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Viral image stated on February 25, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Joe Biden described America as “the foothills of the Himalayas with Xi Jinping.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 28, 2023

Facebook posts stated on September 13, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“The pope, Xi and Putin all meet to plan world events!”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 15, 2022

Facebook posts stated on September 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“President Xi of China under house arrest” amid “coup by the PLA.”

By Jeff Cercone• September 28, 2022

Claire McCaskill stated on April 05, 2017 in a news release:

"Due to the recent downturn in steel production, more than 13,600 Americans have been laid off and the steel industry is facing billions in losses."

By Austin Hough• May 30, 2017

Xi Jinping stated on November 12, 2014 in a press conference in Beijing.:

"China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world."

By Steve Contorno• November 17, 2014

Viral image stated on November 05, 2022 in Instagram post:

A German survey ranked Kyrie Irving as the “greatest threat to world peace” among world leaders.

By Michael Majchrowicz• November 8, 2022

HalfwayPost.com stated on July 06, 2017 in a headline:

"White House chef quits because Trump has only eaten fast food for 6 months."

By Joshua Gillin• July 17, 2017

Mike Pence stated on August 18, 2023 in comments at a conference:

“After China sent a balloon over strategic sites in the United States … President Biden literally sent the secretary of state hat in hand to go kowtow and ask for a meeting.”

By Amy Sherman• August 22, 2023

Facebook posts stated on September 18, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Chinese military convoy enters Ukraine from Russia.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 22, 2022

TikTok posts stated on March 07, 2021 in a TikTok post:

A video shows Kim Jong Un calling Joe Biden a "thug," a "coward," and "mentally unstable" in a speech.

By Bill McCarthy• April 23, 2021

Viral image stated on November 27, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The omicron variant’s name is evidence the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax.

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 30, 2021

Carly Fiorina stated on December 17, 2015 in a column posted on Medium:

"When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different things — including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. None of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity."

By Louis Jacobson• January 7, 2016

Michele Bachmann stated on October 28, 2011 in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer:

"Under Barack Obama's watch, we have expended $805 billion to liberate the people of Iraq and, more importantly, 4,400 American lives."

By Louis Jacobson• October 31, 2011

Cory Booker stated on June 16, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC:

"Al-Qaida operatives, have said, 'Hey, we want you to use this loophole (for purchasing guns despite being on a watch list) to attack and kill Americans.'"

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 23, 2016

Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund stated on August 15, 2012 in a Web video:

The Obama administration "willfully leaked the existence of STUXNET (a computer worm used against Iran), allowing our enemies to learn more of our secrets and of our operations."

By Jon Greenberg• August 24, 2012

Facebook posts stated on October 30, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Kamala’s husband, a lawyer, represents the Communist Chinese Party in America!! Think about that!!”

By Noah Y. Kim• November 2, 2020

Universal News Portal stated on March 18, 2018 in in a fake news blog post :

"Obama just broke federal law in attempt to take over presidency from Trump."

By Mica Soellner• March 22, 2018

Sebastian Gorka stated on November 13, 2017 in a speech at UNC-Chapel Hill:

Iran’s regime "every Friday declares war on us."

By Paul Specht• November 16, 2017

Donald Trump stated on December 20, 2018 in a tweet:

"Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy" about U.S. troops leaving Syria.

By Miriam Valverde• December 21, 2018

Instagram posts stated on March 17, 2020 in social media posts:

“While all COVID-19 news has been going on, the U.S. Government has been sneakily trying to remove end-to-end encryption” which means “the government will be able to see all of your messages and listen to all of your calls.”

By Patrick Orsagos• April 9, 2020

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