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Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2023 a Truth Social post

“The same people that raided Israel are pouring into our once beautiful USA, through our TOTALLY OPEN SOUTHERN BORDER, at Record Numbers.”

By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 12, 2023

Instagram posts
stated on February 5, 2023 an Instagram post

“‘Satellites’ are on balloons and not in space.”

By Sara Swann • February 7, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2022 an image shared on Facebook

The FBI “spent more time investigating” the Jan. 6 Capitol attack than 9/11.

By Madison Czopek • August 30, 2022

Tucker Carlson
stated on November 1, 2021 his documentary series "Patriot Purge"

“Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans, disfavored Americans, of their core constitutional rights.”

By Bill McCarthy • November 2, 2021

X posts
stated on August 19, 2021 in tweets

The bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 19 was a false flag.

By Bill McCarthy • August 24, 2021

Bloggers
stated on January 13, 2019 a blog post

"BREAKING: Trump family donates $1 billion to wall fund."

By Miriam Valverde • January 15, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2018 a tweet

"Democrats let him (cop killer Luis Bracamontes) into our country," and "Democrats let him stay."

By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2018

Corey Stewart
stated on June 30, 2018 in a Facebook live video

"Tim Kaine doesn’t want a border at all. He wants to get rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and basically the border patrol as well."

By Bill McCarthy • July 3, 2018

Leah Vukmir
stated on May 14, 2018 an interview

Says Tammy Baldwin is "more worried about the mastermind of 9/11" than supporting CIA director nominee Gina Haspel.

May 18, 2018

LaWana Mayfield
stated on April 16, 2018 a Facebook post

"I am still waiting for someone to produce pieces of the alleged plane" that caused the Twin Towers to collapse.

By Paul Specht • April 25, 2018

Mike Pence
stated on February 17, 2018 a speech in Dallas

Says that "along the southern border of the U.S.," the government apprehends "seven individuals a day who are either known or suspected terrorists."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2017 a speech

Says of the diversity visa lottery program, "they give us their worst people, they put them in a bin," and "the worst of the worst" are selected.

By Miriam Valverde • December 20, 2017

Sebastian Gorka
stated on August 8, 2017 an interview with MSNBC

"There's no such thing as a lone wolf. ... That was a phrase invented by the last administration to make Americans stupid."

By Louis Jacobson • August 10, 2017

Newt Gingrich
stated on May 21, 2017 an episode of "Fox and Friends"

Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich "apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments. ... It turns out, it wasn’t the Russians."

By Lauren Carroll • May 23, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2017 an interview with NBC News

"This Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should've won."

By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2016 a tweet

"If Russia, or some other entity, was hacking, why did the White House wait so long to act? Why did they only complain after Hillary lost?"

By Miriam Valverde • December 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 30, 2016 a campaign rally in Albuquerque

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to let people just pour in. You could have 650 million people pour in and we do nothing about it. Think of it. That’s what could happen. You triple the size of our country in one week."

By Miriam Valverde • October 31, 2016

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on December 9, 2015 an interview on CNN

Says Marco Rubio said "we should be considering internment" of Muslims, and "maybe we should close down cafes and diners where Muslims gather and in fact compared them to the Nazi party."

By Amy Sherman • December 10, 2015

Gary Painter
stated on May 10, 2015 as quoted in a Midland Reporter-Telegram news story

"We’re the only nation in the world that does not use the military to secure our border."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2015

David Cullen
stated on January 1, 2014 a constituent newsletter

Action by the Milwaukee County Board will "provide the County Executive with the same level of security as the Governor and the Mayor of Milwaukee while saving taxpayers $300,000."

By Dave Umhoefer • January 19, 2014

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