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She carried a small pistol for protection against slave catchers

Says a photograph of Harriet Tubman shows she was a "gun-toting, Democrat-shooting, 2nd Amendment-supporting Republican."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Monday, March 25th, 2019

Runs up against mental barriers

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"We could build 30 walls with the $150 billion Obama gave to Iran."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Friday, March 22nd, 2019

Expert: He had the opposite view

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Quotes Albert Einstein as saying "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Friday, March 22nd, 2019

It would've made things easier for Bugs, though

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Says the Looney Tunes cartoon character Yosemite Sam was banned from television for being too violent.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, March 21st, 2019

Your safest bet? Put the phone down

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Florida drivers who have their cell phones "in hand" can be ticketed $250 and sent to "driving school."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Monday, March 18th, 2019

It doesn't even look like him

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A photograph shows Beto O’Rourke nearly nude with the words "feminist," "atheist" and "slut" on his body.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Friday, March 15th, 2019

His Royal Badness wasn't a hidden force behind Nike success

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Says Prince invested in Nike in 1971, recruited Michael Jordan to the company in 1983 and designed the first Air Jordans.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Friday, March 15th, 2019

He's comforting his grieving grandson

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A photograph shows Joe Biden engaging in disturbing behavior with a boy.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, March 14th, 2019

Slight edge on jobs, not stocks

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"Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama."

— PunditFact on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019

He did grow hemp - but that's about it

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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."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019

错!

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Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We’ll never have to worry about China attacking us! They are 12 hours ahead, so we’ll have plenty of time to shoot down their missiles!"

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019

US law bans noncitizens from voting

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Says 228 House Democrats voted "to allow illegal aliens to have right to vote"

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, March 13th, 2019

When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in false quotes.

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Says Sinclair Lewis said, "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, March 12th, 2019

This Facebook post is fired for incompetence

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Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "was fired from ‘Hot Dog On A Stick’ in 2008 — for incompetence."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, March 12th, 2019

Trump's is smaller, but not by that much

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Says Michelle Obama "had a staff of 23" while Melania Trump "has a staff of 4."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, March 12th, 2019

There are some caveats

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"In February alone there were enough illegal immigrants who crossed the border to fill this (Kansas City Chiefs’ Arrowhead) stadium."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, March 12th, 2019

The fake quote machine strikes again

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Says President Theodore Roosevelt said "To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Monday, March 11th, 2019

It was our finest fact-check

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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."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Friday, March 8th, 2019

Worker in photo is really a Nigerian terrorist

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An HIV-positive Cadbury worker has been arrested after contaminating products with his blood.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, March 7th, 2019

It's a bird, it's a plane!

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Facebook video purports to show man flying a hoverboard at over 103 miles per hour.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, March 7th, 2019