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Facebook posts stated on March 02, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook:

Video shows that certain drinks can “test positive” for COVID-19 when using at-home COVID-19 tests.

By Madison Czopek• March 10, 2023

Donald Trump stated on October 24, 2016 in a rally in Florida:

"Wikileaks also shows how John Podesta rigged the polls by oversampling Democrats, a voter suppression technique."

By Linda Qiu• October 25, 2016

The Gateway Pundit stated on January 20, 2021 in an article:

“WHO admits their testing grossly overstates individuals testing positive for COVID.”

By Noah Y. Kim• January 22, 2021

Donald Trump stated on May 04, 2018 in the NRA convention:

"I doubled my African-American poll numbers. We went from 11 to 22 in one week."

By John Kruzel• May 7, 2018

X posts stated on November 03, 2020 in a tweet:

“Only sign outside Bucks County voting place. Democrats shown, republicans blurred out. … More scamming in Pennsylvania!”

By Jon Greenberg• November 4, 2020

Alexander Strenger stated on October 01, 2018 in response cited in an interactive voter guide:

Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2018

Instagram posts stated on July 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

"Plankton in the Atlantic Ocean is 90% gone."

By Andy Nguyen• July 27, 2022

Instagram posts stated on February 17, 2022 in a Instagram post:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has amassed the “largest collection of human data in history” through COVID-19 PCR tests.

By Yacob Reyes• February 23, 2022

Jeremiah Samples stated on February 28, 2019 in testimony before the West Virginia state Senate:

"We have had an increase of 67 percent (in) the number of children taken into state custody since 2014."

By Catherine Harrington, Madison Weaver• April 3, 2019

Instagram posts stated on September 25, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Sean “Diddy” Combs wrote the book “The Adrenochrome Witch.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 3, 2024

Facebook posts stated on July 07, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.”

By Tom Kertscher• July 13, 2020

Instagram posts stated on December 15, 2020 in an Instagram post:

An Austrian politician “exposed the defectiveness of the government’s Covid-19 tests by demonstrating how even a glass of Coca Cola will test positive for Covid-19.”

By Miriam Valverde• December 17, 2020

Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on August 06, 2015 in a tweet:

A "majority in every state favors path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants."

By Dave Umhoefer• August 19, 2015

Rand Paul stated on March 21, 2021 in a tweet:

“Sorry Dr Fauci and other fearmongers, new study shows vaccines and naturally acquired immunity DO effectively neutralize COVID variants.”

By Julie Appleby• March 26, 2021

X posts stated on May 24, 2021 in Twitter:

"The CDC lowered the PCR threshold while no longer recording asymptomatic cases...but only for the vaccinated."

By Michael Majchrowicz• June 3, 2021

Wendy Davis stated on June 27, 2010 in a speech at the Texas Democratic convention:

"We caught (the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) lying to us about the results of air quality studies in the Barnett Shale."

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 25, 2010

Social Media stated on February 25, 2025 in a post:

Girl Scout cookies are “toxic” because a study showed they contain glyphosate and heavy metals.

By Sara Swann• March 14, 2025

Viral image stated on October 21, 2015 in an image on the Internet:

"CNN's Crap Polling" is so bad that it shows that "no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton."

By Louis Jacobson• October 21, 2015

Joe Biden stated on July 18, 2010 in an interview on ABC's This Week:

"The health care numbers are going up."

By Alex Holt• July 20, 2010

Tim Ryan stated on February 20, 2018 in an interview on CNN:

"Seventy to 80 percent of NRA members support a universal background check."

By Amy Sherman• February 27, 2018

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