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John McCain stated on June 27, 2010 in comments on 'Meet the Press':

"Phoenix, Arizona, is the No. 2 kidnapping capital of the world."

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 28, 2010

David Dewhurst stated on June 11, 2010 in a speech:

"Phoenix, Arizona, I'm told, is now the No. 2 kidnapping capital in the world, right behind Mexico City."

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 18, 2010

Wayne LaPierre stated on February 13, 2013 in an op-ed in the Daily Caller:

"Phoenix is already one of the kidnapping capitals of the world."

By Louis Jacobson, Ciara O'Rourke• February 19, 2013

Helen Glover stated on July 09, 2010 in a comment on her talk show:

Phoenix is the kidnapping capital "of the Western Hemisphere."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• July 15, 2010

Courtney Combs stated on July 16, 2010 in an appearance at the Cleveland City Club:

"Phoenix, Ariz., is the No. 2 kidnapping capital of the world."

By Aaron Marshall• August 16, 2010

John Cornyn stated on March 17, 2010 in in a letter to President Barack Obama:

"The spillover violence (from Mexico) in Texas is real and it is escalating."

By Ciara O'Rourke• March 28, 2010

Joe Biden stated on December 01, 2011 in an interview on NBC's "Today Show":

In Iraq, "violence is down to an all-time low" since the start of the war.

By Louis Jacobson• December 2, 2011

TikTok posts stated on November 12, 2023 in a TikTok video:

Video of an Alabama compound shows “Hamas is here and training hidden in plain sight.”

By Loreben Tuquero• November 30, 2023

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

Citizens for Fairness stated on October 09, 2013 in in a campaign mailer:

Amanda Murphy has "two vacation homes around the world."

By Rich Shopes• October 12, 2013

Bob Casey stated on July 21, 2020 in an interview:

Federal agents in Portland have been “kidnapping and holding citizens without charges.”

By Jessica Calefati• August 4, 2020

Donald Trump stated on April 02, 2024 in a speech:

"Crime is down in Venezuela by 67% because they're taking their gangs and their criminals and depositing them very nicely into the United States.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• April 10, 2024

Kamala Harris stated on October 07, 2024 in an interview:

“We have cut the flow of fentanyl by half.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 11, 2024

Viral image stated on October 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

In the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, “the perps were ANTIFA and BLM anarchists.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 21, 2020

Facebook posts stated on August 08, 2022 in Facebook:

"Urgente! China confirma la invasión de Los Ángeles y Baja California! Prepararon 1000 destructores!"

By Nuria Diaz Muñoz• August 10, 2022

Michael Cutler stated on June 07, 2011 in an appearance on the "Helen Glover ShowV:

"A couple of hundred American cities are infested by members of the Mexican cartels."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 19, 2011

Dan Patrick stated on January 04, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Says "566,000 crimes" were "made in Texas by criminal aliens in the last 6 years."

By W. Gardner Selby• January 25, 2018

Instagram posts stated on April 11, 2023 in an Instagram post:

A video shows a steamroller destroying Bud Light cases in relation to Anheuser-Busch’s partnership with a trans person.

By Jeff Cercone• April 14, 2023

Mike Pence stated on November 18, 2022 in a speech:

The border wall and the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy “reduced illegal immigration by 90%.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• December 6, 2022

Rick Santorum stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate:

Says that in 2001, Rick Perry spoke favorably of binational health insurance between Mexico and Texas.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• October 4, 2011

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