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Instagram posts stated on January 30, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“George Soros worked for Hitler. Klaus Schwab’s father also worked for Hitler.”

By Loreben Tuquero• February 8, 2024

Viral image stated on January 24, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger said, "Slav, Latin and Hebrew immigrants are human weeds . . . a deadweight of human waste. Blacks, soldiers and Jews are a menace to race."

By Samantha Putterman• January 25, 2019

Scott Perry stated on August 31, 2020 in an ad:

Says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Eugene DePasquale support "socialized medicine," the Green New Deal and defunding the police.

By Tom Kertscher• September 10, 2020

William O'Brien stated on February 08, 2015 in a Facebook post:

Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger was "an active participant in the Ku Klux Klan."

By Clay Wirestone• March 18, 2015

Ben Carson stated on September 30, 2015 in a campaign stop in Exeter, N.H:

Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger "believed that people like me should be eliminated."

By Clay Wirestone• October 5, 2015

Peggy Hubbard stated on May 03, 2022 in a post:

Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, referred to Black women as weeds that needed to be plucked from their garden, and was a supporter of the Ku Klux Klan and a Democrat.

By Monique Curet• May 10, 2022

Andrew Koenig stated on August 18, 2017 in a tweet:

"It's time to remove any statue of Margaret Sanger who was a white suprematist (sic), spoke at kkk events & supported by democrats. #prolife"

By Katie Parkins, Allie Pecorin• October 5, 2017

Candace Owens stated on May 03, 2022 in a tweet:

“79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods. This is not by accident. That is by its founder, Margaret Sanger's, eugenicist design."

By Samantha Putterman• May 18, 2022

Eugene McKenna stated on September 13, 2012 in a forum on casino gambling:

"There’s at least 7,500 addicted gamblers in Rhode Island, at least, … it could be as high as 22,000."

By John Hill• September 28, 2012

Rachel Maddow stated on October 28, 2013 in comments on her TV show:

"Rand Paul’s speech ... on 'Gattaca' was totally ripped off of Wikipedia."

By Steve Contorno, Julie Kliegman• November 1, 2013

Facebook posts stated on June 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Henry Kissinger said that "once the herd accepts mandatory forcible vaccination, it’s game over," and that vaccine makers "stand to make billions … We thin out the herd and the herd pays us for providing extermination services."

By Samantha Putterman• June 25, 2019

Herman Cain stated on March 15, 2011 in a talk at a conservative think tank:

Said Planned Parenthood’s early objective was to "help kill black babies before they came into the world."

By Willoughby Mariano• April 8, 2011

Viral image stated on May 15, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“The woman in this photograph is Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, meeting with the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, Silver Lake, New Jersey.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 27, 2020

Eugene Robinson stated on December 01, 2009 in a Washington Post column:

The "post-Soviet industrial meltdown is responsible for most of the progress in reducing carbon emissions that Europe is able to claim."

By Catharine Richert• December 9, 2009

Abel Collins stated on June 02, 2013 in an interview on WJAR-TV's "10 News Conference.":

"RIPTA has really some of the fullest buses for its transit agency size around the country."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• June 9, 2013

Eugene Yu stated on December 09, 2013 in a website:

Says "Harry Reid has a better voting attendance record than these three Congressmen!"

By Eric Stirgus• December 17, 2013

Eugene Sepulveda stated on July 29, 2014 in a Facebook post:

Austin mayoral candidate "Mike Martinez takes corporate money."

By W. Gardner Selby• August 7, 2014

Eugene DePasquale stated on August 08, 2020 in a tweet:

Says Donald Trump's payroll tax deferral “could leave American workers liable for thousands of dollars during tax season and could potentially leave programs like Social Security and Medicare weakened.”

By Jon Greenberg• August 24, 2020

Gene McIntyre stated on February 22, 2013 in a guest column:

Says we will pay the new chancellor "a basic salary of nearly $300,000 a year ... an amount that does not include the costs of this public employee’s benefits, perks and living expenses for a lavish house, an upscale car, a spending allowance, and fine dining almost every day on the taxpayer dollar."

By Yuxing Zheng• March 20, 2013

Yes on 82 and 83 campaign stated on September 20, 2012 in a campaign ad:

Says Measures 82 and 83 authorize just one more casino.

By Janie Har• September 27, 2012

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