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Claim: claims that author Charles Dickens once said, "Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it but to delight in it when it comes." (Viral quote, 2019-09-19)
Evidence (2022-01-18): It is the one promise life always fulfills. Thus, happiness is a gift, and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes, and to add to other people's store of it." May you choose to look for the silver lining, the good in each person, and count your blessings, for they are as plentiful as the stars, should you choose to focus on them. Delight in goodness and happiness when it comes, and add to other people's store of it. This is the stuff of the twelfth step of recovery work programs, and it embodies the wisdom of the ages. I have found it to be the lantern that illuminates my path forward, and my wish is that it does the same for you. Harboring Hope registration opens Wednesday, January 19 at Noon CT. Harboring Hope is our online course for betrayed spouses to heal after infidelity. It often sells out within a few short hours. Don't miss it! Click the button below to be notified before registration opens. Subscribe to Registration Notifications!
Claim: claims that author Charles Dickens once said, "Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it but to delight in it when it comes." (Viral quote, 2019-09-19)
Evidence (2023-09-22): Here’s an example from my own work. In my book All the Words, I write about a visit to the Dickens Museum in London. Posted on the wall near Dickens’s writing desk is a prominent quotation: "Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it but to delight in it when it comes." I snapped a photo of it and used it in my blog post about the visit, thinking that it was a wonderful metaphor for the writing process too. All we can do is sit down, again and again, to the blank page and try to get the words out. Sometimes they’ll just be regular old words, but every once in a while you’ll be able to tap into a magical vein of inspiration. When I sat down to turn that collection of blog posts into a book, I tried to find which of Dickens’s novels this was from, only to discover they aren’t Dickens’s words at all: They are taken from the 2002 film adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby. Despite blogger Sue Brewton’s valiant efforts to stamp out this strain of what she calls the "quote virus", it continues to proliferate, especially on the kind of quote collection websites that make a fact-checker’s job so difficult.
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-08-21): Ramaswamy made this quote. It can be heard in a recording published by The Atlantic and a spokesperson for the outlet confirmed it was said in an email to Check Your Fact.
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-08-22): Ramaswamy faces scrutiny over suggesting government involvement in 9/11 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was caught in a blunder after he claimed The Atlantic misquoted him floating the idea that the federal government was perhaps involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. During a CNN appearance on Monday night, anchor Kaitlan Collins questioned him about the comments, to which Ramaswamy responded that they were actually about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He made a similar commentsuggesting he was misquoted to Semafor. But on Tuesday afternoon, The Atlanticpublished interview audio that verified the original quote about 9/11 was correct.
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-08-21): Vivek Ramaswamy is once again Just Asking Questions about what happened on 9/11. [...] It's not the first time Ramaswamy has expressed outside-the-mainstream views on 9/11. [...] While there is some evidence of potential Saudi involvement, there's no evidence to suggest that federal agents were involved. In the two decades since the attacks, self-proclaimed "truthers" have argued — falsely — that the government was involved or had detailed advance knowledge of impending terrorist attacks.
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2024-06-13): Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s team is attempting to clear the air after the backlash he received for comments that appeared to be about 9/11. In an interview with the Atlantic, Ramaswamy seemed to float a 9/11 conspiracy theory, suggesting that police or federal agents could have been on the planes that hit the twin towers during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. UP FOR DEBATE: TRUMP, DESANTIS, AND 2024 GOP HOPEFULS’ STANCE ON AI "I think it is legitimate to say how many police, how many federal agents, were on the planes that hit the twin towers. Maybe the answer is zero. It probably is zero for all I know, right? I have no reason to think it was anything other than zero," Ramaswamy said.
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-09-10): NEVADA, IA — Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd lambasted his GOP presidential rival Vivek Ramaswamy Saturday for his recent remarks about 9/11 that suggested federal agents may have been aboard the planes that crashed that day. [...] "I think it is legitimate to say how many police, how many federal agents, were on the planes that hit the Twin Towers. Maybe the answer is zero. It probably is zero for all I know, right?" Ramaswamy told reporter John Hendrickson. [...] Ramaswamy insists his comments about 9/11 revolve around the FBI’s changing story on Omar Al-Bouyimi.
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-08-02): Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Wednesday he doesn't believe the U.S. government "has told the truth" concerning the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, specifically on the possible involvement of the Saudi Arabian government. Ramaswamy made the comments during an appearance on BlazeTV. [...] When reached for comment, Ramaswamy's campaign pointed to a post he made on social media following the interview in which he reiterated the government had not been "completely forthright" about the attacks.
