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Donald Trump stated on November 14, 2015 in a rally in Beaumont, Texas:

President Barack Obama "wants to take in 250,000 (people) from Syria."

By Fauzeya Rahman• December 1, 2015

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

Michael Hayden stated on September 14, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"The president referred to the Syrian opposition just a few months ago as pharmacists and doctors, and so on."

By Steve Contorno• September 14, 2014

Donald Trump stated on March 19, 2016 in a rally in Fountain Hills, Ariz. :

The 2016 federal omnibus spending bill "funds illegal immigrants coming in and through your border, right through Phoenix."

By Anthony Cave• April 2, 2016

Sean Hannity stated on October 19, 2015 in a segment of Fox News' "Hannity":

"The president said he’s going to bring in 250,000 (Syrian and Iraqi) refugees into this country."

By Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• October 26, 2015

Donald Trump stated on November 17, 2015 in an interview on Laura Ingraham's radio show:

The federal government is sending refugees to states with governors who are "Republicans, not to the Democrats."

By Louis Jacobson• November 18, 2015

Facebook posts stated on March 05, 2019 in posts on the Internet:

"Right here (in West Virginia), they are building new houses … so that 321 Syrian Muslims can move down into this neighborhood in two months. … (A funeral home) is to be torn down in two months, and a mosque is going to built there."

By Liz Newton, Patrick Orsagos, Mary Alice Truitt• March 27, 2019

Hillary Clinton stated on January 04, 2016 in a posting on the Clinton website:

"Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• January 7, 2016

Mike Huckabee stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth undercard GOP debate. :

"Only one out of five of the so-called ‘Syrian refugees’ who went into Europe were actually Syrian."

By Linda Qiu• November 11, 2015

Keith Ellison stated on January 29, 2017 in a CBS 'Face The Nation' interview:

"About three-quarters of (Syrian refugees) are women and children. A full third of them are kids under 12 years old."

By Miriam Valverde• February 2, 2017

Carly Fiorina stated on November 17, 2015 in a campaign stop in Concord, N.H. :

"The vast majority of (Syrian) refugees are young, able-bodied men looking for work."

By Nick Reid• November 20, 2015

Antiwar.com stated on April 09, 2018 in an article on the Antiwar.com website:

"Red Crescent Says No Evidence of Chemical Attack in Syria’s Douma."

By Jon Greenberg• April 13, 2018

Greg Abbott stated on November 18, 2015 in a tweet:

"8 Syrians caught at Texas border in Laredo."

By Dylan Baddour• November 20, 2015

Pat McCrory stated on October 11, 2016 in a North Carolina governor's race debate:

Says Syrian refugees are not being vetted, and "the FBI is not even being told where they are."

By Will Doran• October 12, 2016

Donald Trump stated on October 04, 2015 in an interview on ABC "This Week":

Among Syrian refugees, "there aren't that many women, there aren't that many children."

By Joshua Gillin• October 4, 2015

Donald Trump stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech in New York attacking Hillary Clinton:

"For the amount of money Hillary Clinton would like to spend on refugees, we could rebuild every inner city in America."

By Jon Greenberg• June 22, 2016

Newt Gingrich stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:

Says "Hillary (Clinton) wants to increase the number (of Syrian refugees) by 500 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Miriam Valverde• July 21, 2016

Rick Scott stated on November 17, 2015 in an interview on Fox:

The federal government is "making the decision, whether we like it or not, to send 425 refugees to our state" from Syria.

By Amy Sherman• November 20, 2015

Jack Posobiec stated on March 23, 2021 in a tweet:

“New information coming in that Boulder shooter was a Syrian refugee who arrived via Obama-era asylum programs.”

By Daniel Funke• March 24, 2021

Mike Pence stated on September 04, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to increase Syrian refugees to this country by 550 percent."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 4, 2016

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