Latest Fact-checks in History Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Facebook posts stated on August 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes George Washington as saying "when any nation mistrusts its citizens with guns … It no longer trusts its citizens because such a government has evil plans." Facebook posts stated on August 19, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says "Muhammad owned many slaves" while Robert E. Lee was "against slavery." Viral image stated on August 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Hitler said, "This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!" Viral image stated on August 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Joe Biden with a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Drunk History stated on July 2, 2019 in an episode: Says the late Lady Bird Johnson sicced the CIA on actress and singer Eartha Kitt after Kitt spoke out against the Vietnam War during a White House luncheon in January 1968. Viral image stated on August 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Old photograph shows a group of women in KKK attire holding a sign that reads "Women of the Democrat Party." Viral image stated on July 19, 2019 in post on Facebook: "Ida B. Wells refused to give up her seat 71 years before Rosa Parks did. At age 33, she owned the first African American newspaper in Chicago, the Chicago Conservator. Why do you never hear about her? Because she was a Republican." Viral image stated on July 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo showing thousands on a ship next to a crowded dock are "Europeans trying to get to North Africa during World War II." Viral image stated on July 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Werner Herzog said, "Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches." Viral image stated on July 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Abraham Lincoln said, "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedoms it will be because we have destroyed ourselves from within." Bloggers stated on April 3, 2019 in an article: "George Washington, as many don’t know, was not the first President of the United States. The first President of the United States was one John Hanson, and he was a black man." Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Donald Trump is one of "only three people that won the Ellis Island Award for their work within the black community." Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes George Washington as saying "it is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." Kelly E. Hastings stated on June 30, 2019 in On twitter: Said, "The Seven Years’ War led to near bankruptcy for many countries; Britain’s need to raise taxes fueled the American desire for independence." Viral image stated on July 3, 2019 in posts on the Internet: When asked if the United States should have a military parade to "show off its might," President Dwight Eisenhower said, "Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak." Viral image stated on June 20, 2019 in a post on Facebook: "The first slaves shipped to the American Colonies in 1619 were 100 white children from Ireland." Viral image stated on May 27, 2019 in a Facebook post: A bike a boy chained to a tree in Washington state in 1914 is now a fallen soldier memorial. Viral image stated on June 12, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Ayn Rand said, "The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me." Viral image stated on April 7, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John Wayne said, "If you don’t want an American flag flying in your town square or at your school, then why the hell are you living in the US?" Jimmy Kimmel stated on June 6, 2019 in on "Jimmy Kimmel Live": "Richard Nixon was the last president to be impeached." Viral image stated on June 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: "In 1921, early suffragettes often donned a bathing suit and ate pizza in large groups to annoy men…it was a custom at the time." Viral image stated on June 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows "brave women of the Red Cross" arriving in Normandy on D-Day to help injured troops. Ralph Northam stated on May 23, 2019 in a TV interview: An investigation of a racist photo "confirmed what I said all along, that I’m not in the picture." Tim Kaine stated on May 20, 2019 in a floor speech.: The ceilings of the Virginia Senate and House chambers are "circled by gold-embossed tobacco leaves." Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Mark Twain as saying of journalists that it is "far better" to "fear the media for they will steal your honor" and describes them as "a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons…" Viral image stated on May 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo depicts a teacher and student with guns guarding a Delaware high school in 1973 after a shooting threat. Viral image stated on May 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Barack Obama bowing to Ayatollah Khamenei. Viral image stated on May 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, not the Woodstock music festival. Viral image stated on May 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Donald Trump has been in public eye for over 30 years and he was never once accused of being racist by anyone until he decided to run against the Democrats." Viral image stated on May 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Vanilla ice cream was black until 1912, when "white people couldn’t tolerate eating something that tasted soooooo delicious being black."
