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They may not be wearing Camp Auschwitz T-shirts. They may not be brandishing flags and fence posts and battering 150 police officers. But they are repeating the same big lie about election integrity, the kind of thing that Glenn Youngkin talks about and fraud and the need for more integrity, and they do that so that they can pass laws that will keep people like you and me from being able to vote. – Tim Kaine	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Because if any of those people had been white, chances are they wouldn't have been murdered. Chances are they wouldn't have been brutalized. And if you don't believe me, just take a look at all the instances of white people, especially white men, who oftentimes are brandishing weapons and who were taken into custody alive. But much of this is wrapped up in implicit bias. – Other TikToks	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
A preliminary report shows two males approached eastbound on the sidewalk on the north side of 37th Avenue from 97th Street while brandishing firearms, the shooters advanced toward the crowd, firing numerous shots before jumping back on two scooters driven by two other males and fleeing the scene. – Galen Frierson	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The officers believed that they were responding to a playground where a grown man was brandishing a real gun at individuals, presumably including children. – The DOJ	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We found that monkeys get scared by just seeing us brandishing these slingshots. – Brij Bhushan	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
He was not pointing it at anybody, he wasn't threatening anybody with it -- it sounds like he was brandishing it, bragging about it. – Washington College President Sheila Bair	Found on CNN 8 years ago

They may not be wearing Camp Auschwitz T-shirts. They may not be brandishing flags and fence posts and battering 150 police officers. But they are repeating the same big lie about election integrity, the kind of thing that Glenn Youngkin talks about and fraud and the need for more integrity, and they do that so that they can pass laws that will keep people like you and me from being able to vote.

– Tim Kaine

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Because if any of those people had been white, chances are they wouldn't have been murdered. Chances are they wouldn't have been brutalized. And if you don't believe me, just take a look at all the instances of white people, especially white men, who oftentimes are brandishing weapons and who were taken into custody alive. But much of this is wrapped up in implicit bias.

– Other TikToks

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

A preliminary report shows two males approached eastbound on the sidewalk on the north side of 37th Avenue from 97th Street while brandishing firearms, the shooters advanced toward the crowd, firing numerous shots before jumping back on two scooters driven by two other males and fleeing the scene.

– Galen Frierson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The officers believed that they were responding to a playground where a grown man was brandishing a real gun at individuals, presumably including children.

– The DOJ

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We found that monkeys get scared by just seeing us brandishing these slingshots.

– Brij Bhushan

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

He was not pointing it at anybody, he wasn't threatening anybody with it -- it sounds like he was brandishing it, bragging about it.

– Washington College President Sheila Bair

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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