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Paul Ryan stated on April 11, 2013 in a speech:
Says Abraham Lincoln supported an agreement that allowed slavery in New Mexico "and a law to return runaway slaves to their owners."
By Tom Kertscher• April 21, 2013
Markwayne Mullin stated on November 15, 2023 in an interview with CNN:
“Abraham Lincoln challenged a guy to a sword fight.”
By Louis Jacobson• November 16, 2023
Jon Stewart stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":
Says Abraham Lincoln tried to buy slaves' freedom in border states, but the states "all rejected it."
By Jon Greenberg• March 18, 2014
John Kasich stated on January 25, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down -- Abraham Lincoln said it."  
By Lauren Carroll• January 25, 2015
Madison Cawthorn stated on August 26, 2020 in a speech at the RNC:
Says James Madison “signed the Declaration of Independence.”
By Paul Specht• August 27, 2020
Andrew Napolitano stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":
Says President Abraham Lincoln "tried to arm the slaves."
By Jon Greenberg• March 18, 2014
Bloggers stated on June 25, 2015 in posts on the Internet:
"Lincoln was fervently making plans to send all freed slaves to the jungles of Central America once the (Civil War) was over. … The only thing that kept this from happening was his assassination."
By Louis Jacobson• June 26, 2015
Mark Miller stated on May 18, 2011 in remarks to reporters:
"Abraham Lincoln (once) jumped out of a window in the Illinois Legislature in order to deny a quorum."  
By Dave Umhoefer• May 30, 2011
Keith Faber stated on January 07, 2013 in a speech in the Ohio Senate:
Abraham Lincoln "visited and some say even danced in (the Ohio Senate) chamber."
By Tom Feran• January 21, 2013
Instagram posts stated on January 15, 2024 in an Instagram post:
Abraham Lincoln’s coin is copper because he ended slavery. Figures on other U.S. coins “face left because they turned their backs to him in protest.”
By Jeff Cercone• January 17, 2024
USA Freedom Fund stated on May 11, 2022 in an attack ad:
“Kathy Barnette wants to build a statue of Barack Obama right next to the one of Abraham Lincoln on Capitol Hill."
By Jon Greenberg• May 13, 2022
Sarah Palin stated on September 11, 2008 in Fairbanks, Alaska:
Sarah Palin was repeating "Abraham Lincoln's words" in discussing the war in Iraq.
By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 12, 2008
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."
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 26, 2019
Instagram posts stated on January 26, 2024 in an Instagram post:
"Last time Democrats removed a Republican from the ballot” was Abraham Lincoln in 1860.
By Jeff Cercone• February 6, 2024
Andrew Napolitano stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":
Says President Abraham Lincoln enforced the Fugitive Slave Act until the Civil War ended.
By Jon Greenberg• March 18, 2014
Newt Gingrich stated on February 10, 2012 in a radio interview:
Says he was "exonerated in every single case" in 1990s ethics violations charges.
By Willoughby Mariano• February 20, 2012
Facebook posts stated on July 25, 2019 in Facebook:
Quotes Abraham Lincoln as saying, “You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.”
By Kelsey Sena Tamakloe• August 5, 2021
Donald Rumsfeld stated on February 17, 2013 in an op-ed in the "Washington Post":
Says wrestling was a favorite sport of Abraham Lincoln.
By Bill Adair• February 18, 2013
Donald Trump stated on September 06, 2018 in a rally in Billings, Mont.:
"When Abraham Lincoln made the Gettysburg Address speech, the great speech, do you know he was ridiculed? He was ridiculed."
By Louis Jacobson• September 7, 2018
Donald Trump stated on March 17, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” because “they were done by autopen.”
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• March 17, 2025

Articles (7536)

Kamala Harris jumped to conclusions about Abraham Lincoln’s delayed Supreme Court nomination

By Louis Jacobson• October 8, 2020

Another look at Abraham Lincoln and the colonization of ex-slaves

By Louis Jacobson• July 9, 2015

PunditFact fact-checks the Jan. 25 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• January 25, 2015

John Kasich on the Truth-O-Meter

By Lauren Carroll• May 4, 2016

Mailbag: 'What are you? The kings of truth?'

By Louis Jacobson• March 11, 2013

Fact-checking the Jan. 25 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• January 25, 2015

Was the Civil War unconstitutional?

By Will Doran• April 14, 2017

Sarah in the spotlight

By Angie Drobnic Holan• September 12, 2008

Napolitano, Stewart debate the Civil War

By Jon Greenberg• March 19, 2014

Fact-checking Mike Pence, night 3 of the 2020 RNC

By PolitiFact Staff • August 27, 2020

Fact-checking the Democratic U.S. Senate debate in Texas

By Madlin Mekelburg• February 19, 2020

John Kelly, the Civil War and the compromise that almost was

By Jon Greenberg• November 2, 2017

Donald Trump said he's done more for African Americans than any president. Historians disagree

By Louis Jacobson• August 1, 2019

Giving thanks for True statements

By Steve Contorno• November 27, 2013

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

By Louis Jacobson• January 9, 2024

Could President Biden use the 14th Amendment to head off a debt default?

By Louis Jacobson• May 12, 2023

What's old is new again: Fact-checking claims about the Civil War and slavery

By Jon Greenberg• April 15, 2014

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Fox News interview on police brutality protests

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• June 12, 2020

Juneteenth: Why one day marking African American freedom rose above others

By Jon Greenberg• June 18, 2020

What's in a resume?

By Michael Van Sickler• November 6, 2007