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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 May 26, 2020 Tweet
Video shows Joe Biden stuttering after being asked about touching women “without their permission” on The View.
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By Emily Venezky • May 28, 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 27, 2020 a tweet
A photo shows Donald Trump with “Derek Chauvin - the cop who killed George Floyd.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 27, 2020
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stated on May 22, 2020 a Facebook post
A photo shows three men on crosses who “feel like they’re being crucified by being required to stay at home.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 27, 2020
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stated on May 20, 2020 an image
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 15, 2020 a Facebook post
“The woman in this photograph is Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, meeting with the Ku Klux Klan in 1926, Silver Lake, New Jersey.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 27, 2020
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stated on May 24, 2020 a Facebook post
A photo shows Gov. Gretchen Whitmer “on Mackinaw Island today ignoring mask and social distancing rules.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • 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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stated on May 26, 2020 a Facebook post
Ron Howard wrote a Facebook post about being a liberal.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 26, 2020
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stated on May 25, 2020 a headline
"Joe Biden tells voters he's 'going to beat Joe Biden.'"
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By Bill McCarthy • May 26, 2020
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stated on May 18, 2020 a Facebook post
“While California is dying … Gavin (Newsom) is vacationing in Stevensville, MT!”
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By Bill McCarthy • May 22, 2020
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stated on April 11, 2020 a Facebook post
“The COVID-19 future vaccine will come with the ID — a mark. The ID tells everyone you are free of COVID.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • May 22, 2020
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stated on April 28, 2020 a Facebook post
Says if you're refused service at a store for not wearing a mask “call the department of health and report the store. Masks are suggested, not required.”
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By Samantha Putterman • May 22, 2020
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stated on May 15, 2020 a Facebook post
“Italian Parliament Calls For The Arrest of Bill Gates”
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By Madison Czopek • May 22, 2020
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stated on May 28, 2019 a Facebook post
Says it was "a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.”
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By Bill McCarthy • May 21, 2020
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stated on May 16, 2020 a Facebook post
Says a warning label on a box of disposable masks shows that they are ineffective at protecting against the spread of COVID-19.
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By Samantha Putterman • May 21, 2020
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