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James Uthmeier
stated on August 24, 2025 an X post:

The U.S. Census included a citizenship question “for over 150 years” before the Obama administration.

By Samantha Putterman • September 2, 2025

John Blust
stated on June 13, 2025 an email:

“Democrats have 24 more seats (in Congress) than they would have if illegal aliens were not counted in the census.”

By Paul Specht • August 7, 2025

Facebook posts
stated on May 9, 2021 social media posts:

“U.S. Census Bureau confirms huge conflict in total number of voters in 2020 election.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 12, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2020 a Facebook post:

"If you are in Las Vegas and you get a knock on your door from NV Power, 2020 Census or CVD-19 testers, do not open your door. They are robbing people at gunpoint."

By Tom Kertscher • March 25, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2020 a Facebook post:

“Go to 2020census.gov and fill out this census form so you can get your stimulus check.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 23, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on February 21, 2020 an image:

"There is a group going to homes and pretending to be officials from home affairs. They have documents with the letterhead Department of Home Affairs and claim to be confirming that everyone has a valid ID for the upcoming census. They are robbing homes."

By Daniel Funke • February 25, 2020

Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 12, 2019 a "Fox & Friends" appearance:

"Somebody in the Obama regime decided to get rid of" the citizenship question in the census.

By Bill McCarthy • July 15, 2019

Mark Meadows
stated on March 14, 2019 a congressional hearing:

"The previous administration under President Barack Obama really was the first time that we didn’t ask a citizenship-type question … for the first time in a century, a citizenship question was not included in 2010."

By Bill McCarthy • April 4, 2019

Maram Museitif
stated on May 24, 2017 as quoted in a Central Health press release:

Says Arabic "is the third most-common language in Austin."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2017

Ben Carson
stated on April 22, 2015 a speech:

"There are more young black males involved in the criminal justice system than there are in higher education."

By Tom Kertscher • May 5, 2015

Elisabeth Hasselbeck
stated on November 19, 2013 comments on Fox News Channel's "Fox and Friends":

A Census Bureau worker says he was told to skew information to bring the unemployment rate down "as we headed into an election season."

By Jon Greenberg • November 20, 2013

Alan Grayson
stated on October 26, 2013 a speech to the Florida Democratic Party:

"This is the year Florida becomes a majority minority state."

By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2013

Bob McDonnell
stated on May 28, 2012 a speech.:

Virginia "is home to more veterans per capita than any state in America."

By Nancy Madsen • June 11, 2012

Tom Kean Jr.
stated on May 24, 2011 a press release:

"The state’s tax burden has, according to census figures released today, cost our state another 190,000 residents in 2009."

By Erin O'Neill • June 27, 2011

Gwen Moore
stated on December 15, 2010 an interview with a weekly newspaper:

"I represent the fourth-poorest (congressional) district" in the nation.

By Tom Kertscher • January 3, 2011

John Faulk
stated on June 12, 2010 a speech:

Says Houston’s 18th congressional district has been "gentrified" and is home to "more Anglos than African Americans."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2010

Patrick McHenry
stated on April 1, 2010 an op ed article:

"Early census returns are showing that conservatives have been measurably less likely than liberals to return their census forms."

By Robert Farley • April 7, 2010

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