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Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2023 in a post on Truth Social Violent crime in Manhattan is "now at a record level." Darrin Madison stated on February 8, 2023 in News release Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail." Joe Biden stated on March 9, 2023 in a speech about his budget proposal “More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.” Kat Cammack stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at CPAC The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.” Instagram posts stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post Rifles “were involved in 297 deaths” in the U.S. in 2022 and “constipation killed 2,167.” Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2023 in a post The officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives. Scott Perry stated on January 8, 2023 in ABC This Week interview "Parents that go to school board meetings" and question the curriculum are being "flagged by the Department of Justice and the FBI for attending a meeting." Facebook posts stated on December 19, 2022 in a Facebook post People who stole U.S. Postal Service uniforms are posing as postal workers and robbing people at gunpoint. Viral image stated on December 15, 2022 in a Facebook post Says U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., “says pedophilia isn’t a crime — it’s an identity.” Instagram posts stated on December 12, 2022 in an Instagram post Human traffickers are putting toxin-laced tissues on gas pumps and door handles, then waiting for potential victims to pass out. Bryan Steil stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years." Cliff Hayes stated on November 23, 2022 in a TV interview. “When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings. Tweets stated on November 20, 2022 in a tweet The Club Q shooting was a “false flag.” Yesli Vega stated on October 20, 2022 in an interview. They were “never my comments” that a woman can’t get pregnant from rape. Tim Michels stated on October 24, 2022 in News conference Tony Evers “wants to let out between 9,000 and 10,000 more” Wisconsin prisoners Kris Mayes stated on September 28, 2022 in a debate “We have seen over the last 10 years ... under Republican governors a rise in the murder rate in Arizona of 20%.” Donald Trump stated on November 1, 2022 in a podcast interview At the Pelosi house, “the glass it seems was broken from the inside to the out, so it wasn’t a break-in, it was a breakout.” Amy Klobuchar stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on Meet the Press “One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years. Instagram posts stated on November 29, 2022 in an Instagram post Police dispatch audio from Paul Pelosi’s attack was recorded in a Moscow studio. Viral image stated on October 30, 2022 in an Instagram post Security cameras at Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home malfunctioned “for the duration of the break-in, so officials have ended their investigation.” Load more
Donald Trump stated on March 4, 2023 in a post on Truth Social Violent crime in Manhattan is "now at a record level."
Darrin Madison stated on February 8, 2023 in News release Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail."
Joe Biden stated on March 9, 2023 in a speech about his budget proposal “More cops are killed responding to domestic violence calls than anything else.”
Kat Cammack stated on March 2, 2023 in a speech at CPAC The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.”
Instagram posts stated on February 26, 2023 in an Instagram post Rifles “were involved in 297 deaths” in the U.S. in 2022 and “constipation killed 2,167.”
Facebook posts stated on February 26, 2023 in a post The officers who beat Tyre Nichols targeted him because he was “allegedly dating” one of their wives.
Scott Perry stated on January 8, 2023 in ABC This Week interview "Parents that go to school board meetings" and question the curriculum are being "flagged by the Department of Justice and the FBI for attending a meeting."
Facebook posts stated on December 19, 2022 in a Facebook post People who stole U.S. Postal Service uniforms are posing as postal workers and robbing people at gunpoint.
Viral image stated on December 15, 2022 in a Facebook post Says U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., “says pedophilia isn’t a crime — it’s an identity.”
Instagram posts stated on December 12, 2022 in an Instagram post Human traffickers are putting toxin-laced tissues on gas pumps and door handles, then waiting for potential victims to pass out.
Bryan Steil stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years."
Cliff Hayes stated on November 23, 2022 in a TV interview. “When you compare us to the European Union, we're something like 23 times more likely” to have homicides and handgun killings.
Yesli Vega stated on October 20, 2022 in an interview. They were “never my comments” that a woman can’t get pregnant from rape.
Tim Michels stated on October 24, 2022 in News conference Tony Evers “wants to let out between 9,000 and 10,000 more” Wisconsin prisoners
Kris Mayes stated on September 28, 2022 in a debate “We have seen over the last 10 years ... under Republican governors a rise in the murder rate in Arizona of 20%.”
Donald Trump stated on November 1, 2022 in a podcast interview At the Pelosi house, “the glass it seems was broken from the inside to the out, so it wasn’t a break-in, it was a breakout.”
Amy Klobuchar stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on Meet the Press “One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.
Instagram posts stated on November 29, 2022 in an Instagram post Police dispatch audio from Paul Pelosi’s attack was recorded in a Moscow studio.
Viral image stated on October 30, 2022 in an Instagram post Security cameras at Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home malfunctioned “for the duration of the break-in, so officials have ended their investigation.”
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