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Georgia Gun Owners
stated on October 30, 2022 an ad:

"Raphael Warnock and Stacey Abrams are radical communists and, if they get their way, gun owners here in Georgia will be completely disarmed."

By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2022

Rick Scott
stated on September 19, 2018 a campaign appearance:

Says Sen. Bill Nelson is a socialist.

By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2018

Don Blankenship
stated on December 3, 2017 a campaign ad:

Says "Obama’s deadliest cover-up (in an explosion that killed 29 miners) has been uncovered" by internal government documents.

By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2017

Bloggers
stated on July 31, 2016 a web article:

"New regulation requires motorcycle owners to install 75 MPH governor by January 2017"

By Nick Reid • April 2, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on November 27, 2016 a tweet:

There was "serious voter fraud" in New Hampshire.

By Ella Nilsen • November 28, 2016

Eric Turner
stated on April 7, 2015 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.:

There was "a 57-percent decrease in fireworks-related injuries in 2000 [after Connecticut legalized sparklers] compared to the 14 years prior."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2015

Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2015 a telephone interview with CNN:

A Texas law says "that you can’t shoot bears out of the second floor of a window."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2015

Local 799 of the International Assoc. of Fire Fighters
stated on October 8, 2014 in a mailer:

"Elorza wants to teach our public school children about the ‘non-existence of God.’"

By Alex Kuffner • October 19, 2014

Bloggers
stated on April 17, 2014 multiple blog and video posts:

The Bundy Ranch deal is all about Nevada Sen. Harry Reid "using federal violence to take people’s land in his state so he can package it to re-sell it to the Chinese."

By Jon Greenberg • April 24, 2014

Chain email
stated on February 2, 2014 a chain email forwarded by readers:

Says President Barack Obama has issued upwards of 1,000 executive orders, more than any modern president.

By Steve Contorno • February 6, 2014

Michele Bachmann
stated on March 16, 2013 a speech at CPAC:

"Scientists tell us that we could have a cure in 10 years for Alzheimer's" were it not for "overzealous regulators, excessive taxation and greedy litigators."

By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2013

Facebook posts
stated on December 16, 2012 a Facebook posting:

"Switzerland (where the government) issues every household a gun . . . has the lowest gun related crime rate of any civilized country in the world!!!"

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 6, 2013

People's Majority
stated on October 30, 2012 a TV commercial:

"Sheldon Whitehouse [got] a secret closed-door briefing, warning of the [2008 economic] crash."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2012

Barry Hinckley
stated on September 27, 2012 a campaign commercial:

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse "rewarded Wall Street executives with millions in bonuses."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2012

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!"

By Amy Sherman • August 30, 2012

Mark Neumann
stated on June 20, 2012 an interview:

Says "Barack Obama and his team" are "socialists in every respect of the word."

By Tom Kertscher • June 29, 2012

Rick Perry
stated on January 8, 2012 a Republican debate in New Hampshire.:

Says President Barack Obama "is a socialist."

By Bill Adair • January 8, 2012

60 Plus Association
stated on November 7, 2011 a television commercial:

An independent payment advisory board created by in the health care reform law is "like a Medicare IRS with the power to cut Medicare in order to pay for new government programs."

By Sabrina Eaton • November 25, 2011

Joseph Trillo
stated on June 29, 2011 a House debate over mandatory seat belt use:

"There are 30,000 people that have been killed with seat belts."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2011

Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2011 a press conference:

"What I have done -- and this is unprecedented ... is I've said to each agency ... 'look at regulations that are already on the books and if they don't make sense, let's get rid of them.'"

By Robert Farley • June 29, 2011

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