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Olive Garden employees are allowed to wear Black Lives Matter masks “but NOT the American flag.”

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“The CDC has removed the ‘Covid-19 Pandemic’ and replaced it with ‘Covid-19 Outbreak’ on their website. It was never a pandemic.”

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Countries were exporting COVID-19 “diagnostic test instruments” in 2018.

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"Under Operation Warp Speed, we’ve pioneered groundbreaking therapies, reducing the fatality rate 85% since April.”

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Says President Donald Trump “never downplayed the virus.”

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“Not one politician has died from the virus.”

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For younger people, seasonal flu is “in many cases” a deadlier virus than COVID-19

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“Covid-19 is NOT killing people. Weak immune systems and bad doctors are.”

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Says he was the first person to call for invoking the Defense Production Act.

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“Only 6% of the people actually died from COVID.” The others “died from other reasons.”

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“In some of these other states, some of their deaths can be attributable to the fact that they were having a hard time getting an ICU bed or a ventilator to a patient.”

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“Covid-19 means ‘certificate of identification of vaccination with artificial intelligence.’”

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“More cops have died from COVID this year than have been killed on patrol.”

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The CDC “adjusted the US Covid deaths from 153,504 to 9,210.”

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In April, when asked how he would handle the COVID-19 pandemic, Tommy Tuberville "said he didn't have a clue" and after winning the Republican nomination in July, "he still said he didn't have a clue."

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“President Trump marshalled the full resources of our federal government from the outset. He directed us to forge a seamless partnership with governors across America in both political parties.”

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“Does the #DemConvention know @NYGovCuomo forced nursing homes across NY to take in COVID positive patients and planted the seeds of infection that killed thousands of grandmothers and grandfathers?”

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“At UNC 14% of students tested positive.”

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“The fact is that in terms of the risk to schoolkids, this is lower risk than seasonal influenza.”

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Amid COVID-19, 25 of the 26 Republican governors "have decided to play football," but "three-fourths" of the 24 Democratic governors "have decided not to play already and most will probably not play.”

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“In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.”

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The United States is “the only major industrial economy to have its unemployment rate triple” since the coronavirus pandemic began.

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The coronavirus has seen a “big surge in New Zealand. It's terrible. We don't want that."

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"Our (COVID-19) numbers are better than almost all countries."

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“As of the last 24 hours this is the protocol regarding masks: Masks should only be used by healthcare workers, caretakers or by people who are sick with symptoms like fever and cough.”

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Says Sara Gideon’s husband’s law firm “took up to $2 million” from the same federal program she “falsely” attacked Susan Collins over.

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Says Kamala Harris wants to eliminate beef.

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Says Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, George Soros and Jeffrey Epstein are connected with Moderna, Inc., and its efforts to create the coronavirus vaccine.

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“DEVELOPING: Kamala’s sister takes hydroxychloroquine.”

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Says the U.S. Senate is “dominated by millionaires” and that he is “not one of them.”

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Says series of 11 photos are “from the 1918 flu pandemic.”

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“If the vaccine came out tomorrow, how in the heck would we get it to people? There is no game plan.”

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President Donald Trump “put a hold on ALL EVICTIONS through December.”

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“Herd immunity has been reached.”

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“3.8% of Wisconsin’s coronavirus funding has been spent.”

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Photo shows Bill Clinton among others not wearing a mask at John Lewis’ funeral.

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“Mark Kelly criticized the (Paycheck Protection Program), then turned around and took money for his own multi-million dollar company.”

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Children are “almost immune from this disease.”

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There’s a “direct correlation” between North Carolina’s mask requirement and COVID-19 stabilization.

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“There have been five randomized controlled, placebo controlled trials that do not show any benefit to hydroxychloroquine.”

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“At John Lewis funeral Obama told a room full of people that rooms full of people is too dangerous so we must mail in vote.”

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“Five veterinary labs have their CLIA certification to officially test human patients. There are a lot of labs who are doing surveillance testing that don't need the CLIA certification.”

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Says Bill Gates said, “We need to develop a digital certificate that shows who has received all the vaccinations. Only those with all the required vaccinations may travel, visit churches, participate in sports and music events, get a job, etc.”

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A photo shows a large crowd in Berlin protesting the “covid hoax.”

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“You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related.”

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A study from the CDC and the WHO “proves face masks do not prevent the spread of a virus.”

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Says Herman Cain died of cancer, not COVID-19.

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“Mississippi got 10,145 warrants for unemployment fraud!!”

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“Florida is doing over five times better” than New Jersey and New York in COVID-19 deaths per million people.

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Says Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic insulting his supporters.

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A common cold can cause a positive COVID-19 test.

