copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." (Facebook posts, 2022-07-15)
Evidence (2024-08-17): The public’s impression of American militias is dominated by Jan. 6, 2021. Groups such as the Proud Boys had plotted to prevent the transfer of power from Trump to Joe Biden. They formed the vanguard of the mob that stormed the Capitol that day, according to the Department of Justice. Media coverage since has centered on the prosecutions of participants, with hundreds of rioters sent to prison. [...] The materials also shed light on what former national security officials say is the most urgent question regarding militias: Will Jan. 6 prove the high water mark of the movement’s violence or merely a prelude to something more catastrophic? AP3 leaders have sometimes characterized the storming of the Capitol as a botched job, a failure of ill-formed plans that didn’t go far enough. "The Jan 6 event made the movement look weak and uncommitted," one wrote a year and a half after the riot in a secret channel. "Had the house been taken for real and held we would all be in a different world." [...] By August 2021, Seddon’s lieutenants noticed that the backlash to the Capitol riot was starting to dissipate. A new type of member was signing up. "J6 made me want to join," a recruit wrote that month in a Telegram channel. He hadn’t been part of a militia before, he explained, but seeing how "true Patriots" were being treated, "it was time to actually do something."
Claim: "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." (Facebook posts, 2022-07-15)
Evidence (2023-10-31): As we near the anniversary of January 6, investigators are still unearthing the roots of the insurrection that sacked the Capitol and sent members of Congress fleeing for their lives. What we know already, and could not have known then, is that the chaos wrought on that day was integral to a coherent plan. In retrospect, the insurrection takes on the aspect of rehearsal. [...] Sure enough, there on Rumble (and still on YouTube) I find a video of Lieutenant General Thomas G. McInerney, 84, three decades gone from the Air Force. His story takes a long time to tell, because the plot includes an Italian satellite and Pakistan’s intelligence service and former FBI Director James Comey selling secret U.S. cyberweapons to China. Eventually it emerges that "Special Forces mixed with antifa" combined to invade the seat of Congress on January 6 and then blame the invasion on Trump supporters, with the collusion of Senators Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell, along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. [...] Kathleen Belew, a University of Chicago historian and co-editor of A Field Guide to White Supremacy, says it is no surprise that extremist groups were in the minority. "January 6 wasn’t designed as a mass-casualty attack, but rather as a recruitment action" aimed at mobilizing the general population, she told me. "For radicalized Trump supporters … I think it was a protest event that became something bigger."
Claim: "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." (Facebook posts, 2022-07-15)
Evidence (2024-07-12): The January 6, 2021 insurrection opened the eyes of the world to the growing threat of extremism in the United States. As discussed in a later section, the attack on the U.S. Capitol is the most glaring—but far from the only—demonstration of the danger armed extremism poses to our democracy. But from a broader lens, January 6 was a culmination of decades of extreme right conspiracy theories such as the supposedly looming threat of government authoritarianism and mass confiscation of guns that resulted in a belief that the democratic transfer of power was in fact a ruse that warranted taking up arms against the government. [...] d. January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol (2021)
Claim: "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." (Facebook posts, 2022-07-15)
Evidence (2024-06-06): After January 6, 2021 [...] Republicans, by and large, were entirely horrified by Donald Trump’s behavior on Jan. 6. The thing that really solidified it for a lot of the people who had been the president’s supporters was the fact that he did nothing to stop the riot while it was undergoing. The fact that he didn’t come out until way too late to tell people to go home. The fact that he didn’t condemn the attack on the Capitol. And there was a real sense that he was done. [...] You know, I had a member of Congress say to me, "These people were willing to come after us inside the United States Capitol building. What are they going to do to me when I’m at home with my wife and kids?" If Jan. 6 was political terrorism, I think you have to say that it worked.
Claim: "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." (Facebook posts, 2022-07-15)
Evidence (2023-06-13): House Republican Hearing on Investigations and Prosecutions for January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol [...] Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and other House Republicans heard from witnesses about investigations and prosecutions related to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Witnesses included persons convicted of participating in the attack, as well as their family members. This event occurred on the same day former President Trump was arraigned for charges of mishandling classified documents and obstruction of justice. Rep. Taylor Greene referenced this case, saying Mr. Trump and January 6 defendants were victims of a "weaponized government." In May of 2023, she announced plans to introduce articles of impeachment against U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves for his prosecution of participants in the attack. close [...] Attorney General Merrick Garland Remarks on January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol
Claim: "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." (Facebook posts, 2022-07-15)
Evidence (2024-07-15): Trump’s own incendiary words have been criticized in the past for encouraging violence. His lies about the 2020 election and his call for supporters to "fight like hell" preceded the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, which led to his second impeachment on charges of incitement of insurrection. Trump also mocked the hammer attack that left 80-year-old Paul Pelosi, the husband of the former House speaker, with a fractured skull.
