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stated on April 1, 2019 a Facebook post:

Says William T. Thompson, the designer of the Confederate flag, said, "As a people we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race" and "As a national emblem, it is significant of our higher cause, the cause of the superior race."

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 11, 2019

Candace Owens
stated on April 9, 2019 a House Judiciary Committee hearing:

The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened."

By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2019

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stated on April 1, 2019 a Facebook post:

Says John F. Kennedy Jr. said, "If my dear friend Donald Trump ever decided to sacrifice his fabulous billionaire lifestyle to become president he would be an unstoppable force for ultimate justice that Democrats and Republicans alike would celebrate."

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 8, 2019

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stated on April 1, 2019 a Facebook post:

By Samantha Putterman • April 8, 2019

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stated on March 21, 2019 a Facebook post:

Quotes Adolf Hitler as saying the best way to control a people is "to take a little of their freedom at a time."

By Samantha Putterman • April 1, 2019

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stated on February 25, 2019 a Facebook post:

Says Fred Trump was arrested for "participating in KKK riot" in 1927.

By Sarah Stanley • March 28, 2019

Brian Joseph
stated on February 10, 2019 a newspaper interview:

"The catalytic converter used in automobiles was invented in West Virginia."

By Kenneth Harmonay, Patrick Downey • March 27, 2019

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stated on March 21, 2019 a Facebook post:

Says Joseph Stalin said, "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 27, 2019

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stated on March 17, 2019 a Facebook post:

Says a photograph of Harriet Tubman shows she was a "gun-toting, Democrat-shooting, 2nd Amendment-supporting Republican."

By Samantha Putterman • March 25, 2019

Katie Pavlich
stated on March 19, 2019 in a panel discussion:

"America came along as the first country to end (slavery) within 150 years."

By John Kruzel • March 21, 2019

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stated on March 6, 2019 a Facebook post:

Says Prince invested in Nike in 1971, recruited Michael Jordan to the company in 1983 and designed the first Air Jordans.

By Samantha Putterman • March 15, 2019

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stated on March 11, 2019 a Facebook post:

Says Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper, grew and smoked marijuana, and said "hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country."

By Samantha Putterman • March 13, 2019

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stated on March 6, 2019 a Facebook post:

Says Winston Churchill said, "When you’re 20, you care what everyone thinks, when you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you’re 60, you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place."

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 8, 2019

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stated on February 26, 2019 Facebook posts:

Says the WIC program was created by the Black Panthers to help feed single mothers and children in their communities.

By Samantha Putterman • March 5, 2019

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stated on February 26, 2019 a Facebook post:

A photograph of a black couple pictures the Sundance Kid.

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 5, 2019

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stated on February 22, 2019 a Facebook post:

"In 1963 Bernie Sanders was arrested for throwing eggs at black civil rights protestors."

By Amy Sherman • February 25, 2019

Robert McKinzie
stated on February 19, 2019 a Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting:

The word picnic is a "racially insensitive word."

By Amy Sherman • February 21, 2019

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stated on February 11, 2019 a Facebook post:

Quotes Robert Mueller as saying, "We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; a one-world religion; under a one world leader."

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 14, 2019

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stated on February 3, 2019 a Facebook post:

A photograph shows KKK members marching at the 1924 Democratic National Convention.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 11, 2019

Jerry Falwell Jr.
stated on January 1, 2019 a newspaper interview.:

"This midterm (election), the president did better than the average president does in his first midterms."

By Warren Fiske • January 8, 2019

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