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Kevin McCarthy stated on November 26, 2023 in a speech at the Oxford Union “In every single war that America has fought, we have never asked for land afterwards, except for enough to bury the Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for that freedom we went in for.” Markwayne Mullin stated on November 15, 2023 in an interview with CNN “Abraham Lincoln challenged a guy to a sword fight.” Isabel Brown stated on August 23, 2023 in a post on TikTok Americans “currently are making less than at the height of the Great Depression.” Kamala Harris stated on July 20, 2023 in a speech to the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.” Facebook posts stated on April 6, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook U.S. public schools don't teach the Declaration of Independence. North Carolina Republican Party stated on February 24, 2023 in an email “The left is determined to erase Mount Rushmore from our history books.” Sawyer Hackett stated on January 16, 2023 in a tweet Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.” Dave Grohl stated on February 12, 2023 in a Super Bowl ad Canada is to thank for American football. Facebook posts stated on January 18, 2023 in a post Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved. Louise Lucas stated on January 18, 2023 in a tweet. Glenn Youngkin is “the first sitting Governor in the modern era to have their party have less legislative seats than when they were elected.” Instagram posts stated on January 22, 2023 in an Instagram post The sinking of the Titanic was orchestrated by the Rothschilds and J.P. Morgan to kill prominent businessmen who opposed the creation of the Federal Reserve. Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee stated on December 4, 2022 in a tweet. “The Virginia GOP education agenda (would) erase slavery from VA history.” Instagram posts stated on December 3, 2022 in an Instagram post Henry Kissinger’s “deathbed confession” shows “Adolf Hitler was buried in Spain” and lived to age 68. Glenn Youngkin stated on October 31, 2022 in a campaign rally, In his election as governor, “We won cities that no Republican had ever won.” Ron DeSantis stated on October 24, 2022 in a gubernatorial debate It's not true that "the United States was built on stolen land." Instagram posts stated on July 7, 2022 in an Instagram post Antarctica has “an entrance to a different world” — a “mythic land” with green forests, giant animals, and “extraterrestrial technologies.” Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post Images of Plymouth Rock prove sea levels are not rising. X posts stated on July 9, 2022 in a Twitter post There are no artifacts to prove that slave ships existed. Monica Crowley stated on June 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media. Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a Facebook post The U.S. government’s inaction over buffalo killing that harmed Native American populations in the 1800s shows it is now “is creating food shortages” so that Americans are more “dependent on the government.” Load more
Kevin McCarthy stated on November 26, 2023 in a speech at the Oxford Union “In every single war that America has fought, we have never asked for land afterwards, except for enough to bury the Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for that freedom we went in for.”
Markwayne Mullin stated on November 15, 2023 in an interview with CNN “Abraham Lincoln challenged a guy to a sword fight.”
Isabel Brown stated on August 23, 2023 in a post on TikTok Americans “currently are making less than at the height of the Great Depression.”
Kamala Harris stated on July 20, 2023 in a speech to the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”
Facebook posts stated on April 6, 2023 in a video shared on Facebook U.S. public schools don't teach the Declaration of Independence.
North Carolina Republican Party stated on February 24, 2023 in an email “The left is determined to erase Mount Rushmore from our history books.”
Sawyer Hackett stated on January 16, 2023 in a tweet Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”
Facebook posts stated on January 18, 2023 in a post Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved.
Louise Lucas stated on January 18, 2023 in a tweet. Glenn Youngkin is “the first sitting Governor in the modern era to have their party have less legislative seats than when they were elected.”
Instagram posts stated on January 22, 2023 in an Instagram post The sinking of the Titanic was orchestrated by the Rothschilds and J.P. Morgan to kill prominent businessmen who opposed the creation of the Federal Reserve.
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee stated on December 4, 2022 in a tweet. “The Virginia GOP education agenda (would) erase slavery from VA history.”
Instagram posts stated on December 3, 2022 in an Instagram post Henry Kissinger’s “deathbed confession” shows “Adolf Hitler was buried in Spain” and lived to age 68.
Glenn Youngkin stated on October 31, 2022 in a campaign rally, In his election as governor, “We won cities that no Republican had ever won.”
Ron DeSantis stated on October 24, 2022 in a gubernatorial debate It's not true that "the United States was built on stolen land."
Instagram posts stated on July 7, 2022 in an Instagram post Antarctica has “an entrance to a different world” — a “mythic land” with green forests, giant animals, and “extraterrestrial technologies.”
Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2022 in a Facebook post Images of Plymouth Rock prove sea levels are not rising.
X posts stated on July 9, 2022 in a Twitter post There are no artifacts to prove that slave ships existed.
Monica Crowley stated on June 12, 2022 in an interview with Fox News Soviet and Chinese communists have “grabbed control” of U.S. entertainment, movies, television, music, academia, K-12 education and the news media.
Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2022 in a Facebook post The U.S. government’s inaction over buffalo killing that harmed Native American populations in the 1800s shows it is now “is creating food shortages” so that Americans are more “dependent on the government.”
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