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Sara Swann is a freelance journalist based in Washington, D.C. For two and a half years, she covered voting rights, money in politics, gerrymandering and other democracy reform issues for The Fulcrum, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization. She's also reported for Delmarva Now, part of the USA Today network, and OpenSecrets. Sara graduated from Syracuse University and is originally from West Virginia.

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stated on August 6, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows a “massive” crowd at a Trump rally in Wisconsin on Aug. 5, 2022.

By Sara Swann • August 8, 2022
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stated on May 26, 2022 in a photo on Facebook:

With the $53 billion spent in Ukraine aid, the U.S. “could pay five SWAT members $80,000 each and have them at EVERY school front door.”

By Sara Swann • June 3, 2022
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stated on May 14, 2022 in posts on social media:

The United States can’t import baby formula because of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

By Sara Swann • May 24, 2022
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stated on April 9, 2022 in a photo on Facebook:

“If you earn $100 and pay $33 income tax you’re left with $67. You then buy $67 worth of fuel and in doing so pay a 48% fuel tax (fuel tax = $32.16 + $6.70 GST). This means that the government just got $71.86 tax from your hard earned $100.”

By Sara Swann • May 6, 2022
Jeanine Pirro
stated on May 3, 2022 in a segment on Fox News:

“There are 63 million abortions a year in this country.”

By Sara Swann • May 4, 2022
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stated on April 24, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Canada’s new law allows government to take children away if parents don’t accept kids’ ‘gender identity.’”

By Sara Swann • May 3, 2022
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stated on April 10, 2022 in a video on Facebook:

“It’s been proven that sugar triggers and causes cancer. … So the best thing to do to prevent cancer is to avoid sugar.”

By Sara Swann • April 18, 2022
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stated on April 5, 2022 in a photo on Facebook:

“Colorado Governor Jared Polis has just signed into law a bill legalizing abortions through all nine months, up until the moment of birth.”

By Sara Swann • April 7, 2022
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stated on March 30, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“Democrat’s New Plan: Tax billionaires to lower the deficit by $1 TRILLION and fund clean energy independence. Republican’s New Plan: Raise taxes on households earning less than $50,000 by an ADDITIONAL $4,500 after CUTTING taxes for the rich.”

By Sara Swann • April 4, 2022
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stated on March 8, 2022 in a Facebook post:

In 1975, then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden opposed efforts by President Gerald Ford to aid South Vietnam and evacuate refugees.

By Sara Swann • March 29, 2022