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-12-13): Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy maintained his previous conspiracy theories about the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, that it was an "inside job" when pressed repeatedly by CNN moderator Abby Phillip about the falsehoods. When asked by Phillip if Ramaswamy was concerned that a convicted Capitol rioter highlighted his comments during sentencing, Ramaswamy began to double down on his assessment. [...] But Ramaswamy doubled down on his assertion, saying that he’s seen "multiple informants suggesting that they were."
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-08-22): Vivek Ramaswamy asked if federal agents were on hijacked 9/11 planes Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy went into cleanup mode Tuesday, after newly released audio revealed he openly questioned whether federal agents were aboard the hijacked planes on 9/11. A profile by Atlantic staff writer John Hendrickson published Monday quoted Ramaswamy as saying: "I think it is legitimate to say how many police, how many federal agents, were on the planes that hit the Twin Towers. Maybe the answer is zero. It probably is zero for all I know, right? I have no reason to think it was anything other than zero. But if we’re doing a comprehensive assessment of what happened on 9/11, we have a 9/11 commission, absolutely that should be an answer the public knows the answer to.
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-09-12): NEW YORK — While visiting the Sept. 11. memorial Monday in Lower Manhattan, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he stands by the comments he had made regarding the terrorist attacks in a recent interview. [...] The 38-year-old entrepreneur had come under fire for comments he made about the attacks during an interview with The Atlantic published last month implying that "federal agents" were on the planes during the attacks. "I think it is legitimate to say how many police, how many federal agents, were on the planes that hit the Twin Towers," Ramaswamy told reporter John Hendrickson. "Maybe the answer is zero. It probably is zero for all I know, right? I have no reason to think it was anything other than zero. But if we’re doing a comprehensive assessment of what happened on 9/11, we have a 9/11 commission, absolutely that should be an answer the public knows the answer to."
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-08-21): Vivek Ramaswamy Spins 9/11 Conspiracy Theory: ‘How Many Federal Agents Were on the Planes That Hit the Twin Towers?’ GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy spun a new 9/11 conspiracy theory during an interview with The Atlantic’s John Hendrickson, wondering aloud if U.S. federal agents played a role in the deadly terror attacks. [...] The comments come after Ramaswamy hedged after being asked whether 9/11 was an "inside job" earlier this month in an interview with The Blaze.
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-12-07): Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy voiced support for a variety of far-right conspiracy theories at the fourth GOP presidential primary debate Wednesday, suggesting at one point that the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was an "inside job." [...] Ramaswamy’s comments about Jan. 6 follow recent conspiratorial remarks he made about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. In an August story published by The Atlantic, Ramaswamy told the publication that he wanted "the truth about 9/11." [...] Ramaswamy isn't the only Republican politician to have promoted a Jan. 6 conspiracy theory in recent weeks.
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-10-24): "I think it is legitimate to say how many police, how many federal agents, were on the planes that hit the Twin Towers. Maybe the answer is zero. It probably is zero for all I know, right? I have no reason to think it was anything other than zero. But if we’re doing a comprehensive assessment of what happened on 9/11, we have a 9/11 commission, absolutely that should be an answer the public knows the answer to. Well, if we’re doing a January 6 commission, absolutely, those should be questions that we should get to the bottom of," he said. "‘Here are the people who were armed. Here are the people who are unarmed.’ What percentage of the people who were armed were federal law-enforcement officers? I think it was probably high, actually. Right?" [...] But is he actually confused about who was behind the 9/11 attacks? It was hard to get a straight answer from him. "I mean, I would take the truth about 9/11," he said. "I am not questioning what we—this is not something I’m staking anything out on. But I want the truth about 9/11." Some truths, it seems, can be proudly affirmed; others are more elusive. (Asked to clarify Ramaswamy’s views on 9/11, his spokesperson pointed me to a 1,042-word tweet from the candidate, in which he suggested that the U.S. government covered up involvement by Saudi intelligence officials in planning the attacks.)
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-08-22): GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has come under fire this week for suggesting in a newly published interview that federal agents may have been on planes involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. [...] On Monday night, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins grilled Ramaswamy about his comments on 9/11, and he said the quote in The Atlantic was "wrong." But when he was pressed further about his remark questioning how many federal agents were on the planes that hit the World Trade Center, he said: "The truth is there are lies the government has told about 9/11. But it’s not the ones that somebody put in my mouth. It’s the one that I articulated, which is that Saudi Arabia, absolutely, their intelligence was involved in 9/11. And that’s a difficult thing you’re not supposed to say. The facts back that up."
