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    Did President Donald Trump order background checks on Democrats to be made public, showing cases of assault, domestic violence and insider trading? No, that's not true: The post spreading that Trump rumor and the false list of cases came from a Facebook page with a satire disclaimer and a warning that all the contents of the page are fabricated. The…

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    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
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    Did actor James Woods post an authentic copy of a tweet by Congresswoman Maxine Waters in which she misspelled impeach as "inpeach" and confused a urine test with an IQ test, supposedly responding to President Donald Trump calling her "Low IQ Maxine"? No, that's not true: Woods posted to his X account a copy of a fake tweet that was…

    • Mar 21, 2025
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    Fact Check: James Woods Posted FAKE Rep. Waters Tweet About "Low IQ" Jibe And "#INPEACH" - Counterfeit Was Exposed In 2019 Fake Account
  • Fact Check: Pelosi Was NOT Removed From Office By House Democrats On Or Before October 4, 2022

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    Was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi removed from office by Democrats in the House on or before October 4, 2022? No, that's not true: Such a claim appears to be clickbait and there is no evidence to support it. The claim appeared in a Facebook post on October 4, 2022. It included a video with a title and caption that reads:…

    • Oct 5, 2022
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Pelosi Was NOT Removed From Office By House Democrats On Or Before October 4, 2022 Clickbait Vid
  • Fact Check: Democratic Lawmaker Did NOT Introduce Bill To Rename Southern States

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    Did Rep. Maxine Waters of California introduce a bill, "H.R. 2020, the Erasing Confederate History Act of 2020," to rename the 11 states that originally made up the Confederacy? No, that's not true: This is a satirical article and such legislation does not exist. The claim originated from an article published by WashingtonExterminator.com on June 29, 2020, titled "Democratic Lawmaker…

    • Aug 26, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Democratic Lawmaker Did NOT Introduce Bill To Rename Southern States New Satire
  • Fake News: Ben Carson Did NOT Offer to Perform 'Much Needed' Brain Surgery On Maxine Waters

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    Did Ben Carson, the Housing and Urban Development Secretary, offer to do brain surgery on U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters? No, that's not true: Although Carson and Waters, a California Democrat, have shown great disdain for one another in the past, Carson, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, never made such a statement. The claim, which has been making the…

    • Feb 14, 2020
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fake News: Ben Carson Did NOT Offer to Perform 'Much Needed' Brain Surgery On Maxine Waters
  • Fake News: Maxine Waters Did NOT Say She Would Impeach Donald Trump If She Were President

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    Did Rep. Maxine Waters say her first act as president would be to impeach Donald Trump? No, that's not true: It is a fictional quote placed on a doctored screenshot of the California congresswoman being interviewed by CNN's Anderson Cooper. It is apparently intended to imply that Waters is not smart enough to realize that if she were president, Trump…

    • May 16, 2019
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fake News: Maxine Waters Did NOT Say She Would Impeach Donald Trump If She Were President
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