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Megyn Kelly
stated on November 15, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“New police bodycam footage” of George Floyd’s arrest “changes the narrative”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 21, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram:

“New court documents reveal that George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose.”

By Madison Czopek • November 3, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on October 26, 2023 in un video enTikTok:

“Fallecimiento del exmandatario de la presidencia de Honduras" en incendio de cárcel en Nueva York.

By Maria Briceño • November 2, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on August 6, 2023 in a viral image:

California passed a law “reducing penalties for oral, anal sex with willing children.”

By Tom Kertscher • August 9, 2023
Jack Posobiec
stated on August 1, 2023 in a tweet:

Judge Tanya Chutkan “is the only federal judge in Washington, D.C., who has sentenced Jan. 6 defendants to sentences longer than the government had requested.”

By Madison Czopek • August 2, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on July 15, 2023 in un video en TikTok:

"Biden elimina ‘tráfico sexual de menores’ como una de las prioridades del Departamento de Justicia de su gobierno”.

By Maria Briceño • July 25, 2023
TikTok posts
stated on July 17, 2023 in una publicación en TikTok:

A las personas que van a ver ‘Sound of Freedom’ “en medio de la película se les va la luz, les hacen unas alarmas de bomberos o simplemente dicen que tienen que evacuar”.

By Jeff Cercone • July 25, 2023
David Harris Jr.
stated on July 13, 2023 in an Instagram post:

The U.S. Justice Department removed international child sex trafficking from its "list of offenses that deserve a high degree of attention."

By Tom Kertscher • July 17, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on July 12, 2023 in a video shared on Instagram:

Ohio replaced lethal injection “with a system that quickly and humanely rips off the heads of death-row inmates using powerful robotic arms.”

By Madison Czopek • July 17, 2023
Tim Scott
stated on June 18, 2023 in a TV interview:

“Think about parents who show up at school board meetings. By this DOJ, they’re called domestic terrorists.”

By Sevana Wenn • June 22, 2023
Paul Tonko
stated on March 20, 2023 in a press release:

“Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.”

By Conor Amendola • April 26, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on April 4, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

“Joe Biden liberará a reos tras visita de Marco Rubio a El Salvador”.

By Maria Briceño • April 12, 2023
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 20, 2023 in a news conference:

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has downgraded over 50% of the felonies to misdemeanors.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 8, 2023
Glen Sturtevant
stated on March 16, 2023 in a candidate's forum:

On red flag laws.

By Warren Fiske • March 24, 2023
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."

By Madeline Heim • March 17, 2023
Tim Moore
stated on February 8, 2023 in presentations about his bill:

“One man was actually killed” during 2020 protests of police brutality in Raleigh

By Paul Specht • February 21, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on January 27, 2023 in a Facebook post:

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is "facing 40 years in prison and deportation after seven new crimes uncovered."

By Tom Kertscher • February 2, 2023
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.

By Madison Czopek • February 1, 2023
Jim Jordan
stated on January 29, 2023 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":

"I got a list of 20 jurisdictions that defunded the police to the tune of over $1 billion total."

By Yacob Reyes • February 1, 2023
John Rich
stated on January 5, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Cellphone data used to arrest the Idaho quadruple-murder suspect proves that criticism of the “2000 Mules” movie’s use of cell data is unfounded.

By Tom Kertscher • January 12, 2023
Bryan Steil
stated on November 15, 2022 in Twitter:

In Milwaukee, "The (homicide) rate has nearly doubled in the past two years."

By D.L. Davis • December 9, 2022
Viral image
stated on November 13, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“European royals killing naked children for fun at hunting parties.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2022
Herschel Walker
stated on November 11, 2022 in an interview:

Raphael Warnock "believes in no cash bail" and "letting people out of prison that are going to make us prisoners in our own home."

By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2022
Julie Gunnigle
stated on September 15, 2022 in a debate:

"If Arizona were a country, it’d be the eighth largest incarcerator in the world."

By Tori Gantz • November 11, 2022
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

By Madeline Heim • November 4, 2022
Kim Reynolds
stated on October 6, 2022 in a campaign ad:

"Deidre DeJear refused to stand for police."

By Liam Halawith • October 31, 2022
Ted Budd
stated on October 7, 2022 in a debate:

Cheri Beasley was “encouraging (riots) all across our state and all across our country in 2020.”

By Paul Specht • October 25, 2022
A Better Wisconsin Together
stated on September 12, 2022 in Campaign ad:

Says Tim Michels "opposes closing the loophole that allows domestic abusers to buy guns."

By D.L. Davis • October 24, 2022
Kanye West
stated on October 16, 2022 in an interview:

Suggests fentanyl, not Derek Chauvin, killed George Floyd

By Gabrielle Settles • October 18, 2022
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 4, 2022 in a TV ad.:

Abigail Spanberger supported “nearly $1 billion in stimulus checks for prisoners, including domestic terrorists.”

By Warren Fiske • October 18, 2022

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