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Republican National Committee stated on September 17, 2016 in an email :
"Over the past eight years, black youth unemployment is up."
By Louis Jacobson• September 21, 2016
Matt Gaetz stated on September 10, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Image shows a Rebekah Jones campaign event.
By Yacob Reyes• September 19, 2022
Joe Biden stated on September 17, 2020 in a CNN town hall:
When President Donald Trump walked across Lafayette Square to a church, he held the Bible upside down.
By Louis Jacobson• September 18, 2020
Facebook posts stated on August 04, 2019 in Facebook posts:
The El Paso and Dayton shootings were "false flag" attacks coordinated by the "deep state."
By Daniel Funke• August 5, 2019
Nicolle Wallace stated on August 05, 2019 in on MSNBC:
Says President Donald Trump is "talking about exterminating Latinos."
By Bill McCarthy• August 8, 2019
Markwayne Mullin stated on January 30, 2018 in a post on Rep. Mullin's Facebook page:
Under President Barack Obama: 4 million jobs lost, unemployment rose from 7.8% to 9.9%, the S&P 500 was 1,115.1 and the GDP went down 2.8%.  
By Jon Greenberg• February 2, 2018
Sean Hannity stated on July 16, 2018 in on television:
"In 2016, when Hillary Clinton appeared to have a firm lead in the polls — oh, just before the election, it was President Obama who laughed off any notion that American elections could possibly be tampered with."
By Bill McCarthy• July 17, 2018
John McCain stated on October 10, 2008 in a memo on campaign Web site:
Barack Obama was "a trial attorney for ACORN."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 17, 2008
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on August 23, 2011 in a news release:
Sherrod Brown "has stood side by side" with President Barack Obama, presiding "over the most rapid increase in the debt over the last 2.5 years" and hurtling toward " the worst jobs record in the modern era."
By Stephen Koff• September 8, 2011
Facebook posts stated on February 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says President Barack Obama is urging Chicago’s mayor to pressure prosecutors into not charging Jussie Smollett.
By Samantha Putterman• February 25, 2019
Facebook posts stated on March 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says 93,000 blacks didn’t vote in Milwaukee (in 2016)
By Eric Litke• March 19, 2020
Bernie Sanders stated on February 15, 2020 in a speech in Las Vegas:
Says Mike Bloomberg “opposed modest proposals during Barack Obama’s presidency to raise taxes on the wealthy, while advocating for cuts to Medicare and Social Security.”
By Jon Greenberg• February 18, 2020
John McCain stated on October 10, 2008 in a memo on campaign Web site:
In 1992, Barack Obama directed "Project Vote - an arm of ACORN that also encouraged voter registration."
By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 17, 2008
Viral image stated on August 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows Whoopi Goldberg wearing a shirt insulting Donald Trump.
By Ciara O'Rourke• September 4, 2020
18% of the American public stated on August 19, 2010 in a Pew Research Center poll:
President Obama is a Muslim.
By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 26, 2010
Bloggers stated on February 01, 2018 in a story:
"Obama did in fact unconstitutionally spy on Trump throughout the presidential election."
By Amy Sherman• February 12, 2018
Seth Moulton stated on January 31, 2017 in a CNN interview:
"ISIS is already using the rhetoric from the Trump administration, the text of this executive order, to incite attacks against us and to recruit more terrorists to their side."
By Miriam Valverde• February 7, 2017
Instagram posts stated on December 03, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Henry Kissinger’s “deathbed confession” shows “Adolf Hitler was buried in Spain” and lived to age 68.
By Jeff Cercone• December 6, 2022
America First Legal stated on October 09, 2022 in a radio advertisement:
"Joe Biden and the New Left even promote surgery on teens and young adults, removing breasts and genitals."
By Blake Farmer• November 8, 2022
NowThis stated on August 10, 2016 in a viral video:
Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA. 
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 11, 2016

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