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Facebook posts stated on August 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes George Washington as saying "when any nation mistrusts its citizens with guns … It no longer trusts its citizens because such a government has evil plans." Facebook posts stated on August 19, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says "Muhammad owned many slaves" while Robert E. Lee was "against slavery." Viral image stated on August 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Hitler said, "This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!" Viral image stated on August 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Joe Biden with a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Drunk History stated on July 2, 2019 in an episode: Says the late Lady Bird Johnson sicced the CIA on actress and singer Eartha Kitt after Kitt spoke out against the Vietnam War during a White House luncheon in January 1968. Viral image stated on August 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Old photograph shows a group of women in KKK attire holding a sign that reads "Women of the Democrat Party." Viral image stated on July 19, 2019 in post on Facebook: "Ida B. Wells refused to give up her seat 71 years before Rosa Parks did. At age 33, she owned the first African American newspaper in Chicago, the Chicago Conservator. Why do you never hear about her? Because she was a Republican." Viral image stated on July 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo showing thousands on a ship next to a crowded dock are "Europeans trying to get to North Africa during World War II." Viral image stated on July 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Werner Herzog said, "Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches." Viral image stated on July 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Abraham Lincoln said, "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedoms it will be because we have destroyed ourselves from within." Bloggers stated on April 3, 2019 in an article: "George Washington, as many don’t know, was not the first President of the United States. The first President of the United States was one John Hanson, and he was a black man." Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Donald Trump is one of "only three people that won the Ellis Island Award for their work within the black community." Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes George Washington as saying "it is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." Kelly E. Hastings stated on June 30, 2019 in On twitter: Said, "The Seven Years’ War led to near bankruptcy for many countries; Britain’s need to raise taxes fueled the American desire for independence." Viral image stated on July 3, 2019 in posts on the Internet: When asked if the United States should have a military parade to "show off its might," President Dwight Eisenhower said, "Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak." Viral image stated on June 20, 2019 in a post on Facebook: "The first slaves shipped to the American Colonies in 1619 were 100 white children from Ireland." Viral image stated on May 27, 2019 in a Facebook post: A bike a boy chained to a tree in Washington state in 1914 is now a fallen soldier memorial. Viral image stated on June 12, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Ayn Rand said, "The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me." Viral image stated on April 7, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John Wayne said, "If you don’t want an American flag flying in your town square or at your school, then why the hell are you living in the US?" Jimmy Kimmel stated on June 6, 2019 in on "Jimmy Kimmel Live": "Richard Nixon was the last president to be impeached." Viral image stated on June 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: "In 1921, early suffragettes often donned a bathing suit and ate pizza in large groups to annoy men…it was a custom at the time." Viral image stated on June 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows "brave women of the Red Cross" arriving in Normandy on D-Day to help injured troops. Ralph Northam stated on May 23, 2019 in a TV interview: An investigation of a racist photo "confirmed what I said all along, that I’m not in the picture." Tim Kaine stated on May 20, 2019 in a floor speech.: The ceilings of the Virginia Senate and House chambers are "circled by gold-embossed tobacco leaves." Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Mark Twain as saying of journalists that it is "far better" to "fear the media for they will steal your honor" and describes them as "a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons…" Viral image stated on May 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo depicts a teacher and student with guns guarding a Delaware high school in 1973 after a shooting threat. Viral image stated on May 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Barack Obama bowing to Ayatollah Khamenei. Viral image stated on May 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, not the Woodstock music festival. Viral image stated on May 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Donald Trump has been in public eye for over 30 years and he was never once accused of being racist by anyone until he decided to run against the Democrats." Viral image stated on May 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Vanilla ice cream was black until 1912, when "white people couldn’t tolerate eating something that tasted soooooo delicious being black."
Facebook posts stated on August 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes George Washington as saying "when any nation mistrusts its citizens with guns … It no longer trusts its citizens because such a government has evil plans."
Facebook posts stated on August 19, 2018 in a Facebook post: Says "Muhammad owned many slaves" while Robert E. Lee was "against slavery."
