By Eric Stirgus• April 9, 2014
Rick Kriseman stated on July 23, 2017 in posts on Twitter and Facebook:
There were 2,761 auto thefts in 2006 under Rick Baker and 1,095 auto thefts in 2016.
By Allison Graves• July 27, 2017
Facebook posts stated on December 19, 2021 in social media posts:
“More people, aged 18-45, died of Fentanyl overdoses in 2020 than covid, car accidents, cancer, + suicide combined.”
By Louis Jacobson• December 23, 2021
Earl Blumenauer stated on September 24, 2013 in an article on his website.:
Says "between 6 and 20 bicycles can be parked in the space required by one car."
By Dana Tims• October 9, 2013
Viral image stated on January 26, 2025 in an Instagram post:
“Serial killer Ryan Edward … is on the run after killing 3 female police officers.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 28, 2025
Thomas Massie stated on January 30, 2022 in a tweet:
Says Voltaire said, “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.”
By Bill McCarthy• January 31, 2022
Peter Pantuso stated on June 07, 2011 in a speech at a press conference.:
Commercial buses in the United States have "a stellar safety record, a safety record that exceeds that of any other commercial mode or surface transportation mode."
By Jacob Geiger• June 11, 2011
Judith Zaffirini stated on May 25, 2011 in remarks on the Senate floor:
Says 11 percent of the nation’s fatal car crashes in 2009 were attributed to distracted driving.
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 20, 2011
Donald Trump stated on April 09, 2018 in in a tweet:
"When a car is sent to the United States from China, there is a Tariff to be paid of 2 1/2%. When a car is sent to China from the United States, there is a Tariff to be paid of 25%."
By John Kruzel• April 9, 2018
Stefani Carter stated on February 16, 2011 in :
Says the Beaumont school district’s superintendent is the highest-paid in the state.
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• April 11, 2011
Instagram posts stated on November 28, 2022 in a post:
The 2021 infrastructure bill requires all new vehicles to have kill switches that will stop vehicle operation and alert law enforcement when drivers are impaired.
By Gabrielle Settles• December 5, 2022
Laura Ingraham stated on June 12, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show":
Americans "invented the automobile."
By Jon Greenberg• June 13, 2014
George Will stated on June 18, 2009 in a Washington Post op-ed:
Every year tobacco kills more Americans than did World War II — more than AIDS, cocaine, heroin, alcohol, vehicular accidents, homicide and suicide combined.
By Catharine Richert• June 29, 2009
Facebook posts stated on January 21, 2025 in a Facebook post:
Photos show Jeffrey Thomas, a “serial killer on the loose.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 24, 2025
Nathan Deal stated on January 31, 2012 in a television commercial:
"One out of every three automobile fatalities can be attributed to alcohol."
By Willoughby Mariano• February 3, 2012
Joe Biden stated on July 22, 2021 in a CNN town hall:
"The cost of an automobile, it's kind of back to what it was before the pandemic."
By Louis Jacobson• July 23, 2021
Instagram posts stated on June 04, 2022 in an Instagram post:
White supremacists are going to be “shooting up all Walmarts and will kill Blacks and Mexicans” in San Bernardino, California.
By Jeff Cercone• June 8, 2022
Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2025 in an interview with Newsmax:
“We have automobile plants being built at levels we've never seen … and they're going up fast.”
By Louis Jacobson• March 28, 2025
John Kasich stated on June 03, 2012 in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press.":
"Giving the facts:  73,000 jobs created ... since '11.  Do you know how many direct jobs in the auto industry?  1,800."
By Reginald Fields• June 13, 2012

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