Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham is a conservative broadcaster and commentator. On April 13, 2014, she was named an ABC News contributor.

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Laura Ingraham
stated on March 31, 2023 a segment on “The Ingraham Angle"

Video clip shows that protesters in Tennessee “made their way onto the state Capitol floor.”

By Madison Czopek • April 4, 2023

Laura Ingraham
stated on February 8, 2021 a TV segment

“You may not have stayed in a hotel in the past year, but illegals arriving since Biden’s inauguration, they get to stay free of charge.”

By Bill McCarthy • February 15, 2021

Laura Ingraham
stated on December 8, 2020 a TV handoff

"You know what the biggest lie is, is that restaurants are spreaders of COVID. There's no science for that."

By Bill McCarthy • December 10, 2020

Laura Ingraham
stated on May 4, 2020 a TV segment

"There was no real scientific basis for believing that" social distancing would be necessary, "since it had never been studied."

By Bill McCarthy • May 6, 2020

Laura Ingraham
stated on January 3, 2016 on "Fox News Sunday"

"The 90 percent statistic of supporting background checks, that's been debunked."

By Lauren Carroll • January 5, 2016

Laura Ingraham
stated on February 4, 2014 a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show"

Says Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has an "immigrant family background."

By Jon Greenberg • February 17, 2015

Laura Ingraham
stated on September 28, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"

This Congress "adjourned earliest of any time in congressional history before an election."

By Jon Greenberg • September 28, 2014

Laura Ingraham
stated on June 15, 2014 a statement on "This Week"

Says Eric Cantor "was the co-author of the House GOP principles on immigration reform. Both the 'New York Times' and the 'Washington Post' said that that captured the essence of what was in the Senate immigration bill."

By Katie Sanders • June 15, 2014

Laura Ingraham
stated on June 12, 2014 a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show"

Americans "invented the automobile."

By Jon Greenberg • June 13, 2014

Laura Ingraham
stated on June 3, 2014 a speech.

U.S. Reps. Eric Cantor and Luis Gutierrez were "touring the country last year … joined at the hip, working together in a bipartisan fashion indeed for the goal of immigration reform."

By Sean Gorman • June 6, 2014

Laura Ingraham
stated on May 4, 2014 a broadcast of ABC's "This Week"

After the attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, "the ambassador's body was dragged through the street."

By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2014

Laura Ingraham
stated on April 13, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"

Obamacare is "costing 2 million jobs."

By Katie Sanders • April 13, 2014

Laura Ingraham
stated on May 12, 2011 an interview on Fox News' "O'Reilly Factor"

The Massachusetts health care plan is "wildly unpopular" among state residents.

By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2011

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stated on November 11, 2020 an Instagram post

Says Donald Trump posed as an anonymous “Nevada poll worker” on Laura Ingraham’s show.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 13, 2020