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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

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.”

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."

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.”

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."

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.

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."

April 7, 2010

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