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TikTok posts stated on October 3, 2023 in a video An ABC News headline said, “Journalist covering the Hunter Biden case dies after being shot 7 times.” Mike Gallagher stated on June 27, 2023 in Interview China sends “fentanyl into America killing 80,000 Americans a year.” Instagram posts stated on September 5, 2023 in an Instagram post “California Democrats have proposed Bill 553, which makes it ILLEGAL to confront or fight back against looters, burglars and shoplifters.” Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook La Proposición 47 en California dice "cualquier persona que trate de robar artículos con un valor menos de $950 no serán llevados a la cárcel, ni serán penados por ningún tipo de ley". Viral image stated on August 27, 2023 in an Instagram post Photo shows someone stealing less than $950 of goods in California. Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2023 in a Truth Social post Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis “campaigned and raised money on, ‘I will get Trump.’” Donald Trump stated on August 4, 2023 in a speech in Alabama “They are trying to make it illegal to question the results of a bad election.” Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2023 in a video “New California bill charges parents with child abuse for refusing to ‘affirm’ their kid’s gender identity.” TikTok posts stated on June 3, 2023 in a TikTok post “Cocaine, porn, evidence of child trafficking found in (Gov. Gretchen) Whitmer’s car.” Instagram posts stated on May 24, 2023 in an Instagram post A list shows violent crimes in Los Angeles that “people will be set free on as of today.” Facebook posts stated on May 8, 2023 in a Facebook post “Both murderers in Texas were not only illegals, but gang members” and were “most likely tied to MS-13.” Marc Short stated on May 7, 2023 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union" “This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.” Kirsten Gillibrand stated on March 20, 2023 in a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice “Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.” TikTok posts stated on April 23, 2023 in a post People are participating in “National Rape Day’” on April 24. Facebook posts stated on April 4, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook “Joe Biden liberará a reos tras visita de Marco Rubio a El Salvador”. Tweets stated on April 3, 2023 in a Tweet “Florida man charged with a hate crime” for defacing pride crosswalk. Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2023 in un post de Facebook “La mayor parte” del fentanilo que llega a los puertos de Estados Unidos viene desde Canadá. Tweets stated on March 26, 2023 in a tweet White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was involved in a covered-up DUI accident Charles Schumer stated on March 10, 2023 in a news release Sullivan County “has the highest opioid death rate in all of New York state” yet “it’s the only county in the Hudson Valley not included in the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” program. Joe Biden stated on March 28, 2023 in a speech In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.” Load more
TikTok posts stated on October 3, 2023 in a video An ABC News headline said, “Journalist covering the Hunter Biden case dies after being shot 7 times.”
Mike Gallagher stated on June 27, 2023 in Interview China sends “fentanyl into America killing 80,000 Americans a year.”
Instagram posts stated on September 5, 2023 in an Instagram post “California Democrats have proposed Bill 553, which makes it ILLEGAL to confront or fight back against looters, burglars and shoplifters.”
Facebook posts stated on August 25, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook La Proposición 47 en California dice "cualquier persona que trate de robar artículos con un valor menos de $950 no serán llevados a la cárcel, ni serán penados por ningún tipo de ley".
Viral image stated on August 27, 2023 in an Instagram post Photo shows someone stealing less than $950 of goods in California.
Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2023 in a Truth Social post Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis “campaigned and raised money on, ‘I will get Trump.’”
Donald Trump stated on August 4, 2023 in a speech in Alabama “They are trying to make it illegal to question the results of a bad election.”
Facebook posts stated on June 18, 2023 in a video “New California bill charges parents with child abuse for refusing to ‘affirm’ their kid’s gender identity.”
TikTok posts stated on June 3, 2023 in a TikTok post “Cocaine, porn, evidence of child trafficking found in (Gov. Gretchen) Whitmer’s car.”
Instagram posts stated on May 24, 2023 in an Instagram post A list shows violent crimes in Los Angeles that “people will be set free on as of today.”
Facebook posts stated on May 8, 2023 in a Facebook post “Both murderers in Texas were not only illegals, but gang members” and were “most likely tied to MS-13.”
Marc Short stated on May 7, 2023 in remarks on CNN's "State of the Union" “This year, there have been 13,000 deaths by gun violence. The vast majority, 95% of them, are in inner cities, where you have some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.”
Kirsten Gillibrand stated on March 20, 2023 in a speech at John Jay College of Criminal Justice “Many law enforcement agencies didn’t submit their (hate crime) data to the FBI.”
TikTok posts stated on April 23, 2023 in a post People are participating in “National Rape Day’” on April 24.
Facebook posts stated on April 4, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook “Joe Biden liberará a reos tras visita de Marco Rubio a El Salvador”.
Tweets stated on April 3, 2023 in a Tweet “Florida man charged with a hate crime” for defacing pride crosswalk.
Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2023 in un post de Facebook “La mayor parte” del fentanilo que llega a los puertos de Estados Unidos viene desde Canadá.
Tweets stated on March 26, 2023 in a tweet White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was involved in a covered-up DUI accident
Charles Schumer stated on March 10, 2023 in a news release Sullivan County “has the highest opioid death rate in all of New York state” yet “it’s the only county in the Hudson Valley not included in the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” program.
Joe Biden stated on March 28, 2023 in a speech In the U.S., “you’re not allowed to own a machine gun.”
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