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Facebook posts
stated on February 3, 2025 a Facebook post:
“JAG arrests … USDA Inspector General Phyllis Fong.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 11, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 7, 2022 a post:
Dark spots on potato chips are “infected with throat mold.”
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By Andy Nguyen • October 19, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 6, 2022 a Facebook post:
“Drought is a lie” designed to limit farming, reduce the food supply and ultimately control Americans.
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By Madison Czopek • July 19, 2022
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on December 12, 2019 a debate:
Says federal regulation of the wolf population has led to attacks on livestock, driving down production, leading to dairy farms going out of business.
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By Laura Schulte • January 15, 2020
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Viral image
stated on February 5, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says Stacey Abrams said "Who needs agriculture when you can just get food at the store?"
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 7, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 a speech in Indianapolis:
Ending the estate tax would "protect millions of small businesses and the American farmer."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2017
Uspoln Website
Uspoln Website
stated on May 20, 2017 a post:
"Trump’s Top Scientist Pick: ‘Scientists Are Just Dumb Regular People That Think Dinosaurs Existed And The Earth Is Getting Warmer’"
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By Miriam Valverde • June 6, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on September 18, 2014 a campaign ad:
Says "President Obama hijacked the farm bill (and) turned it into a food stamp bill."
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By Lauren Carroll • September 19, 2014
Amardeep Kaleka
Amardeep Kaleka
stated on October 20, 2013 an interview:
Wisconsin sold fresh water to California, helping that state's dairy industry, and "lost a bunch of jobs (and) a bunch of farmland."
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By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2013
John Thune
John Thune
stated on August 29, 2012 at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
The Obama administration "even proposed banning farm kids from doing basic chores!"
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By Amy Sherman • August 30, 2012
Frank Niceley
Frank Niceley
stated on February 1, 2012 a House Conservation and Environment Committee meeting:
Says the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency brought coyotes into the state "to try to keep the deer population down."
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By Tom Humphrey, Zack McMillin • February 23, 2012
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on December 15, 2011 Fox News Republican presidential debate in Sioux City, Iowa:
Says Texas did not bail out a loan program he oversaw as state agriculture commissioner.
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By W. Gardner Selby • December 18, 2011
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 29, 2010 postings to the Internet:
New food safety legislation will regulate backyard gardening.
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 1, 2010