Fact Check Posts – Page 321

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stated on 2017-10-09 Internet posts:

A viral image shows LeBron James wearing a T-shirt that reads, "We march, y’all mad. We sit down, y’all mad. We speak up, y’all mad. We die, y’all silent."

By Joshua Gillin • October 12, 2017

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stated on 2017-09-11 tweets:

"Paul Ryan doesn't know what the minimum wage is in Wisconsin."

By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2017

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stated on 2017-08-22 social media feeds:

"At the PEAK of slavery in 1860, only 1.4% of Americans owned slaves. What your history books (don't) tell you is that 3,000 blacks owned a total of 20,000 slaves the same year."

By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2017

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stated on 2017-08-09 a Twitter post:

"Bill Clinton gave North Korea $5 billion and two nuclear reactors in 1994, essentially giving them nukes."

By Joshua Gillin • August 9, 2017

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stated on 2017-05-23 a tweet:

"Docs: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took $1 million from a pro-Putin Ukrainian businessman—last election cycle."

By Tom Kertscher • June 21, 2017

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stated on 2017-04-20 posts on social media:

"After prohibition ended, police deaths didn't reach 200 a year again until the year Nixon declared war on drugs."

By Will Doran • April 24, 2017

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stated on 2017-04-15 a tweet:

"Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has said the app is for rich people, don't want to expand in poor countries like India and Spain."

By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2017

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stated on 2017-03-06 social media posts:

"It's important to pay attention to the Russian spy drama, but let's not ignore the fact that the following (10) bills have been introduced" in the House.

By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2017

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stated on 2017-02-01 tweets :

Says Melania Trump’s security detail at Trump Tower costs more than the annual budget for the National Endowment for the Arts.

By Linda Qiu • February 8, 2017

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stated on 2016-12-06 tweets:

In Wisconsin, "300,000 voters were turned away by the state’s strict voter ID law" in the 2016 presidential election.

By Tom Kertscher • December 7, 2016

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stated on 2016-11-09 a post-election Tweet:

Says the KKK marched in Mebane, N.C., after Trump’s victory

By Will Doran • November 9, 2016

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stated on 2016-11-08 a viral Tweet:

Says "thousands" at a Manhattan rally for Donald Trump were chanting "We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back."

By Linda Qiu • November 9, 2016

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stated on 2016-10-17 social media sites:

Creflo Dollar has endorsed Republican Donald Trump for president.

By Jim Tharpe • October 19, 2016

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stated on 2016-08-29 an image shared on social media from NaturalNews.com:

As the number of vaccines administered to children has increased in the United States, so has the autism rate.

By Nadia Pflaum • August 29, 2016

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stated on 2016-08-15 viral image circulating on the internet:

Says there were multiple instances of voter fraud in Wood County, Ohio.

By Nadia Pflaum • August 16, 2016

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stated on 2016-08-05 various websites:

That 59 divisions in Philly had no votes for Romney in 2012 is "(a) mathematical and statistical impossibility."

By Cassie Owens • August 12, 2016

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stated on 2016-08-05 a viral image:

In the 2012 election, there were more votes cast than registered voters in St. Lucie County, and Palm Beach County had 141 percent turnout.

By Allison Graves • August 9, 2016

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stated on 2016-08-05 a posting on various websites:

Says in 2012 "Obama won in every state that did not require a photo ID and lost in every state that did require a photo ID in order to vote."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 9, 2016

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stated on 2016-07-06 a posting on Twitter:

Says Attorney General Loretta Lynch "was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2016

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stated on 2016-06-01 Facebook post by Liberals are Cool:

"Tuition-free public universities and colleges are just a pipe dream. False. They were both free up until the Vietnam War."

By Allison Graves • June 10, 2016

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