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Did Trump Tweet 'Thicc Latinas Will NOT Be Deported'?

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Aleksandra Wrona
Aug 16, 2023 "Roses are red, cocaine is snorted, thicc latinas will not be deported," one user captioned a sc ...
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Did 'Moms for Liberty' Tweet Slogan About Securing 'A Future for White Children'?

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Alex Kasprak
Jun 23, 2023 The so-called "14 Words" is a popular white supremacist slogan.
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No, the UN Didn't Tweet 'Pedophilia Is Not a Crime'

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Jun 8, 2023 This image supposedly showing a tweet by the United Nations' official Twitter account is not wha ...
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Did Ben Shapiro Tweet There Are ‘More Important Things in Marriage than Sexual Satisfaction’?

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Nur Ibrahim
Jun 6, 2023 The conservative pundit has long been the subject of jokes about his sex life.
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No, AOC Didn't Say 'Printing Money Is the Only Way Out of Inflation'

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David Emery
May 30, 2023 A parody Twitter account pretending to publish statements by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ...
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No, AOC Didn't Tweet 'Farming Should Be Illegal'

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David Emery
May 30, 2023 A parody account fooled more than a few people on Twitter.
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No, Elon Musk Didn't Say 'Planet of the Apes' Is a Stupid Movie

Written by:
David Emery
Mar 10, 2023 Twitter's CEO is a prolific, influential, and sometimes careless tweeter, which makes him a targ ...
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Did Elon Musk Say Twitter Employees 'Who Are a 7 or Below' Are Fired?

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Mar 8, 2023 Musk supposedly tweeted, "Effective immediately, all remaining twitter employees who are a 7 or ...
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Did Essex Police Tweet About Hiring ‘Minority Ethnic’ Officers from ‘Correct Background’?

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Nur Ibrahim
Mar 3, 2023 Supposedly, Essex Police aimed to be the first county-level police force with “at least 50% Blac ...
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Did Fox News Journalist Chris Wallace Tweet Insults at Donald Trump?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Nov 20, 2019 Hint: A key question is whether Wallace even has a Twitter account.
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Did Donald Trump Say the Sitting President Should Be Impeached If the Dow Jones Loses 1,000 Points in Two Days?

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Dan MacGuill
Oct 12, 2018 We found a few reasons to be skeptical of this tweet.
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Did Fired FBI Agent Peter Strzok Tweet That President Trump is a 'Dictator,' a 'Russian Asset,' and an 'Unhinged Madman?'

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David Emery
Aug 14, 2018 A parody account in Strzok's name issued the combative tweet in the wake of the FBI agent's firi ...
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Did Melania Trump Spell 'HELP' in a Tweet?

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Arturo Garcia
Jun 1, 2018 An artist's satirical post about the First Lady circulated online, eventually spreading without ...
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Did Samuel L. Jackson Tweet About Overpaid 'Modern Mumble Rappers' and Teachers' Pay?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
May 3, 2018 A poorly-formatted purported Twitter quote attributed to the actor is just a hoax.
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Did Joy Behar Publish a Crude Tweet About a Fire at Trump Tower?

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Kim LaCapria Dan MacGuill
Apr 9, 2018 Shortly after a fatal fire at Trump Tower, a fake tweet attributed to Joy Behar of 'The View' be ...
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Did Donald Trump Say Community College Is '13th Grade' for 'Dummys'?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Apr 6, 2018 An image suggesting that the president called community college "13th grade ... for dummies" is ...
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Did Trump Tweet That If 'Dow Joans' Tanked, the President Should Be Shot Out of a Cannon?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Feb 5, 2018 It's remarkably easy to create fake tweets.
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Did Donald Trump Insult Minorities, Students with Disabilities on Twitter?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Feb 15, 2017 A rude tweet attributed to President Trump that appeared to disparage minority students and disa ...
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Did President Trump Insult Navajos on Twitter?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Jan 25, 2017 President Trump neither made nor deleted disparaging remarks about Navajo native Americans via T ...
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Did Trump Tweet That Drug Testing Will Be Mandatory for Public Benefit Recipients?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Jan 24, 2017 A fake tweet attributed to President Trump suggested mandatory drug testing would be imposed on ...
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