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stated on January 22, 2025 in an X post:

“The U.S. Senate has the votes to remove Trump from office if the House votes to impeach.”

By Caleb McCullough • January 24, 2025
Instagram posts
stated on December 4, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“Trump was impeached for trying to investigate all the crimes that Joe Biden just pardoned Hunter over.”

By Loreben Tuquero • December 6, 2024
Threads posts
stated on November 6, 2024 in a Threads post:

“Nancy Pelosi stated today that if the Democrats get the House the first thing they’re going to do is impeach Donald Trump before he gets elected.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 8, 2024
JD Vance
stated on February 12, 2024 in a memo shared with GOP colleagues:

“The Ukraine supplemental includes a hidden impeachment clause against President Trump.”

By Madison Czopek • February 16, 2024
Kevin McCarthy
stated on September 12, 2023 in a speech:

On moving forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden with a House vote.

By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on August 19, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Video shows “articles of impeachment to be filed against President Joe Biden today!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 22, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on June 27, 2023 in a Facebook post:

Kevin McCarthy “announces impeachment proceeding for Biden regime.”

By Tom Kertscher • June 29, 2023
Facebook posts
stated on September 12, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Nancy Pelosi set to resign from Congress as Trump files impeachment lawsuits against her.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 14, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on June 7, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Biden gets brutal impeachment.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 8, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on February 13, 2021 in a text post:

Donald Trump's second impeachment "cost $33 million."

By Daniel Funke • February 19, 2021
Michael van der Veen
stated on February 12, 2021 in a speech at the U.S. Senate:

After the Capitol insurrection, “one of the first people arrested was a leader of antifa."

By Daniel Funke • February 12, 2021
Bloggers
stated on February 9, 2021 in an article:

“Manipulated Video used in House Impeachment Looks to Have VIOLATED House Rules”

By Noah Y. Kim • February 11, 2021
DCCC
stated on February 2, 2021 in an attack ad:

Says Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., “stood with Trump and the lies… He stood with QAnon, not you.”

By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2021
Jake Tapper
stated on January 13, 2021 in remarks in a CNN broadcast:

The second presidential impeachment of Donald Trump was “the most bipartisan impeachment in American history.”

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on January 9, 2021 in a screenshot:

A second impeachment means Donald Trump loses his lifetime pension, travel allowance, Secret Service detail, and his ability to run for public office.

By Daniel Funke • January 11, 2021
Jody Hice
stated on November 12, 2020 in a tweet:

Democrats “spent 4 years refusing to acknowledge Trump’s 2016 victory.”

By Hayat Norimine • November 24, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on May 28, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says it was "a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.”

By Bill McCarthy • May 21, 2020
Bloggers
stated on May 4, 2020 in a blog post:

Greta Thunberg “going on hunger strike until Trump is removed.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 5, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2020 in a Coronavirus Task Force press briefing:

Says fired inspector general Michael Atkinson brought a “terrible, inaccurate whistleblower report” to Congress.

By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2020
Bloggers
stated on February 25, 2020 in a blog post:

“Congress files charges against Nancy Pelosi.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 26, 2020
Viral image
stated on December 15, 2018 in a Facebook post:

Says Maxine Waters said: “I say, we knock off Trump and then, go after Pence. We have the power.”

By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2020
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stated on January 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Nancy Pelosi said, “If the Senate conducts a sham trial, our caucus will just impeach the president again. We have no shortage of impeachment offenses. This president is a criminal.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 7, 2020
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stated on February 6, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says William Barr tweeted, “BREAKING NEWS Senator Mitt Romney is the only Republican Senator who voted to remove President Trump from office… IN A COMPLETELY UNRELATED STORY Senator Mitt Romney is also the only Republican Senator who has a son who sits on the board of a Ukrainian Energy Company.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 7, 2020
Jeanne Ives
stated on January 29, 2020 in a press release:

Says U.S. Rep. Sean Casten “demanded the impeachment of the Republican President before the Mueller report was even released.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 6, 2020
Val Demings
stated on January 29, 2020 in the impeachment trial:

“All of the aid has not arrived” to Ukraine.

By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2020
Rick Scott
stated on January 29, 2020 in a TV ad in Iowa:

"Vice President Biden threatened a foreign country and forced them to fire a prosecutor who was investigating a company," that paid his son Hunter.

By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2020
Mike Pompeo
stated on January 24, 2020 in an NPR interview:

When asked if he’s defended former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, "I've defended every single person on this team."

By Miriam Valverde • January 29, 2020
Charles Schumer
stated on January 24, 2020 in a news conference:

"The American people are overwhelmingly with us" in calling witnesses in Senate trial

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 28, 2020
Jay Sekulow
stated on January 22, 2020 in the Senate impeachment trial:

Says President Donald Trump’s hold on Ukraine aid was like when "the Obama administration withheld $585 million of promised aid to Egypt in 2013 ... (and within the fiscal year) they didn't have to disclose the halt to anyone."

By Jon Greenberg • January 28, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on December 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"If Trump is impeached in the house & not senate, he can run 2 more times."

By Tom Kertscher • January 27, 2020

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