Claim: "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." (Facebook posts, 2022-07-15)
Evidence (2024-01-04): Twenty-five percent of Americans say it is "probably" or "definitely" true that the FBI instigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, a false concept promoted by right-wing media and repeatedly denied by federal law enforcement, according to a new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll. [...] Debunked rhetoric about the Jan. 6 attack has not been limited to the FBI conspiracy theory. Some have alleged that anti-Trump antifa instigated the riot or that police were complicit in the building breach, fueling calls for the release of Capitol surveillance footage from that day that in turn re-energized claims of FBI involvement. Partisan divisions over Jan. 6 are clear in the poll. Almost 8 in 10 Democrats (77 percent) say that those who entered the Capitol were "mostly violent," compared with 18 percent of Republicans, down slightly from 26 percent in 2021. About 140 police officers were assaulted on Jan. 6 at the Capitol, federal authorities have said, and more than 90 people have already been sentenced for felony assaults on law enforcement caught on video, with many similar cases still pending, according to a Post database.
Claim: "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." (Facebook posts, 2022-07-15)
Evidence (2022-01-04): The claim: A video shows antifa inside the Capitol building with floor plans and dressed as Trump supporters on Jan. 6, proving the attack was a setup Security experts told USA TODAY antifa was not involved in the Jan. 6 attack. The footage provides no evidence to support the claim. It shows pro-Trump rioters as the attack was underway; some of the rioters identified in the video are well-known Trump supporters. Read more. The claim: No one was arrested inside the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021
Claim: "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." (Facebook posts, 2022-07-15)
Evidence (2022-11-03): Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank dropped the f-word after the Republican National Committee (RNC) on February 4 declared the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol "legitimate political discourse." The RNC also censured US Representatives Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) for serving on the House committee investigating the Capitol attack.
Claim: "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." (Facebook posts, 2022-07-15)
Evidence (2021-03-02): Still, the idea has stuck. On Feb. 12, one of former President Donald Trump's attorneys echoed it at Trump's second impeachment trial. On Feb. 23, during the first hearing regarding the breach at the Capitol, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., blamed the attack on "fake Trump protesters" and "agents provocateurs" presumed to be antifa or "leftist agitators." And in a Suffolk University/USA Today poll released last week, 58% of Trump voters said they viewed the events of Jan. 6 as "mostly an antifa-inspired attack that only involved a few Trump supporters." [...] The individuals charged for their alleged involvement on Jan. 6 show a dogged fixation on antifa, not unlike the right-wing media. More than 1 in 10 specifically mentioned antifa by name regarding Jan. 6 at some point before, during or after the riot, according to court documents. They spoke of antifa to law enforcement but also in text messages, on Facebook, Twitter and Parler, and to some of the people who ultimately turned them in to the FBI. [...] Court documents show another man charged in the riot, Brandon Straka, wrote on Twitter on Jan. 6: "It was not Antifa at the Capitol. It was freedom loving Patriots who were DESPERATE to fight for the final hope of our Republic."
Claim: "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." (Facebook posts, 2022-07-15)
Evidence (2024-09-06): Jan. 6 crimes did happen. Court cases, video and thousands of pages of evidence prove it WASHINGTON — Inside Washington’s federal courthouse, there’s no denying the reality of Jan. 6, 2021. Day after day, judges and jurors silently absorb the chilling sights and sounds from television screens of rioters beating police, shattering windows and hunting for lawmakers as democracy lay under siege. [...] There are no broadcast television cameras inside the E. Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse on Constitution Avenue. But the real story of Jan. 6 is found in the reams of evidence and testimony judges and juries have seen and heard behind the doors of the courthouse where hundreds of Trump’s supporters have been convicted in the attack.
