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Facebook posts
stated on January 26, 2025 in Facebook posts:

“Pfizer just released its list of side effects of its COVID-19 vaccine.”

By Sofia Ahmed • January 30, 2025
Ron Johnson
stated on November 17, 2024 in TV interview:

“There's never been a placebo-controlled study on childhood vaccines.”

By Madeline Heim • January 2, 2025
Kamala Harris
stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview:

“We have cut the flow of fentanyl by half.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 11, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2024 in a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania:

Vice President Kamala Harris “even wants to legalize fentanyl.”

By Amy Sherman • October 1, 2024
Eric Hovde
stated on August 13, 2024 in Public appearance:

Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “has done absolutely nothing” about the fentanyl crisis.

By Laura Schulte • August 22, 2024
Viral image
stated on June 18, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Justin Timberlake allegedly had traces of molly, poppers, Truvada, and coke in his bloodstream following his DWI arrest in New York.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 21, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Tennessee has become the first state in the U.S. to ban Bill Gates’ mRNA from being pumped into the food supply.

By Sofia Ahmed • April 11, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on February 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:

The government did more to stop the distribution of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine than to stop the distribution of fentanyl.

By Jeff Cercone • February 29, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on November 11, 2023 in a rally in New Hampshire:

New Hampshire has “a worse drug problem per capita than any other state."

By Amy Sherman • November 15, 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
Rick Scott
stated on October 31, 2023 in an X post:

Rainbow fentanyl is a threat to children on Halloween.

By Sara Swann • October 31, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on September 27, 2023 in Facebook posts:

Justin Trudeau’s plane was filled with cocaine when he landed in India for the G20 summit.

By Maria Briceño • October 11, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Two pipeline workers in the Chicago area were given fentanyl-laced water bottles.

By Jeff Cercone • July 21, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on July 11, 2023 in an Instagram post:

Video of Hunter Biden at the White House was taken on the “same day they found cocaine.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 13, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on June 5, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Hundreds of thousands of innocent people died” from taking the drug azidothymidine, or AZT.

By Loreben Tuquero • June 9, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The U.S. "takes 87% of all the prescription medications in the world."

By Tom Kertscher • June 1, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on April 16, 2023 in a Facebook post:

“When fentanyl burns it smells like popcorn.”

By Sara Swann • April 28, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on April 21, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook:

Este video enseña “las primera palabras” de Gustavo Petro junto a Joe Biden.

By Maria Briceño • April 27, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2023 in un post de Facebook:

“La mayor parte” del fentanilo que llega a los puertos de Estados Unidos viene desde Canadá.

By Maria Briceño • April 5, 2023
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on February 7, 2023 in a Facebook post:

"Joe Biden's wide open southern border" is to blame for fentanyl deaths in the U.S.

By Jeff Cercone • February 10, 2023
Mark Obenshain
stated on January 31, 2023 in a floor speech.:

“You know how many children are dying across Virginia because of fentanyl poisoning? A heck of a lot more than are dying at the hands of guns.”

By Warren Fiske • February 7, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on July 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:

"A Jackson, Tennessee, employee passed out this morning from handling a dollar bill with fentanyl on it."

By Andy Nguyen • July 29, 2022
Nicole Sirotek
stated on January 25, 2022 in a speech:

Says remdesivir is responsible for killing patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

By Gabrielle Settles • February 10, 2022
X posts
stated on January 31, 2022 in Twitter posts:

Research from Japan shows “ivermectin is effective against omicron in Phase III trial.”

By Gabrielle Settles • February 2, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on December 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Eating grapefruit, “if you're on antidepressants,” can “cause a fatal overdose.”

By Tom Kertscher • December 21, 2021
Bloggers
stated on September 28, 2021 in a blog post:

"Pfizer launches final study for COVID drug that's suspiciously similar to 'horse paste'” ivermectin.

By Tom Kertscher • September 30, 2021
TikTok posts
stated on September 2, 2021 in a TikTok video:

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “is not approved.”

By Tom Kertscher • September 17, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on August 1, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"They didn't allow" Simone Biles "to take her ADHD medication."

By Tom Kertscher • August 2, 2021
Donald Trump
stated on April 19, 2021 in an interview on Fox News:

“Human trafficking and drugs” at the Mexico border have “doubled, tripled and quadrupled” since Joe Biden became president.

By Tom Kertscher • April 27, 2021
X posts
stated on April 5, 2020 in a post:

Says Rudy Giuliani "bought $2M in shares of Novartis, a primary supplier of hydroxychloroquine" in early February.

By Daniel Funke • April 9, 2020

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