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Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says President Donald Trump is one of "only three people that won the Ellis Island Award for their work within the black community."

By Samantha Putterman• July 19, 2019

Grok AI stated on January 04, 2025 in an X post:

President Joe Biden rescinded a Medal of Freedom given to Trump’s “campaign manager, Bradley Birkenfeld, in 2021.”

By Loreben Tuquero• January 7, 2025

Viral image stated on July 06, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Joe Biden putting a Medal of Honor on a Vietnam War veteran backward.

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 8, 2022

Facebook posts stated on September 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Donald Trump won the Ellis Island award for "patriotism, tolerance, brotherhood and diversity” alongside Muhammad Ali and Rosa Parks.

By Samantha Putterman• June 9, 2020

Allen West stated on May 16, 2010 in a blog on his campaign website:

In Afghanistan "the (military) leadership has proposed a new medal, an award for 'Courageous Restraint' ... for 'NOT FIRING BACK.' "

By Amy Sherman• May 21, 2010

Facebook posts stated on July 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Former President Barack Obama gave Presidential Medals of Freedom to Bill Cosby, Anthony Weiner and Harvey Weinstein.

By Daniel Funke• July 16, 2019

Facebook posts stated on March 27, 2014 in viral posts on the Internet:

Says President Barack Obama's acceptance of an "Islamic order and gold medal" was "unconstitutional."

By Louis Jacobson• April 1, 2014

Joe Biden stated on August 23, 2019 in an event in Hanover, N.H.:

Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson• September 4, 2019

Viral image stated on February 21, 2023 in an Instagram post:

“Every single one” of former President Barack Obama’s Medal of Freedom recipients in this video “was on Epstein’s flight logs.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023

Keith Faber stated on May 21, 2013 in remarks at a General Assembly session:

"During the Civil War, more than 300,000 Ohioans served in the Union Army -- more per capita than any other state."

By Robert Higgs• June 5, 2013

Viral image stated on September 25, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Joe Biden blamed Elton John for AIDS.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• September 27, 2022

Donald Trump stated on September 30, 2025 in a speech to military brass:

“You never heard Biden say” the U.S. has “the strongest military anywhere in the world.”

By Louis Jacobson• October 2, 2025

Facebook posts stated on June 02, 2015 in in posts on Facebook:

The runnerup to Caitlyn Jenner for ESPN’s Arthur Ashe Courage Award was "Army veteran Noah Galloway, who lost an arm and leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq."

By Aaron Sharockman• June 4, 2015

Alexi Giannoulias stated on July 08, 2010 in a campaign commercial:

"He (Kirk) did violate Pentagon rules, twice actually, for improperly mingling politics with his military service."

By Robert Farley• July 8, 2010

Threads posts stated on August 04, 2024 in a post:

Image shows Hitler in similar scene as Trump.

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• August 9, 2024

Josh Mandel stated on September 22, 2010 in a campaign ad:

"Decorated Marine, two-tour Iraq war vet."

By Joe Guillen• October 29, 2010

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

Donald Trump stated on March 03, 2026 in remarks at the White House:

The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement “gave (Iran) the right to have top-of-the-line nuclear weapons.”

By Louis Jacobson• March 5, 2026

Wallace Hall stated on December 06, 2014 in a speech:

Texas House Speaker Joe Straus said, ‘I do not care if Wallace Hall swings from a tree.’

By W. Gardner Selby• December 17, 2014

Scott Rigell stated on August 09, 2016 in a Facebook post:

"At $587 apiece, USA would need to bring home about 33.1 BILLION gold medals to pay off our national debt."

By Sean Gorman• August 19, 2016

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