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Pramila Jayapal
stated on August 30, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“The average hospital stay for a case of COVID-19 costs about $17,064. The vaccine is free.”

By Miriam Valverde • September 2, 2021

Mitt Romney
stated on August 29, 2021 in a CNN interview:

The Trump administration worked to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners.

By Miriam Valverde • August 31, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on August 20, 2021 in a press conference:

There has been “no question of our credibility from our allies around the world” regarding how the U.S. is withdrawing from Afghanistan.

By Miriam Valverde • August 26, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2021 in a Facebook post:

COVID-19 vaccinations are “a violation of the Nuremberg code."

By Miriam Valverde • August 20, 2021

Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2021 in a press conference:

Says Joe Biden has driven the current coronavirus surge because he “imported more virus from around the world by having a wide open southern border.”

By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • August 6, 2021

Ron DeSantis
stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference:

“That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”

By Miriam Valverde • June 21, 2021

Instagram posts
stated on June 4, 2021 in an Instagram post:

"920 women lose their unborn babies after getting vaccinated."

By Miriam Valverde • June 8, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on May 26, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Police defunding is to blame for “skyrocketing murder rates” in Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Portland, New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

By Miriam Valverde • May 28, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on May 25, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Biden agrees to Pelosi's request to resign.”

By Miriam Valverde • May 26, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on May 17, 2021 in social media posts:

“Gas prices highest in a decade. Worst jobs report in 2 decades. Highest inflation in 3 decades. Highest increase in illegal immigration in 4 decades.”

By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • May 26, 2021

Kevin McCarthy
stated on May 12, 2021 in a statement to reporters:

"I don't think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election."

By Miriam Valverde • May 14, 2021

Kamala Harris
stated on May 4, 2021 in a speech:

“The global cost of corruption is as much as 5% of the world's GDP.”

By Miriam Valverde • May 7, 2021

Ron DeSantis
stated on April 19, 2021 in a speech:

“If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up."

By Miriam Valverde • May 4, 2021

Instagram posts
stated on April 22, 2021 in an Instagram post:

"Mountains of data" show drug ivermectin "basically obliterates" COVID-19 transmission.

By Miriam Valverde • April 23, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on April 7, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says the nation is locked down and there’s “a wide open border.”

By Miriam Valverde • April 15, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“We spent billions on a border wall and quit when it was 90% finished.”

By Miriam Valverde • March 29, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on March 25, 2021 in a press conference:

Says there was a “28% increase in children to the border in my administration” and “31% … in 2019.” The increase in migration in January, February and March “happens every year.”

By Miriam Valverde • March 26, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on March 25, 2021 in press conference:

“We’re sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming.”

By Miriam Valverde • March 25, 2021

Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2021 in a statement to the media:

"We proudly handed the Biden administration the most secure border in history. All they had to do was keep this smooth-running system on autopilot.”

By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde • March 24, 2021

Alejandro Mayorkas
stated on March 21, 2021 in in an ABC News interview:

The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.”

By Miriam Valverde • March 24, 2021

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