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Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2017 in Twitter:

Amazon has a "no-tax monopoly."

By John Kruzel• July 26, 2017

Andrew Cuomo stated on November 19, 2018 in a radio interview:

"There is nothing that we have done on Amazon that we have not done with hundreds of other projects."

By Jill Terreri Ramos• December 7, 2018

Donald Trump stated on April 02, 2018 in a tweet:

"Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed."

By Manuela Tobias• April 2, 2018

Facebook posts stated on August 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Amazon is “running a promotion and giving away random packages for just $1!”

By Gabrielle Settles• August 18, 2022

Viral image stated on May 08, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Amazon accepts Dogecoin.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 12, 2021

Instagram posts stated on December 09, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Amazon got hacked. … Hackers added Hub lockers as your default delivery addresses.”

By Jeff Cercone• December 12, 2023

Jeff Bezos stated on July 29, 2020 in a congressional hearing:

“The retail market we participate in is extraordinarily large and competitive. Amazon accounts for less than 1% of the $25 trillion global retail market, and less than 4% of U.S. retail.”

By Emily Venezky• August 6, 2020

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stated on June 17, 2019 in a tweet:

Says Amazon is "paying full-time employees so little that they require gov food assistance."

By Bill McCarthy• June 21, 2019

Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2018 in a tweet:

"You know what Amazon paid in federal income taxes last year? Zero."

By Manuela Tobias• May 3, 2018

Ro Khanna stated on May 26, 2018 in in a tweet:

"Amazon Echo is recording every conversation in a person's home and transmitting it to the cloud."

By John Kruzel• May 31, 2018

John Delaney stated on August 27, 2019 in an interview:

The Amazon rainforest fires are "directly related to trade" tensions between the United States and China.

By John Kruzel• September 6, 2019

Facebook posts stated on May 12, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Amazon will ship baby formula to U.S. addresses if you change your preferred country on its website from the U.S. to Canada.

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 17, 2022

Facebook posts stated on June 04, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

“Amazon está regalando las tabletas del año pasado a todos los residentes en Estados Unidos mayores de 30 años para deshacerse del exceso de inventario”.

By Maria Briceño• June 6, 2024

Eric Bolling stated on April 04, 2018 in a tweet:

"USPS loses $1.46 each Amazon package it delivers."

By Manuela Tobias• April 6, 2018

X posts stated on September 11, 2025 in an X post:

A book on Amazon titled “The Shooting of Charlie Kirk” with a Sept. 9 publication date is evidence the event was staged.

By Samantha Putterman• September 12, 2025

Newt Gingrich stated on June 28, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Amazon has removed "an educational game about Gettysburg."

By Anna Bruzgulis• June 30, 2015

Occupy Democrats stated on June 11, 2025 in Facebook post:

"Undocumented immigrants paid more taxes last year than Amazon, GM, IBM & Netflix combined."

By Ella Moore• June 27, 2025

Civitas Institute stated on June 25, 2018 in a tweet:

"Apple and Amazon already operate in many states that require levels of voter ID."

By Rashaan Ayesh• August 22, 2018

Viral image stated on April 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Walmart, Amazon, Kroger, Target and Costco “have not had any reported (coronavirus) cases in the news.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 1, 2020

Facebook posts stated on September 02, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Rihanna hired "five planes that carried 90,000 liters of water to support the fire control" in the Amazon rainforest.

By Daniel Funke• September 6, 2019

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