Social media posts shared after the storming of the US Capitol by followers of President Donald Trump combine images of prominent Democrats with pictures of burning buildings and quotes suggesting that the politicians previously incited unrest. But the
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Snopes→ Democrats Plan Lightning Trump Impeachment, Want Him Out Now
Warnings flashing, Democrats in Congress laid plans for swift impeachment of President Donald Trump, demanding decisive, immediate action.
Snopes→ House Democrats to Introduce Articles of Impeachment
Three House Democrats are planning to introduce articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Monday, meaning the chamber could potentially vote on his removal from office by midweek.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Did Democrats Object the Last Three Times a Republican Won the White House?
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-democrats-object-the-last-three Populist provocateur Charlie K
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did Democrats Object the Last Three Times a Republican Won the White House?
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Snopes→ Did McConnell Say Democrats ‘Shall Have No Victories’?
The remarks attributed to the Senate majority leader were not entirely implausible based on his past pronouncements.
TruthOrFiction→ Did a Video Expose Democrats ‘Planning to Cheat’ in Georgia?
A right-wing radio talk show host’s website appropriated and misrepresented an actual reporter’s work involving a Republican-supporting attorney in Florida, offering an excellent object lesson into the way disinformation can be perpetuated
Snopes→ Did Ted Cruz Say Democrats Would Lift COVID Restrictions a Week After the Election?
The U.S. senator from Texas was spectacularly wrong in his "guarantee" about what would happen immediately after the 2020 election.
Top Fact Checks→ “Hammer” and “Scorecard” were used by the Democrats to change the ballot count.
The head of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has called the claim about supercomputer election fraud “nonsense."
Top Fact Checks→ A pipe burst in Georgia, from away from the location where votes were being tabulated and they stopped counting for 4 hours. Election apparatus in Georgia is run by Democrats.
The pipe burst happened where Fulton County's absentee ballots are being processed. Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is a Republican.
Top Fact Checks→ “Pennsylvania Democrats have gone to the state Supreme Court to try and ban our election observers. They don’t want anybody in there. They don’t want anybody watching them while they are counting the
No one tried to ban poll watchers from both sides in the election and Democrats did not go to the state Supreme Court to ban Republican watchers.
Top Fact Checks→ Trump: Mail-in ballots are one-sided and an advantage to Democrats.
Electoral fraud via mail-in ballots is extremely rare, it does not help one party over another
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Occupy Democrats Did NOT Post A Meme Saying Joe Biden Admits To Voter Fraud
Did Occupy Democrats post a meme that said Joe Biden admits to voter fraud? No, that's not true. A meme with a photograph of Biden shows the quote, "We have put together the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the his
TruthOrFiction→ Were Democrats ‘Handing Out CHEAT SHEETS’ in Michigan (or Missouri)?
As right-wing disinformation and election interference continued amid the 2020 U.S. elections, one person posted a particularly sloppy attempt to gin up controversy by using photographs that didn’t even match their claim. The user claimed on Twi
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Democrats Did NOT Steal Truckloads Of Trump Votes And Dump Them In The Desert
Did Democrats dump tractor-trailer loads of stolen Trump votes in the desert? No, that's not true: The scene in the video post dates back to 2016 and shows workers in Saudi Arabia throwing away thousands of pounds of expired packaged chic
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Democrats Are Colluding With CIA To Alter Voting Machines
Are Democrats colluding with the CIA to alter voting machines in key swing states to help Joe Biden? No, there is no evidence to support this. The source of the claim is a retired U.S. Air Force general who, contrary to the claim, never s
TruthOrFiction→ Did Democrats ‘Kill a Bill’ Helping Gold Star Families to Help Immigrants Instead?
A 2019 attack by United States President Donald Trump against Democratic lawmakers in New York state was regurgitated and repurposed online again in 2020 — this time, in order to attack the party on the national level. The issue unfolded in Apri
Liste→ US Democrats did not block bill on tuition for children of vets killed in action
Social media posts claim US Democrats blocked a bill offering college tuition assistance to the children of veterans killed in action. This is false; Democrats did not oppose such a bill, but they did oppose expanding these benefits in New York state,
TruthOrFiction→ ‘Democrats Tried to Slip a Law Banning Pledge of Allegiance Into Aid Package’
In late October 2020, a number of people on Facebook appeared to share screenshots of what looked like an article headlined, “Democrats Tried to Slip a Law Banning Pledge of Allegiance Into Aid Package”: Spread Out Examples As a matter
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Democrats Did NOT Try To Slip A Law Banning The Pledge Of Allegiance Into Aid Package
Did Democrats try to slip a law banning the Pledge of Allegiance into an aid package? No, that's not true: This story is a trolling fiction from a notorious satire website. The story originated in an article (archived here) published by B
Top Fact Checks→ Vote by mail does not give a partisan advantage to Democrats or Republicans.
