Did Kurt Russell share a poem titled "The Badge" that attacks the "defunding the police" movement? No, that's not true: An earlier version of the poem attributed to "unknown" appeared in a Facebook post on June 7, 2020, but it did not include any mention of "defund the police." A more recent version purportedly shared by the actor does address…
Did a legal settlement between Judicial Watch and California election officials prove that one million illegal votes were cast in the 2018 elections in California? No, that's not true: The settlement agreement in Judicial Watch's latest California voter registration case did not confirm one million illegal votes were cast and Judicial Watch never claimed it did. California's Secretary of State…
Did President Trump win 3,084 counties, while Hillary Clinton won only 57 in the 2016 presidential election? No, that's not true: The post has been copied and pasted multiple times since 2016, but those numbers are not correct. The claims originated from a post (archived here) published by Facebook user Nick Henderson on March 31, 2019. It opened: For all…
Did the 2016 Democratic nominee for president Hillary Clinton say that she deserved to given the presidency if Trump was removed from office? No, that's not true: the article comes from a liberal satire website, and Clinton has neither publicly stated those exact words nor given any recent interview with the CBS newsmagazine "60 Minutes." The story originated from an…
Does Los Angeles County have the same population as all of the bottom 43 American states? No, that's not true: The census bureau estimates there were 10,105,518 people living in Los Angeles County, California, at the start of 2019, while the 43 lesser-populated states had a combined population of 181,860,168 which is 18-times the population of Los Angeles County. The…
Will there be enough Muslim voters in the United States in 20 years to elect a president? No, that's not true: The Muslim population in the United States is predicted to be about 3,850,000 during the 2020 presidential race -- less than 1% of the total -- and should be about 6,610,00 during the 2040 race 20 years later, far…
Did Actor Kurt Russell claim the democrats want to abolish 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th & 6th amendments, the Senate, the Electoral College, the Supreme Court, borders, ICE and more? No, that's not true: the earliest version of that claim originated from a Twitter account which no longer exists and the real Russell isn't actually on Twitter. The quote was later…
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