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-09-06): Ramaswamy's comments about Sept. 11 align with his contention that public officials are regularly misleading the public, a central theme of his campaign. Apoorva Ramaswamy said that her husband's focus on those issues has helped him connect with everyday voters, many of whom are distrustful of the federal government. [...] Those comments incited widespread condemnation from media figures and some of Ramaswamy’s Republican rivals, with former Vice President Mike Pence saying he was "deeply offended." Ramaswamy wrote an essay for The Wall Street Journal in which he clarified that he was talking about FBI documents declassified by the Biden administration in 2021 that revealed a Saudi agent supported two of the hijackers. That might have been the end of it if not for an Aug. 21 profile published in The Atlantic in which Ramaswamy compared the investigation of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and the investigation into the Sept. 11 attacks, again bringing up the idea that the public is being misled. [...] Critics lambasted Ramaswamy for seemingly suggesting that federal agents had been involved in the attacks. On CNN with Kaitlan Collins that night, Ramaswamy said the quote was wrong, explaining that he had asked the reporter for a recording of the interview, and the reporter refused. He clarified that he believes there were federal agents in the field on Jan. 6, 2021, and, separately, that the government lied about Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks. Asked directly if he thought 9/11 was an inside job, he replied, "Of course not, and I’ve never said that."
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-08-22): Collins told Ramaswamy, "Speaking of another comment that you’ve made that is getting attention today, about 9/11 – a report in The Atlantic, that you gave an interview to. You said, quote, ‘I think it is legitimate to say how many police, how many federal agents, were on the planes that hit the Twin Towers. Maybe the answer is zero. It probably is zero for all I know, right? I have no reason to think it was anything other than zero. But if we’re doing a comprehensive assessment of what happened on 9/11, we have a 9/11 commission, absolutely [that] should be an answer the public knows the answer to.’" [...] Ramaswamy said what he actually said was that on January 6, 2021, the day the US Capitol was attacked by a pro-Trump mob, he believes there were "many federal agents in the field and we deserve to know who they are." He explained that he also believes that the government lied about the extent of "Saudi Arabia’s involvement" in the 9/11 attacks.
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-08-22): Ramaswamy’s entire shtick is a sort of intellectually polished version of what elevated Donald Trump in 2015, embracing popular conspiracy theories in the manner of Trump but attempting to rationalize them through rhetorical cleverness. In speaking to the Atlantic’s John Hendrickson, though, Ramaswamy got a little too cute, suggesting that perhaps 9/11 was somehow a function of government infiltration. At a dinner, Ramaswamy told the audience that the public could handle the "truth" about the Capitol riot. Hendrickson later asked him what that "truth" was, obviously understanding that Ramaswamy was generally winking at conspiracy theories like those elevated by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Ramaswamy shrugged, offering a just-asking-questions response about the unsupported idea that government agents were involved. [...] "I think it is legitimate to say how many police, how many federal agents, were on the planes that hit the Twin Towers. Maybe the answer is zero. It probably is zero for all I know, right? I have no reason to think it was anything other than zero," Ramaswamy said. "But if we’re doing a comprehensive assessment of what happened on 9/11, we have a 9/11 Commission, absolutely that should be an answer the public knows the answer to."
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-09-28): Mr Ramaswamy has put forward plans to scrap a number of federal departments including the Department of Education, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Internal Revenue Service and the FBI. [...] Mr Ramaswamy has been widely criticised for remarks he made about the 9/11 attacks in an interview with The Atlantic magazine. [...] Mr Ramaswamy later said he had been misquoted by the magazine, telling CNN: "The truth is there are lies the government has told about 9/11. But it's not the ones that somebody put in my mouth."
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-12-08): Ramaswamy touted himself as an outsider willing to speak "truth" on stage. But most of his assertions on hot-button topics like Jan. 6, the 9/11 terror attacks and demographic changes in the U.S. were groundless or have been repeatedly debunked. [...] Ramaswamy revived his claims about 9/11 terrorist attacks, carried out by al-Qaida, and the groups truly behind it. He argued Wednesday that "the government lied to us for 20 years about Saudi Arabia's involvement in 9/11." Unlike his other theories on the debate stage, Ramaswamy's comment about Sept. 11 reflects -- at least partially -- well-known suspicions that were investigated by authorities. Fifteen of the 19 terrorists were Saudi citizens.
