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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on September 4, 2025 a Senate hearing

“It's going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history.”

By Arielle Zionts • October 13, 2025

Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 a speech at a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Vice President Kamala Harris “endorsed free taxpayer-funded government health care for all illegal aliens.”

By Stephanie Armour • July 31, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on September 23, 2022 a screenshot

"Only 325,000 American kids out of 19,000,000" were vaccinated against COVID-19.

By Madison Czopek • September 27, 2022

California Together, No On Proposition 1
stated on August 16, 2022 comments on its website

“With Proposition 1, the number of abortion seekers from other states will soar even higher, costing taxpayers millions more.”

By Rachel Bluth • September 21, 2022

Ron DeSantis
stated on August 4, 2022 a press conference

"They are literally chopping off the private parts of young kids."

By Yacob Reyes • August 10, 2022

Ron DeSantis
stated on January 25, 2022 a tweet

“Without a shred of clinical data to support its decision, the Biden Administration has revoked the emergency use authorization for lifesaving monoclonal antibody treatments.”

By Gabrielle Settles, Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2022

Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2021 a press release headline

An increase in Medicare Part B premiums means “America’s seniors are paying the price for Biden’s inflation crisis.”

By Phil Galewitz • November 23, 2021

Instagram posts
stated on June 12, 2021 an Instagram post

"Dandelion root is able to kill 98% of cancer cells within 48 hours."

By Gabrielle Settles • June 17, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on April 19, 2021 social media posts

“For #Covid vaccines, shingles and even more dangerous and painful skin conditions may be the new thrombocytopenia."

By Julie Appleby • April 29, 2021

Joe Biden
stated on March 2, 2021 a news conference

“When I came into office, the prior administration had contracted for not nearly enough vaccine to cover adults in America.”

By Victoria Knight • March 5, 2021

Ron DeSantis
stated on February 2, 2021 a press conference

The result of lockdowns “has been the destruction of millions of lives across America as well as increased deaths from suicide, substance abuse and despair without any corresponding benefit in Covid mortality.”

By Phil Galewitz • February 23, 2021

Kristi Noem
stated on February 2, 2021 an interview on the “The Ingraham Angle”

South Dakota "did have tragedies and we did have losses. But we also got through (the pandemic) better than virtually every other state."

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez • February 12, 2021

Steve Scalise
stated on February 2, 2021 an interview on Fox News

“Now (Biden) is saying that people who came here illegally can jump ahead of other Americans who have been waiting to get the vaccine.”

By Victoria Knight • February 8, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on October 20, 2020 a Facebook post.

“Because our family couldn’t afford health insurance, Obama/Biden penalized us about $10,000, then took that $10,000 and used it to pay for others’ free Obamacare. Trump ended that theft.”

By Victoria Knight • October 28, 2020

Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2020 a town hall on NBC News

“We saved 2 million people” from dying of COVID-19.

By Victoria Knight • October 21, 2020

Matthew Rosendale
stated on September 22, 2020 a campaign ad

Says he "fights for everyone with a preexisting condition.”

By Alex Sakariassen • October 6, 2020

Michael Caputo
stated on August 17, 2020 a tweet

“Does the #DemConvention know @NYGovCuomo forced nursing homes across NY to take in COVID positive patients and planted the seeds of infection that killed thousands of grandmothers and grandfathers?”

By Michelle Andrews • August 24, 2020

Eric Esshaki
stated on July 10, 2020 a campaign ad

Says Haley Stevens’ plan for “socialized medicine” would “eliminate 100,000 doctors and nurses.”

By Clara Hendrickson • August 3, 2020

Alex Azar
stated on July 9, 2020 comments made during a virtual summit sponsored by The Hill newspaper

“First off, it’s in statute already in HIPAA that preexisting conditions are covered.”

By Julie Rovner • July 14, 2020

Viral image
stated on April 23, 2020 a widely-circulated social media post

COVID-19’s “contagion probability” between two people is 70% if the carrier is not masked, 5% if the carrier is masked, and 1.5% if both parties are.

By Victoria Knight • July 1, 2020

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