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stated on May 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:

CBS News reported that two more suspects were arrested in the Buffalo shooting, and that one more victim was identified.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 18, 2022
Candace Owens
stated on May 3, 2022 in a tweet:

“79% of Planned Parenthood clinics are in minority neighborhoods. This is not by accident. That is by its founder, Margaret Sanger's, eugenicist design."

By Samantha Putterman • May 18, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 13, 2022 in a Facebook post:

A recent photo shows the “Russian Orthodox Church blessing a rocket called Satan.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 18, 2022
Tweets
stated on May 14, 2022 in Twitter posts:

The mass shooting in Buffalo, New York was a “false flag event.”

By Gabrielle Settles • May 18, 2022
James Lankford
stated on May 4, 2022 in a Senate hearing:

“The vast majority of individuals that we’re releasing out are not showing up for hearings.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 17, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Your state will send you free infant formula if you call Enfamil and Similac customer service numbers.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 17, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 12, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Amazon will ship baby formula to U.S. addresses if you change your preferred country on its website from the U.S. to Canada.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 17, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on May 16, 2022 in an Instagram post:

A reporter who covered the Buffalo supermarket shooting was a "crisis actor."

By Bill McCarthy • May 17, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 12, 2022 in a post:

Donations of baby formula to Ukraine helped cause the current U.S. shortage.

By Monique Curet • May 17, 2022
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 15, 2022 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

“When unemployment goes down, inflation goes up.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 4, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Images show Joe Biden surrounded by U.S. Marshals.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 17, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 4, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Mark Zuckerberg was arrested.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 17, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 10, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Disney stock is down more than 70% and attendance is down more than 55%! 10.1 million people canceled their Disney+ subscription."

By Yacob Reyes • May 17, 2022
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stated on May 11, 2022 in a Facebook post:

No planes are visible in footage of the 9/11 attack.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 17, 2022
Our American Century
stated on May 13, 2022 in an ad:

Kathy Barnette "pretends she's America First, but repeatedly attacked President Trump."

By Tom Kertscher • May 17, 2022
Tom Nelson
stated on April 26, 2022 in Twitter:

“Title 42 has fueled the border crisis. In 2019, 7 percent of illegal border crossings were repeated crossings. Today the rate is 27 percent.”

By Laura Schulte • May 17, 2022
Blake Masters
stated on May 14, 2022 in a tweet:

“Democrats want open borders so they can bring in and amnesty tens of millions of illegal aliens — that’s their electoral strategy.”

By Jon Greenberg • May 16, 2022
Kathy Barnette
stated on May 13, 2022 in an interview:

Says she never tweeted comments linking pedophilia and Islam.

By Tom Kertscher • May 16, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on April 28, 2022 in a video on Facebook:

“We have 76% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, meaning they are one paycheck away from poverty.”

By Madison Czopek • May 16, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 11, 2022 in a post:

Suggests Megan Thee Stallion was not shot in the foot.

By Monique Curet • May 16, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Finland joins NATO.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 16, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 10, 2022 in a Facebook post:

The NewProfilePic app is Russian spyware.

By Gabrielle Settles • May 16, 2022
North Carolina Futures Action Fund
stated on May 16, 2022 in a campaign mailer:

State Sen. Kirk deViere voted against Medicaid expansion, the governor’s budget and teacher raises.

By Paul Specht • May 16, 2022
Joe Biden
stated on May 12, 2022 in a tweet:

“When President Biden took office … there was no vaccine available.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2022
Viral image
stated on May 15, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Your government quietly confirmed the fully vaccinated are developing Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 16, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Photos of the alleged Buffalo shooting gunman show two different people.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 16, 2022
Charlie Crist
stated on May 4, 2022 in a press conference:

“It costs more to live in many Florida cities than New York City.”

By Yacob Reyes • May 16, 2022
USA Freedom Fund
stated on May 11, 2022 in an attack ad:

“Kathy Barnette wants to build a statue of Barack Obama right next to the one of Abraham Lincoln on Capitol Hill."

By Jon Greenberg • May 13, 2022
Greg Abbott
stated on May 12, 2022 in a press release:

Says the Biden administration is choosing to send baby formula to the border as one of its “out-of-touch priorities.”

By Madison Czopek • May 13, 2022
Kathy Barnette
stated on May 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham:

Joe Biden “inherited inflation of 1.7%. Now we're well over 8% and growing.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 13, 2022

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