Viral image stated on August 8, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Hitler said, "This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!"
Viral image stated on August 9, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Joe Biden with a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
Drunk History stated on July 2, 2019 in an episode: Says the late Lady Bird Johnson sicced the CIA on actress and singer Eartha Kitt after Kitt spoke out against the Vietnam War during a White House luncheon in January 1968.
Viral image stated on August 1, 2019 in a Facebook post: Old photograph shows a group of women in KKK attire holding a sign that reads "Women of the Democrat Party."
Viral image stated on July 19, 2019 in post on Facebook: "Ida B. Wells refused to give up her seat 71 years before Rosa Parks did. At age 33, she owned the first African American newspaper in Chicago, the Chicago Conservator. Why do you never hear about her? Because she was a Republican."
Viral image stated on July 24, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo showing thousands on a ship next to a crowded dock are "Europeans trying to get to North Africa during World War II."
Viral image stated on July 20, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Werner Herzog said, "Dear America: You are waking up, as Germany once did, to the awareness that 1/3 of your people would kill another 1/3, while 1/3 watches."
Viral image stated on July 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Abraham Lincoln said, "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedoms it will be because we have destroyed ourselves from within."
Bloggers stated on April 3, 2019 in an article: "George Washington, as many don’t know, was not the first President of the United States. The first President of the United States was one John Hanson, and he was a black man."
Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says President Donald Trump is one of "only three people that won the Ellis Island Award for their work within the black community."
Facebook posts stated on July 11, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes George Washington as saying "it is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible."
Kelly E. Hastings stated on June 30, 2019 in On twitter: Said, "The Seven Years’ War led to near bankruptcy for many countries; Britain’s need to raise taxes fueled the American desire for independence."
Viral image stated on July 3, 2019 in posts on the Internet: When asked if the United States should have a military parade to "show off its might," President Dwight Eisenhower said, "Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak."
Viral image stated on June 20, 2019 in a post on Facebook: "The first slaves shipped to the American Colonies in 1619 were 100 white children from Ireland."
Viral image stated on May 27, 2019 in a Facebook post: A bike a boy chained to a tree in Washington state in 1914 is now a fallen soldier memorial.
Viral image stated on June 12, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says Ayn Rand said, "The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me."
Viral image stated on April 7, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says John Wayne said, "If you don’t want an American flag flying in your town square or at your school, then why the hell are you living in the US?"
Jimmy Kimmel stated on June 6, 2019 in on "Jimmy Kimmel Live": "Richard Nixon was the last president to be impeached."
Viral image stated on June 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: "In 1921, early suffragettes often donned a bathing suit and ate pizza in large groups to annoy men…it was a custom at the time."
Viral image stated on June 6, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows "brave women of the Red Cross" arriving in Normandy on D-Day to help injured troops.
Ralph Northam stated on May 23, 2019 in a TV interview: An investigation of a racist photo "confirmed what I said all along, that I’m not in the picture."
Tim Kaine stated on May 20, 2019 in a floor speech.: The ceilings of the Virginia Senate and House chambers are "circled by gold-embossed tobacco leaves."
Facebook posts stated on May 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes Mark Twain as saying of journalists that it is "far better" to "fear the media for they will steal your honor" and describes them as "a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons…"
Viral image stated on May 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo depicts a teacher and student with guns guarding a Delaware high school in 1973 after a shooting threat.
Viral image stated on May 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photograph shows Barack Obama bowing to Ayatollah Khamenei.
Viral image stated on May 21, 2019 in a Facebook post: A photo shows a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, not the Woodstock music festival.
Viral image stated on May 16, 2019 in a Facebook post: "Donald Trump has been in public eye for over 30 years and he was never once accused of being racist by anyone until he decided to run against the Democrats."
Viral image stated on May 15, 2019 in a Facebook post: Vanilla ice cream was black until 1912, when "white people couldn’t tolerate eating something that tasted soooooo delicious being black."