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Say Wisconsin Republican lawmakers have done nothing "while neighboring states like Minnesota, Illinois and Michigan have already implemented safety precautions like requiring individuals to wear masks."

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Says he opposes statewide mask order because it would require him to “wear a mask in my house, or walking my dog.”

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Says wearing masks has been “proven ineffective.”

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“If you have worked during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Labor has finally authorized up to $4,800 in hazard pay for qualified essential workers.”

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“American coronavirus vaccine killed five Ukrainians.”

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Says 1 in 5 Texans did not have health insurance coverage before the pandemic, and now “nearly 1 in 3 Texans under the age of 65 don’t have access to health care insurance.”

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Says the NIH “15 years ago published a study on chloroquine. It is effective against COVID-(1).”

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Social media posts claim the U.S. Postal Service “says you should give mail in ballots at least 14 days roundtrip. So, if you plan to vote by mail, election day isn’t November 3. It’s October 20th.”

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“This virus has a cure. It is called hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and Zithromax. I know you people want to talk about a mask. Hello? You don’t need (a) mask. There is a cure.”

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The CDC said it “made a mistake” and reduced its count of Florida COVID-19 cases from 90,000 to 11,000.

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“Under the leadership of @WVGovernor Justice, West Virginia now has the highest rate of COVID-19 spread from person to person than any other state.”

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The Trump administration has had “zero unfulfilled equipment and supply requests from state governors.”

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Says Sen. Thom Tillis “doesn’t think restaurant workers should have to wash their hands.”

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Quotes Anthony Fauci as writing, “I reject the notion that it’s ‘just a virus’ and we’ll all get it eventually. What a careless, lazy, heartless stance.”

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“Taxpayers spent $70,000,000 to develop this drug ( remdesivir)."

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“I, all the way back in January, warned (President Trump that) this pandemic was coming. I talked about what we needed to do.”

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Quotes President Donald Trump as saying, “Everybody says I’ve done a tremendous job with COVID… I think a little gratitude would be nice. Maybe a big ‘Thank you Mr. President’ is called for.”

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“We have one of the lowest mortality rates in the world” from COVID-19.

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Says Joe Biden has said 150 million Americans died from guns and another 120 million from COVID-19

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Opening the schools “is a local determination, but it’s not a state determination.”

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“Cal Cunningham criticized (the Paycheck Protection Program) while his company benefitted.”

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“You must apply to get your second stimulus check! I’ve already filed for mine and will be receiving $2,000 a month for the rest of the year.”

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“All the books” have been removed from the classrooms of a Minnesota middle school because administrators “claim that the books cannot be cleaned.”

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Photo shows “Dr. Fauci, Melinda Gates and Barack Obama at the Wuhan Lab in 2015.”

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"New study: The flu vaccine is 'significantly associated' with an increased risk of coronavirus"

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"Wrong" COVID-19 case count by Orlando Health "explains the 'outbreak' in Florida."

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“Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.”

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Says FEMA is giving essential workers $1,000.

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“The Supreme Court ruled today NO VOTING BY MAIL !!!”

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Only 56 coronavirus deaths a day was enough to collapse the world economy, even though thousands of people die daily from tuberculosis, hepatitis B, and other diseases.

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“No other country” is having a “second wave” of COVID-19 “because they are not trying to unseat a President in November.”

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Quotes Dr. Denis Mukwege as saying he resigned from the Congolese coronavirus response team because he was ordered to fabricate COVID-19 case and death numbers.

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“To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat."

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Says COVID-19 testing could be done with mouth swabs, so maybe deeper swabbing is “implanting something.”

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Lists eight wealthy politicians and public figures who “got millions (or close to it) in PPP loans.”

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“The CDC may have to stop calling COVID-19 an ‘epidemic’ due to a remarkably low death rate.”

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“There is no science or data to suggest that kids are at risk from COVID.”

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“New Zealand let health experts” rather than politicians make decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, “and as of today they have zero COVID cases.”

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"Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.”

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Multiple studies “all said for decades, masks do not work with viruses.”

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A patient discharge document proves that “The WHO and CDC do NOT recommend that healthy people wear masks.”

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Says Democratic leaders aren’t wearing masks or social distancing in private

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“Dr. Fauci: No reason to be wearing a mask.”

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People carrying guns can’t wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus because it’s a “class 4 felony.”

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Says Anthony Fauci “is married to Ghislaine Maxwell’s sister.”

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New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!”

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“COVID19 PCR tests are scientifically meaningless.”

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Federal aid for state and local governments through a proposed coronavirus relief bill would amount to “half of what the Republicans put onto the national debt.”

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Says 99% of COVID-19 cases “are totally harmless.”

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