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JD Vance stated on February 19, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon:

Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights."

By Jon Greenberg• February 21, 2022

Mitt Romney stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":

The United States stopped plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe "as a gift to Russia."

By Katie Sanders• March 23, 2014

Viral image stated on February 28, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Says Vladimir Putin said the West is controlled by Satanic pedophiles.

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 4, 2022

George P. Bush stated on October 16, 2017 in the "Alamo Truth" website funded by George P. Bush's political campaign:

"The Alamo has been consistently listed as one of the most disappointing landmarks in our nation."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 20, 2017

Dick Cheney stated on May 18, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

"At the mere request from Putin, President Obama withdrew the plans for a missile defense program based in Poland and the Czech Republic."

By Jon Greenberg• May 19, 2014

Mark Pocan stated on January 11, 2017 in a letter:

Says Betsy DeVos and her family "have donated extensively to groups which promote the idea that students who identify as LGBT must undergo 'conversion' therapy."

By Tom Kertscher, Dave Umhoefer• January 25, 2017

Tim Ryan stated on May 10, 2022 in an attack ad:

“J.D. Vance profits off Russia propaganda.”

By Jon Greenberg• May 24, 2022

Bloggers stated on November 29, 2018 in a meme:

"Red trees are significant to the early Christian church. In eastern Europe, the church would dye the trees red to symbolize the blood of Jesus & the resurrection."

By Miriam Valverde• December 3, 2018

Tom Cotton stated on July 03, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton "was literally present when we pressed the reset button with Russia just a few months after Russia had invaded Georgia."

By Jon Greenberg• July 3, 2016

John Lott stated on June 24, 2015 in comments on Fox News:

"The United States doesn’t have the highest murder rate among developed countries. You look at Russia, you look at Brazil, those are countries that have 3 to 5 times higher murder rates than what we have here in the United States."

By Anna Bruzgulis• June 30, 2015

Candace Owens stated on February 22, 2022 in a tweet:

“NATO (under direction from the United States) is violating previous agreements and expanding eastward.”

By Bill McCarthy• February 28, 2022

Bloggers stated on March 13, 2017 in a headline:

Says "Georgia becomes first state to ban Muslim culture in historic move to restore Western values."

By Joshua Gillin• April 2, 2017

Vladimir Putin stated on January 19, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

In Russia "all people are absolutely equal regardless of their religion, sex, ethnicity, or sexual orientation," while "70 countries of the world have criminal liability for homosexuality."

By Steve Contorno• January 19, 2014

Vladimir Putin stated on September 07, 2022 in at an economic forum in Russia:

Russia “has not lost anything” in its invasion of Ukraine.

By Jeff Cercone• September 9, 2022

Scott Walker stated on February 23, 2012 in a radio interview:

Wisconsin is called the Badger State because "our ancestors came here with the hopes of living the American dream by mining."

By Tom Kertscher• March 5, 2012

Russian Ministry of Defense stated on April 03, 2022 in a Telegram post:

A video taken from a car driving through Bucha, Ukraine, shows a corpse “moving his arm,” and then “in the rear view mirror the ‘corpse’ sits down.”

By Bill McCarthy• April 4, 2022

Karl Rove stated on March 16, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

After Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008, the U.S. sent a "very strong message" to Vladimir Putin by sending "warships to the Black Sea" and airlifting "combat troops that Georgia had in Afghanistan" back to Georgia.

By Louis Jacobson• March 19, 2014

Doug Burgum stated on May 25, 2024 in a speech at the North Carolina Republican Party convention:

Donald Trump “shut down” Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Joe Biden approved it, then Biden shut down U.S. liquified natural gas export capacity.

By Paul Specht• June 17, 2024

Mitt Romney stated on August 05, 2012 in a campaign ad:

Says Obama "refuses to recognize Jerusalem" as the capital of Israel.

By Molly Moorhead• August 7, 2012

Anthony Weiner stated on July 27, 2016 in an appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":

"We know this now. The banks no longer loan (Donald Trump) money because he's a terrible risk. So he goes to these (Russian) oligarchs and borrows money."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• August 8, 2016

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