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Stephen Hayes stated on July 25, 2010 in on ABC News' "This Week.":

People in the top tax bracket, "these so-called wealthy, most of them are small-business owners."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 27, 2010

Viral image stated on August 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says the Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner paid for a Wall Street Journal ad critical of the president.

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 10, 2021

Sarah Palin stated on April 26, 2014 in speech to the NRA convention:

Says Attorney General Eric Holder recently revealed "this idea to have government have gun owners wear special bracelets that would identify you as a gun owner."

By Katie Sanders• May 1, 2014

Rick Santorum stated on April 05, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.":

"Ninety percent of American workers don't own their own business."

By Katharina Fiedler• April 13, 2015

Facebook posts stated on June 01, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“The owner of Taco Bell said them animals need to be shot (black ppl)!”

By Tom Kertscher• June 16, 2020

TheNewYorkEvening.com stated on May 08, 2018 in a fake news blog post:

"Pope Francis: Gun owners ‘can’t call themselves Christian’"

By Jon Greenberg• May 10, 2018

John Boehner stated on November 09, 2012 in a news conference:

"The problem with raising tax rates on the wealthiest Americans is that more than half of them are small business owners."

By Tom Feran• January 3, 2013

The Houston Post stated on June 26, 2018 in a headline:

"Red Hen owner just issued sick threat to Sarah Sanders"

By Amy Sherman• June 27, 2018

Tammy Baldwin stated on February 22, 2018 in an interview :

Says 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks.

By Tom Kertscher• March 2, 2018

National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on September 07, 2016 in a TV ad:

Says Patrick Murphy "never worked as a CPA" and was "never a small business owner."

By Amy Sherman• September 8, 2016

Sher Valenzuela stated on August 28, 2012 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:

"A Gallup report recently said that nearly 50 percent of small business owners aren't hiring because of what they call ‘regulatory uncertainty.’"

By Louis Jacobson• August 29, 2012

Rodney Frelinghuysen stated on November 04, 2011 in an email newsletter:

Says the Treasury Department "says 41 percent of all business income reported on individual returns would be hit by the [millionaires’] surtax" that "would harm small businessmen and women, the very people we are counting on to create new jobs."

By Erin O'Neill• November 13, 2011

Mark Harris stated on September 02, 2014 in an interview:

Says Glenn Grothman pushed through state tax credits that when phased in, "someone that owns a factory that produces millions in income" will pay "less tax than their nephew would if he worked full time at Taco Bell for minimum wage."

By Tom Kertscher• September 14, 2014

Jon Stewart stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":

Says Abraham Lincoln tried to buy slaves' freedom in border states, but the states "all rejected it."

By Jon Greenberg• March 18, 2014

Instagram posts stated on July 28, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Nancy Pelosi and Democrats "want to turn 150 million Americans into felons overnight" with HR 1808.

By Andy Nguyen• August 3, 2022

For Our Future Florida stated on April 22, 2018 in in a tweet:

Says Florida Gov. Rick Scott "just signed a bill that could make most of Florida’s beaches private."

By Allison Graves• April 26, 2018

Jason Brodeur stated on January 16, 2011 in comments published in the Fort Myers News-Press.:

Says gun ownership information could be recorded and collected by the federal government and insurance companies as part of the federal health care law.

By Aaron Sharockman• February 1, 2011

Robin Vos stated on November 10, 2019 in a TV interview:

On red-flag laws says, "What (Democrats) wanted to do was say, ‘I think you might do something, so I’m going to take away your gun and make you prove you wouldn’t do it."

By Mica Soellner• December 6, 2019

Instagram posts stated on January 11, 2025 in an Instagram post:

“The FBI has arrested the owner of the company responsible for the fires in Los Angeles.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 15, 2025

Facebook posts stated on February 20, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"Ottawa may euthanize truckers’ pets as punishment.”

By Jeff Cercone• February 22, 2022

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