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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
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 4, 2020
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Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2020 a post on Instagram:
Says someone tried to suppress votes by disguising trash cans as ballot boxes.
False
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.”
False
By Madison Czopek • October 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 19, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says “Ruth Bader Ginsburg was nominated and confirmed 43 days before an election.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 22, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on September 9, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Donald Trump funded a Veterans Day parade 26 years ago in New York City after the city refused to pay.
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • September 17, 2020
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Facebook posts
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.”
False
By Paul Specht • August 27, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on August 22, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Melania dug up the WH Rose Garden, removing roses from every First Lady since 1913.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 24, 2020
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TikTok posts
stated on June 5, 2020 on social media:
“Central Park actually used to be a town called Seneca Village” founded by African Americans in 1825.
Mostly True
By Hannah Roesch, Julia Schneider • August 12, 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
By Noah Y. Kim • July 31, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on July 1, 2020 in a post:
“America was the ONLY country that ended” slavery
False
By Emily Venezky • July 31, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 22, 2020 a town hall:
No U.S. presidents elected before Donald Trump were racist.
False
By Louis Jacobson, Sophie Austin • July 27, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on July 3, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says a leader of the Blackfeet Nation tribe designed the current Washington Redskins logo and once said it “made us all proud to have an Indian on a big-time team."
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • July 16, 2020
Ron McMullen
Ron McMullen
stated on June 23, 2020 an op-ed:
Former U.S. Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson was a slave owner married to one of his slaves and father of two children with her.
True
By Lyle Muller • July 8, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 21, 2020 a video:
"You weren't allowed to own a cannon during the Revolutionary War as an individual."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 29, 2020
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stated on June 22, 2020 a viral image:
“Joe Biden’s great-grandfather Joseph J. Biden was a slave-owner and fought” for the Confederacy.
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 26, 2020
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stated on June 20, 2020 a Facebook post:
Photo shows Klansmen and a burning cross at “the Democratic National Convention of 1924.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • June 24, 2020
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stated on June 22, 2020 a viral image:
Aunt Jemima was photographed chained to a table.
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 23, 2020
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Facebook posts
stated on June 17, 2020 a Facebook post:
Former slave Nancy Green, the first Aunt Jemima model, died “as one of America’s first black millionaires.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 22, 2020
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