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Search results for "Corporate America is funding Trump's Christian nationalist event, Freedom 250"

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Fact-checks (15965)

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
Scott Adams stated on March 08, 2023 in a tweet:
The 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was “an American intel op against Trump.”
By Gabrielle Settles• March 10, 2023
Bloggers stated on August 14, 2017 in Internet posts:
Says there is proof Democrats hired actors to plan violence in Charlottesville.
By Joshua Gillin• August 18, 2017
Hillary Clinton stated on October 09, 2016 in the second presidential debate:
"We've had Muslims in America since George Washington."
By Miriam Valverde• October 13, 2016
Social Media stated on September 12, 2025 in social media posts:
Former President Barack Obama eliminated a law that “held news corporations accountable for lying to the American people.”
By Loreben Tuquero• September 17, 2025
Jeb Bush stated on March 30, 2015 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
"Florida has a law like (Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act)."
By Katie Sanders, Amy Sherman• March 31, 2015
Ron Klein stated on June 28, 2010 in a fundraising e-mail:
"West has raised $2 million from those that would leave our beaches in ruins, end Social Security and Medicare, and give corporations free reign."
By Amy Sherman• July 1, 2010
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
X posts stated on February 06, 2022 in a tweet:
Turning Point USA is a white nationalist organization.
By Caleb McCullough• February 16, 2022
Pete Buttigieg stated on August 05, 2019 in a Medium post:
"The Trump Administration cut funding allocated to the Department of Homeland Security to combat white nationalism."
By Amy Sherman• August 9, 2019
Mike Pence stated on March 29, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says Barack Obama voted for the "very same language" of Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act when he was in the Illinois state Senate. Sexual orientation "doesn't have anything to do with this law."
By Katie Sanders• March 29, 2015
Gail Collins stated on October 03, 2013 in her opinion column:
Louie Gohmert of Texas "blamed the mass shooting at a movie theater in Colorado on ‘the ongoing attacks on Judeo-Christian beliefs.'"
By W. Gardner Selby• October 10, 2013
Joe Biden stated on August 20, 2019 in a speech:
Says President Donald Trump hasn’t condemned David Duke and Richard Spencer.
By Amy Sherman• August 27, 2019
TikTok posts stated on July 26, 2024 in a TikTok video:
"Mike Pence endorsed Kamala Harris.”
By Jeff Cercone• July 29, 2024
Raphael Warnock stated on December 06, 2020 in a debate:
Says Kelly Loeffler “welcomed the support of a QAnon conspiracy theorist, and she sat down with a white supremacist for an interview.”
By Tom Kertscher• December 9, 2020
Viral image stated on October 17, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Donald Trump said, "Make no mistake: They’re not after me. They are after you; your guns, your Christian values, your freedom. I’m just in their way."
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 25, 2019
Facebook posts stated on June 05, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden called ANTIFA “courageous Americans.”
By Samantha Putterman• June 16, 2020
Donald Trump stated on June 15, 2016 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:
Even among "second and third generation" Muslims in the United States, "there's no real assimilation."
By Louis Jacobson• June 18, 2016
Facebook posts stated on May 06, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“First time in 70 years the National Day Of Prayer was not observed in our nation’s capital!”
By Samantha Putterman• May 7, 2021
Val Demings stated on January 29, 2020 in the impeachment trial:
“All of the aid has not arrived” to Ukraine.
By Amy Sherman• February 3, 2020

Articles (5978)

Trump’s Freedom 250 concert on the National Mall: What happened? What’s next?

By Louis Jacobson• June 1, 2026

America's 250th: How long has the US used the phrases ‘In God We Trust’ and ‘Under God’?

By Louis Jacobson• May 18, 2026

Ad Watch: What Donald Trump said about Charlottesville

By Miriam Valverde• September 10, 2020

In Context: President Donald Trump’s statement on ‘many sides’ in Charlottesville, Va.

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 14, 2017

PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff to headline second day of United Facts of America

By Matthew Crowley• September 27, 2022

Is the Center for Immigration Studies a hate group, as the Southern Poverty Law Center says?

By Amy Sherman• March 22, 2017

Fact-checking Joe Biden at the 2020 Democratic National Convention

By PolitiFact Staff • August 21, 2020

A look at the data on domestic terrorism and who’s behind it

By Miriam Valverde• August 16, 2017

Donald Trump doesn’t think white nationalism is on the rise. Data show otherwise

By Amy Sherman• March 20, 2019

Did Mike Johnson work for a hate group? SPLC and Christian law firm have sparred over label

By Grace Abels• October 27, 2023

Are there white nationalists in the White House?

By Louis Jacobson• August 15, 2017

Who is Andrew Yang? A bio of the Democratic presidential candidate

By Sophie Austin• June 14, 2019

On Trump’s birthday, UFC fights at the White House. How did other presidents celebrate birthdays?

By Gracey Abernethy• June 12, 2026

In Context: Donald Trump tells Christians they 'won't have to vote anymore'

By Mia Penner• July 29, 2024

PunditFact fact-checks the March 29 Sunday shows

By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• March 29, 2015

Fact-checks on U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin

By D.L. Davis• November 7, 2018

Fact-checking the March 29 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Katie Sanders, Aaron Sharockman• March 29, 2015

Axelrod takes on the Republicans on This Week

By Louis Jacobson• September 28, 2010

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

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 26, 2019

Updated: Fact checking Tammy Baldwin and Leah Vukmir, the U.S. Senate candidates

By D.L. Davis, Tom Kertscher• August 22, 2018