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stated on February 2, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Hillary Clinton dressed up in blackface.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 4, 2019
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stated on February 2, 2019 a Facebook post
A photograph shows a younger Donald Trump posing with his parents who are in Ku Klux Klan robes.
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By Samantha Putterman • February 4, 2019
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stated on January 23, 2019 a Facebook post
A New York law makes it "now perfectly legal to murder" a baby a minute before it would be born.  
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 1, 2019
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stated on January 28, 2019 a Facebook post
The 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle disaster was a hoax; the crew did not die and are still alive today.
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By Samantha Putterman • February 1, 2019
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stated on January 30, 2019 a Facebook post
"15 homeless people have already been found frozen to death in Chicago."
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By Samantha Putterman • February 1, 2019
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stated on January 26, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Ronald Reagan said, "Nancy Pelosi is extremely evil."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • February 1, 2019
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stated on January 27, 2019 a Facebook post
Says U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib was photographed in front of a picture of Osama bin Laden and an ISIS flag.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 29, 2019
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stated on January 24, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger said, "Slav, Latin and Hebrew immigrants are human weeds . . . a deadweight of human waste. Blacks, soldiers and Jews are a menace to race."
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By Samantha Putterman • January 25, 2019
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stated on January 23, 2019 a post on Facebook
Says Kurt Russell said "if the Dems regain power, they have promised to abolish the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th & 6th amendments. Also the Senate, the Electoral College, the Supreme Court, borders, ICE, and more. When do we get to declare them enemies of the state?"  
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 25, 2019
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stated on January 21, 2019 a post on Facebook
Says U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said "owning guns IS NOT a right, if it were a right it would be in the Constitution."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 24, 2019
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stated on January 21, 2019 Facebook posts
"18 million illegal immigrants got their government checks this month" while federal workers remain unpaid.
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By Samantha Putterman • January 24, 2019
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stated on January 21, 2019 a Facebook post
Says the mother of Covington student Nick Sandmann said "I only wish the pioneers had brought more blankets with smallpox."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 24, 2019
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stated on January 9, 2019 a Facebook post
Pepsi admitted an employee contaminated its products with AIDS.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 23, 2019
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stated on January 16, 2019 Facebook posts
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has secured a seat on the House Financial Services Committee but her "credit score is 430 and has had two checking accounts closed, along with two sheriff's evictions."
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By Samantha Putterman • January 23, 2019
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stated on January 16, 2019 a Facebook post
When using an ATM, customers should "press the cancel button twice before inserting the card. If anyone has set up the keypad to steal your pin code, this will cancel that set up."
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By Samantha Putterman • January 22, 2019
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stated on January 8, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Bill Murray said "The best way to teach your kids about taxes is by eating 30% of their ice cream."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 22, 2019
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stated on January 11, 2019 tweets and Facebook posts
Says Congress set aside $50 billion for the Secure Fence Act in 2006
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By Amy Sherman • January 22, 2019
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stated on January 16, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Elizabeth Warren has a racist figurine in her kitchen.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 18, 2019
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stated on January 6, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Donald Trump "said illegal immigration has been a problem in America for 'thousands of years.' "  
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By Ciara O'Rourke • January 18, 2019
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stated on January 15, 2019 a Facebook post
After the White House fast food dinner, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence said the "coastal elite media" trashed it "for not being organic vegan" and that it was "a perfect blue collar party."
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By Samantha Putterman • January 18, 2019
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