A circulating meme suggests that the presidential hopeful said that rival candidate Bernie Sanders would have defeated Donald Trump in 2016, but “they gave the nomination to Hillary” Clinton.
A change to state law enabled voters to change their party affiliation until February 14 2020, but many voters erroneously believed the deadline had passed months before.
In December 2019, social media rumors appeared with the claim that an antisemitic caricature of Bernie Sanders on a T-shirt was sold at the Democratic National Convention in 2016.
The president’s allegations against the “Ukrainian” company have already been roundly debunked.
On December 28, 2018, a Facebook user commented on a debate over border wall funding by sharing a photograph of a purported four-mile long fence erected around the Democratic National Convention (DNC): Alongside the image, the user posted a comment: A 4 mile long fence in Philadelphia around the Democratic national convention … just saying …
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A “shallowfake” April Fool’s video still spread online years later, foreshadowing the danger of deeper distortions.
Conspiracy theorist Roger Stone sought to link a federal attorney to the “Deep State.”
Attorney Lisa Bloom says women who accused Donald Trump of sexual assault were offered compensation to help ensure their security.
A commentary titled “Infinite Wisdom of the Founding Fathers” claims that the electoral college was established to prevent urban areas from having too much sway in elections.
Fake news websites based in Panama are behind false reports that Robert Mueller and Nancy Pelosi had an affair that lasted for 13 years, forcing Mueller to resign.
