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TikTok posts
stated on June 1, 2023 in a TikTok:

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was “caught on tape saying he discarded 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Texas.”

By Sara Swann • June 6, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on November 13, 2022 in a post:

Footage shows Dallas pollbooks fraudulently “adding hundreds of voters in real time as the poll was being closed.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 16, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 8, 2022 in a post:

“Many elections in Bexar are being called with 0% of precincts reporting! I smell MAJOR FRAUD!”

By Gabrielle Settles • November 11, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 8, 2022 in a post:

Glitches with voting in Arizona, New Jersey and Texas are proof the election is rigged.

By Andy Nguyen • November 11, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 2, 2022 in a video:

Video suggests GOP voters denied access in general election.

By Gabrielle Settles • November 8, 2022
Viral image
stated on July 14, 2022 in a Facebook post:

A “small area” in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico “has enough oil to fuel America for the next 200 years.”

By Grace Abels • July 28, 2022
Viral image
stated on July 20, 2022 in an Instagram post:

A Texas farmer was “arrested for using illegal immigrants for free labor by pretending to be Joe Biden.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • July 21, 2022
Lauren Boebert
stated on July 11, 2022 in a podcast:

U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores is “the first Mexican-born member of Congress.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • July 13, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on June 28, 2022 in Facebook post:

This is the 911 call placed by the migrants trapped in the truck found in San Antonio.

By Nuria Diaz Muñoz • June 30, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on June 28, 2022 in Facebook post:

Esta grabación muestra una llamada al 911 de los migrantes atrapados en un camión en San Antonio, Texas.

By Nuria Diaz Muñoz • June 30, 2022
Ted Cruz
stated on June 4, 2022 in a tweet:

"The impact of President Biden being beholden to the Green New Deal radicals in his party has electricity costs through the roof in Texas."

By Nusaiba Mizan • June 21, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 28, 2022 in a Facebook post:

The man who killed the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter “wasn't even an on-duty police officer.”

By Samantha Putterman • May 31, 2022
X posts
stated on May 26, 2022 in a tweet:

“These mass shootings happen so much that Ted Cruz really got a template ready to tweet whenever they occur.”

By Samantha Putterman • May 27, 2022
X posts
stated on May 24, 2022 in un tuit:

ICE está en Uvalde, Texas, “entonces los padres indocumentados tienen que temer la deportación antes de verificar si sus hijos están vivos".

By Nusaiba Mizan • May 26, 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
X posts
stated on May 24, 2022 in a tweet:

ICE is in Uvalde, Texas, “so undocumented parents have to consider arrest deportation before they go check to see if their kids are alive.”

By Nusaiba Mizan • May 25, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2022 in Facebook post:

This image shows the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 25, 2022
Matthew Dowd
stated on May 24, 2022 in an interview:

“50% of the guns sold in Texas, because of the loopholes, do not pass through a background check.”

By Tom Kertscher • May 25, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2022 in post en Facebook:

El atacante en Uvalde, Texas estaba en Estados Unidos ilegalmente.

By Monique Curet • May 25, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Photos of a person in a skirt show the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter.

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 25, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2022 in foto publicada en Facebook:

Esta imagen muestra a las víctimas del tiroteo en la escuela en Uvalde Texas.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 25, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:

The Uvalde, Texas, school shooter was a “transsexual leftist illegal alien named Salvatore Ramos.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 25, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on May 24, 2022 in a post:

The Uvalde, Texas, mass shooter was an “illegal alien.”

By Monique Curet • May 25, 2022
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on April 29, 2022 in a tweet:

"In Texas, Republicans passed a law allowing rapists to sue their victims for getting an abortion."

By Nusaiba Mizan • May 9, 2022
Tim Westley
stated on March 30, 2022 in an interview:

"We have (people detained by ICE) that have to be seen within 24 hours, while veterans are seen within months.

By Nusaiba Mizan • April 25, 2022
The Charlie Kirk Show
stated on March 13, 2022 in a video:

"Beto O'Rourke's Plan to Take 'Trans' Children from Parents."

By Monique Curet • March 16, 2022
X posts
stated on February 1, 2022 in a post:

"Books banned in Texas include 1984, Maus, and The Handmaid's Tale, but not Mein Kampf."

By Nusaiba Mizan • February 14, 2022
Mauro Garza
stated on January 24, 2022 in an ad:

“They call” Jan. 6 “an insurrection,” but “were FBI agents used as political agitators?"

By Tom Kertscher • February 7, 2022
Facebook posts
stated on February 2, 2022 in a Facebook post:

A photo shows a crash in Eminence, Indiana.

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 3, 2022
Viral image
stated on November 8, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Close to hundreds” of people died at Astroworld.

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 17, 2021