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Candace Owens
Candace Owens
stated on April 9, 2019 a House Judiciary Committee hearing
The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened."  
False
By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2019
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stated on April 1, 2019 a Facebook post
Says John F. Kennedy Jr. said, "If my dear friend Donald Trump ever decided to sacrifice his fabulous billionaire lifestyle to become president he would be an unstoppable force for ultimate justice that Democrats and Republicans alike would celebrate."
False
April 8, 2019
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stated on April 1, 2019 a Facebook post
Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews.
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 8, 2019
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stated on March 21, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes Adolf Hitler as saying the best way to control a people is "to take a little of their freedom at a time."
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 1, 2019
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stated on February 25, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Fred Trump was arrested for "participating in KKK riot" in 1927.
Mostly False
By Sarah Stanley • March 28, 2019
Brian Joseph
Brian Joseph
stated on February 10, 2019 a newspaper interview
"The catalytic converter used in automobiles was invented in West Virginia."
Mostly False
By Kenneth Harmonay, Patrick Downey • March 27, 2019
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stated on March 21, 2019 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."
False
March 27, 2019
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stated on March 17, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photograph of Harriet Tubman shows she was a "gun-toting, Democrat-shooting, 2nd Amendment-supporting Republican."
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 25, 2019
Katie Pavlich
Katie Pavlich
stated on March 19, 2019 in a panel discussion
"America came along as the first country to end (slavery) within 150 years."
False
By John Kruzel • March 21, 2019
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stated on March 6, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Prince invested in Nike in 1971, recruited Michael Jordan to the company in 1983 and designed the first Air Jordans.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 15, 2019
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stated on March 11, 2019 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."
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • March 13, 2019
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stated on March 6, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Winston Churchill said, "When you’re 20, you care what everyone thinks, when you’re 40 you stop caring what everyone thinks, when you’re 60, you realize no one was ever thinking about you in the first place."
False
March 8, 2019
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stated on February 26, 2019 Facebook posts
Says the WIC program was created by the Black Panthers to help feed single mothers and children in their communities.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 5, 2019
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stated on February 26, 2019 a Facebook post
A photograph of a black couple pictures the Sundance Kid.  
False
March 5, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on February 22, 2019 a Facebook post
"In 1963 Bernie Sanders was arrested for throwing eggs at black civil rights protestors."  
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • February 25, 2019
Robert McKinzie
Robert McKinzie
stated on February 19, 2019 a Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting
The word picnic is a "racially insensitive word."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 21, 2019
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stated on February 11, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes Robert Mueller as saying, "We must move as quickly as possible to a one-world government; a one-world religion; under a one world leader."  
Pants on Fire!
February 14, 2019
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stated on February 3, 2019 a Facebook post
A photograph shows KKK members marching at the 1924 Democratic National Convention.
False
February 11, 2019
Jerry Falwell Jr.
Jerry Falwell Jr.
stated on January 1, 2019 a newspaper interview.
"This midterm (election), the president did better than the average president does in his first midterms."  
False
By Warren Fiske • January 8, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 11, 2018 a Facebook post
Says Hillary Clinton in 2013 said: "I would like to see people like Donald Trump run for office; They’re honest and can’t be bought."  
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 2, 2019
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