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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on stated on November 17, 2025 in remarks at George Washington University:
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. said ‘we’re not cutting science’ or research. NIH grant cuts show that’s wrong
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February 5, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina
“We’re losing 300,000 people a year to fentanyl that comes through our border. We had it down to the lowest number and now it’s worse than it’s ever been.”
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By Jacob Gardenswartz • August 16, 2024
Matthew Rosendale
Matthew Rosendale
stated on November 1, 2023 a fundraising ad
“It’s been revealed that Fauci brought COVID to the Montana one year before COVID broke out in the U.S.!”
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By Katheryn Houghton • February 5, 2024
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 27, 2022 a Facebook reel
Consuming “rice and beans, milk, cheese, butter and eggs” causes disease by age 30.
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By Grace Abels • August 5, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2020 comments during the last presidential debate
“They have 180 million people, families under what he wants to do, which will basically be socialized medicine — you won’t even have a choice — they want to terminate 180 million plans.”
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By Victoria Knight • October 23, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 7, 2020 the VP debate
“The reality is when you look at the Biden plan, it reads an awful lot like what President Trump and I and our task force have been doing every step of the way.”
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By Victoria Knight • October 13, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2020 remarks during a roundtable discussion
“If we stopped testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any.”
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By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • June 17, 2020
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on May 11, 2020 a Team Trump Facebook Live
“Clearly, the Obama administration did not leave any kind of game plan for something like this.”
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By Victoria Knight • May 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 23, 2020 a viral image circulating on social media attributing comments to Barack Obama
Says President Barack Obama "signed the medical appliance tax bill that forced companies to outsource manufacturing of masks, gowns, gloves and ventilaors [sic] to China, Europe and Russia to avoid the tax.”
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By Victoria Knight • May 1, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2020 comments made during a White House briefing
“We’ve tested more than every country combined.”
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By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 30, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2020 comments made during a White House media briefing
The coronavirus "snuck up on us,” adding that it is “a very unforeseen thing.”
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By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • March 19, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 6, 2020 remarks to reporters
“Anybody that wants a test (for the coronavirus) can get a test.”
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By Miriam Valverde • March 11, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 13, 2020 a tweet.
"I was the person who saved Pre-Existing Conditions in your healthcare."
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By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • January 15, 2020