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Michael Rulli
stated on November 24, 2024 in a post:

“Pete Buttigieg will leave his post as Transportation Secretary having spent $7.5 billion to build 8 EV charging stations.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • December 5, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on March 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:

The Dali ship’s “black box” stopped recording “right before (the) crash” into the Baltimore bridge then started recording “right after.”

By Sara Swann • April 2, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2024 in a Facebook reel:

Video of the ship colliding with the Baltimore bridge proves the bridge collapse wasn’t “an accident.”

By Sara Swann • April 2, 2024

Libs of TikTok
stated on March 28, 2024 in a post on X:

“Nothing to see here… just the Mayor of Baltimore threatening White people.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 1, 2024

Instagram posts
stated on March 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:

The movie “Leave the World Behind” predicted the Baltimore bridge crash.

By Grace Abels • March 27, 2024

X posts
stated on March 26, 2024 in a post on X:

“The captain of the container ship Dali…is a Ukrainian.”

By Madison Czopek • March 27, 2024

X posts
stated on March 26, 2024 in an X post:

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg blamed the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse on “racism.”

By Loreben Tuquero • March 27, 2024

Facebook posts
stated on August 3, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook.:

“We’re seeing two massive explosions on U.S. critical infrastructure in the past 24 hours that have caused power outages.”

By Madison Czopek • August 7, 2023

Facebook posts
stated on September 3, 2022 in video:

The federal government is providing free solar panel installation and $8,500 incentive checks to eligible homeowners.

By Michael Majchrowicz • September 9, 2022

Joe Biden
stated on November 30, 2021 in a conversation at a technical college in Minnesota:

“I used to drive a tractor trailer … I only did it for part of a summer.”

By Jon Greenberg • December 3, 2021

Progress Iowa
stated on November 15, 2021 in a press release:

"Only one member of Iowa’s federal delegation" voted in favor of the bipartisan infrastructure legislation.

By Lyle Muller • November 18, 2021

Facebook posts
stated on June 18, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“California literally just told everyone to not charge their electric cars due to power shortage.”

By Sasha Hupka • July 2, 2021

Viral image
stated on June 6, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 7, 2021

Donald Trump
stated on August 18, 2020 in a tweet:

“In California, Democrats have intentionally implemented rolling blackouts.”

By Chris Nichols • August 18, 2020

Tony Evers
stated on August 16, 2018 in a speech:

Wisconsin is "49th out of 50 states in infrastructure."

By Tom Kertscher • August 30, 2018

Marsha Blackburn
stated on August 8, 2018 in a speech to farmers:

"Hospitals are closing in rural America because they don't have access to high-speed internet."

By Jon Greenberg • August 15, 2018

Ryan Zinke
stated on March 13, 2018 in testimony before a Senate committee:

A Trump administration proposal for the Interior Department "is the largest investment in our public lands infrastructure in our nation's history."

By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2018

Rick Baker
stated on June 14, 2017 in a "Tampa Bay Times" article:

Says Rick Kriseman is $35 million over budget on St. Petersburg’s new police station.

By Allison Graves • August 25, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 in an interview:

"All pipelines that are coming into this country from now on has to be American steel."

By Tom Kertscher • April 20, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2015 in a speech:

"Sixty-one percent of our bridges are in trouble."

By Warren Fiske • October 26, 2015

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