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Search results for "Glad our Founding Fathers declared independence 250 years ago."

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Kayleigh McEnany stated on July 06, 2021 in a TV segment:
“We know most of our forefathers, all of our main Founding Fathers were against slavery, recognized the evils of it.”
By Bill McCarthy• July 9, 2021
Philip Van Cleave stated on January 18, 2016 in a speech:
Martin Luther King Jr. "was a Republican."
By Sean Gorman• January 25, 2016
Facebook posts stated on March 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper, grew and smoked marijuana, and said "hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country."
By Samantha Putterman• March 13, 2019
Keith Olbermann stated on April 19, 2010 in comments on the MSNBC show Countdown :
The Treaty of Tripoli signed by President John Adams was "his outreach to Muslims."
By Alex Holt• May 11, 2010
David Sewell stated on February 22, 2010 in a campaign flier:
Says he "never" donates to Democrats while Paul Workman "contributes to Democrat Kirk Watson and other Democrats running against Republicans."
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 26, 2010
Herman Cain stated on May 21, 2011 in in a speech announcing his presidential run:
In the U.S. Constitution, "there’s a little section in there that talks about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
By Willoughby Mariano• May 25, 2011
Arlen Parsa stated on September 01, 2019 in a tweet:
Thirty-four of the 47 men depicted in the famous "Declaration of Independence" painting were slaveholders.  
By Tom Kertscher• September 10, 2019
Ben Carson stated on November 04, 2015 in an edited Facebook post:
"Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no federal elected office experience."
By Louis Jacobson• November 8, 2015
Rick Santorum stated on February 29, 2012 in a speech near Knoxville, Tenn.:
"If you look up the dictionary definition of happiness at the time of our founders … happiness was not doing what you want to do but doing what you ought to do."
By Becky Bowers• March 7, 2012
Matt Mackowiak stated on July 01, 2016 in a commentary in the Austin American-Statesman:
"In 2009, his first year as mayor," Julián Castro "received a seven-figure referral fee" that smells like a dirty financial gift "from notorious personal injury lawyer Mikal Watts, a major Obama donor."
By Eleanor Dearman• July 28, 2016
Louis Marinelli stated on September 26, 2016 in a speech in Moscow:
"Two years ago, the longest serving leader of the California republic, Jerry Brown, boldly declared in China that California is a separate nation."
By Chris Nichols• November 11, 2016
Peter Palumbo stated on September 09, 2010 in an interview on Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren":
Rhode Island gives undocumented pregnant women health insurance, plus a cash card "with $400 a month on it" and "$250 a month or $275 a month to spend on food."
By Cynthia Needham• September 19, 2010
Donald Trump stated on June 22, 2016 in a campaign rally in Cleveland:
Says Ted Cruz "never denied" his father was photographed with Lee Harvey Oswald.    
By Dylan Baddour• July 22, 2016
Donald Trump stated on April 02, 2019 in remarks to reporters:
Says his father, Fred Trump, was "born in a very wonderful place in Germany."
By Tom Kertscher• April 4, 2019
Viral image stated on July 04, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said “246 years ago Jesus Christ performed his miracle of making a single days worth of bullets last 8 days.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 5, 2022
Rand Paul stated on August 06, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Cleveland:
"The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over. John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence."
By Louis Jacobson• August 7, 2015
Viral image stated on April 20, 2017 in posts on social media:
"After prohibition ended, police deaths didn't reach 200 a year again until the year Nixon declared war on drugs."
By Will Doran• April 24, 2017
Mitt Romney stated on January 19, 2012 in a Republican presidential debate in Charleston, S.C.:
"I didn't inherit money from my parents."
By Becky Bowers• January 21, 2012
Kai Degner stated on October 17, 2016 in a debate.:
"The Declaration of Independence was written on paper made out of hemp."
By Sean Gorman• November 7, 2016
Bill White stated on March 17, 2010 in an e-mail:
"Last week the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE), led by Rick Perry's appointee, voted to remove Thomas Jefferson from social studies textbook standards. That's right. Thomas Jefferson... was deleted from a list of historical figures who inspired political change."
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 24, 2010

Articles (8124)

Colbert goofs on Texas schools, Thomas Jefferson

By W. Gardner Selby• April 24, 2012

Getting the facts straight about the Founding Fathers

By Lauren Carroll• July 3, 2014

Were the founding fathers 'ordinary people'?

By Tom Kertscher• July 2, 2015

Were the founding fathers just ordinary people?

By Tom Kertscher• July 2, 2015

What would George do?

By Louis Jacobson• February 18, 2013

What would George do?

By Louis Jacobson• February 17, 2013

No, Patrick Murphy, PolitiFact did not debunk every attack against you

By Katie Sanders• October 27, 2016

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

By Louis Jacobson• June 1, 2026

Announcing PolitiFact Wisconsin

By Bill Adair• September 5, 2010

Did Donald Trump inherit $100 million?

By Amy Sherman• March 7, 2016

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

By Louis Jacobson• May 18, 2026

Taking off the gloves in Orlando

By Bill Adair• October 19, 2007

Why do so many people think Obama is a Muslim?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 26, 2010

The Truth-O-Meter on Huckabee's claims about single mothers

By Louis Jacobson• March 11, 2011

Were the Founding Fathers 'ordinary people'?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• July 2, 2015

E-mails twist context of Obama's memoir

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 10, 2008

Examining Scott Walker's 'cheaper to keep them' slogan

By Tom Kertscher• June 18, 2015

Fact-checking claims about the Declaration of Independence

By Becky Bowers• July 3, 2013

The backstory of the Muslim soldier's dad who said Trump 'sacrificed nothing'

By Linda Qiu• July 29, 2016

DeSantis said public schools were religious when U.S. began. Is he right?

By Jeffrey S. Solochek• April 30, 2024