17 People 25941 Fact-checks 8310 Articles People (17) Bernie Sanders Georgians for Bernie Sanders for President The Other 98% Other Space Henry Sanders Sander Levin Bernie Moreno Let America Work Ridesharing Works for Austin Let's Get To Work Jane O’Meara Sanders Social Security Works Sarah Huckabee Sanders Organizers for Bernie 2020 Wisconsin Working Families Party Iowans for Some Semblance of Christian Decency Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Fact-checks (25941) Jason Villalba stated on October 13, 2015 in a tweet: "Bernie Sanders admits he is a Democratic Socialist. … Nazis were Democratic Socialists." By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2015 Critics of water fluoridation stated on October 04, 2011 in a Pinellas County Commission meeting and web comments: Say water fluoridation started in Nazi Germany ghettos and death camps to pacify the Jews. By Becky Bowers• October 6, 2011 Whoopi Goldberg stated on January 31, 2022 in a TV segment: "The Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race." By Bill McCarthy• February 1, 2022 Donald Trump Jr. stated on August 01, 2018 in an interview with One America News Network: "You see the Nazi platform from the early 1930s ... look at it compared to the (Democratic Party) platform of today, you're saying, 'Man, those things are awfully similar.'" By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2018 Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: Say Bernie Sanders said, “Italians are gangsters and Irish are drunk and Jews are greedy and black people smell.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 25, 2020 Viral image stated on April 01, 2019 in a Facebook post: Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews. By Samantha Putterman• April 8, 2019 Sean Spicer stated on April 11, 2017 in comments to reporters: Says Adolf Hitler "didn't even sink to the level of using chemical weapons. ... He was not using the gas on his own people the same way that (Bashar al-)Assad is doing." By Jon Greenberg• April 11, 2017 Ben Carson stated on October 09, 2015 in his book "A More Perfect Union": "German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance." By Jon Greenberg• October 26, 2015 Wolf Blitzer stated on February 18, 2014 in comments on CNN: The words "subhuman mongrel," which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to "justify the genocide of the Jewish community." By Jon Greenberg• February 19, 2014 David Simmons stated on March 03, 2018 in a vote in the Florida senate: "Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents." By Jon Greenberg• March 6, 2018 Viral image stated on April 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says Adolf Hitler said, “The day mankind finds out what I was trying to defend this nation, Germany, from, then that’s the day World War III starts.” By Ciara O'Rourke• April 18, 2022 Instagram posts stated on June 14, 2020 in an image: Nazi Germany’s Hermann Göring worked to "defund and eliminate the police departments so that they would not interfere with his Brown Shirts." By Daniel Funke• June 18, 2020 Bloggers stated on February 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says 89 members of Congress "hold dual citizenship with Israel." By Sarah Stanley• February 25, 2019 Bloggers stated on February 08, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says Bernie Sanders “collaborated with Marxist regimes in the Soviet Union, Nicaragua and Cuba.” By Jon Greenberg• February 27, 2020 Instagram posts stated on May 09, 2024 in an Instagram post: “George Soros is a roaring, cold-blooded Nazi sociopath.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 14, 2024 Kanye West stated on December 01, 2022 in an interview: Hitler “didn’t kill 6 million Jews” and “the Holocaust is not what happened.” By Gabrielle Settles• December 5, 2022 Ted Cruz stated on January 09, 2021 in a tweet: Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.” By Landon Allison, Julia Schneider• February 18, 2021 George Santos stated on February 20, 2023 in an interview with Piers Morgan: “I never claimed to be Jewish.” By Louis Jacobson• February 22, 2023 Viral image stated on June 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Wearing the Kente cloth “worn by affluent African slave traders” is “like honoring Jews by wearing swastikas.” By Jon Greenberg• June 12, 2020 Bloggers stated on October 18, 2018 in a post on Facebook: George Soros was an SS officer. