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Tim Kaine stated on August 01, 2016 in a speech.:

Donald Trump says "all Mexicans are rapists."

By Warren Fiske• August 8, 2016

Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2025 in a post:

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said, “I told President (Donald) Trump the best way to make rapists and criminals feel unwelcome in the U.S. is for their citizens to stop electing them.”

By Sara Swann• February 19, 2025

Mike Pence stated on October 04, 2016 in the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.:

Says Donald Trump, in his campaign announcement speech, "also said, ‘And many of them (Mexicans) are good people. You keep leaving that out of your quote."

By Louis Jacobson• October 5, 2016

Julian Bradley stated on March 15, 2021 in news article:

The latest stimulus package "sends stimulus checks to imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters.”

By Haley BeMiller• March 26, 2021

Paul Ryan stated on February 15, 2018 in a briefing with reporters:

We "have laws on the books designed to prevent people with mental illnesses from getting firearms."

By Tom Kertscher• February 26, 2018

Nicole Malliotakis stated on March 08, 2021 in a Tweet:

"If you are a hard-working law-abiding citizen who earns $80,000, you don’t get a stimulus check. But if you are a convicted murderer or rapist sitting in jail, you do."

By Jill Terreri Ramos• March 19, 2021

Michael McCaul stated on June 30, 2024 in an interview:

“(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 11, 2024

Instagram posts stated on February 02, 2025 in An Instagram post:

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said, “I’m confused. I keep hearing everyone from America saying that my country is sending felons and (rapists) into their country. We thought that was encouraged … considering that’s what they chose to be their president.”

By Maria Briceño• February 5, 2025

Gary Johnson stated on July 03, 2016 in an interview on CNN:

"(Mexican immigrants) are more law-abiding than U.S. citizens and that is a statistic."

By Miriam Valverde• July 14, 2016

Rand Paul stated on September 16, 2015 in a presidential debate:

"There's never been a direct Supreme Court case on people who were here illegally, whether or not their kids are citizens."

By Louis Jacobson• September 18, 2015

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on April 29, 2022 in a tweet:

"In Texas, Republicans passed a law allowing rapists to sue their victims for getting an abortion."

By Nusaiba Mizan• May 9, 2022

Doug LaMalfa stated on March 02, 2021 in a constituent email.:

Voting-rights legislation proposed by Democrats in Congress called H.R. 1 “would force states to restore the voting rights of convicted felons—including violent felons convicted of murder or rape.”

By Chris Nichols• March 4, 2021

MAGA Inc stated on January 08, 2024 in an ad:

"Nikki Haley refused to call illegals criminals" and "repeatedly pushed amnesty for illegals."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• January 23, 2024

Viral image stated on September 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:

A Time magazine cover calls Donald Trump the “Worst. President. Ever.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 21, 2020

National Republican Congressional Committee stated on September 22, 2020 in a campaign ad:

Says “Lucy McBath voted to release criminals from prison. Murderers, rapists.”

By Noah Y. Kim• October 12, 2020

Viral image stated on October 27, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows a man who tortured his daughter’s rapist.

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 27, 2022

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt stated on April 15, 2016 in in an episode of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt":

"Dolphins are rapists. Look it up."

By Lauren Carroll• April 22, 2016

Instagram posts stated on January 30, 2025 in an Instagram post:

Video shows President Donald Trump saying Mexicans call him “peachy cool arrow.”

By Loreben Tuquero• February 6, 2025

Amy Pechacek stated on December 20, 2020 in News release:

“We have reached our goal to clear the backlog of (unemployment) claims.”

By Laura Schulte• March 17, 2021

Leticia Van de Putte stated on October 15, 2014 in a video ad:

"In 2013," Dan Patrick voted "against funding to test the backlog of rape kits, allowing rapists to walk free."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 17, 2014

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