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Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: Two federal government buses “stopped in front of a Mexican restaurant in the very small town of Green Cove Springs Florida… The passengers were illegal immigrants, straight from the southern border.” Ron DeSantis stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference: “That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.” Facebook posts stated on April 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says the nation is locked down and there’s “a wide open border.” Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Joe Biden puts pro-life groups on domestic extremist list, calls pro-life people ‘violent.’” Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: “We spent billions on a border wall and quit when it was 90% finished.” Joe Biden stated on March 25, 2021 in a press conference: Says there was a “28% increase in children to the border in my administration” and “31% … in 2019.” The increase in migration in January, February and March “happens every year.” Joe Biden stated on March 25, 2021 in press conference: “We’re sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming.” Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 21, 2021 in in an ABC News interview: The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.” Veronica Escobar stated on March 14, 2021 in a CNN interview: "We saw the increases (of unaccompanied minors at the southern U.S. border) dating back almost a year." Ashley Moody stated on March 9, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview: Says the Biden administration is canceling immigration detainers and “requiring our law enforcement leaders to release” serious criminal offenders. Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in an interview: Says he requested “10,000 National Guardsmen” for his Jan. 6 rally, but Nancy Pelosi “rejected it.” Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in a CPAC speech: Says Joe Biden “has effectively ordered a shutdown of ICE, halting virtually all deportations, everyone, murderers, everybody, no more.” Ron Johnson stated on February 12, 2021 in Twitter: “Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.” Tom Cotton stated on February 26, 2021 in a CPAC speech: The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported." Glenn Beck stated on February 23, 2021 in a tweet: “Just for the record, the Biden Administration IS separating children and parents.” Facebook posts stated on February 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: Only Nancy Pelosi is “responsible for what happened at the Capitol” on Jan. 6, “security at the Capitol is her job.” Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall: “For the first time in American history, if you're seeking asylum ... you can't do it from the United States. … You’ve got to seek asylum from abroad.” Tom Cotton stated on February 1, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview: "A lot of these migrants that are coming, we have no way to screen their backgrounds for either health or for security." Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami: Changes to DACA during his administration are "because of the pandemic." Mark Kelly stated on October 6, 2020 in a debate: Says Martha McSally “voted to take away money from Fort Huachuca to pay for the border wall.” Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.” Joe Biden stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ: Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.” Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2020 in a text post: “Portland goon squads were Blackwater contractors not federal officers.” Brian Kilmeade stated on July 2, 2020 in an episode of "Fox & Friends": The President’s Daily Brief “is like a mini novel.” Nancy Pelosi stated on June 23, 2020 in a Telemundo interview: “80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.” Erin Burnett stated on June 1, 2020 in remarks on her CNN show: If President Trump decides to deploy the U.S. military domestically, he would be “mobilizing U.S. military troops on American soil for the first time since 1807.” Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Ron Johnson and 36 other senators “voted for federal agencies to have access to your internet history without obtaining a warrant.” Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in a speech: “On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.” Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview with Fox Business: Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.”
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X posts stated on August 19, 2021 in in tweets: The bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 19 was a false flag. Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: Two federal government buses “stopped in front of a Mexican restaurant in the very small town of Green Cove Springs Florida… The passengers were illegal immigrants, straight from the southern border.” Ron DeSantis stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference: “That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.” Facebook posts stated on April 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says the nation is locked down and there’s “a wide open border.” Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Joe Biden puts pro-life groups on domestic extremist list, calls pro-life people ‘violent.’” Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: “We spent billions on a border wall and quit when it was 90% finished.” Joe Biden stated on March 25, 2021 in a press conference: Says there was a “28% increase in children to the border in my administration” and “31% … in 2019.” The increase in migration in January, February and March “happens every year.” Joe Biden stated on March 25, 2021 in press conference: “We’re sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming.” Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 21, 2021 in in an ABC News interview: The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.” Veronica Escobar stated on March 14, 2021 in a CNN interview: "We saw the increases (of unaccompanied minors at the southern U.S. border) dating back almost a year." Ashley Moody stated on March 9, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview: Says the Biden administration is canceling immigration detainers and “requiring our law enforcement leaders to release” serious criminal offenders. Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in an interview: Says he requested “10,000 National Guardsmen” for his Jan. 6 rally, but Nancy Pelosi “rejected it.” Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in a CPAC speech: Says Joe Biden “has effectively ordered a shutdown of ICE, halting virtually all deportations, everyone, murderers, everybody, no more.” Ron Johnson stated on February 12, 2021 in Twitter: “Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.” Tom Cotton stated on February 26, 2021 in a CPAC speech: The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported." Glenn Beck stated on February 23, 2021 in a tweet: “Just for the record, the Biden Administration IS separating children and parents.” Facebook posts stated on February 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: Only Nancy Pelosi is “responsible for what happened at the Capitol” on Jan. 6, “security at the Capitol is her job.” Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall: “For the first time in American history, if you're seeking asylum ... you can't do it from the United States. … You’ve got to seek asylum from abroad.” Tom Cotton stated on February 1, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview: "A lot of these migrants that are coming, we have no way to screen their backgrounds for either health or for security." Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami: Changes to DACA during his administration are "because of the pandemic." Mark Kelly stated on October 6, 2020 in a debate: Says Martha McSally “voted to take away money from Fort Huachuca to pay for the border wall.” Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.” Joe Biden stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ: Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.” Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2020 in a text post: “Portland goon squads were Blackwater contractors not federal officers.” Brian Kilmeade stated on July 2, 2020 in an episode of "Fox & Friends": The President’s Daily Brief “is like a mini novel.” Nancy Pelosi stated on June 23, 2020 in a Telemundo interview: “80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.” Erin Burnett stated on June 1, 2020 in remarks on her CNN show: If President Trump decides to deploy the U.S. military domestically, he would be “mobilizing U.S. military troops on American soil for the first time since 1807.” Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Ron Johnson and 36 other senators “voted for federal agencies to have access to your internet history without obtaining a warrant.” Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in a speech: “On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.” Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview with Fox Business: Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.”
