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Social Media
stated on September 2, 2024 in social media posts:

The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is on the way to Aurora, Colorado, to confront a Venezuelan gang.

By Loreben Tuquero • September 9, 2024
Viral image
stated on April 22, 2024 in a Threads post:

Lauren Boebert posted, “If they charge President Trump for his crimes, they could charge any of us for our crimes. The rule of law means nothing to these people.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • April 26, 2024
Chris Murphy
stated on November 27, 2022 in an interview on CNN:

“60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.”

By Yacob Reyes • December 2, 2022
X posts
stated on November 20, 2022 in a tweet:

The Club Q shooting was a “false flag.”

By Andy Nguyen • November 22, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 22, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Ballots are “mailed unconstitutionally” to every voter in Colorado.

By Madison Czopek • October 26, 2022
Focus on the Family
stated on June 28, 2022 in ads:

Abortion is available at any point of pregnancy and for any reason in Alaska, Colorado, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon and Vermont.

By Tom Kertscher • July 12, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on April 5, 2022 in a photo on Facebook:

“Colorado Governor Jared Polis has just signed into law a bill legalizing abortions through all nine months, up until the moment of birth.”

By Sara Swann • April 7, 2022
Eli Bremer
stated on March 23, 2022 in an interview with Fox News:

“If you look at windmills” and the greenhouse gas emissions from building to retiring them, “the overall return is negative.”

By Jon Greenberg • March 28, 2022
Bloggers
stated on November 18, 2021 in an article:

The FBI targeted a woman and searched her home because she “protested local school board, elections.”

By Monique Curet • November 23, 2021
Lauren Boebert
stated on May 19, 2021 in an interview:

“Since removing the mask mandate two months ago, Texas has not reported a single COVID death. Not one."

By Brandon Mulder • May 25, 2021
Bloggers
stated on May 4, 2021 in articles and social media:

"15-year-old boy passes away from heart attack two days after Pfizer COVID-19 experimental jab."

By Tom Kertscher • May 6, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Colorado “requires photo ID to vote in person, requires signature verification for mail-in ballots, which Georgia got rid of, and prevents campaign workers from giving food, water to voters within 100 feet if they’re wearing campaign apparel.”

By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2021
Tim Scott
stated on April 6, 2021 in a tweet:

Says Georgia “has more day-of voting rights than Colorado.”

By Jon Greenberg • April 7, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says the suspected Boulder mass shooter is a Muslim "who entered illegally from Mexico and purchased the firearm from a guy that sells stolen guns."

By Tom Kertscher • March 30, 2021
Joy Behar
stated on March 23, 2021 in a TV segment:

"In 2004, George W. Bush lifted the ban on those (AR-15 type) rifles, and since then, the number of massacres has increased 183%. During the ban, there were 12 incidents. Since he lifted the ban, there were 34 incidents."

By Bill McCarthy • March 25, 2021
Jack Posobiec
stated on March 23, 2021 in a tweet:

“New information coming in that Boulder shooter was a Syrian refugee who arrived via Obama-era asylum programs.”

By Daniel Funke • March 24, 2021
Viral image
stated on March 22, 2021 in an Instagram post:

“Last week, the Colorado Supreme Court declared that Boulder’s AR-15 ban was unconstitutional. Today, there was a mass shooting in Boulder.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 23, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 22, 2021 in a text post:

The shooting in Boulder, Colo., was a "false flag like most of the others."

By Daniel Funke • March 23, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on January 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows Rep. Lauren Boebert with Capitol rioters before she gave them a tour of the building "one day before the insurrection."

By Samantha Putterman • January 14, 2021
Viral image
stated on November 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Stacks of bricks are showing up in Denver because “the Evil Left is getting ready to destroy downtown.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 3, 2020
Cory Gardner
stated on September 15, 2020 in a tweet:

Says he authored legislation “to guarantee coverage to people with pre-existing conditions -- no matter what happens to Obamacare.”

By Julie Appleby • September 18, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“People are going door to door in Colorado Springs stating they are COVID testing so they can rob people!!!!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 19, 2020
Bloggers
stated on January 30, 2020 in a blog post:

“Colorado school forces students to wear hijabs.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 14, 2020
Morgan Carroll
stated on October 20, 2016 in a news release:

Says Mike Coffman said two different things: "stop the deportations" in a Spanish-language debate and "you're going to be deported" in an English-language TV interview.

By Alan Gathright • November 4, 2016
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on November 25, 2016 in a TV ad :

Says "Morgan Carroll opposed requiring convicted sex offenders to register their online profiles, making it harder to track online sex offenders and child predators."

By Alan Gathright • November 1, 2016
Restoration PAC
stated on October 13, 2016 in A TV ad:

"On ISIS, (Michael Bennet) chose the (Washington) insiders over our generals."

By Alan Gathright • October 27, 2016
Colorado Citizens for Accountable Government
stated on October 14, 2016 in a mailer:

"When Rachel Zenzinger was on the Arvada City Council, she voted to spend taxpayer funds for a junket to China."

By Alan Gathright • October 20, 2016
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 11, 2016 in a TV ad :

Says Colorado congressional candidate Morgan Carroll "voted to allow welfare recipients to use your tax dollars at ATMs at strip clubs and pot dispensaries."

By Alan Gathright • October 13, 2016
Mike Coffman
stated on September 20, 2016 in a TV ad :

Says state Sen. Morgan Carroll's votes made "it easier to sue doctors, small businesses, even nurses. Putting her own shady interests first."

By Alan Gathright • October 5, 2016
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on September 22, 2016 in a TV ad :

Says Colorado Democratic congressional candidate Morgan Carroll "racked up $11 billion in new spending" in the state Legislature.

By Alan Gathright • September 28, 2016

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