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Scott Walker stated on June 20, 2015 in a speech:

Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming."

By Tom Kertscher• June 25, 2015

John McCain stated on May 19, 2008 in Chicago:

Iran "might not be a superpower, but the threat the government of Iran poses is anything but 'tiny,'" as Obama says.

By Robert Farley• May 21, 2008

Dennis Prager stated on May 18, 2017 in an appearance on CNN:

"It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump’s) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend."

By Louis Jacobson• May 22, 2017

Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“The FBI is using its counterterrorism division to investigate and add ‘threat tags’ to parents who are protesting school boards.”

By Madison Czopek• November 19, 2021

Amy Klobuchar stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on Meet the Press:

“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.

By Amy Sherman• November 1, 2022

Bloggers stated on October 29, 2018 in a Facebook post:

The U.S. Geological Survey increased Yellowstone volcano eruption threat level to "high"

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 3, 2018

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

Paul Babeu stated on May 26, 2016 in an interview on Fox News' "Hannity":

"The president has said the national security threat facing America, the top one, is global warming."

By Anthony Cave• June 4, 2016

John McCain stated on October 28, 2008 in a TV ad airing in Florida:

"Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat.'"

By Bill Adair, Robert Farley, Bart Jansen• October 28, 2008

Kat Cammack stated on March 02, 2023 in a speech at CPAC:

The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.”

By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• March 2, 2023

Joe Biden stated on October 05, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami:

The president's own FBI director said that the greatest domestic terrorist threat is white supremacists.

By Amy Sherman• October 6, 2020

Julian Bond stated on March 06, 2013 in an interview:

"The incidents of threats against (President Barack Obama) are greater than for any other president in modern times."

By Eric Stirgus• March 18, 2013

Instagram posts stated on October 13, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Parents who challenge school curriculums are domestic terrorist(s)."

By Madison Czopek• October 18, 2021

John McCain stated on August 27, 2008 in a TV ad:

"Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat.'"

By Bart Jansen• August 27, 2008

Scott Perry stated on January 08, 2023 in ABC This Week interview:

"Parents that go to school board meetings" and question the curriculum are being "flagged by the Department of Justice and the FBI for attending a meeting."

By Amy Sherman• January 10, 2023

Rick Scott stated on October 05, 2021 in a tweet:

"Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory."

By Jon Greenberg• October 11, 2021

X posts stated on February 24, 2022 in a tweet:

Russia is targeting U.S. biological weapons labs in Ukraine invasion.

By Jeff Cercone• February 25, 2022

Lindsey Graham stated on August 10, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

Top U.S. intelligence officials have told "every member of Congress, including the president, we’re about to be attacked in a serious way because (of) the threat emanating from Syria and Iraq."

By Jon Greenberg• August 10, 2014

Marsha Blackburn stated on April 12, 2014 in a speech to the Freedom Summit in New Hampshire:

A recent Gallup poll found that 72 percent of Americans and 56 percent of Democrats "say the biggest threat to our nation's security is big government."

By Louis Jacobson• April 16, 2014

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

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