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Tim Walz
stated on September 21, 2024 an event in Bethlehem, Pa.:

“The last union member on a national ticket (was) Ronald Reagan.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 24, 2024

Joe Biden
stated on April 26, 2024 an interview with Howard Stern:

Says he “got arrested” while protesting in favor of desegregation.

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson, Jeff Cercone • April 29, 2024

Joe Biden
stated on September 11, 2023 a 9/11 memorial speech in Alaska:

“Ground zero in New York — I remember standing there the next day.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2023

Joe Biden
stated on December 16, 2022 a town hall for U.S. veterans:

After Joe Biden became vice president, at the behest of his father, he gave his uncle, Frank H. Biden, a Purple Heart for serving in the U.S. military during World War II.

By Yacob Reyes • December 20, 2022

X posts
stated on May 8, 2022 a tweet:

“Is ANYONE asking how Ron DeSantis was worth $340,000 in 2020 and is now worth $52 million?"

By Yacob Reyes • May 12, 2022

Pennsylvania Conservative Fund
stated on April 21, 2022 an ad:

Mehmet Oz “was a spokesman for a group who wanted to defund the police.”

By Tom Kertscher • April 28, 2022

Penn Progress
stated on April 5, 2022 an ad:

"John Fetterman's a self-described democratic socialist."

By Tom Kertscher • April 6, 2022

Joe Biden
stated on January 11, 2022 a speech in Atlanta:

As a youth, “I got arrested” protesting for civil rights.

By Louis Jacobson, Jeff Cercone • January 13, 2022

Joe Biden
stated on November 30, 2021 a conversation at a technical college in Minnesota:

“I used to drive a tractor trailer … I only did it for part of a summer.”

By Jon Greenberg • December 3, 2021

TikTok posts
stated on June 1, 2021 a TikTok video:

Says Joe Biden confused his son and his grandson.

By Tom Kertscher • June 17, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on January 23, 2021 on social media:

“Biden invested the entire family fortune in Ukraine gas and oil. Then shuts down Keystone pipeline. Starting to get the picture.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on October 18, 2020 a Facebook post:

Says Joe Biden said, “I lived in Section 8 housing as a little boy.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 19, 2020

Jason MIller
stated on October 4, 2020 comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says Joe Biden stays in his basement.

By Aaron Sharockman • October 4, 2020

Anthony Rogers
stated on September 15, 2020 a Facebook post:

"Cori Bush is a career criminal and a con artist.”

By Veronica Mohesky • September 29, 2020

Viral image
stated on September 21, 2020 a post on Facebook:

Quotes Donald Trump as saying, “I’ll tell you the funniest thing. I’ll go backstage before a Miss Teen USA show, and everyone’s getting dressed and ready and everything and no men are anywhere. … You know, I’m inspecting. The girls (14-16) are standing there with no clothes on.”

By Madison Czopek • September 25, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on September 23, 2020 a post on Facebook:

Says Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron “married his mentor Mitch McConnell's granddaughter."

By Madison Czopek • September 25, 2020

Viral image
stated on August 13, 2020 a Facebook post:

A photo shows Kamala Harris is “listed as Caucasian on her birth certificate.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 18, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 12, 2020 a Facebook post:

“Kamala Harris refused to be sworn in using the Bible.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 14, 2020

Viral image
stated on August 13, 2020 a Facebook post:

“Kamala Harris is the prosecutor who refused to charge the police in the murder of Oscar Grant!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 14, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on August 2, 2020 a Facebook post:

If Joe Biden can’t serve his full term, Kamala Harris “cannot by constitutional law become president.”

By Louis Jacobson, Ciara O'Rourke • August 11, 2020

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