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Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on September 13, 2021 in an article:
“Polling center tells some Republicans they ‘already voted’" in the California recall election.
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September 14, 2021
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on August 9, 2021 in a tweet:
“California is moving folks out of encampments, into safe housing and getting them the mental health services they need.”
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September 11, 2021
Bjorn Lomborg
Bjorn Lomborg
stated on September 3, 2021 in an column in the Wall Street Journal:
“The frequency of hurricanes making landfall in the continental U.S. has declined slightly since 1900...There aren’t more powerful hurricanes either.”
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By Jon Greenberg • September 9, 2021
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on September 1, 2021 in on social media:
Texas “ranks 50th in baby wellness checks, ranks 50th in clinical care for infants, ranks 50th in uninsured women, ranks 43rd in maternal mortality, ranks 44th in school funding per child, and ranks 46th in child hunger.”
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By Louis Jacobson • September 8, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on August 30, 2021 in on social media:
“Near Morgantown, WV, a Moderna shipment truck crashed, hazmat dispatched, airspace shut down and now apparently Emergency Response is claiming the Department of Defense took it over.”
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By Duncan Slade • September 2, 2021
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on August 29, 2021 in an Instagram post:
“New Israeli study finds fully vaccinated people are at ‘greater risk of hospitalization’ and 13 times more likely to catch COVID-19 than those who have recovered and have natural immunity.”
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September 1, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 20, 2021 in a press conference:
There has been “no question of our credibility from our allies around the world” regarding how the U.S. is withdrawing from Afghanistan.
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By Miriam Valverde • August 26, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Washington public school forces unvaccinated teens to wear ankle monitors” as a condition of playing team sports.
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August 25, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 19, 2021 in an Instagram post.:
"Twitter has suspended the account of Afghanistan’s elected President… and have allowed the Taliban to keep their accounts."
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By Jason Asenso • August 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2021 in social media posts:
The U.S. is “now importing 800,000 barrels of oil from Russia,” but that could have been prevented if the Keystone XL pipeline hadn’t been cancelled.
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By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 18, 2021 in an interview with ABC News:
“We had already issued several thousand Special Immigrant Visas .. to the (Afghan) translators, when I came into office.”
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By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • August 19, 2021
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on August 11, 2021 in an OAN broadcast.:
Solar panel farms cause “hundreds and thousands” of birds to “hit that magnified sun, explode in flame ... (This) is going to bring the nation down.”
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By Jason Asenso • August 17, 2021
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Donald Trump in 2020 "said he trusted the Taliban and then set in motion an even earlier exit" from Afghanistan.
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August 17, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on August 12, 2021 in an Instagram post:
“Mayo Clinic study shows Pfizer vaccine dropped to 42% effective.”
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August 17, 2021
Erin Marie Olszewski
Erin Marie Olszewski
stated on August 2, 2021 in an Instagram post:
“It’s not unusual for hospitals to sit at max or near max capacity on any given day.”
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August 11, 2021
Kurt Bauer
Kurt Bauer
stated on June 27, 2021 in TV interview:
“We are not having replacement birth rates. We have had more people leaving the state than coming in over the last 30 years.”
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By D.L. Davis • August 10, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image:
"I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?"
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August 9, 2021
Steve Deace
Steve Deace
stated on August 2, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Sweden had few COVID deaths in July, despite low vaccination rates, relaxed lockdown rules and low mask compliance.
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August 6, 2021
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on July 19, 2021 in a tweet:
Says he worked to pass the 2018 farm bill “that helped farmers, invest(ed) in rural broadband, and added work requirements for able-bodied adults, Budd voted NO.”
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By Paul Specht • August 3, 2021
Alma Adams
Alma Adams
stated on July 14, 2021 in a committee meeting:
"Lumber prices can be tied to the (Trump) administration’s actions."
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By Paul Specht • July 23, 2021
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