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stated on May 31, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Donald Trump got “exposed for raping a 13-year-old" in retaliation for law enforcement officers “killing black people.”
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By Tom Kertscher • June 3, 2020
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stated on May 31, 2020 a Facebook post
If protesters blocking the road “start banging on your windows, threatening you and trying to get in your vehicle,” it is legal to “hit the gas and plow through them.”
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By Tom Kertscher • June 3, 2020
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stated on May 31, 2020 a Facebook post
Says “a rioter accidentally dropped” a riot manual with detailed instructions.
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By Emily Venezky • June 2, 2020
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stated on May 31, 2020 a Facebook post
Video shows Seattle police in uniform “vandalizing” a building “to frame protesters.”
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By Tom Kertscher • June 2, 2020
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stated on May 31, 2020 a Facebook post
Says President Trump tweeted that he spoke with George Floyd’s family and said they were “honored” to hear from him.
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By Samantha Putterman • June 2, 2020
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stated on June 1, 2020 a Facebook post
BLM Fresno riots will begin at 4 p.m. in River Park on 06/02/20
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By Madison Czopek • June 2, 2020
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“Antifa is warning that tonight they're moving out of the cities - and into residential areas to 'take what's ours.'”
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By Daniel Funke • June 1, 2020
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stated on May 21, 2020 a Facebook post
Says researchers found a “fabric that kills coronaviruses”
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By Eric Litke • May 30, 2020
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stated on May 20, 2020 a Facebook post
Michigan governor reopened Traverse City “so she could have her daughter's open house.”
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By Tom Kertscher • May 29, 2020
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stated on May 28, 2020 a post
The death of George Floyd was a "staged event."
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By Daniel Funke • May 29, 2020
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stated on May 16, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine released 4,300 prisoners and is now warning residents of a possible crime wave.
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By Samantha Putterman • May 29, 2020
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stated on April 6, 2020 a Facebook post
Says the Republican Party started in Ripon, Wis., “to counter the Democrats’ plans to expand slavery.”
Half-True
By Eric Litke • May 29, 2020
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stated on May 10, 2020 a Facebook post
“This is what Bill Gates and George Soros want to do… secretly stick you with a chip while testing you for the coronavirus... the Dems have a bill on the House floor ready to vote on it to require this.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 28, 2020
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stated on May 16, 2020 a Facebook post
“This is 76 year old senile Joe Biden!!! That is a 15 year old girl with whom he’s making out!!!”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 28, 2020
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stated on May 26, 2020 a Facebook post
Italy “went against the WHO's ‘law’” against COVID-19 autopsies and “discovered covid is not a virus, but a bacterium” that “clots the blood and reduces the oxygen saturation.”
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By Emily Venezky • May 28, 2020
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stated on May 27, 2020 a Facebook post
A photo shows ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin wearing a “Make Whites Great Again Hat.”
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By Samantha Putterman • May 27, 2020
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stated on May 16, 2020 a Facebook post
The flu didn't kill any Americans this year.
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By Samantha Putterman • May 27, 2020
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Says Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s family spent May 20 at her second home, breaking her own stay-at-home orders.
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By Daniel Funke • May 27, 2020
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stated on May 10, 2020 a Facebook post
Nancy Pelosi said "Congress shall not vote remotely because it is not secure!" while also saying that “Americans should all vote for president by mail!”
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By Tom Kertscher • May 27, 2020
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stated on May 18, 2020 a Facebook post
Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”
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By Amy Sherman, Emily Venezky • May 26, 2020
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