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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
Levar Stoney
stated on October 26, 2022 in a news conference.:

“I don’t get involved in the hiring and firing of police chiefs.”

By Warren Fiske • November 2, 2022
Kathy Hochul
stated on September 28, 2022 in a speech:

New York state is outpacing the rest of the country, because shootings in New York are down 10%, and across the country the drop is only 2%.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 24, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on August 11, 2022 in Facebook post:

“With the combined salary of the 87,000 new IRS Agents ($81,456 average annual salary), you could put a police officer ($55,117) in every public school in the nation (97,568) and still have 31,007 police officers or $1,709,012,819 left over.”

By Michael Majchrowicz • September 8, 2022
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on July 18, 2022 in a blog.:

“Abigail Spanberger is raking in thousands from defund the police groups because she supports defunding the police.”

By Warren Fiske • August 1, 2022
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
Marco Rubio
stated on July 19, 2022 in a campaign ad:

Val Demings "called abolishing the police 'thoughtful.'"

By Yacob Reyes • July 26, 2022
Viral image
stated on July 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

George Floyd and COVID-19 “never existed.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 22, 2022
Rob Astorino
stated on June 13, 2022 in a debate:

“We’ve got a parole board right now that has released 20 cop killers in the last two years under Hochul.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 24, 2022
Van Wanggaard
stated on June 5, 2022 in TV interview:

Waiting periods for gun purchases may not make a difference, because "If somebody's decided that they're gonna take their life, they're gonna take their life."

By Madeline Heim • June 21, 2022
Tweets
stated on May 29, 2022 in a tweet:

TV interviews with two different men who are each identified as Uvalde victim's father show the Robb Elementary School mass shooting was staged.

By Jeff Cercone • May 31, 2022
Ron Johnson
stated on May 11, 2022 in News release:

In the immediate wake of a fire and vandalism at the Madison headquarters of an anti-abortion group, Democrats had not condemned “activists who are engaging in this repugnant illegal activity.”

By D.L. Davis • May 31, 2022
Ted Cruz
stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media:

“We know from past experiences that the most effective tool for keeping kids safe is armed law enforcement on the campus.”

By Madison Czopek • May 26, 2022
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 2, 2022 in Newsletter:

On Gov. Tony “Evers’ watch…the efficiency of the state crime lab has plummeted.”

By Laura Schulte • May 26, 2022
Joe Biden
stated on May 24, 2022 in a national address from the White House.:

"When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled."

By Jon Greenberg • May 25, 2022
Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on April 30, 2022 in Public statement:

Says Gov. Tony Evers is “a big proponent of this defund the police movement.”

By D.L. Davis • May 20, 2022
Claudia Tenney
stated on April 1, 2022 in a press release:

In 2021, “11,201 pounds of fentanyl were seized by Customs and Border Protection, which is enough to kill every American nearly seven times over.”

By Elizabeth Egan • April 27, 2022
Lars Larson
stated on March 21, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Judge Jackson doesn’t think perverts should have to register (as sex offenders). She says it ‘stigmatizes’ THEM.”

By Yacob Reyes • March 25, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on February 7, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Fifty percent of the Ottawa police force have all turned in their resignation.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 8, 2022
Cavalier Johnson
stated on December 21, 2021 in News release:

“In 2021, 65 people in Milwaukee have lost their lives due to reckless driving accidents, and more than 9,000 cars have been stolen, double the amount in 2020.”

By D.L. Davis • February 4, 2022
Dana Perino
stated on January 4, 2022 in a segment:

A law backed by Virginia Democrats barred local sheriffs from having military equipment that “would have come in very helpful” with the I-95 traffic jam.

By Samantha Putterman • January 10, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on October 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Atlanta just lost 75% of its police force”

By Andy Nguyen • October 29, 2021
Byron Brown
stated on September 26, 2021 in a speech:

“My opponent’s plan for people who commit sexual assault, sexual predators, is no jail time.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 14, 2021
TikTok posts
stated on September 5, 2021 in a TikTok post:

“Paris police beat a woman for shopping at a mall with no vaccine passport.”

By Gabrielle Settles • October 12, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
stated on October 6, 2021 in a TV interview.:

“Terry (McAuliffe) calls in his friend Joe Biden to actually put the DOJ on Virginia parents.”

By Warren Fiske • October 12, 2021
TikTok posts
stated on September 2, 2021 in a TikTok post:

“COVID internment camps announced in America: Tennessee governor signs EO authorizing National Guard to carry out COVID medical kidnappings.”

By Gabrielle Settles • October 7, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
stated on September 16, 2021 in a debate.:

On qualified immunity

By Warren Fiske • September 29, 2021
Empower Wisconsin
stated on August 17, 2021 in TV ad:

Says of Gov. Tony Evers and 2020 violence in Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake: “It took the loss of lives before help finally came.”

By Vanessa Swales • September 15, 2021
Jason Miyares
stated on September 2, 2021 in a tweet:

“The Parole Board operates with Mark Herring’s advice and consent.”

By Warren Fiske • September 14, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on September 1, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Following Hurricane Ida, animals from Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey are “fleeing the premises.”

By Gabrielle Settles • September 2, 2021

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