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stated on December 2, 2021 in an email

"The number of COVID-19 deaths recorded so far in 2021 has surpassed the total for 2020."

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stated on November 24, 2021 in a tweet

“Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500.

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stated on October 13, 2021 in a tweet

An image of empty grocery store shelves shows the effect of President Joe Biden's “Build Back Better” plan.

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stated on October 1, 2021 in a tweet

“CDC numbers” show that among children, the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines have a death rate “174 times higher” than the COVID-19 death rate.

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stated on August 19, 2021 in a Facebook post

White House, CDC, WHO and vaccine makers don’t require the COVID-19 vaccine for their workers.

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stated on August 20, 2021 in remarks

Al-Qaida is “gone” from Afghanistan.

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stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post

Says CNN said “Taliban fighters responsibly wearing masks.”

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stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image

The federal infrastructure bill includes “a pilot program for a national motor vehicle per-mile user fee, which is basically a long-term plan to make it too expensive to drive a car."

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stated on April 23, 2021 in a Facebook post

Images show LeBron James standing for China's national anthem while shouting during the United States’ national anthem.

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stated on December 6, 2020 in a Facebook post

Photo shows “MAYHEM in Oregon!”

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stated on November 10, 2020 in an Instagram post

Says conservative website Judicial Watch published a story about “elite” units of the National Guard recounting official ballots that were printed with “an invisible, unbreakable code watermark and registered on a Quantum Blockchain System.”

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stated on October 2, 2020 in a screenshot

Says Donald Trump’s reelection campaign emailed supporters to “donate to help him recover from” COVID-19.

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stated on September 13, 2020 in an op-ed on the CNN website

“Iran has stockpiled 10 times as much enriched uranium as it had” in 2016.

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stated on May 21, 2020 in a video

"You weren't allowed to own a cannon during the Revolutionary War as an individual."

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stated on July 20, 2017 in a Facebook live speech

"In order to sell insurance in Florida there are over 40 separate individual conditions that must be covered. ... far beyond the essential health benefits included in Obamacare."

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