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Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2023 in a post:

The officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives.

By Madison Czopek• February 2, 2023

Viral image stated on March 18, 2025 in an Instagram post:

“Man gets plastic surgery and name change to date his ex-girlfriend after she obtains a restraining order.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 2, 2025

Dennis Prager stated on May 18, 2017 in an appearance on CNN:

"It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump’s) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend."

By Louis Jacobson• May 22, 2017

Facebook posts stated on February 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says former congressman Keith Ellison “beats his girlfriend and Democrats make him the deputy chair of the DNC.”

By Samantha Putterman• February 29, 2020

Donald Trump stated on March 03, 2016 in a GOP debate hosted by Fox:

The wives of the 9/11 hijackers "knew exactly what was happening" and went back to Saudi Arabia two days before the attacks to watch their husbands on television flying the planes.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• March 4, 2016

Randolph Bracy stated on April 04, 2017 in a New York Times op-ed:

"There are no federal or state laws that say prosecutors must seek death sentences. And the United States Supreme Court has banned all state laws that make executions mandatory for murders."

By Amy Sherman• April 6, 2017

Viral image stated on September 18, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says a photo of a woman with multiple bruises on her face is Democrat Keith Ellison’s girlfriend and he is responsible for her injuries.

By Samantha Putterman• September 27, 2019

Donald Trump stated on December 15, 2015 in the Republican debate in Las Vegas:

The 9/11 terrorists' friends, family, girlfriends in the United States "were sent back for the most part to Saudi Arabia. They knew what was going on. They went home, and they wanted to watch their boyfriends on television."

By Jon Greenberg• December 17, 2015

Viral image stated on June 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“George Floyd at his own funeral and George Floyd three days ago.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• June 11, 2020

Facebook posts stated on October 26, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says photo from Hunter Biden's laptop shows Paul Pelosi Jr. abusing a girl and doing drugs.

By Samantha Putterman• October 27, 2020

Alex Jones stated on April 20, 2017 in a court hearing:

Says police officers smoke marijuana once a year as part of their jobs.

By Joshua Gillin• May 5, 2017

Bloggers stated on July 12, 2018 in a blog post:

"Hillary in hiding as police discover dead body hidden in Huma Abedin’s dumpster."

By Bill McCarthy• July 19, 2018

Glenn Grothman stated on March 02, 2012 in an interview:

Says a study shows that children who live with a biological parent and the parent's boyfriend or girlfriend "have a 20 times greater chance of being sexually abused."

By Tom Kertscher• March 25, 2012

Viral image stated on June 08, 2020 in post on Facebook:

“Cops in Norway: require 3 years of training, 4 people killed since 2002. Cops in Finland: require 2 years of training, 7 people killed since 2000. Cops in Iceland: require 2 years of training, 1 person killed since ever. Cops in the U.S.: require 21 weeks of training, 8,000+ people killed since 2001.”

By Emily Venezky• June 16, 2020

Viral image stated on October 15, 2024 in a Threads post:

Photo shows Vice President Kamala Harris and Sean “Diddy” Combs.

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 18, 2024

Karoline Leavitt stated on January 28, 2025 in White House press briefing:

The U.S. has an egg shortage because the “Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.”

By Jeff Cercone• January 30, 2025

Rebecca Bradley stated on March 21, 2016 in a radio interview:

Says her representation of an ex-boyfriend "who was then my friend" in a family law case is "something that lawyers do on a regular basis."

By Tom Kertscher• March 25, 2016

Tom Barrett stated on May 31, 2012 in a debate:

"No one on my staff has ever been charged with a crime."

By Tom Kertscher• June 1, 2012

Randolph Bracy stated on April 04, 2017 in in a New York Times op-ed:

"African-Americans are grossly overrepresented on Florida’s death row."

By Amy Sherman• April 17, 2017

Virginia Lottery stated on March 02, 2011 in a website:

"Since 1999, all Virginia Lottery profits have been used for public education in the Commonwealth for kindergarten through 12th grade."

By Sean Gorman• March 9, 2011

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