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2018 Articles (8310) Fluoride used by Nazis to pacify Jews? By Becky Bowers• October 7, 2011 Mailbag: Readers call out our recent turkeys By Louis Jacobson• November 25, 2015 Our top 5 most-read fact-checks from October By Lauren Carroll• November 4, 2015 The Antisemitism Awareness Act: What to know By Louis Jacobson• May 10, 2024 Why Holocaust comparisons by anti-vaccine activists like RFK Jr. are grossly inaccurate By Bill McCarthy• January 27, 2022 Understanding Poland's ‘Holocaust law’ By Manuela Tobias• March 9, 2018 In context: What Biden said about migrants at the southern US border and Jews fleeing the Holocaust By Amy Sherman• January 6, 2023 ‘I never said it': RFK Jr. downplays past statements during Senate confirmation hearing By Madison Czopek, Samantha Putterman• January 30, 2025 How Ye stirred up antisemitism among social media users By Gabrielle Settles• October 25, 2022 Ad watch: Jewish Democratic Council of America says James is 'trafficking in anti-Semitism' By Clara Hendrickson• September 11, 2020 The backstory behind Diane Rehm's question to Bernie Sanders on dual Israeli citizenship By Louis Jacobson• June 11, 2015 What did Biden say about US-Hitler relationship at last debate? By Noah Y. Kim• October 23, 2020 How an antisemitic conspiracy theory amplified by Ye, Kyrie Irving divides Black, Jewish people By Salvador Rodriguez-Ruiz, Gabrielle Settles• February 21, 2023 Democratic Socialist tweet about Bernie Sanders touched off our most-viewed fact check in October By W. Gardner Selby• November 3, 2015 Donald Trump says Jews are leaving the Democratic Party, but there’s no proof By Amy Sherman• March 14, 2019 Where the words 'subhuman mongrel' came from By Jon Greenberg• February 19, 2014 Banned barbecue to Bernie Sanders and Nazis, our most-clicked fact checks of 2015 By W. Gardner Selby• December 27, 2015 GOP reacts to Ted Nugent comments By Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan• February 28, 2014 In Context: Donald Trump's comments on a database of American Muslims By Lauren Carroll• November 24, 2015 The Stump Speech Analyzer: Joe Biden By Amy Sherman• January 23, 2020
Bernie Sanders Georgians for Bernie Sanders for President The Other 98% Other Space Henry Sanders Sander Levin Bernie Moreno Let America Work Ridesharing Works for Austin Let's Get To Work Jane O’Meara Sanders Social Security Works Sarah Huckabee Sanders Organizers for Bernie 2020 Wisconsin Working Families Party Iowans for Some Semblance of Christian Decency Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
Jason Villalba stated on October 13, 2015 in a tweet: "Bernie Sanders admits he is a Democratic Socialist. … Nazis were Democratic Socialists." By W. Gardner Selby• October 16, 2015 Critics of water fluoridation stated on October 04, 2011 in a Pinellas County Commission meeting and web comments: Say water fluoridation started in Nazi Germany ghettos and death camps to pacify the Jews. By Becky Bowers• October 6, 2011 Whoopi Goldberg stated on January 31, 2022 in a TV segment: "The Holocaust isn't about race. No, it's not about race." By Bill McCarthy• February 1, 2022 Donald Trump Jr. stated on August 01, 2018 in an interview with One America News Network: "You see the Nazi platform from the early 1930s ... look at it compared to the (Democratic Party) platform of today, you're saying, 'Man, those things are awfully similar.'" By Louis Jacobson• August 3, 2018 Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2020 in a Facebook post: Say Bernie Sanders said, “Italians are gangsters and Irish are drunk and Jews are greedy and black people smell.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 25, 2020 Viral image stated on April 01, 2019 in a Facebook post: Photos related to gun violence in present-day United States and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany suggest that gun control laws created or exacerbated the genocide of Jews. By Samantha Putterman• April 8, 2019 Sean Spicer stated on April 11, 2017 in comments to reporters: Says Adolf Hitler "didn't even sink to the level of using chemical weapons. ... He was not using the gas on his own people the same way that (Bashar al-)Assad is doing." By Jon Greenberg• April 11, 2017 Ben Carson stated on October 09, 2015 in his book "A More Perfect