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All Fact-checks for Terrorism

Instagram posts

stated on July 18, 2023 in an Instagram post

No human remains or aircraft debris were found at the Pentagon or in Pennsylvania after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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stated on June 18, 2023 in a TV interview

“Think about parents who show up at school board meetings. By this DOJ, they’re called domestic terrorists.”

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stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on Meet the Press

“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.

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Instagram posts

stated on September 12, 2022 in a video

A CNN report on 9/11 proved that a plane never hit the Pentagon.

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stated on September 12, 2022 in an image

“No plane debris was found at the Pentagon.”

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stated on September 11, 2022 in a photo on Facebook

Says of 9/11, “Two planes can’t cause three buildings to collapse in free-fall time.”

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stated on August 24, 2022 in an image shared on Facebook

The FBI “spent more time investigating” the Jan. 6 Capitol attack than 9/11.

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stated on June 4, 2022 in an Instagram post

White supremacists are going to be “shooting up all Walmarts and will kill Blacks and Mexicans” in San Bernardino, California.

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stated on May 11, 2022 in a Facebook post

No planes are visible in footage of the 9/11 attack.

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stated on March 22, 2022 in a Senate judiciary committee hearing

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson called former President George W. Bush and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as “war criminals in a legal filing.”

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Alabama's Future

stated on March 11, 2022 in an ad

Mo Brooks "voted to cut off funding to destroy ISIS terrorists in the middle of the fight."

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stated on January 17, 2022 in a Facebook post

Rabbi taken hostage in Texas synagogue is “anti-Zionist” who may have known gunman.

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Instagram posts

stated on December 11, 2021 in a post

A video from British public broadcaster BBC shows the network was part of a 9/11 conspiracy.

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stated on November 1, 2021 in his documentary series "Patriot Purge"

“Jan. 6 is being used as a pretext to strip millions of Americans, disfavored Americans, of their core constitutional rights.”

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stated on October 21, 2021 in a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee

We are seeing “the Justice Department treat American parents as domestic terrorists” under the Patriot Act.

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Instagram posts

stated on October 13, 2021 in an Instagram post

“Parents who challenge school curriculums are domestic terrorist(s)."

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stated on August 14, 2021 in Instagram posts

Department of Homeland Security “deemed as terrorism” behavior that includes “resisting COVID regulations” and “thinking the election was rigged.”...“In other words, if you are a Trump supporter, you are a terrorist.”

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stated on August 19, 2021 in in tweets

The bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 19 was a false flag.

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Occupy Democrats

stated on August 15, 2021 in an Instagram post

Donald Trump in 2020 "said he trusted the Taliban and then set in motion an even earlier exit" from Afghanistan.

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stated on March 29, 2021 in a Facebook post

“Joe Biden puts pro-life groups on domestic extremist list, calls pro-life people ‘violent.’”

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No evidence of growing trend of trans radicalization or terrorism, experts say

No evidence of growing trend of trans radicalization or terrorism, experts say

By Grace Abels • March 31, 2023

What we know about Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, why Joe Biden traded him to free Brittney Griner

What we know about Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, why Joe Biden traded him to free Brittney Griner

By Tom Kertscher • December 8, 2022

Trump says he left Biden a perfect economy, but the facts say otherwise

Trump says he left Biden a perfect economy, but the facts say otherwise

By Matthew Crowley • November 16, 2022

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

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

By Bill McCarthy • November 5, 2021

Biden’s misleading announcement that the United States is no longer at war

Biden’s misleading announcement that the United States is no longer at war

By Noah Y. Kim • September 23, 2021

How the 9/11 attacks helped shape the modern misinformation, conspiracy theory industry

How the 9/11 attacks helped shape the modern misinformation, conspiracy theory industry

By Bill McCarthy • September 9, 2021

How many terrorists have attempted to cross the southern border? Data is limited and imprecise

How many terrorists have attempted to cross the southern border? Data is limited and imprecise

By Miriam Valverde • March 22, 2021

ISIS, drug prices and COVID-19 deaths: How a viral post misleads on Biden's first days in office

ISIS, drug prices and COVID-19 deaths: How a viral post misleads on Biden's first days in office

By Samantha Putterman • January 26, 2021

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s closing arguments of the 2020 campaign

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s closing arguments of the 2020 campaign

By Miriam Valverde • October 27, 2020

GOP again tries to brand Spanberger with 'Terrorist High' ad

By Warren Fiske • October 12, 2020

In context: Donald Trump’s ‘stand back and stand by’ debate comments on white supremacists

In context: Donald Trump’s ‘stand back and stand by’ debate comments on white supremacists

By Bill McCarthy • September 30, 2020

A look at Susan Rice, Benghazi, and unmasking

A look at Susan Rice, Benghazi, and unmasking

By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2020

Fact-checking William Barr’s House Judiciary hearing

Fact-checking William Barr’s House Judiciary hearing

By Miriam Valverde • July 29, 2020

Sen. Amanda Chase spread hoax of deadly antifa riot headed to Chesterfield

Sen. Amanda Chase spread hoax of deadly antifa riot headed to Chesterfield

By Warren Fiske • June 15, 2020

Trump wants to designate antifa as a terrorist organization, but lacks legal authority for it

Trump wants to designate antifa as a terrorist organization, but lacks legal authority for it

By Miriam Valverde • June 1, 2020

Latest promises about Terrorism

Enact domestic terrorism law

Close parts of the Internet where ISIS is

Call for an international conference to defeat ISIS

Develop a plan to defeat ISIS in 30 days

Keep Guantanamo Bay Detention Center open

Establish regulations to secure chemical plants

Restrict warrantless wiretaps

Revise the Patriot Act to increase oversight on government surveillance

We will crush al-Qaida

Improve port security through better radiation detection

Spend $5 billion over three years on cooperative programs with foreign intelligence agencies

Restore habeas corpus rights for "enemy combatants"

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