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Did Ben Shapiro Say ‘Every Regular Human’ Owns Zip Ties After US Capitol Riot? Some members of the mob that attacked the Capitol were spotted wielding plastic zip cuffs.

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Did Texas Pastor Say Keep Weapons ‘Loaded’ Before Inauguration? The pastor has cited a handful of conspiracy theories that Snopes has previously debunked.

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Did Sheryl Sandberg Suggest US Capitol Riot Was Not Organized on Facebook? The Facebook executive pointed to Facebook's "abilities to stop hate," "standards," and "transparency."

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Did Ivanka Trump Promote ‘Trump News Network’ on Parler? After U.S. President Donald Trump's Twitter account was permanently suspended, rumors flew about the president's...

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Did Tomi Lahren Say Biden Supporters Would ‘Loot and Riot’ If He Lost Election? Another tweet that didn't age well in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot...

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Did Kamala Harris Plagiarize Martin Luther King Jr.? A 2020 Elle interview with the vice president-elect carries some similarities to a 1965 Playboy...

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Did Trump Say He Loved Capitol Rioters in Now-Deleted Video? Social media platforms deleted the video, saying it violated community standards.

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Did Rudy Giuliani Call for ‘Trial by Combat’ Before Trump Mob Broke Into Capitol? After a violent mob descended on the U.S. Capitol, the rhetoric of Trump's surrogates came...

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Did Trump Threaten to Prosecute Anyone Who Damaged Federal Buildings? Many previous political tweets proved not to have aged well as chaos unfolded at the...

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Did Ted Nugent Write an Open Letter to Joe Biden? Critics of President-elect Joe Biden attributed a hyper-partisan missive to the right-wing musician and commentator.

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Did Democratic Congressman Add ‘A-Woman’ to Opening Prayer? Right-leaning observers took aim at Missouri Democrat Emanuel Cleaver after the opening of the first...

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Did McConnell Say Democrats ‘Shall Have No Victories’? The remarks attributed to the Senate majority leader were not entirely implausible based on his...

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