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Barack Obama stated on November 15, 2007 in Las Vegas:

"Right now, an employer has more of a chance of getting hit by lightning than be prosecuted for hiring an undocumented worker. That has to change."

By David DeCamp• November 16, 2007

Bloggers stated on September 07, 2017 in a fake news article:

"Georgia mosque keeps Hurricane Harvey donations, will send to Syrian refugees instead"

By Greg Auman, Jon Greenberg• September 11, 2017

Donald Trump stated on July 17, 2016 in an interview on 60 Minutes:

"Hillary Clinton invented ISIS with her stupid policies. She is responsible for ISIS."

By Amy Sherman• July 20, 2016

Mike Huckabee stated on November 18, 2013 in comments on “The Mike Huckabee Show”:

"You've got more people wanting to go moose hunting in New Hampshire than want Obamacare."

By Jim Haddadin• November 22, 2013

Dave Brat stated on June 29, 2016 in a podcast.:

"A few weeks ago, (the) education committee in Congress is deciding what’s going to be in your local salad bar."

By Warren Fiske• August 2, 2016

Sylvester Turner stated on March 04, 2016 in a press conference announcing new chairman of transit authority:

"The Katy Freeway, or Interstate 10 west of Houston, is the widest freeway in the world, with up to 26 lanes, including frontage road lanes."

By Fauzeya Rahman• April 13, 2016

Instagram posts stated on January 25, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“The convoy in Canada has made the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest convoy.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 2, 2022

Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated on December 01, 2010 in a press release:

"A 5 percent increase in domestic production would increase the world supply by less than 1 percent and do almost nothing to our dependence on foreign oil. This would also have virtually no effect on the price of gas at the pump."

By Amy Sherman• December 13, 2010

Viral image stated on December 05, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The crew of the U.S.S. Constitution consumed more than 252,000 gallons of alcohol and only 10,000 gallons of water on a seven-month trip.

By Ciara O'Rourke• December 10, 2021

Bloggers stated on March 19, 2018 in in a blog:

Say Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof was raped and beaten in prison.

By John Kruzel• March 20, 2018

Karl Rove stated on March 09, 2010 in his autobiography:

"Kay Bailey Hutchison was elected state treasurer, succeeding Ann Richards. Democrats then abolished the position ... Hutchison later became a U.S. senator."

By W. Gardner Selby• March 19, 2010

Jimmy Kimmel stated on June 06, 2019 in on "Jimmy Kimmel Live":

"Richard Nixon was the last president to be impeached."

By Bill McCarthy• June 13, 2019

Rick Perry stated on February 08, 2011 in his State of the State address.:

Says the state share of Texas public education spending increased 82 percent over the past decade, reaching $20 billion in 2009.

By W. Gardner Selby• March 3, 2011

Bloggers stated on August 22, 2018 in a blog post:

"JUST IN: Actor ‘Vin Deisel’ dies after a Failed Attempt to Perfect a Stunt on set."

By Lucia Geng• August 23, 2018

Paul Krugman stated on June 09, 2011 in a New York Times column:

"The average unemployed American has been out of work for almost 40 weeks."

By Louis Jacobson• June 10, 2011

Glenn Grothman stated on January 04, 2021 in News release:

A majority of Americans have voted for a party that … wants a world in which you cannot call your parents mom and dad."

By D.L. Davis• January 25, 2021

UniversePolitics.com stated on December 19, 2016 in an Internet post:

"Electoral College elector commits suicide to avoid voting for Donald Trump."

By Joshua Gillin• January 3, 2017

Glenn Beck stated on June 07, 2010 in his Fox News program:

"The 2000 Census cost $4.5 billion. The 2010 Census is set to cost up to $14.5 billion."

By Robert Farley• June 11, 2010

John Kasich stated on August 17, 2010 in a statement to reporters:

"The total number of dollars that passes through the Department of Development is like $900 million and like $650 (million) of it has nothing to do with development, which is breathtaking when you think about it."

By Reginald Fields• September 22, 2010

Mike Cernovich stated on July 14, 2016 in his blog:

"The Cleveland police has issued a stand down order to officers."

By Nadia Pflaum• July 18, 2016

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