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Facebook posts
stated on December 15, 2024 in Facebook posts:

Residents in states across the U.S. are eligible for a $2,200 holiday stimulus payment.

By Sofia Ahmed • December 20, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on December 11, 2024 in a Facebook post:

The NFL punished three referees in “the game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Minnesota Vikings.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 20, 2024
Viral image
stated on October 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“Homeland Security is having a cybersecurity drill on the same day as the election.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 6, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 28, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Video shows a ‘Democratic operative’ making credible allegations of fraud during the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.

By Madison Czopek • November 1, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 26, 2024 in a post:

In Glynn County, Georgia, it was 'voter fraud' when poll workers found no record of a person who already voted.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • October 31, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 22, 2024 in a Threads post:

“The cheat has begun” because “Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania have officially announced that they will not have election results available on election night.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 25, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 13, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“GA election official Gabriel Sterling says audits will take place after election day because it’s ‘nerve-racking’ to count ballots in front of poll watchers.”

By Sofia Ahmed • October 21, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 4, 2024 in Facebook posts:

The government gave $3,500 debit cards to immigrants while giving only $750 to Hurricane Helene victims.

By Sofia Ahmed • October 11, 2024
Viral image
stated on September 30, 2024 in a Threads post:

Image shows a photo of former President Donald Trump wading through floodwater after Hurricane Helene.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 2, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on September 25, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Georgia coach Kirby Smart's family ends relationship with Taylor Swift: ‘We do not support her endorsement.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 1, 2024
X posts
stated on September 29, 2024 in X posts:

A biolab caught fire in Georgia right before the 2024 election.

By Sofia Ahmed • October 1, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2024 in a press conference in Georgia:

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp was calling President Joe Biden after Hurricane Helene but "hasn't been able to get him.”

By Caleb McCullough • September 30, 2024
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stated on September 13, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Who else thinks the downfall of America started with Barack Obama?”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 17, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on September 7, 2024 in a post:

CNN reported that the Apalachee High School shooting suspect was motivated by a “lack of trans acceptance.”

By Sara Swann • September 11, 2024
Viral image
stated on September 4, 2024 in an Instagram post:

An image shows the social media profile of the accused suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting.

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 5, 2024
Viral image
stated on July 21, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Video shows a “strong tornado in Atlanta.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 5, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on March 21, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Georgia district attorney Fani Willis was disbarred.

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 25, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Campaign finance disclosures showed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took part in a “massive money laundering and election fraud” scheme.

By Loreben Tuquero • October 3, 2023
Travis Tritt
stated on August 16, 2023 in a Truth Social post:

When elected Georgia governor in 2018, “Brian Kemp was over $7 million in debt.” Kemp “cut a deal” to select Dominion Voting Systems as Georgia’s voting machine vendor and “has never been in debt since.”

By Sara Swann • August 31, 2023
Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2023 in a Truth Social post:

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis “campaigned and raised money on, ‘I will get Trump.’”

By Amy Sherman • August 18, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on February 21, 2023 in a Facebook post:

A $2 million grant for Georgia’s DeKalb County amounts to a “private takeover of election offices.”

By Amy Sherman • March 15, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene
stated on March 3, 2023 in a Conservative Political Action Conference speech:

Says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he wants America’s “sons and daughters to go die in Ukraine.”

By Madison Czopek • March 3, 2023
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stated on February 15, 2023 in an Instagram post:

The city of Atlanta is banning the word “women.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 17, 2023
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stated on January 25, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The Georgia High School Association started issuing a “sudden cardiac arrest awareness form” in the wake of COVID-19 vaccines.

By Ciara O'Rourke • January 31, 2023
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stated on December 7, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Fluctuating vote count in Fox News coverage of the Georgia U.S. Senate runoff is evidence of voter fraud.

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 9, 2022
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stated on December 7, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Fluctuating Georgia U.S. Senate runoff vote count is evidence of election fraud.

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 9, 2022
Kelly Loeffler
stated on December 6, 2022 in a tweet:

On the day of the Dec. 6 runoff, “armed groups of Black Panthers” were “reportedly patrolling certain voting locations” in Georgia.

By Gabrielle Settles • December 8, 2022
Viral image
stated on December 6, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Marjorie Taylor Greene quoted Adolf Hitler on Christianity.

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 8, 2022
America First Legal
stated on November 1, 2022 in an ad:

“Kamala Harris said disaster aid should go to non-white citizens first."

By Tom Kertscher • November 5, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on October 25, 2022 in an Instagram post:

The documentary “2,000 Mules proves” Democrats “cheated on the 2020 elections.”

By Jon Greenberg • October 28, 2022

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