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The Other 98% stated on March 31, 2016 in a Facebook image:

"Last year (the U.S. women’s soccer team) generated $20 million more than the men’s team and were paid almost four times less."

By Lauren Carroll• April 6, 2016

Nancy Pelosi stated on June 17, 2014 in a tweet:

Says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Men’s National Team are immigrants.

By Steve Contorno• June 19, 2014

Instagram posts stated on November 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Qatar refused “to receive the German national team’s plane, which bears the gay logo, which forced them to return the plane to the airport of the Sultanate of Oman.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 29, 2022

Facebook posts stated on July 08, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Soccer players on the U.S. women’s national team "stomped" on the American flag.

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 25, 2019

Threads posts stated on December 10, 2024 in Threads posts:

“Pride flags permanently prohibited at FIFA Club World Cup 2025.”

By Sofia Ahmed• December 16, 2024

Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:

As of Aug. 25, "Luis Rubiales has resigned as the president of the Spanish Football Federation."

By Tom Kertscher• August 29, 2023

Viral image stated on August 07, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Golfer John Daly commented on soccer player Megan Rapinoe “choking” during the World Cup.

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 9, 2023

Viral image stated on November 25, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Saudi team gets $460K Rolls-Royces for upset win.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 29, 2022

Facebook posts stated on June 16, 2024 in a post:

Cristiano Ronaldo was the only European soccer captain who did not wear a rainbow armband at Euro 2020.

By Grace Abels• June 21, 2024

Facebook posts stated on July 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:

A photograph shows members of the U.S. women’s soccer team kneeling during the national anthem at the Tokyo Olympics.

By Madison Czopek• July 26, 2021

Chip Roy stated on January 23, 2023 in a tweet:

"Under Biden, we have seen over 4.6 million encounters at our southern border. Most have been released into the interior and will stay here indefinitely."

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• February 3, 2023

Greg Steube stated on July 12, 2019 in a tweet:

"Terrorists who are currently being held at Guantanamo Bay can be transferred to a neighborhood near you" as a result of House Democrats’ actions on the National Defense Authorization Act.

By Amy Sherman• July 19, 2019

Ted Cruz stated on June 11, 2018 in an interview aired on "Think," produced by KERA radio in Dallas:

"There’s actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail."

By W. Gardner Selby• June 18, 2018

Instagram posts stated on January 20, 2025 in a post:

“ICE has released the tip hotline to turn in illegal immigrants. They paying $750 for each illegal immigrant.”

By Maria Briceño• January 23, 2025

X posts stated on June 11, 2018 in a post by a filmmaker:

Say a boy was 'caged' in a wire enclosure.

By W. Gardner Selby• June 15, 2018

Viral image stated on January 19, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Four players have dropped out of the Australian Open with “chest pains.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 21, 2022

Steve Adler stated on February 14, 2017 in an open letter to Austin residents:

"Local authorities in 43 states refused to honor more than 16,000 detainer requests from ICE from October 2013 to December 2015. Only in Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Vermont and Wyoming did local officials honor all requests, and detainers are relatively rare in those states."

By W. Gardner Selby• February 23, 2017

Eric Swalwell stated on April 30, 2025 in a post on X:

"Republicans just voted in the House Judiciary Committee to allow Trump to DEPORT U.S. citizens to a foreign country."

By Louis Jacobson• May 6, 2025

Jeanine Pirro stated on March 20, 2021 in a TV segment:

The southern U.S. border “is now open to anyone from anywhere in the world who wishes to enter our country.”

By Bill McCarthy• March 23, 2021

Donald Trump stated on February 04, 2020 in his 2020 State of the Union address:

“In sanctuary cities, local officials order police to release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public instead of handing them over to ICE to be safely removed.”

By Bill McCarthy• February 5, 2020

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