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Search results for "Trump says vandals cut a massive slit in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool"

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Facebook posts stated on June 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“The 9/11 Memorial in NYC was just defaced with graffiti.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 8, 2020
Viral image stated on June 06, 2020 in a Facebook post:
A photo shows “the Lincoln Memorial. His head damaged and defaced.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 8, 2020
Glenn Beck stated on June 28, 2010 in comments on his radio program:
"The government is trying to now close the Lincoln Memorial for any kind of large gatherings."
By Robert Farley• August 27, 2010
Donald Trump stated on August 08, 2024 in a press conference:
Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman, Amy Sherman• August 9, 2024
Viral image stated on June 01, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photos show cemeteries and war memorials damaged during George Floyd demonstrations.
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 4, 2020
Facebook posts stated on June 03, 2020 in an image:
Says a photo shows a memorial vandalized by Black Lives Matter protesters.
By Daniel Funke• June 4, 2020
Sherrod Brown stated on January 08, 2021 in an interview with Ohio reporters:
Summer “protesters outside the White House were met with tear gas, rubber bullets, a full militarized response. While ... rioters were able to breach the Capitol.”
By Jon Greenberg• January 11, 2021
Donald Trump stated on May 07, 2026 in remarks to reporters:
Gasoline prices have “come down very substantially today.”
By Louis Jacobson• May 8, 2026
Donald Trump Jr. stated on July 16, 2021 in a video on Facebook:
Referring to a destroyed brick mural of George Floyd, said it’s highly unusual for a brick wall to be destroyed by lightning.
By Emily Tian• July 23, 2021
Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2020 in a campaign rally:
"We have a mayor in D.C. who formed a commission with recommendations. Her recommendation is: Take down the Washington Monument, close up the Lincoln Monument."
By Bill McCarthy• October 26, 2020
Facebook posts stated on January 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows armed soldiers protecting Joe Biden’s inauguration.
By Miriam Valverde• January 16, 2021
Cameron Sexton stated on March 30, 2023 in an interview:
Actions of the Tennessee state legislators who protested against gun violence were “at least equivalent” to the actions of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• April 13, 2023
Eric Cantor stated on January 23, 2009 in an interview on the Fox News Channel.:
"For every dollar (in the stimulus package) that is spent to help small businesses, $4 is being spent to help upkeep the grass on the lawns of Washington."
By Robert Farley• January 27, 2009
Facebook posts stated on January 06, 2021 in a Facebook post:
An image shows National Guard at the Capitol during the Black Lives Matter protests in D.C.
By Noah Y. Kim• January 8, 2021
James Peterson stated on June 23, 2017 in a ruling from the bench:
 "Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement than the youth at Lincoln Hills."
By Alan Hovorka• August 18, 2017
Donald Trump stated on September 13, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation":
"The top man at Yale Law School came out ... with just a raging report" about former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, saying she is "one of the worst executives in his memory in history running the company."
By Linda Qiu• September 13, 2015
Facebook posts stated on July 04, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says the National Mall’s webcam was "abruptly shut down" and removed from the White House’s website to stop viewers from seeing the lack of attendees at president Trump’s Fourth of July event.
By Samantha Putterman• July 9, 2019
USA Freedom Fund stated on May 11, 2022 in an attack ad:
“Kathy Barnette wants to build a statue of Barack Obama right next to the one of Abraham Lincoln on Capitol Hill."
By Jon Greenberg• May 13, 2022
Facebook posts stated on October 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Virginia Democrat operatives” and Terry McAuliffe campaign staffers posed as white supremacists and stood by Republican Glenn Youngkin’s bus.
By Samantha Putterman• November 1, 2021
Blanche Lincoln stated on September 20, 2010 in a TV ad:
"John Boozman is excited about putting a 23 percent national sales tax on everything you buy."
By Robert Farley• October 15, 2010

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Black Lives Matter protests and the Capitol assault: Comparing the police response

By Jon Greenberg, Noah Y. Kim• January 8, 2021

Top Republicans push theories about 'mobs' and 'Marxism' in vandalism of Douglass statue

By Jill Terreri Ramos• July 7, 2020

How George Floyd protests evolved in 5 major cities

By Daniel Funke• June 10, 2020

Facebook post laments Biden’s first actions with false claims

By Louis Jacobson• January 25, 2021

Sept. 11 memorial in Sunday spotlight

By Katie Sanders• May 16, 2014

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By Robert Farley• June 30, 2011

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Juneteenth: Why one day marking African American freedom rose above others

By Jon Greenberg• June 18, 2020

McAuliffe, Cuccinelli recycling dubious claims

By Nancy Madsen• October 9, 2013

Fact-checking the Sept. 13 shows

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