Numerous studies have arrived at the same conclusion that voting by mail doesn’t provide any clear partisan advantage.
Top Fact Checks→ Trump: Hillary Clinton and the Democrats were dealing with Russia.
American intelligence officials have not yet verified the allegation that Hillary Clinton planned a scandal against Trump by linking him to Russia.
Snopes→ Did These Democrats Not Wear Masks at Barrett’s Hearing?
Photographs can be misleading, especially if you don't know when they were taken.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ House Democrats’ new bill on the 25th Amendment, explained
If your time is short The Constitution’s 25th Amendment, ratified in 1967, governs presidential succession and the transfer of power from an incapacitated president. Part of the amendment says a vice president and a majority of the Cabinet can declar
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Is BLM Funneling Money From China to the Democrats?
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Snopes→ Ginsburg’s Death Draws Big Surge of Donations to Democrats
Democrats raised more than $31 million in the hours after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, demonstrating how the liberal icon’s passing and the contentious nomination fight that lies ahead have already galvanized the party’s base.
Snopes→ Democrats to Investigate Forced Hysterectomy Claims in Georgia
Leading congressional Democrats reacted furiously to lightly substantiated claims that immigrants held at a detention center in Georgia are undergoing questionable hysterectomies.
Top Fact Checks→ Democrats want to take away the second amendment.
Democrats want to impose stricter regulations around gun control but do not advocate repealing the Second Amendment.
Top Fact Checks→ Democrats supports extreme late-term abortions – right up until the moment of birth.
Biden's stance that he would codify Roe vs Wade has been misconstrued and Republicans claim that he and Democrats support late-term abortions.
Top Fact Checks→ Democrats want to defund the Police.
Though a minority of progressive Democrats support calls to defund the Police, the official Democratic Party platform includes no reference to it.
Top Fact Checks→ Democrats tried to ban church services during coronavirus lockdown.
Both Republican and Democrat-run states deemed religious services 'essential', and both also introduced restrictions on in-person worship.
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Republicans Blast Democrats As Socialists. Here’s What Socialism Is
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/25/905895428/republicans-blast-democrats-as-socialists-heres-what-socialism-is
Liste→ Posts criticize Democrats for not wearing masks at a time when they weren’t recommended
Facebook posts shared tens of thousands of times during the Democratic National Convention criticize Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and other top Democrats for appearing in a crowd without masks. This is misleading; the photos in the posts are from a Democr
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did Democrats Remove ‘Under God’ From the Pledge of Allegiance at the DNC?
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AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Did Democrats Omit ‘Under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/democrats-under-god-pledge/ A rumor circulated on social media during
Snopes→ Did Democrats Omit ‘Under God’ from the Pledge of Allegiance?
The phrase "under God" is still regularly recited by members of the Democratic party.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Democrats Did NOT Take Out ‘Under God’ From Nightly Pledge Of Allegiance At Their National Convention
Did Democrats take out the words "under God" from the nightly Pledge of Allegiance when it was recited at their national convention? No, that's not true: The words "Under God" were included in the Pledge of Allegiance in nightly prime tim
Top Fact Checks→ Russiagate is a hoax perpetrated by Democrats.
The bipartisan Senate investigation committee has said that there are aspects that need further investigation against Trump's aides.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Thousands of Seattle Democrats Did NOT Unsafely Gather To Demand Protection From COVID-19 Risks of In-Person Voting
Does a photo posted on social media show thousands of Seattle Democrats crowded onto downtown streets to demand mail-in voting as a safe alternative to in-person voting during a pandemic?No, that's not true: The photo was taken at Black L
TruthOrFiction→ Did Thousands of Seattle Democrats Gather to Demand Mail-In Voting Because Voting in Person Is Too Dangerous?
On August 18 2020, a photograph purportedly showing “thousands of Seattle Democrats” (at least, according to random people online) circulated on Twitter: This is a photo of thousands of Seattle Democrats gathering to demand mail in votin