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dicho el Agosto 8, 2024 en a press conference

Says his Jan. 6, 2021, speech on the White House Ellipse drew the “same number of people,” as the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.

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dicho el Marzo 30, 2024 en an X post

“Joe Biden banned ‘religious themed’ eggs at the White House’s Easter Egg design contest for kids.”

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Nicole Shanahan

dicho el Marzo 26, 2024 en her vice presidential announcement speech

If elected, “I will be the youngest vice president in American history.”

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dicho el Febrero 12, 2024 en an Instagram post

"Google proves that no one ever went to the moon.”

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dicho el Enero 26, 2024 en an Instagram post

"Last time Democrats removed a Republican from the ballot” was Abraham Lincoln in 1860.

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dicho el Enero 31, 2024 en a radio interview

If Texas says, “‘We don’t want to be part of America anymore’ … that’s their decision to make.”

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dicho el Noviembre 26, 2023 en a speech at the Oxford Union

“In every single war that America has fought, we have never asked for land afterwards, except for enough to bury the Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for that freedom we went in for.”

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Markwayne Mullin

dicho el Noviembre 15, 2023 en an interview with CNN

“Abraham Lincoln challenged a guy to a sword fight.”

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dicho el Agosto 23, 2023 en a post on TikTok

Americans “currently are making less than at the height of the Great Depression.”

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dicho el Julio 20, 2023 en a speech to the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”

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dicho el Abril 6, 2023 en a video shared on Facebook

U.S. public schools don't teach the Declaration of Independence.

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North Carolina Republican Party

dicho el Febrero 24, 2023 en an email

“The left is determined to erase Mount Rushmore from our history books.”

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dicho el Enero 16, 2023 en a tweet

Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”

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dicho el Febrero 12, 2023 en a Super Bowl ad

Canada is to thank for American football.

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dicho el Enero 18, 2023 en a post

Black Americans are not descended from people who were taken from Africa to be enslaved.

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dicho el Enero 18, 2023 en a tweet.

Glenn Youngkin is “the first sitting Governor in the modern era to have their party have less legislative seats than when they were elected.”

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dicho el Enero 22, 2023 en an Instagram post

The sinking of the Titanic was orchestrated by the Rothschilds and J.P. Morgan to kill prominent businessmen who opposed the creation of the Federal Reserve.

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Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee

dicho el Diciembre 4, 2022 en a tweet.

“The Virginia GOP education agenda (would) erase slavery from VA history.”

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dicho el Diciembre 3, 2022 en an Instagram post

Henry Kissinger’s “deathbed confession” shows “Adolf Hitler was buried in Spain” and lived to age 68.

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dicho el Octubre 31, 2022 en a campaign rally,

In his election as governor, “We won cities that no Republican had ever won.”

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Germany, Scotland, Sweden: What has Donald Trump said about where his parents were from?

Germany, Scotland, Sweden: What has Donald Trump said about where his parents were from?

Por Madison Czopek • Agosto 7, 2024

How unprecedented is it for President Joe Biden to drop out this late? Very

How unprecedented is it for President Joe Biden to drop out this late? Very

Por Grace Abels • Julio 21, 2024

Was Joe Biden’s uncle eaten by cannibals after World War II crash? Experts say it’s highly unlikely

Was Joe Biden’s uncle eaten by cannibals after World War II crash? Experts say it’s highly unlikely

Por Louis Jacobson • Abril 18, 2024

A primer on Civil War history and what Donald Trump and Nikki Haley got wrong

A primer on Civil War history and what Donald Trump and Nikki Haley got wrong

Por Louis Jacobson • Enero 9, 2024

Did Democrats want expansion of slavery, while Republicans opposed it?

Did Democrats want expansion of slavery, while Republicans opposed it?

Por Laura Schulte • Enero 9, 2024

Some GOP hopefuls want to honor Confederate Braxton Bragg with US base. Here's what to know.

Some GOP hopefuls want to honor Confederate Braxton Bragg with US base. Here's what to know.

Por Louis Jacobson • Junio 16, 2023

State legislatures rarely expel lawmakers. We found 19 examples in nearly 23 years.

State legislatures rarely expel lawmakers. We found 19 examples in nearly 23 years.

Por Madison Czopek • Abril 13, 2023

Fact-checking Ron DeSantis' book: What 'The Courage to Be Free' glosses over about his record

Fact-checking Ron DeSantis' book: What 'The Courage to Be Free' glosses over about his record

Por Yacob Reyes • Marzo 2, 2023

With Georgia’s race still undecided, a look at whether Democrats’ midterm Senate wins are historic

With Georgia’s race still undecided, a look at whether Democrats’ midterm Senate wins are historic

Por Tom Kertscher • Diciembre 1, 2022

Por qué la afirmación de Ron DeSantis sobre 'tierra robada' es incorrecta

Por qué la afirmación de Ron DeSantis sobre 'tierra robada' es incorrecta

Por Yacob Reyes • Noviembre 7, 2022

A bowling alley, a Chinese restaurant, and George H.W. Bush: What was Donald Trump talking about?

A bowling alley, a Chinese restaurant, and George H.W. Bush: What was Donald Trump talking about?

Por Louis Jacobson • Octubre 10, 2022

Have people been prosecuted for mishandling White House records?

Have people been prosecuted for mishandling White House records?

Por Yacob Reyes • Agosto 10, 2022

Ask PolitiFact: What is Juneteenth and when did it become a federal holiday?

Ask PolitiFact: What is Juneteenth and when did it become a federal holiday?

Por Ellie Borst • Junio 17, 2022

Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a look back at yellow journalism and the Spanish-American War

Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a look back at yellow journalism and the Spanish-American War

Por Louis Jacobson • Abril 27, 2022

Is the Buffalo Bills' Highmark stadium built on an early Erie Indian village?

Is the Buffalo Bills' Highmark stadium built on an early Erie Indian village?

Por Cassidey Kavathas • Abril 21, 2022

Ask PolitiFact: What’s Ukraine’s history of trying to join NATO?

Ask PolitiFact: What’s Ukraine’s history of trying to join NATO?

Por Bill McCarthy • Abril 14, 2022

How misinformers manufacture and embellish embarrassing presidential moments

How misinformers manufacture and embellish embarrassing presidential moments

Por Bill McCarthy • Abril 12, 2022

Putin’s one-sided history of Ukraine’s relationship with Russia

Putin’s one-sided history of Ukraine’s relationship with Russia

Por Jon Greenberg • Febrero 23, 2022

A far-left group bombed the Capitol in 1983. Here’s how that’s different from the Jan. 6 attack

A far-left group bombed the Capitol in 1983. Here’s how that’s different from the Jan. 6 attack

Por Madison Czopek • Febrero 22, 2022

When George Washington fought misinformation

When George Washington fought misinformation

Por Angie Drobnic Holan • Febrero 21, 2022

Latest promises about History

Recognize the Armenian genocide