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Madison Cawthorn
Madison Cawthorn
stated on September 14, 2021 a speech to the Johnston County school board:
Children and teen suicide attempts “skyrocketed 250% in 2020” according to “one study done by a hospital.”
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By Paul Specht • September 28, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on August 26, 2021 a TikTok video:
"Verizon promotes defunding the police and (the) idea that America is fundamentally racist."
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By Tom Kertscher • September 27, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 23, 2021 an op-ed:
“Democrats are responsible for the massive spending and debt growth, they alone need to take responsibility for raising the debt limit.”
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By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2021
India Walton
India Walton
stated on September 9, 2021 a debate:
Under Mayor Byron Brown, “we’ve been defunding community centers, our pools were closed this summer, we’ve been defunding senior and youth services.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 24, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 20, 2021 a Facebook post:
Haitian migrants took an implausible route to Texas-Mexico border area.
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By Amy Sherman • September 23, 2021
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on September 2, 2021 News release:
"No other country on the planet witnesses the number of gun deaths that we do here in the United States, and it’s not even close."
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By D.L. Davis • September 17, 2021
Infowars
Infowars
stated on September 13, 2021 an Instagram post:
“Biden’s Treasury Department declares IRS will monitor” all accounts over $600.
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By Tom Kertscher • September 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 4, 2021 a Facebook post:
“Stunning report: nearly 15 million mail-in ballots were not counted in the 2020 election.”
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By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 31, 2021 an Instagram post:
"Japan says goodbye Moderna, hello ivermectin."
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By Andy Nguyen • September 14, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 31, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says Nancy Pelosi on Aug. 31 blocked members of Congress from reading aloud on the House floor the names of the 13 U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan.
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By Gabrielle Settles • September 9, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 29, 2021 a Facebook post:
The U.S. left the Taliban an “arsenal” in Afghanistan, including 358,530 assault rifles and 22,174 Humvees.
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By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2021
Sean Casten
Sean Casten
stated on August 23, 2021 remarks at a press conference:
Says the 1995 Chicago heat wave was “the largest single-day, non-war fatality in the United States” prior to 9/11, and “we are now expecting temperatures that hot in Chicago every summer.”
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 1, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on August 23, 2021 a TV ad.:
Glenn Youngkin “called COVID relief ‘unnecessary.’”
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By Warren Fiske • September 1, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2021 a Facebook post:
The COVID-19 vaccines “were released to the public after only two months of testing in healthy humans.”
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By Tom Kertscher • August 31, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on July 31, 2021 a Tik Tok post:
The contagiousness of the coronavirus delta variant is “valued between 5 and 9½,” and if the value is closer to 10, “within six weeks, the whole country will test positive for delta, regardless of vaccination.”
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By Tom Kertscher • August 30, 2021
Larry Elder
Larry Elder
stated on August 19, 2021 a tweet:
“California voters to be able to download ballots at home for recall election, sparking security concerns.”
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By Chris Nichols • August 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 19, 2021 a Facebook post:
White House, CDC, WHO and vaccine makers don’t require the COVID-19 vaccine for their workers.
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By Andy Nguyen • August 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 29, 2021 an image:
“It would cost $20 billion to end homelessness in the U.S.” and “halting global warming would cost $300 billion.”
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By Emily Tian • August 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 23, 2021 a Facebook post:
“FDA approval means nothing when you realize the FDA also approves pesticides in our food!"
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By Jason Asenso • August 27, 2021
Warren Davidson
Warren Davidson
stated on August 17, 2021 an interview with Breitbart:
Former President Donald Trump “was blocked from getting troops out of (Afghanistan) by Liz Cheney and others.”
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By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2021
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