Claim: "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." (Facebook posts, 2022-07-15)
Evidence (2021-01-11): The storming of the Capitol building on January 6 was the culmination of a series of actions and events taken or instigated by Trump so he could retain the presidency that together amount to an attempt at a self-coup. This was not a one-off or brief episode. Trump declared "election fraud" immediately on November 4 even while the votes were still being counted. He sought to recount and rerun the election so that he, not Joe Biden, was the winner. In Turkey, in 2015, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan successfully did the same thing; he had called elections to strengthen his presidency, but his party lost its majority in the Parliament. He challenged the results in the courts, marginalized the opposition and forced what he blatantly called a "re-run election." He tried again in the Istanbul mayoral election in 2019 but was thwarted. [...] Unless the Big Lie is thoroughly refuted, we can expect more attempts to subvert the constitutional order from Trump’s supporters—and we still have to get through the January 20 inauguration. The president’s actions and his falsehoods have shattered America’s democratic norms, exacerbated its political divisions and put people’s lives at risk. Five people died during events surrounding the storming of the Capitol, including a member of the U.S. Capitol Police force. Many of the members of Congress who backed Trump’s efforts were themselves at risk of injury or death.
Claim: "Antifa was already inside the Capitol with floor plans dressed as Trump supporters" on Jan. 6, 2021, proving the attack “was 100% a setup." (Facebook posts, 2022-07-15)
Evidence (2021-01-14): On January 6, 2021, I was appalled to see that the United States Capitol was invaded and trashed, with people killed. Americans did this to their own Capitol because of lies told by the President and his supporters. On top of all that happened, Confederate battle flags were paraded in the Capitol and on its grounds. This was a travesty that the Confederate army never could accomplish! [...] In July of 1864, Confederate General Jubal Early led the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia to the edge of Washington, D.C., and fought the Battle of Fort Stevens. The Confederate Army was in Washington, D.C. However, the Union soldiers within the city and the Union VI Corps came up from Petersburg, defeated Early and drove him away from the city. Confederate flags were in Washington, D. C., but their flags never reached our Capitol. On January 6, 2021, that battle flag, a symbol of white supremacy, was flown inside of our "Nation’s Capitol." I wonder what President Abraham Lincoln and General U. S. Grant would think and say if they were here on that day. I wonder…. 119 Responses to The Confederate Army Never Invaded the U. S. Capitol. On January 6, 2021, Their Battle Flag Was There.
Claim: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” (Facebook posts, 2021-07-27)
Evidence (2021-07-27): A version of this quote has been misattributed to more than one female elected official.
Claim: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” (Facebook posts, 2021-07-27)
Evidence (2021-07-29): "'Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.' – Marjorie Taylor Greene," reads a July 26 Facebook post that has been shared almost 400 times. [...] USA TODAY found no evidence that Greene said, "Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English." [...] We rate FALSE the claim that Greene said, "Jesus loves the U.S. most and that's why the Bible is written in English." There's no evidence Greene made that statement, which dates back as a spoof quote more than a decade. The congresswoman's communications director says the claim is not true.
Claim: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” (Facebook posts, 2021-07-27)
Evidence (2023-05-30): PolitiFact, "No, Marjorie Taylor Greene didn’t say this about the Bible," July 29, 2021
Claim: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” (Facebook posts, 2021-07-27)
Evidence (2021-02-05): Marjorie Taylor Greene had promoted baseless QAnon conspiracy theories and endorsed violence against Democrats. [...] Mrs Greene said she had been "upset about things" happening in the US and did not trust the government when she came upon conspiracy theories online in 2018. [...] Marjorie Taylor Greene has said that she stopped believing in the QAnon conspiracy in 2018
Claim: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” (Facebook posts, 2021-07-27)
Evidence (2023-10-27): Why Is Marjorie Taylor Greene Like This? [...] Marjorie Taylor Greene arrived in Congress in January 2021, blond and crass and indelibly identified with conspiracy theories involving Jewish space lasers and Democratic pedophiles. She had barely settled into office before being stripped of her committee assignments; she has been called a "cancer" on the Republican Party by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell; and she now has a loud voice in the GOP’s most consequential decisions on Capitol Hill because her party’s leaders know, and she knows they know, that she has become far too popular with their voters to risk upsetting her. [...] The Republican base was in the market for a Marjorie Taylor Greene—a suburban woman who not only didn’t recoil from Trump but was full-throated MAGA. All over the internet, it seemed, were women who claimed to be conservative and yet could do nothing but choke on their pearls and complain about Trump’s tweets. But now here was regular Marge, who would put America first. Sweet southern Marge, who loved "family, fitness, travel, shooting, fun, and adventure," and who, as would soon be clear, wanted very much to save the children.
