Tennessee Marriage Bill
A popular April 2022 tweet claimed that Tennessee Republicans had introduced a bill eliminating age requirements for marriage.
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Stephen King ‘Hard to Believe There Was Ever a World Leader as Dumb as Donald Trump’ Quote Meme
A quote meme attributing commentary on former U.S. President Donald Trump to Stephen King appeared on Imgur.
Michigan Candidate Ryan Kelley ‘Unplug Voting Machines’ Meme
A circulating meme claimed that a Michigan Republican running for governor of the state advised an audience to “unplug voting machines” if they were suspicious, and to go to polls armed.
Carl Sagan: ‘Once You Give a Charlatan Power Over You, You Almost Never Get It Back’
A quote attributed to the science advocate and astronomer appeared on Imgur and Facebook in October 2021.
Sen. Lora Reinbold/Alaska Airlines Mask Controversy
The Alaska Republican was purportedly banned by the airline refusing to wear a mask.
Is This a Photo of Trump and His Children With ‘His Pedophile Buddy Jeffrey Epstein’?
A popular page shared a photograph of a younger Donald Trump when he was apparently at an event with Epstein in the 1990s.
Did One of Trump’s College Professors Call Him ‘the Dumbest Goddamn Student I Ever Had’?
The remark — which was attributed to marketing professor William T. Kelley — only surfaced after his death.
Did Republicans Hold 33 Benghazi Hearings and Make Hillary Clinton Testify for 11 Hours?
A popular tweet compared the Trump administration to Clinton’s experiences as secretary of state under former United States President Barack Obama.
Did Donald Trump Say ‘Women, You Have to Treat Them Like S—‘ in a 1992 Interview?
“Occupy Democrats” shared a quote stemming from a 1992 profile on Trump, then a casino and real estate mogul.
Infant Mortality Rates vs. Abortion Bans Meme
On May 30 2019 the Facebook page “Occupy Democrats” shared the following meme (archived here), purportedly contrasting rates of infant mortality in states which had recently passed or had pending restrictions on abortion: In a column on the left side of the meme, nine states were numbered under a column, “states passing abortion bans.” Those …