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Search results for "You can have a 70 failure rate in baseball and potentially be considered a Hall of Famer"

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Facebook posts stated on January 22, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Hank Aaron’s death was caused by a COVID-19 vaccine.
By Noah Y. Kim• January 26, 2021
Atlanta Braves stated on December 13, 2010 in a history on team website:
The Atlanta Braves are "the oldest continuously operating professional sports franchise in America."
By Eric Stirgus• December 14, 2010
Kelly Ayotte stated on October 24, 2013 in a town hall meeting in Hudson, N.H.:
The deficit this year could pay "all of the 2013 salaries of every professional baseball player for the next 248 years."
By Kaitlin Mulhere• November 18, 2013
Yvette McGee Brown stated on June 22, 2010 in speech on urban issues:
"The first professional baseball team was from an Ohio city."
By Aaron Marshall• July 30, 2010
A.J. Jacobs stated on February 06, 2016 in an interview:
Says President John F. Kennedy released a star Green Bay Packer from military reserve duty so that he could play in the 1961 NFL Championship Game.  
By Tom Kertscher• February 9, 2016
Mike Plant stated on November 20, 2013 in an interview:
"No one in the country has ever built a brand new sports facility and created this kind of development at the same time."
By Eric Stirgus• November 22, 2013
George Will stated on June 06, 2010 in a roundtable discussion on ABC's This Week:
The final pitch of Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series "was a foot and half probably high and outside."
By Louis Jacobson• June 12, 2010
X posts stated on November 03, 2024 in a post:
Michael Jordan endorsed Donald Trump for president in the 2024 election.
By Sara Swann• November 4, 2024
Brenden Jones stated on April 02, 2025 in a speech:
“Contractors are being rejected” from providing Hurricane Helene relief in North Carolina because of racial “quotas” required by the state.
By Paul Specht• May 30, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on April 01, 2024 in an interview on CNN:
“President Biden is the first candidate in history, the first president in history, that has used the federal agencies to censor political speech ... to censor his opponent."
By Amy Sherman• April 5, 2024
Lynn Westmoreland stated on October 08, 2011 in a meeting:
Georgia has had ʺmore bank failures than any other state.ʺ
By Eric Stirgus• November 14, 2011
Mitt Romney stated on September 12, 2011 in the CNN-Tea Party Express debate in Tampa:
"In writing his book, Gov. Perry pointed out that … by any measure Social Security has been a failure."
By Becky Bowers• September 13, 2011
Barack Obama stated on February 27, 2014 in an event at the White House:
"Fewer black and Latino men participate in the labor force, compared to young white men."
By Louis Jacobson• February 28, 2014
Nikki Haley stated on January 02, 2024 in a town hall in Rye, N.H.:
“Right now, over 70% of federal employees are still working from home three years after COVID."
By Louis Jacobson• January 5, 2024
Instagram posts stated on January 30, 2025 in a video:
The U.S. Army helicopter in the Jan. 29 plane collision was the same model of helicopter in the 2020 Kobe Bryant crash.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 7, 2025
Caleb Rowden stated on March 04, 2016 in a Columbia/Boone County League of Women Voters Town Hall:
"Seventy percent of Missourians support voter photo ID legislation."
By Katie Moeller• March 14, 2016
Facebook posts stated on February 02, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Seniors around the world who died from COVID vaccine are being improperly listed as “natural causes.”
By Tom Kertscher• February 5, 2021
Scott Keyes stated on September 10, 2011 in an article:
"The Green Bay Packers are a socialist organization."
By Tom Kertscher• September 18, 2011
Viral image stated on February 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:
A photo shows Joe Namath and Al Woodall kneeling on the sideline of a football field during the national anthem.  
By Samantha Putterman• February 20, 2019
Bill O'Reilly stated on April 13, 2010 in a segment on the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor:
"We researched to find out if anybody on Fox News had ever said you're going to jail if you don't buy health insurance. Nobody's ever said it."
By Louis Jacobson• April 27, 2010

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Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ Univision town hall with Latino voters

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Fact-checking Joe Biden’s speech about democracy before the 2022 midterms

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