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stated on October 29, 2021 a post
“Stalin once ripped all the feathers off a live chicken as a lesson to his followers.”
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November 16, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on November 3, 2021 a news conference.
“No governor in Virginia has ever won when...he or she is the same party as the sitting president.”
False
By Warren Fiske • November 12, 2021
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stated on August 23, 2021 a Facebook post
Thalidomide was FDA-approved for pregnant women in the 1960s.
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By Gabrielle Settles • August 30, 2021
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stated on July 19, 2021 a Facebook post
Says the white man who wanted Rosa Parks’ seat on the bus was suffering from ADHD and anxiety.
False
By Gabrielle Settles • August 2, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 23, 2021 a White House announcement
"The Second Amendment, from the day it was passed, limited the type of people who could own a gun and what type of weapon you could own.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2021
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stated on June 21, 2021 a post on Facebook
Says President John F. Kennedy said, “There are people in Washington, D.C., in positions of power to whom the border is just a nuisance, and I think some of them believe that illegal immigration is a moral good. It is not.”
False
By Aaron Sharockman • June 22, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on May 4, 2021 TV interview
Terry McAuliffe favors “taking the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4th of July out of the (school) curriculum.”
False
By Warren Fiske • June 3, 2021
Winsome Earle-Sears
Winsome Earle-Sears
stated on May 13, 2021 a TV interview.
“The very first Republican convention after the Civil War was held in Virginia in a Black church.”
False
By Warren Fiske • May 27, 2021
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stated on March 30, 2021 Instagram post
“56 million defenseless people ‘rounded up and exterminated’ in the 20th Century because of gun control.”
False
April 9, 2021
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 27, 2021 remarks
"Only in the Third World do you see this habitual use of prosecutions of former leaders.”
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By Miriam Valverde • January 29, 2021
Royce West
Royce West
stated on November 23, 2020 a committee meeting
Says that this year is the first time during his 27 years as senator “that two African Americans have ever served on the same (Senate) committee.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • December 11, 2020
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stated on November 4, 2018 a Facebook post
Says George Patton said, “Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lower form of politicians.”
False
December 4, 2020
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stated on October 27, 2020 a post on Instagram
Says someone tried to suppress votes by disguising trash cans as ballot boxes.
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By Hayat Norimine • October 28, 2020
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on October 5, 2020 a post on Facebook
Says that Nikita Khrushchev said, “Your children's children will live under communism. You Americans are so gullible. No, you won't accept communism outright; but, we will keep feeding you small doses of socialism until you will finally wake up and find you already have Communism.”
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By Madison Czopek • October 9, 2020
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stated on September 19, 2020 a Facebook post
Says “Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election.”
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By Samantha Putterman • September 22, 2020
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stated on August 27, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Melania Trump is the “first FLOTUS to visit troops in a combat zone since 1969.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • August 28, 2020
Madison Cawthorn
Madison Cawthorn
stated on August 26, 2020 a speech at the RNC
Says James Madison “signed the Declaration of Independence.”
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By Paul Specht • August 27, 2020
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stated on August 22, 2020 a Facebook post
“Melania dug up the WH Rose Garden, removing roses from every First Lady since 1913.”
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August 24, 2020
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stated on December 22, 2018 a post on Facebook
“The first Statue of Liberty given to the U.S. by France was a Black woman which the U.S. rejected.”
False
July 31, 2020
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stated on July 1, 2020 in a post
“America was the ONLY country that ended” slavery
False
By Emily Venezky • July 31, 2020
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