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stated on July 1, 2020 in in a post:
“America was the ONLY country that ended” slavery
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By Emily Venezky • July 31, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 22, 2020 in a town hall:
No U.S. presidents elected before Donald Trump were racist.
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By Louis Jacobson, Sophie Austin • July 27, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 21, 2020 in a video:
"You weren't allowed to own a cannon during the Revolutionary War as an individual."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2020
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stated on June 22, 2020 in a viral image:
“Joe Biden’s great-grandfather Joseph J. Biden was a slave-owner and fought” for the Confederacy.
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By Tom Kertscher • June 26, 2020
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stated on June 20, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows Klansmen and a burning cross at “the Democratic National Convention of 1924.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • June 24, 2020
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stated on June 22, 2020 in a viral image:
Aunt Jemima was photographed chained to a table.
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By Tom Kertscher • June 23, 2020
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stated on June 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Former slave Nancy Green, the first Aunt Jemima model, died “as one of America’s first black millionaires.”
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By Tom Kertscher • June 22, 2020
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stated on May 28, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says it was "a crime for Nixon to wiretap the Democrats at Watergate but OK for Obama to wiretap Republicans at Trump Tower.”
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By Bill McCarthy • May 21, 2020
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stated on September 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says after Australia passed a "new law" that forced gun owners to give up over 640,000 firearms, the country saw a dramatic increase in homicides, assaults and robberies.
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By Samantha Putterman • January 13, 2020
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stated on March 31, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Trump volunteered his airline to bring troops home during Operation Desert Storm.  
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By Samantha Putterman • January 7, 2020
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stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows a white man smiling while holding a black man with a bloody face.
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By Miriam Valverde • December 20, 2019
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stated on December 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:
An old image shows a drug store with a marijuana leaf sign.
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By Samantha Putterman • December 18, 2019
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stated on December 9, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows an old Christmas tradition of women apologizing "to their husbands for all the mistakes they made during the year and beg for forgiveness."
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By Samantha Putterman • December 11, 2019
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stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says photo shows "the Golden Gate Bridge opening to the public for the first time back in 1937, and yes, it almost collapsed."
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By Miriam Valverde • December 4, 2019
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stated on November 6, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Thomas Jefferson said "the government will one day be corrupt and filled with liars and the people will flock to the one who tells the truth."
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By Samantha Putterman • November 8, 2019
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stated on October 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:
A photo shows a man grabbing a woman’s rear while watching the Apollo 8 launch in 1968.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • October 24, 2019
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stated on October 7, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes President John F. Kennedy as saying "If the United States ever experienced [a coup to overthrow the government] it will come from the CIA and not the Pentagon."  
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By Samantha Putterman • October 16, 2019
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stated on September 3, 2019 in a Facebook post:
 Quotes Thomas Jefferson as saying that "freedom is lost gradually from uninterested, uninformed and uninvolved people."  
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By Samantha Putterman • October 4, 2019
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stated on September 23, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Marcus Aurelius said, "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • September 26, 2019
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stated on February 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Saddam Hussein said, "We cannot defeat America by the sword. America must be defeated within their politics."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • September 26, 2019
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