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stated on May 6, 2026 a social media post:

“California only has ‘enough’ oil and gas supply to meet demand for the next six weeks.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on May 4, 2026 a White House event:

“Consumer confidence is way up."

By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2026

Tim Scott
stated on April 26, 2026 an X post:

“Secret Service remains unpaid” during the partial government shutdown.

By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on April 23, 2026 remarks at the White House:

“We are right now producing more oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2026

Ron DeSantis
stated on April 27, 2026 an interview with Fox News Digital:

Since the 2020 census, Florida has "moved from a Democrat majority to a 1.5 million Republican advantage."

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • April 29, 2026

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on April 22, 2026 testimony to the Senate Finance Committee:

"There's two ways of calculating percentage" decreases. “If you have a $600 drug and you reduce it to $10, that's a 600% reduction."

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2026

Chris Wright
stated on April 19, 2026 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

Solar and wind have not reached “3% of global energy.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 22, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on April 15, 2026 an interview with Fox Business News:

“Thom Tillis is no longer a senator.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2026

Byron Donalds
stated on April 12, 2026 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

The U.S. Navy was created "to free international waters from the Barbary pirates."

By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 14, 2026

Seth Moulton
stated on March 24, 2026 an interview on MS NOW:

"Bombing civilian power infrastructure is a war crime.”

By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 2, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2026 remarks aboard Air Force One:

“We've had regime change.”

By Louis Jacobson, Zoe Weyand • April 1, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on March 27, 2026 a speech to a Saudi investment conference:

“More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2026

Charles Schumer
stated on March 17, 2026 remarks to reporters:

The SAVE America Act “would force Americans to register (to vote) only in person, something only 5% of Americans do today."

By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2026

Chris Wright
stated on March 12, 2026 an interview with Fox News:

The U.S. produces “more oil than we can consume. We’re a net oil exporter.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on March 9, 2026 a press conference:

Iran “also has some Tomahawks.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on March 3, 2026 remarks at the White House:

The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement “gave (Iran) the right to have top-of-the-line nuclear weapons.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2026

Chris Murphy
stated on March 1, 2026 an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation":

“There is no history … that shows an air campaign alone will result in positive regime change. In fact, there's not a single example of it in the entirety of American history.”

By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on February 3, 2026 remarks in the Oval Office:

"The crime rate now is the lowest it's been since 1900. That's 125 years."

By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2026 remarks at a restaurant in Iowa:

“We right now have more factories and plants being built in our country than we've ever had before.”

By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2026

Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2026 an interview with Dan Bongino:

Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2026

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