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Viral image
stated on May 8, 2019 a Facebook post

Says a deer became "riddled with tumors from eating plants sprayed with Monsanto’s Roundup."

By Samantha Putterman • May 17, 2019

Viral image
stated on April 23, 2019 a Facebook post

Neil Armstrong’s space boots don’t match a photo of his footprint on the moon, suggesting the moon landing was a hoax.

May 7, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on April 11, 2019 a Facebook post

Quotes Thomas Homer-Dixon as saying a windmill will "never generate as much energy as was invested building it."

By Samantha Putterman • April 12, 2019

Jesse Kremer
stated on May 11, 2017 a legislative hearing

"The Earth is 6,000 years old, that’s a fact."

June 8, 2017

Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 31, 2016 the Rush Limbaugh Show

The presence of gorillas calls into question the concept of evolution.

By Lauren Carroll • June 3, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on April 29, 2016 a speech at the Vatican

"In the United States alone we lose more than 3,000 people a day to cancer."

By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2016

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
stated on April 15, 2016 in an episode of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"

"Dolphins are rapists. Look it up."

By Lauren Carroll • April 22, 2016

Jeff Bridges
stated on March 28, 2016 a Facebook video

"Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 14, 2016

Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Bill Maher

The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."

By Linda Qiu • September 2, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Bill Maher.

"The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2."

By Linda Qiu • September 1, 2015

Jim Carrey
stated on June 30, 2015 a Twitter post

The California governor "says yes to poisoning more children with mercury and aluminum" in vaccines.

By April Hunt • July 17, 2015

John Stossel
stated on December 4, 2014 an interview on "Fox and Friends"

"There is no good data showing secondhand smoke kills people."

By Katie Sanders • December 11, 2014

Marco Rubio
stated on May 11, 2014 an interview on ABC's "This Week"

Human activity is not "causing these dramatic changes to our climate."

By Julie Kliegman • May 13, 2014

James O'Neil
stated on September 1, 2013 an appearance on "10 News Conference."

"Wind power is the most undependable form of renewable energy."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 8, 2013

Michael Chippendale
stated on December 16, 2011 a public forum

"Hydrogen sulfide . . . [was] used in the genocide of Jews in Germany. "

By Alex Kuffner • December 21, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on August 18, 2011 remarks during a campaign stop in New Hampshire

"In Texas, we teach both creationism and evolution in our public schools."

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • August 19, 2011

Tim Pawlenty
stated on July 10, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

Says scientists are "in dispute" over whether being gay is a choice.

By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2011

Paul Broun
stated on January 25, 2011 a tweet during the State of the Union address

Says government is a barrier to innovation and development.

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2011

John Loughlin
stated on October 19, 2010 a WPRI/Providence Journal debate

Tells David Cicilline, "94 percent of the carbon emissions which you so want to get rid of are caused by nature."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 28, 2010

Jim Huffman
stated on September 17, 2010 a television/web ad

Says Ron Wyden spent $2 million "to study exotic ants."

By Ian K. Kullgren • September 24, 2010

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