Claim: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” (Facebook posts, 2021-07-27)
Evidence (2022-06-14): SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ROME AND TRION, GEORGIA "Well, first of all, it wasn’t my idea," Marjorie Taylor Greene says brightly to the group of reporters. The polarizing Georgia congresswoman is perched on a seat near the front of a 15-seat minibus packed with the hated mainstream media, and we’re all trying to figure out why. Despite having invited us here, Greene herself doesn’t seem to know. [...] We will all learn a lot—about each other, about ourselves, about Marjorie Taylor Greene, about Georgia’s 14th District, about America and the human condition—before the day is out. [...] Read More: Marjorie Taylor Greene Isn’t a Fluke. She Might Be the Future.
Claim: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” (Facebook posts, 2021-07-27)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Is Marjorie Taylor Greene too Maga for Trump?
Claim: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” (Facebook posts, 2021-07-27)
Evidence (2021-02-03): In February 2021, as the news cycle focused on genuine comments made by U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene about school shootings being hoaxes, some social media users encountered a quote ostensibly uttered by Greene about Jesus and the English language. This meme reads: "'If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for us,' stated Marjorie Taylor Greene, explaining why Spanish shouldn't be spoken in a Christian Nation like America. Wow! Chew on that for a moment." [...] While it's certainly possible that someone, somewhere, at sometime uttered the phrase "If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for us" in earnest, this quote is most often used to paint politicians for being, perhaps, more ignorant of history and religion than they actually are.
Claim: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” (Facebook posts, 2021-07-27)
Evidence (2024-09-13): Viral image stated on June 19, 2022 in an Instagram post: A photo shows Marjorie Taylor Greene wearing a Soviet shirt and giving a Nazi salute. Viral image stated on February 17, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said, "If it weren’t for electricity, we’d all be watching TV by candlelight." Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, "Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English." [...] Viral image stated on February 17, 2022 in a Facebook post: Says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said, "If it weren’t for electricity, we’d all be watching TV by candlelight." Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, "Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English." [...] Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, "Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English."
Claim: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” (Facebook posts, 2021-07-27)
Evidence (2021-02-09): Which brings us to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, whose stunning non-apology last week on the floor of the House, and her subsequent social media post and press conference, were an object lesson in how not to seriously seek forgiveness. Indeed, Christians need only consult the Gospels to see why – and heed what these counsel, not what Greene has demonstrated.
Claim: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” (Facebook posts, 2021-07-27)
Evidence (2023-04-03): Marjorie Taylor Greene doubles down on view that United States should be a Christian nation Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, doubled down on her view that the United States should be a Christian nation in a wide-ranging prime time interview on CBS News’ 60 Minutes program Sunday night. She also dismissed criticism of her past comments as being antisemitic.
Claim: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” (Facebook posts, 2021-07-27)
Evidence (2023-02-14): During an interview at a Turning Point USA event last August, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said party leaders need to be more responsive to the base of the party, which she claimed is made up of Christian nationalists.
Claim: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” (Facebook posts, 2021-07-27)
Evidence (2021-07-26): Back in 2014, we fact-checked a claim that Michele Bachmann, then a Republican representative from Minnesota, said that the Bible was written in English. A viral image of her appeared with this statement: "Jesus loves America the most, that’s why the Bible is written in English." [...] A recent Facebook post attributes this quote to Greene: "Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English." [...] PolitiFact, Bachmann didn’t say Bible was written in English, and neither did Texas governor, Feb. 12, 2014
Claim: Says Marjorie Taylor Greene said, “Jesus loves the U.S. most and that is why the Bible is written in English.” (Facebook posts, 2021-07-27)
Evidence (2022-07-30): An Oregon pastor who frequently criticises Republicans is warning people about Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's recent remarks urging the GOP to embrace being "Christian nationalists," saying that she "dances with the devil." "Unlike Marjorie Taylor Greene, I've studied the Scriptures & devoted myself to serving the Church. Christian nationalism is a racist ideology incompatible with Christianity," the Reverend Chuck Currie tweeted on Monday. "Jesus was for all the world, not one nation. Beware false teachers like Greene. She dances with the devil," said Currie, who has expressed support for Democrats on Twitter. [...] The Middle Church of New York also slammed Greene's remarks, tweeting, "Christian nationalism violates Christ. God didn't come as ruler or a conqueror, but vulnerable love. The ethos of empire is fundamentally incompatible with the ethos of God."