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Viral image stated on August 03, 2019 in :

"ICE just rolled up to the school where the families are reunifying after the El Paso shooting to check citizenship papers."

By Louis Jacobson• August 6, 2019

Beto O'Rourke stated on July 11, 2019 in :

"We are incarcerating more children than any time ... since we interned Japanese-Americans during World War II"

By Mica Soellner• July 26, 2019

Bernie Sanders stated on June 12, 2019 in :

"In 2014 ... in McDowell County, W.Va., one of the poorest counties in the nation, life expectancy for men was 64 years. In Fairfax County, Va., a wealthy county, just 350 miles away, life expectancy was nearly 82 years, an 18 year differential. The life expectancy gap for women in the two counties was 12 years."

By Patrick Orsagos, Kristen Uppercue• July 18, 2019

Viral image stated on May 14, 2019 in :

"Nearly every state that has legalized (marijuana) has also legislated that you lose your right to own a gun if you are prescribed, or buy it recreationally."

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 9, 2019

Kelly E. Hastings stated on June 30, 2019 in :

Said, "The Seven Years’ War led to near bankruptcy for many countries; Britain’s need to raise taxes fueled the American desire for independence."

By Elizabeth Thompson• July 3, 2019

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