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Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
stated on December 4, 2022 a tweet.
“The Virginia GOP education agenda (would) erase slavery from VA history.”
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By Warren Fiske • December 14, 2022
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stated on March 8, 2022 a Facebook post
In 1975, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden opposed efforts by President Gerald Ford to aid South Vietnam and evacuate refugees.
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By Sara Swann • March 29, 2022
Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on February 22, 2022 a tweet
“NATO (under direction from the United States) is violating previous agreements and expanding eastward.”
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By Bill McCarthy • February 28, 2022
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Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2021 a Facebook post
"Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12."
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October 19, 2021
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on July 6, 2021 a TV segment
“We know most of our forefathers, all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery, recognized the evils of it.”
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By Bill McCarthy • July 9, 2021
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stated on May 26, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Robert E. Lee opposed slavery and secession and has come to symbolize both slavery and secession.
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By Samantha Putterman • June 12, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on January 28, 2020 a Facebook post
“Epstein’s recruiter Ghislaine Maxwell’s father Robert Maxwell gave Mitt Romney his first $2M investment and started him in business.”
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February 18, 2020
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stated on January 11, 2018 a Facebook post
"Donald Trump sued the City of Palm Beach when he bought a segregated club, Mar A Lago, to open it to Jews & Blacks."
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February 11, 2020
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stated on January 30, 2020 an Instagram post
Says John F. Kennedy “smoked cannabis in the White House, while president, because he suffered from severe back pain and Addison's disease."
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February 7, 2020
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stated on August 9, 2019 a Facebook post
A photograph shows Joe Biden with a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
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August 15, 2019
Drunk History
Drunk History
stated on July 2, 2019 an episode
Says the late Lady Bird Johnson sicced the CIA on actress and singer Eartha Kitt after Kitt spoke out against the Vietnam War during a White House luncheon in January 1968.
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By Kelsey Bradshaw • August 15, 2019
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stated on July 22, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Abraham Lincoln said, "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedoms it will be because we have destroyed ourselves from within."
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July 26, 2019
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stated on June 12, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Ayn Rand said, "The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me."
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June 19, 2019
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stated on May 22, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photo depicts a teacher and student with guns guarding a Delaware high school in 1973 after a shooting threat.
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By Samantha Putterman • May 23, 2019
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stated on February 25, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Fred Trump was arrested for "participating in KKK riot" in 1927.
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By Sarah Stanley • March 28, 2019
Brian Joseph
Brian Joseph
stated on February 10, 2019 a newspaper interview
"The catalytic converter used in automobiles was invented in West Virginia."
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By Kenneth Harmonay, Patrick Downey • March 27, 2019
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stated on March 11, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper, grew and smoked marijuana, and said "hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country."
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By Samantha Putterman • March 13, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 13, 2018 a Facebook post
Says George Washington said, "A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined. But they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them. Which would include their own government."
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By Miriam Valverde • December 18, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 16, 2018 an interview on Fox News
Says John Brennan "was a member of the Communist Party during the Cold War."
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By Heaven Taylor-Wynn • July 19, 2018
Jonathan Saenz
Jonathan Saenz
stated on March 28, 2018 an email blast
Says that in the U.S. Capitol, "Stephen F. Austin’s and Sam Houston’s statues" are "the only ones holding a rifle or a sword."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 12, 2018
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