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Rush Limbaugh stated on April 08, 2009 in a radio broadcast:

"You can't read a speech by George Washington . . . without hearing him reference God, the Almighty."

By Alexander Lane• April 10, 2009

Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Quotes George Washington as saying "it is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible."

By Samantha Putterman• July 15, 2019

Donald Trump stated on May 05, 2020 in an interview on ABC:

Models projecting COVID-19 deaths “are talking about without mitigation.”

By Amy Sherman• May 6, 2020

Donald Trump stated on September 13, 2018 in tweets:

Says 3,000 people "did not die" in two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico. That death toll estimate was "done by Democrats."

By Amy Sherman• September 18, 2018

Josh Mandel stated on December 02, 2011 in a newspaper column:

Sen. Sherrod Brown "has chosen to side with Washington bureaucrats and fringe extremists in the attacks on our natural resources."

By Stephen Koff• December 7, 2011

Senate Leadership Fund stated on October 11, 2018 in a campaign ad:

"Washington Heidi supports sanctuary cities, where illegal immigrants can be released on our streets, like this criminal, who was let go and then sexually assaulted a child."

By Manuela Tobias• October 19, 2018

Newt Gingrich stated on November 09, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Michigan:

"By 2014, there will be one administrator for every teacher on college campuses in the United States."

By Louis Jacobson, Molly Moorhead• November 14, 2011

X posts stated on April 06, 2025 in a post:

Photos and videos show Washington, D.C., protests against White House adviser Elon Musk are “staged & paid — bussed in, scripted, clocked out.”

By Grace Abels• April 11, 2025

Chain email stated on November 13, 2009 in an e-mail circulated to many people.:

Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man accused of the Fort Hood shootings, "was an ADVISOR to the Obama Administration."

By Catharine Richert• November 13, 2009

Maxine Lipeles stated on February 24, 2019 in a newspaper article:

"All the ponds in Missouri for which we have data are causing groundwater contamination. … This is a statewide issue."

By Kennedy Simone• April 26, 2019

Duncan Hunter stated on October 31, 2007 in a Fox News interview:

"And, you know, our first president and our first commander in chief prayed every day. He had a field manual of prayers."

By John Frank• December 18, 2007

Citizens for Lower Taxes and a Stronger Economy stated on January 21, 2010 in the "No on 4!" website:

"Amendment 4 will reduce Florida’s economic output by $34 billion annually."

By Laura Figueroa• October 15, 2010

Viral image stated on March 20, 2018 in In a meme:

"The United States is 3rd in murders throughout the world. If you remove Chicago, Detroit, Washington, St. Louis and New Orleans, the United States is then 189th out of 193 countries in the entire world."

By Manuela Tobias• March 28, 2018

Jay Inslee stated on February 20, 2019 in an interview:

"The forest fires were so grotesque last year that we had the worst air in the world in Washington."

By Tom Kertscher• March 8, 2019

Kayleigh McEnany stated on July 06, 2021 in a TV segment:

“We know most of our forefathers, all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery, recognized the evils of it.”

By Bill McCarthy• July 9, 2021

Pete Buttigieg stated on October 30, 2019 in an interview:

"When it comes to electability, every single time my party has won the presidency in the last 50 years, it’s been with a candidate who was new on the national scene, hadn’t spent a lot of time in Washington, and represented a new generation of leadership."

By Miriam Valverde• November 5, 2019

Brian Kemp stated on August 23, 2017 in a campaign email:

"Our conservative Georgia values are under attack" ... (People) are "calling for the removal of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson statues."

By Jon Greenberg• August 30, 2017

National Republican Congressional Committee stated on October 03, 2010 in a campaign commercial:

Arkansas Democratic congressional candidate Chad Causey "was a Washington, D.C. bureaucrat."

By Louis Jacobson• October 6, 2010

Louie Gohmert stated on December 16, 2012 in an interview on ‘Fox News Sunday’:

Says George Washington said a free people should be armed to guard against government tyranny.

By Sue Owen• January 3, 2013

Van Jones stated on May 04, 2014 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week":

In some states, African-Americans are three times more likely to be sentenced to death than whites for the same crime.

By Katie Sanders• May 7, 2014

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