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Marco Rubio stated on July 30, 2021 in a tweet:

Photos show Lloyd Austin without a face shield after he landed in the Philippines.

By Ciara O'Rourke• August 2, 2021

Ann Coulter stated on February 02, 2014 in an interview on "Fox & Friends Weekend":

A friend’s sister "died from Obamacare" because Blue Shield "completely just pulled out of California."

By Katie Sanders• February 5, 2014

Candace Owens stated on August 09, 2021 in in a Twitter post:

“The CDC actually put together a document to discuss putting high risk people into camps to ‘shield’ low risk people from them.”

By Gabrielle Settles• August 20, 2021

Barack Obama stated on September 17, 2009 in a White House announcement:

On whether he would put a missile shield in Poland.

By Robert Farley• September 22, 2009

Instagram posts stated on December 12, 2021 in an Instagram post:

"Blue Cross Blue Shield pays your doctor a $40,000 bonus for fully vaccinating at least 100 patients under the age of two."

By Vivian Lam• January 19, 2022

Roy Barnes stated on October 15, 2010 in a TV commercial:

Republican candidate for governor Nathan Deal fought to weaken Georgia's rape shield law.

By Willoughby Mariano• October 22, 2010

Markwayne Mullin stated on November 15, 2023 in an interview with CNN:

“Abraham Lincoln challenged a guy to a sword fight.”

By Louis Jacobson• November 16, 2023

Ted Cruz stated on January 21, 2016 in a New Hampshire appearance:

"Blue Cross Blue Shield cancelled all their individual (health care) policies in the state of Texas, effective Dec. 31."

By W. Gardner Selby• January 22, 2016

Mark Shields stated on October 10, 2014 in a broadcast of PBS' "Newshour":

Republicans "made it easier to buy a gun" in states they won in 2010.

By Jon Greenberg• October 16, 2014

Mike Shields stated on October 31, 2019 in a CNN panel discussion:

Says Democrats "have issued more subpoenas than they’ve passed bills."

By Bill McCarthy• November 4, 2019

Facebook posts stated on September 23, 2020 in a series of images:

A U-Haul operated by antifa activists distributed “shields, weapons & black bloc” to protesters in Louisville, Ky., and is linked to “a George Soros-funded initiative.”

By Daniel Funke• September 24, 2020

Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2018 in a rally for Republican candidates in Houston:

Says Beto O’Rourke "voted to shield MS-13 gang members from deportation."

By W. Gardner Selby• October 25, 2018

Mark Shields stated on December 21, 2012 in the PBS NewsHour:

Since 1968, "more Americans have died from gunfire than died in … all the wars of this country's history."

By Louis Jacobson• January 18, 2013

Steve West stated on September 27, 2018 in a page on his campaign website:

"PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES that manufacture vaccines have IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION!"

By Dylan Sherman, Andrew Withers• September 27, 2018

Mitt Romney stated on March 23, 2014 in comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":

The United States stopped plans to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe "as a gift to Russia."

By Katie Sanders• March 23, 2014

Nicholas Kristof stated on August 27, 2015 in his column in the New York Times:

"More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history."

By Louis Jacobson• August 27, 2015

Kathleen Sebelius stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview on Meet the Press:

Blue Cross Blue Shield ended "2016 open enrollment with 1 million members in the Florida marketplace."

By Amy Sherman• March 15, 2017

Facebook posts stated on September 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The life span of a wind tower generator lasts just three to four years.

By Loreben Tuquero• October 30, 2023

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

Says Robin Vos wore protective gear that “election workers he forced to work … do not have.”

By Haley BeMiller• April 10, 2020

Ronna McDaniel stated on February 22, 2021 in a tweet:

Says the American Civil Liberties Union opposes H.R. 1 on grounds that “it threatens our freedom of speech.”

By Amy Sherman• March 1, 2021

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