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Viral image stated on March 01, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo at CPAC shows evangelical leaders praying over a golden statue of former President Donald Trump.
By Samantha Putterman• March 2, 2021
TDAlliance.com stated on May 12, 2017 in a headline:
"Jefferson Davis statue to be replaced with Obama likeness."
By Joshua Gillin• May 18, 2017
Rick Range stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"George P. Bush to place statue of (Mexican general) Santa Anna at the Alamo."
By Madlin Mekelburg• December 17, 2019
Viral image stated on December 22, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
“The first Statue of Liberty given to the U.S. by France was a Black woman which the U.S. rejected.”
By Noah Y. Kim• July 31, 2020
Bloggers stated on January 18, 2017 in a headline:
Says Barack "Obama orders life-sized bronze statue of himself to be permanently installed in White House."
By Joshua Gillin• January 27, 2017
Joy Reid stated on August 13, 2017 in on NBC’s Meet The Press:
"The idea of putting up (Confederate) monuments actually didn’t happen right after the Civil War. It happened during the 1960s."
By John Kruzel• August 15, 2017
Facebook posts stated on July 02, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says George Floyd died "because he had a system full of fentanyl and meth," and “beat women and held guns to their pregnant bellies.”
By Gabrielle Settles• July 8, 2021
Sid Miller stated on August 23, 2017 in an interview on Spectrum Cable's "Capital Tonight":
Says a poll showed 70 percent to 75 percent of people want to see Confederate statues "remain up and not taken down."
By W. Gardner Selby• September 6, 2017
Brian Kemp stated on August 23, 2017 in a campaign email:
"Our conservative Georgia values are under attack" ... (People) are "calling for the removal of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson statues."
By Jon Greenberg• August 30, 2017
Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says George Floyd’s criminal history includes “23 arrests,” “3 car thefts” and many violent crimes.
By Gabrielle Settles• July 28, 2021
Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
The Smithsonian Institution includes “nothing about success, nothing about brightness, nothing about the future.”
By Grace Abels, Louis Jacobson• August 20, 2025
Jonathan Saenz stated on March 28, 2018 in an email blast:
Says that in the U.S. Capitol, "Stephen F. Austin’s and Sam Houston’s statues" are "the only ones holding a rifle or a sword."
By W. Gardner Selby• April 12, 2018
Hakeem Jeffries stated on October 23, 2025 in an X post:
“The Trump administration just declared that erecting a ballroom is the president’s main priority,” rather than issues such as the cost of living and health care.
By Louis Jacobson• October 24, 2025
Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2022 in a photo:
Arnold Schwarzenegger slept on the ground in front of a bronze statue of himself because he had been turned away from a hotel.
By Monique Curet• April 22, 2022
Facebook posts stated on May 23, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Image shows a replica of the Statue of Liberty built from the ruins of a Syrian artist’s house.
By Sofia Ahmed• May 28, 2024
Donald Trump stated on August 15, 2017 in a question-and-answer session with reporters:
White nationalist protesters in Charlottesville "had a permit. The other group didn’t have a permit."
By Louis Jacobson• August 17, 2017
Bloggers stated on September 10, 2018 in post on Facebook:
"If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes."  
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 26, 2018
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
Facebook posts stated on June 23, 2020 in Facebook on June 23:
Says Taylor Swift wants to remove the Statue of Liberty
By Sophie Austin• July 2, 2020
Facebook posts stated on June 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Black Lives Matter demonstrators attack “elderly man wearing oxygen.”
By Tom Kertscher• July 7, 2020

Articles (3368)

France gave the US Statue of Liberty, Qatar offered Trump $400M plane. Experts say it’s not the same

By Grace Abels• May 15, 2025

Top Republicans push theories about 'mobs' and 'Marxism' in vandalism of Douglass statue

By Jill Terreri Ramos• July 7, 2020

Mailbag: 'You look ridiculous'

By Louis Jacobson• September 8, 2017

Donald Trump retweets anti-Muslim videos from far-right Britain First

By Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• November 29, 2017

In Context: Donald Trump’s ‘very fine people on both sides’ remarks (transcript)

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 26, 2019

Ad Watch: What Donald Trump said about Charlottesville

By Miriam Valverde• September 10, 2020

In context: The Winston Churchill and MLK busts

By Miriam Valverde• January 22, 2017

In Context: What did Trump say about inviting US women's hockey team to the State of the Union?

By Amy Sherman• February 23, 2026

The week in fact-checking: Trump’s ‘defunding the police’ ad

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 11, 2020

How much has Donald Trump reshaped the government’s portrayal of Black history?

By Louis Jacobson• February 19, 2026

Fact-checking Trump’s visit to Wisconsin

By Eric Litke• June 26, 2020

Who are the doctors in the viral hydroxychloroquine video?

By Daniel Funke• July 29, 2020

Fact-checking Joe Biden's visit to Kenosha - on Trump, race, taxes and COVID-19

By Madeline Heim, Eric Litke• September 3, 2020

Mud in your inbox

By Bill Adair• October 21, 2007

The Independence Day speech analyzer: Donald Trump’s weekend addresses

By Sophie Austin, Louis Jacobson• July 6, 2020

UPDATED: Ron Paul claim about popularity of gold standard No. 7 reader favorite

By W. Gardner Selby• December 21, 2012

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul talks gold, Fed with Colbert

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• January 5, 2011

Trump says Lindsey Graham ‘lied’ about Trump’s Charlottesville comments. Did he?

By John Kruzel• August 18, 2017

The federal government crackdown in Portland: What you need to know

By Bill McCarthy• July 22, 2020

The AI president: How Donald Trump uses artificial intelligence to promote himself, mock others

By Loreben Tuquero• October 23, 2025