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AmericanPoliticNews

stated on November 15, 2016 in Internet sites:

Says Denzel Washington supports Donald Trump and speaks out against Barack Obama.

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Allison Graves

By Allison Graves November 16, 2016

Fake story says Denzel Washington supports Donald Trump

A fake news story claiming actor Denzel Washington supports President-elect Donald Trump is making its rounds on social media.

The fake news story resurfaced after American News shared a post on Facebook with the headline, "Denzel Washington Backs Trump in the Most Epic Way." When we looked, the BBC reported the post had been shared 22,000 times.

The post has been removed since then, but other bloggers have reported similar stories, including American News24 and AmericanPoliticNews, that live on.

Each story lures in readers with flashy headlines claiming the Hollywood star has thrown his support behind Trump, and spoken out against Obama.

"Denzel Washington Switches to Trump Shocks Hollywood, Speaks Out Against Obama," reads the headlines from American News 24 and AmericanPoliticNews.

And each story is very, very wrong.

The stories claimed Washington praised Trump, saying: "We need more and more jobs. Unemployment is way up here. He’s hired more employees, more people, than anyone I know in the world."

stated on September 23, 2024 in a Threads post

Travis Kelce endorsed Kamala Harris.

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Washington never said this.

The quote actually comes from a March 5 New York Post article where Charles Evers, the brother of late civil rights activist Medgar Evers, discusses his endorsement of Trump.

Furthermore, Washington’s spokesman told the BBC that the story was completed fabricated.

Our ruling

AmericanPoliticNews wrote a story claiming that Denzel Washington has thrown his support behind Trump, with the headline, "Denzel Washington Switches to Trump Shocks Hollywood, Speaks Out Against Obama."

The story is completely fabricated and uses a quote from another story and attributes it to Washington. Pants on Fire!

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BBC, "Denzel Washington hit by Facebook fake news story on Trump," Nov. 15

New York Post, "Brother of late civil rights activist Medgar Evers endorses Trump," March 5

AmericanPoliticNews, "Denzel Washington Switches to Trump Shocks Hollywood-, Speaks Out Against Obama," no date

AmericanNews24, "Denzel Washington Switches to Trump Shocks Hollywood-, Speaks Out Against Obama," no date

Democratic Governors Association

stated on July 13, 2018 in a post on Medium:

Says Adam Putnam "backed a water bill that gutted water quality regulations."

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stated on June 13, 2018 in an ad:

Says Sen. Bill Nelson "voted for higher taxes" 349 times.

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stated on June 28, 2018 in a Fox News debate:

Says Adam Putnam "endorsed the Schumer-Obama Gang of Eight immigration amnesty."

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mostly-true

stated on June 21, 2018 in an ad:

Says he "actually wrote the bipartisan law that makes it illegal to drill off Florida’s coast."

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stated on June 7, 2018 in an interview with Fox News:

Florida taxpayers "pay tens of millions of dollars a year to feed and house in our prison system criminal illegal aliens."

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New Republican PAC

stated on June 11, 2018 in a political ad:

Says Bill Nelson voted for "cuts to Medicare providers" and voted to weaken "Social Security protections" as a U.S. senator.

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stated on June 20, 2018 in a debate:

Under Philip Levine, Miami Beach "passed a resolution to ban assault rifles, which was not enforceable and never enforced. He passed a resolution to raise the minimum wage, which actually no one got the benefit of because it was not enforced."

mostly-true

mostly-true

Florida Democratic Party

stated on June 6, 2018 in in a press release:

"Flip Flop! After opposing term limits for decades, Adam Putnam adopts Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis’ position."

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half-true

stated on June 2, 2018 in during a BBQ :

"The bulk of the problem with the opioid epidemic is the fentanyl and all the synthetic drugs coming across the southern border."

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Florida House Majority Office

stated on May 17, 2018 in a video:

It is a "myth" that "per-student funding only rose by 47 cents this year."

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barely-true

Senate Majority PAC

stated on May 21, 2018 in in an ad:

Says Bill Nelson is "one of America’s most independent senators."

half-true

half-true

stated on May 14, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

"BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump On His Way To Donate Kidney To Melania Trump."

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stated on May 15, 2018 in a post on Facebook:

"Legendary Actor Sidney Poitier: Donald Trump might become 'The Greatest Of All Time.' "

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The Collective super PAC

stated on May 11, 2018 in an ad:

Says Gwen Graham "voted against President Obama 52 percent of the time."

half-true

half-true

stated on May 14, 2018 in a post on the Internet:

Says Julia Roberts told Celine Dion, "If you hate Trump you can go in your country."

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Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 24, 2024 in a campaign ad:

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown voted to “allow transgender biological men to compete in girls’ sports.”

By Seth A. Richardson • October 10, 2024
X posts
stated on October 6, 2024 in una publicación en X:

"Los 750 dólares que nuestra generosa administración ha ofrecido a las víctimas del huracán Helene son un PRÉSTAMO! Tienen un año para devolverlo".

By Marta Campabadal Graus • October 10, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on October 7, 2024 in an interview on "60 Minutes":

"Teachers and nurses and firefighters are paying a higher tax rate than billionaires and the biggest corporations."

By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 1, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Taylor Swift blames Instagram for losing millions of followers after Harris endorsement: ‘It must be a glitch!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 10, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 4, 2024 in a Threads post:

“FEMA is supposed to help out white people last for the purpose of ‘equity.’ … It’s literally on the FEMA website.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 10, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on October 6, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“They create hurricanes via cloud seeding” and “direct them where they want the Hurricane to go!”

By Jeff Cercone • October 10, 2024
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on September 20, 2024 in Campaign ad:

Says Wisconsin GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde "brags about being in the 1%."

By Ricardo Torres • October 10, 2024
Threads posts
stated on October 3, 2024 in a Threads post:

The U.S. government is offering Americans loans to pay for flights out of Lebanon while they have been flying Israeli citizens out of Israel on chartered flights for a year “on our dime.”

By Sofia Ahmed • October 9, 2024
Viral image
stated on October 1, 2024 in a Threads post:

A Republican representative posted a response to the vice presidential debate before it happened.

By Ciara O'Rourke • October 9, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on October 7, 2024 in a post:

Hurricane Milton is part of Tampa’s plan to become a “15-minute city.”

By Sara Swann • October 9, 2024

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