X posts stated on August 19, 2021 in in tweets: The bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 19 was a false flag.
Facebook posts stated on July 31, 2021 in a Facebook post: Two federal government buses “stopped in front of a Mexican restaurant in the very small town of Green Cove Springs Florida… The passengers were illegal immigrants, straight from the southern border.”
Ron DeSantis stated on June 16, 2021 in a press conference: “That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”
Facebook posts stated on April 7, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says the nation is locked down and there’s “a wide open border.”
Facebook posts stated on March 29, 2021 in a Facebook post: “Joe Biden puts pro-life groups on domestic extremist list, calls pro-life people ‘violent.’”
Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2021 in a Facebook post: “We spent billions on a border wall and quit when it was 90% finished.”
Joe Biden stated on March 25, 2021 in a press conference: Says there was a “28% increase in children to the border in my administration” and “31% … in 2019.” The increase in migration in January, February and March “happens every year.”
Joe Biden stated on March 25, 2021 in press conference: “We’re sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming.”
Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 21, 2021 in in an ABC News interview: The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.”
Veronica Escobar stated on March 14, 2021 in a CNN interview: "We saw the increases (of unaccompanied minors at the southern U.S. border) dating back almost a year."
Ashley Moody stated on March 9, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview: Says the Biden administration is canceling immigration detainers and “requiring our law enforcement leaders to release” serious criminal offenders.
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in an interview: Says he requested “10,000 National Guardsmen” for his Jan. 6 rally, but Nancy Pelosi “rejected it.”
Donald Trump stated on February 28, 2021 in a CPAC speech: Says Joe Biden “has effectively ordered a shutdown of ICE, halting virtually all deportations, everyone, murderers, everybody, no more.”
Ron Johnson stated on February 12, 2021 in Twitter: “Biden’s plan will immediately let in 25,000 asylum-seekers who’d been waiting in Mexico as their cases were judged.”
Tom Cotton stated on February 26, 2021 in a CPAC speech: The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported."
Glenn Beck stated on February 23, 2021 in a tweet: “Just for the record, the Biden Administration IS separating children and parents.”
Facebook posts stated on February 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: Only Nancy Pelosi is “responsible for what happened at the Capitol” on Jan. 6, “security at the Capitol is her job.”
Joe Biden stated on February 16, 2021 in a CNN town hall: “For the first time in American history, if you're seeking asylum ... you can't do it from the United States. … You’ve got to seek asylum from abroad.”
Tom Cotton stated on February 1, 2021 in a Fox & Friends interview: "A lot of these migrants that are coming, we have no way to screen their backgrounds for either health or for security."
Donald Trump stated on October 15, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami: Changes to DACA during his administration are "because of the pandemic."
Mark Kelly stated on October 6, 2020 in a debate: Says Martha McSally “voted to take away money from Fort Huachuca to pay for the border wall.”
Donald Trump stated on August 27, 2020 in a speech at the RNC: Says Joe Biden “is even talking about taking the wall down.”
Joe Biden stated on August 6, 2020 in an interview with members of NAHJ and NABJ: Asked about asylum seekers in camps in Mexico, “This is the first time ever you've had to seek asylum in a third country.”
Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2020 in a text post: “Portland goon squads were Blackwater contractors not federal officers.”
Brian Kilmeade stated on July 2, 2020 in an episode of "Fox & Friends": The President’s Daily Brief “is like a mini novel.”
Nancy Pelosi stated on June 23, 2020 in a Telemundo interview: “80% of the American people support our Dreamers. Over 70% think they should have a path to citizenship, and that's Democrats, Republicans, independents.”
Erin Burnett stated on June 1, 2020 in remarks on her CNN show: If President Trump decides to deploy the U.S. military domestically, he would be “mobilizing U.S. military troops on American soil for the first time since 1807.”
Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Ron Johnson and 36 other senators “voted for federal agencies to have access to your internet history without obtaining a warrant.”
Donald Trump stated on May 19, 2020 in a speech: “On the Southern border, as you know, the wall is going up, it's going up very rapidly. We're at 182 miles.”
Donald Trump stated on May 14, 2020 in an interview with Fox Business: Speaking about border apprehensions, said “We have some of the best numbers we've ever had. Southern border, the best numbers we've ever had.”