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2010-06-07): Reg. v. Ramasamy [1965] A.C. 1 (P.C.). Scotland's limits on interrogation do measure up to the Court's; however, restrained comment at trial on the defendant's failure to take the stand is allowed the judge, and, in many other respects, Scotch law redresses the prosecutor's disadvantage in ways not permitted in this country. [
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2024-01-11): Vivek Ramaswamy says he's running an "America first" campaign, urges Iowans to caucus for him to "save Trump" [...] Ramaswamy has also increasingly leaned into conspiracy theories that resonate with a fringe element of the Republican Party as the race continues. He has suggested the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was an "inside job" and raised questions about the 9/11 attacks. "I think it is legitimate to say how many police, how many federal agents, were on the planes that hit the Twin Towers. Maybe the answer is zero. It probably is zero for all I know, right? I have no reason to think it was anything other than zero. But if we're doing a comprehensive assessment of what happened on 9/11, we have a 9/11 commission, absolutely that should be an answer the public knows the answer to," Ramaswamy told The Atlantic, suggesting federal agents may have been on the plane during the 9/11 attacks.
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-08-24): Ramaswamy can’t stop making weird statements about 9/11. Most recently, during an interview with The Atlantic published on Monday, Ramaswamy abruptly switched from discussing conspiracies about federal agents’ involvement in the Jan. 6 attack to suggesting that similar questions should be asked of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. [...] It wasn’t the first time Ramaswamy has publicly toed the line of 9/11 trutherism. Earlier this month, during an interview with The Blaze, Ramaswamy stated that he doesn’t "believe the government has told us the truth," about 9/11, and that he "absolutely" doesn’t believe the findings of the 9/11 Commission report. In a lengthy Twitter post, Ramaswamy attempted to explain that his comments to The Blaze related specifically to questions surrounding the involvement of Saudi Arabia in the planning of the attacks, an assertion he repeated to CNN on Monday. Ramaswamy wrote that "these events are important foremost because U.S. government officials continue to lie about other matters of public importance – the origin of Covid-19, knowledge about UAPs, Hunter Biden’s laptop, and so on – with a complicit media that just accepts the prevailing narrative without question."
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-08-25): "I think it is legitimate to say how many police, how many federal agents, were on the planes that hit the Twin Towers," Ramaswamy said, in a profile published by the Atlantic on Monday. [...] In the Atlantic profile, Ramaswamy, 38, did not confine his conspiracy-laced remarks to 9/11. He made that comment after being asked: "What was the truth about January 6?", the deadly attack on Congress by supporters of Donald Trump seeking to overturn the 2020 election. [...] Ramaswamy protested against such treatment, on platforms including an interview with the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. In that conversation, Ramaswamy said controversy over his comments about 9/11 would not prove a "campaign-ender", adding: "I explicitly said that the government absolutely lied to us. The 9/11 commission lied. The FBI lied. Now, is this a core point of my campaign? No, it’s not."
Claim: Ramaswamy did not make a comment suggesting that federal agents had a role in 9/11 (Viral Video, 2023-08-21)
Evidence (2023-08-22): On Tuesday, Ramaswamy told Fox News he "of course" does not believe there were federal agents on the planes that hit the World Trade Center towers on 9/11, and accused Hendrickson of asking about the attack and January 6 "in a combined manner," even though the recording clearly shows Ramaswamy brought up 9/11 in discussing the January 6 attacks. [...] This isn’t the first time Ramaswamy has faced scrutiny for controversial comments about 9/11. Earlier this month, he told conservative outlet BlazeTV he doesn’t "believe the government has told us the truth" when asked if he thought 9/11 was an "inside job." He later clarified to Semafor that he "absolutely" doesn’t believe the U.S. government had any role in the attacks, and suggested he was referring to the Saudi government’s knowledge of the events. "Al-Qaeda clearly planned and executed the attacks, but we have never fully addressed who knew what in the Saudi government about it. We *can* handle the TRUTH," he tweeted. The Saudi government has denied prior knowledge of the attacks, but some 9/11 survivors and families of victims have questioned the Saudi government’s narrative, allegations that were bolstered by an FBI report released last year that revealed a Saudi student who had contact with two of the hijackers was a Saudi intelligence agent.