“Donald Trump has never advocated violence.”

—  Sarah Huckabee Sanders

https://www.thedailybeast.com/sarah-huckabee-sanders-hits-new-low-with-trump-tweet-defense Claim voted “Whopper of the Year” by media sources (see Trump quotes such as “Somebody knock the crap out of him for me, would ya?”)

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