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Viral image stated on October 17, 2020 in a Facebook post:

In the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, “the perps were ANTIFA and BLM anarchists.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• October 21, 2020

Joe Biden stated on February 11, 2020 in a campaign event in South Carolina:

“I had the great honor of being arrested with our U.N. ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see (Nelson Mandela) on Robbens Island.”

By Amy Sherman• March 4, 2020

Facebook posts stated on September 24, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“President Xi of China under house arrest” amid “coup by the PLA.”

By Jeff Cercone• September 28, 2022

Rich Lowry stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"During the Bush administration, you actually had a prominent liberal write a book about how Bush was preparing for a fascist takeover of this country."

By Jon Greenberg• May 12, 2015

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on January 21, 2014 in a campaign commercial:

Says David Jolly’s former firm lobbied "for hundreds of millions (of dollars) for a dictator in Pakistan."

By Joshua Gillin• January 27, 2014

Bob Corker stated on February 15, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"Today, 27 million people .. are enslaved."

By Jon Greenberg• February 17, 2017

The Manila Times stated on April 22, 2019 in a newspaper story:

Says Filipino news organizations are part of a plot to discredit President Rodrigo Duterte and destabilize his government.

By Ciara O'Rourke• May 3, 2019

Bill O'Reilly stated on December 05, 2013 in an exchange on Fox's "The O'Reilly Factor":

Says Nelson Mandela "was a communist."

By Louis Jacobson• December 11, 2013

Nicholas Kristof stated on December 04, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Daily Show":

"The United States right now incarcerates more African-Americans as a percentage than apartheid South Africa did."

By Jon Greenberg• December 11, 2014

Secure America Now stated on September 12, 2012 in a TV ad:

Says Obama adviser David Plouffe took "large piles of cash" from a joint venture partner of a company owned by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

By Becky Bowers• September 25, 2012

Instagram posts stated on November 01, 2022 in a post:

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro will hold a press conference to “announce military audit of controversial election, may arrest criminal judges.”

By Luiz Romero• November 4, 2022

Facebook posts stated on August 29, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“South Korea sprays rioters with dye so they can be identified & arrested later.”

By Noah Y. Kim• September 8, 2020

Beto O'Rourke stated on January 03, 2018 in remarks at a stop in Greenville, Texas:

Says "precisely zero terrorists, terrorist groups or terror plots have ever been connected with the U.S.-Mexico border to do harm to people within the United States."

By Johnathan Silver• May 3, 2018

Jerome R. Corsi stated on August 01, 2008 in his book <i>The Obama Nation</i>. :

Barack Obama "openly supported (opposition leader) Raila Odinga during his visit to Africa in 2006."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• August 20, 2008

Donald Trump stated on October 01, 2019 in a tweet:

Says his impeachment is a "coup."

By Louis Jacobson• October 25, 2019

Facebook posts stated on August 22, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Elderly people were “beat up by a BLM hate group” for being white.

By Samantha Putterman• September 2, 2020

Dick Cheney stated on June 22, 2014 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

"The number of terrorists out there" has doubled.

By Katie Sanders• June 22, 2014

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

Donald Trump stated on April 25, 2019 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:

The Russia investigation "was a coup. This was an attempted overthrow of the United States government."

By Louis Jacobson• April 29, 2019

Herman Cain stated on March 15, 2011 in a talk at a conservative think tank:

Said Planned Parenthood’s early objective was to "help kill black babies before they came into the world."

By Willoughby Mariano• April 8, 2011

Video makes it look like left-leaning groups plotted post-election coup. That’s not the whole story

By Samantha Putterman• November 5, 2020

The big picture: Niger and what we know about what happened to U.S. troops

By Allison Graves, Angie Drobnic Holan, Sophie Kaplan• October 22, 2017

Trump’s Afrikaner refugee policy based on unfounded claims about land, white farmer ‘genocide’

By Amy Sherman• May 20, 2025

A look behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's data on southern African migrants

By Nusaiba Mizan• January 10, 2022

In Context: What Michael Flynn said about Myanmar

By Gabrielle Settles• June 3, 2021

A roundup of fake AIDS ‘cures’: Angel Zapper, Garani MW1, Topvein, SF 2000

By Vinayak Bhardwaj• July 20, 2016

Was the storming of the US Capitol a coup? An academic group now says yes

By Louis Jacobson• February 1, 2021

The facts behind the 19 programs President Donald Trump described as ‘waste’

By Grace Abels, Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 12, 2025

A far-left group bombed the Capitol in 1983. Here’s how that’s different from the Jan. 6 attack

By Madison Czopek• February 22, 2022

A Maryland city has let noncitizens vote in local elections for 30 years. How has it worked so far?

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• October 21, 2024

Fact-checking Trump’s video, images about South Africa during Oval Office meeting with Ramaphosa

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• May 22, 2025

How do Barack Obama's criminal justice claims stack up?

By Linda Qiu• July 16, 2015

McCaul’s explosive claim was readers' favorite

By W. Gardner Selby• April 4, 2011

Are California recall leaders tied to militias and QAnon? We fact-checked Gov. Newsom's claims

By Chris Nichols• March 18, 2021

English is Liberia's official language from a history of US slavery and colonization

By Grace Abels• July 10, 2025

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Univision town hall with Latino voters

By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus, Louis Jacobson• October 17, 2024

Launching PolitiFact Global News Service

By Jon Greenberg• February 9, 2016

What do fact-checkers around the world have in common?

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 28, 2016

Tucker Carlson’s ‘Patriot Purge’ film on Jan. 6 is full of falsehoods, conspiracy theories

By Bill McCarthy• November 5, 2021

Fact-checking the 21st International AIDS Conference

By Jon Greenberg• July 17, 2016

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