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Markwayne Mullin
Markwayne Mullin
stated on November 15, 2023 an interview with CNN:
“Abraham Lincoln challenged a guy to a sword fight.”
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By Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2023
Sawyer Hackett
Sawyer Hackett
stated on January 16, 2023 a tweet:
Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”
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By Nusaiba Mizan • February 14, 2023
Doug Wilder
Doug Wilder
stated on January 3, 2022 a radio interview.:
“When I became mayor of the City of Richmond in 2004, the crime rate was at its highest. When I left in 2008, it was at its lowest.”
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By Warren Fiske • January 10, 2022
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on September 22, 2021 Twitter:
Says the U.S. National Archives put a ‘harmful content’ warning on our nation’s Founding documents.
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By Laura Schulte • September 30, 2021
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 14, 2020 an endorsement announcement:
Joe Biden "already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history."
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By Louis Jacobson • April 17, 2020
Eric Burlison
Eric Burlison
stated on January 20, 2020 a tweet:
“Remember, the American Revolution began when they came for the guns.”
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By Anna Peterson • March 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 23, 2019 a Facebook post:
Up until 1913 Americans kept all of their earnings.
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By Samantha Putterman • January 21, 2020
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stated on October 17, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says Ann Landers said, "At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don’t care what they think. At age 60, we discover that they have not been thinking of us at all."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • October 25, 2019
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stated on July 19, 2019 post on Facebook:
"Ida B. Wells refused to give up her seat 71 years before Rosa Parks did. At age 33, she owned the first African American newspaper in Chicago, the Chicago Conservator. Why do you never hear about her? Because she was a Republican."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • August 6, 2019
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stated on July 3, 2019 posts on the Internet:
When asked if the United States should have a military parade to "show off its might," President Dwight Eisenhower said, "Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak."
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By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2019
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stated on June 6, 2019 a Facebook post:
A photo shows "brave women of the Red Cross" arriving in Normandy on D-Day to help injured troops.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • June 7, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 22, 2019 a Facebook post:
Quotes Mark Twain as saying of journalists that it is "far better" to "fear the media for they will steal your honor" and describes them as "a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons…"
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By Samantha Putterman • May 24, 2019
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stated on April 1, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says William T. Thompson, the designer of the Confederate flag, said, "As a people we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race" and "As a national emblem, it is significant of our higher cause, the cause of the superior race."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 11, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 5, 2018 a blog post:
"Facebook removes, censors Declaration of Independence as ‘hate speech’"
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By Bill McCarthy • July 10, 2018
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on June 3, 2018 on a panel:
North Korea's history of international negotiations shows "they'll take the concessions, they'll keep them in their pocket and then they won't deliver."
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By John Kruzel • June 7, 2018
Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright
stated on April 10, 2018 her book, "Fascism: A Warning":
Says Benito Mussolini "initiated a campaign to 'drenare la palude' ('drain the swamp') by firing more than 35,000 civil servants."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2018
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 13, 2017 an interview:
The 1986 tax reform approved under Ronald Reagan "was polling at about 18 percent right before they passed it."
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By Tom Kertscher • December 18, 2017
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on October 16, 2017 the "Alamo Truth" website funded by George P. Bush's political campaign:
"The Alamo has been consistently listed as one of the most disappointing landmarks in our nation."    
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 20, 2017
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on August 23, 2017 an interview on Spectrum Cable's "Capital Tonight":
Says a poll showed 70 percent to 75 percent of people want to see Confederate statues "remain up and not taken down."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 6, 2017
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on August 23, 2017 a campaign email:
"Our conservative Georgia values are under attack" ... (People) are "calling for the removal of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson statues."
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By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2017
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