Fact Check Posts – Page 293

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stated on 2019-03-21 a Facebook post:

Says Samuel L. Jackson said, "Maybe if we underpaid these modern mumble rappers and overpaid teachers there would be smarter people in the future and less s----- music."

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 27, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-21 a Facebook post:

Says Joseph Stalin said, "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 27, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-20 a Facebook post:

"Congress quietly repealed the McCarran Warner Act of 1952 forbidding Muslims from holding office."

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 27, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-18 posts online:

ATM users in distress can enter their PIN backwards to secretly call the police.

By Julianna Rennie • March 26, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-18 a Facebook post:

Shows a photo of two similar Wall Street Journal newspapers with different headlines about President Donald Trump, and describes the editions as, "Same paper, same dates, different markets. What did you just learn? Feeling manipulated yet?"

By Samantha Putterman • March 26, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-17 a Facebook post:

Says a photograph of Harriet Tubman shows she was a "gun-toting, Democrat-shooting, 2nd Amendment-supporting Republican."

By Samantha Putterman • March 25, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-21 a Facebook post:

"We could build 30 walls with the $150 billion Obama gave to Iran."

By Jon Greenberg • March 22, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-19 a Facebook post:

Quotes Albert Einstein as saying "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots."

By Samantha Putterman • March 22, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-18 a Facebook post:

Says the Looney Tunes cartoon character Yosemite Sam was banned from television for being too violent.

By Samantha Putterman • March 21, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-13 a Facebook post:

Florida drivers who have their cell phones "in hand" can be ticketed $250 and sent to "driving school."

By Samantha Putterman • March 18, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-14 a Facebook post:

A photograph shows Beto O’Rourke nearly nude with the words "feminist," "atheist" and "slut" on his body.

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 15, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-06 a Facebook post:

Says Prince invested in Nike in 1971, recruited Michael Jordan to the company in 1983 and designed the first Air Jordans.

By Samantha Putterman • March 15, 2019

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stated on 2019-02-17 a Facebook post:

A photograph shows Joe Biden engaging in disturbing behavior with a boy.

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 14, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-11 a Facebook post:

Says Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper, grew and smoked marijuana, and said "hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country."

By Samantha Putterman • March 13, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-07 a Facebook post:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We’ll never have to worry about China attacking us! They are 12 hours ahead, so we’ll have plenty of time to shoot down their missiles!"

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 13, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-09 a text post on Facebook:

Says 228 House Democrats voted "to allow illegal aliens to have right to vote"

By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-05 a post on Facebook:

Says Sinclair Lewis said, "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 12, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-08 a post on Facebook:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "was fired from ‘Hot Dog On A Stick’ in 2008 — for incompetence."

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 12, 2019

Turning Point USA
stated on 2019-03-11 a post on Facebook:

Says Michelle Obama "had a staff of 23" while Melania Trump "has a staff of 4."

By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2019

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stated on 2019-03-11 a Facebook post:

"In February alone there were enough illegal immigrants who crossed the border to fill this (Kansas City Chiefs’ Arrowhead) stadium."

By Miriam Valverde • March 12, 2019

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