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Lamar Smith stated on December 15, 2010 in a news release:

"In the last five years, 28,000 people have been killed along the U.S.-Mexico border."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• December 31, 2010

John Garamendi stated on May 05, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show":

"During the George W. Bush period, there were 13 attacks on various embassies and consulates around the world. Sixty people died."

By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2014

Viral image stated on October 23, 2015 in posts on the Internet:

Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush.

By Louis Jacobson• October 27, 2015

Ron Johnson stated on May 06, 2014 in an opinion article:

Before the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, "the State Department not only failed to honor repeated requests for additional security, but instead actually reduced security in Libya."

By Tom Kertscher• May 19, 2014

Judicial Watch stated on April 14, 2015 in a web item:

"ISIS camp a few miles from Texas, Mexican authorities confirm."

By W. Gardner Selby• April 17, 2015

John Kelly stated on May 28, 2017 in a Fox News interview:

"Many of the countries in question (in Trump’s travel ban) don't even have a U.S. embassy there to help us vet."

By Miriam Valverde• May 31, 2017

Jorge Ramos stated on March 09, 2016 in an interview on NPR:

Says 80 journalists have been killed in Mexico in the last decade.

By Eleanor Dearman• April 8, 2016

Joe Biden stated on October 11, 2012 in the vice presidential debate:

"We weren't told they wanted more security " for diplomatic facilities in Libya.

By Jon Greenberg• October 12, 2012

Hillary Clinton stated on January 25, 2016 in a CNN town hall:

When terrorists killed more than 250 Americans in Lebanon under Ronald Reagan, "the Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."

By Lauren Carroll• February 1, 2016

Jay Carney stated on May 10, 2013 in a White House press briefing:

When Susan Rice spoke about Benghazi on Sunday news shows, she said "that al-Qaida might be involved, or other al-Qaida affiliates might be involved, or non-al-Qaida Libyan extremists, which I think demonstrates that there was no effort to play that down."

By Louis Jacobson• May 13, 2013

Sean Hannity stated on June 28, 2016 in comments on his Fox News program:

"During the (Benghazi) attack, a stand-down order was given, and our troops were told to change their clothes four times."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 30, 2016

Facebook posts stated on February 16, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“Seven ecological disasters in less than 2 weeks. … We are under attack.”

By Jeff Cercone• February 18, 2023

Nikki Haley stated on October 12, 2023 in a town hall in Exeter, N.H.:

China is “the largest developer of neuro-strike weapons, weapons engineered to change the brain activity of military commanders and segments of the population.”

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• November 1, 2023

Cokie Roberts stated on May 04, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

In discussing the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, "Ms. Rice did say 'a terrorist attack.' It’s not that she put the whole thing on the video."

By Julie Kliegman• May 4, 2014

Beto O'Rourke stated on January 03, 2018 in remarks at a stop in Greenville, Texas:

Says "precisely zero terrorists, terrorist groups or terror plots have ever been connected with the U.S.-Mexico border to do harm to people within the United States."

By Johnathan Silver• May 3, 2018

Nikki Haley stated on December 14, 2023 in a town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire:

“We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam wars, combined.”

By Grace Abels• December 19, 2023

Eric Johnson stated on June 07, 2010 in a blog post:

"The last major oil spill from a drilling accident in America happened over 40 years ago in 1969."

By Willoughby Mariano• June 17, 2010

National Rifle Association stated on January 16, 2011 in a fact-sheet.:

More people die from "medical misadventures" than firearm accidents nationally and in Florida.

By Amy Sherman• January 24, 2011

Rob Portman stated on May 17, 2016 in a radio interview:

Ohio is "probably top five in the country, sadly, in terms of heroin overdoses. It’s now exceeded car accidents as the No. 1 cause of death in Ohio."

By Nadia Pflaum• May 23, 2016

X posts stated on May 22, 2025 in an X post:

The slaying of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C., is a false flag.

By Maria Briceño• May 23, 2025

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