Union": "German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance." By Jon Greenberg• October 26, 2015 Wolf Blitzer stated on February 18, 2014 in comments on CNN: The words "subhuman mongrel," which Ted Nugent called President Barack Obama, were used by the Nazis to "justify the genocide of the Jewish community." By Jon Greenberg• February 19, 2014 David Simmons stated on March 03, 2018 in a vote in the Florida senate: "Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents." By Jon Greenberg• March 6, 2018 Viral image stated on April 12, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says Adolf Hitler said, “The day mankind finds out what I was trying to defend this nation, Germany, from, then that’s the day World War III starts.” By Ciara O'Rourke• April 18, 2022 Instagram posts stated on June 14, 2020 in an image: Nazi Germany’s Hermann Göring worked to "defund and eliminate the police departments so that they would not interfere with his Brown Shirts." By Daniel Funke• June 18, 2020 Bloggers stated on February 17, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says 89 members of Congress "hold dual citizenship with Israel." By Sarah Stanley• February 25, 2019 Bloggers stated on February 08, 2020 in a post on Facebook: Says Bernie Sanders “collaborated with Marxist regimes in the Soviet Union, Nicaragua and Cuba.” By Jon Greenberg• February 27, 2020 Instagram posts stated on May 09, 2024 in an Instagram post: “George Soros is a roaring, cold-blooded Nazi sociopath.” By Ciara O'Rourke• May 14, 2024 Kanye West stated on December 01, 2022 in an interview: Hitler “didn’t kill 6 million Jews” and “the Holocaust is not what happened.” By Gabrielle Settles• December 5, 2022 Ted Cruz stated on January 09, 2021 in a tweet: Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.” By Landon Allison, Julia Schneider• February 18, 2021 George Santos stated on February 20, 2023 in an interview with Piers Morgan: “I never claimed to be Jewish.” By Louis Jacobson• February 22, 2023 Viral image stated on June 10, 2020 in a Facebook post: Wearing the Kente cloth “worn by affluent African slave traders” is “like honoring Jews by wearing swastikas.” By Jon Greenberg• June 12, 2020 Bloggers stated on October 18, 2018 in a post on Facebook: George Soros was an SS officer. By Ciara O'Rourke• October 31, 2018
Fluoride used by Nazis to pacify Jews? By Becky Bowers• October 7, 2011 Mailbag: Readers call out our recent turkeys By Louis Jacobson• November 25, 2015 Our top 5 most-read fact-checks from October By Lauren Carroll• November 4, 2015 The Antisemitism Awareness Act: What to know By Louis Jacobson• May 10, 2024 Why Holocaust comparisons by anti-vaccine activists like RFK Jr. are grossly inaccurate By Bill McCarthy• January 27, 2022 Understanding Poland's ‘Holocaust law’ By Manuela Tobias• March 9, 2018 In context: What Biden said about migrants at the southern US border and Jews fleeing the Holocaust By Amy Sherman• January 6, 2023 ‘I never said it': RFK Jr. downplays past statements during Senate confirmation hearing By Madison Czopek, Samantha Putterman• January 30, 2025 How Ye stirred up antisemitism among social media users By Gabrielle Settles• October 25, 2022 Ad watch: Jewish Democratic Council of America says James is 'trafficking in anti-Semitism' By Clara Hendrickson• September 11, 2020 The backstory behind Diane Rehm's question to Bernie Sanders on dual Israeli citizenship By Louis Jacobson• June 11, 2015 What did Biden say about US-Hitler relationship at last debate? By Noah Y. Kim• October 23, 2020 How an antisemitic conspiracy theory amplified by Ye, Kyrie Irving divides Black, Jewish people By Salvador Rodriguez-Ruiz, Gabrielle Settles• February 21, 2023 Democratic Socialist tweet about Bernie Sanders touched off our most-viewed fact check in October By W. Gardner Selby• November 3, 2015 Donald Trump says Jews are leaving the Democratic Party, but there’s no proof By Amy Sherman• March 14, 2019 Where the words 'subhuman mongrel' came from By Jon Greenberg• February 19, 2014 Banned barbecue to Bernie Sanders and Nazis, our most-clicked fact checks of 2015 By W. Gardner Selby• December 27, 2015 GOP reacts to Ted Nugent comments By Jon Greenberg, Angie Drobnic Holan• February 28, 2014 In Context: Donald Trump's comments on a database of American Muslims By Lauren Carroll• November 24, 2015 The Stump Speech Analyzer: Joe Biden By Amy Sherman• January 23, 2020
