copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
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 (2022-09-01): Dutch Sheets stood behind Marjorie Taylor Greene, the palms of his hands held up to God.
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 (2024-04-08): As if it were not enough to have Anne Graham Lotz and Marjorie Taylor Greene warning of God’s judgment on America through a solar eclipse, some in the Religious Right lost their minds over the weekend in two other social media threads.
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 (2023-02-18): U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) also responded to Ocasio-Cortez on Monday morning, saying, "Jesus died a horrific death on a Roman cross so that our sins can be forgiven and whoever believes in Him will have eternal life. That’s proof there’s nothing Jesus wouldn’t do to show us His love. AOC needs to know Jesus."
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 (2022-07-27): Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene explicitly labeled herself a Christian nationalist on Saturday. This shocking statement by a sitting member of Congress should serve as a wake-up call to everyone, and particularly, I believe, to Christians. [...] For years, I have been closely tracking Christian nationalism and sounding the alarm about it. Greene’s recent comments mark an alarming shift in the public conversation about Christian nationalism. [...] As historian Jemar Tisby has written, "[to] follow Christ is to reject the Christian Nationalist ideology. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her allies can follow Jesus’s teachings or the teachings of Christian Nationalism, but they cannot do both."
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 (2023-06-05): I am a Christian pastor who loves Christianity and the United States. [...] Christian nationalism claims that the United States is God’s chosen country, but Jesus didn’t have a nationalistic attitude. After Jesus preached his first recorded sermon in Luke 4, he tells the people that God cares about others who don’t belong to their nation or their religion. [...] Because the future of Christianity and the United States depends upon it.
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 (2022-04-28): Marjorie Taylor Greene's glib anti-immigrant theology Has Marjorie Taylor Greene even read the Bible? [...] This would be little more than a minor theological debate if not for the fact Christianity ostensibly guides one of our major political parties. So it matters. Greene is not the first or last person to filter their religion through the prism of their own personal and political preferences. I'm probably doing it right here. But Greene's comments have all the hallmarks of a glib Biblical illiteracy that she brandishes as a cudgel against "the least of these." We'd all be better off if Christian nationalism was actually more Christian.
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 (2024-05-03): Aside from Greene’s slippage from belief to acts — Americans will remain free to believe whatever they want, but could face penalties for harassing or intimidating others with those beliefs — her statement also indicates some basic problems with biblical literacy, or at least an intent to disguise her particular belief as a universally accepted truth.
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 (2024-05-22): Jerome (late fourth century) translated the Bible into Latin, and they ironically called it "The Bible in the Common Tongue," or Vulgate. In other words, those Catholics today who refuse to worship in the common tongue because of the holiness of Latin are ignorant of the fact that they only started worshiping in Latin because it was the common tongue! William Tyndale was burned at the stake by the Catholic Church for translating the Bible into English (1536). The Church vehemently opposed laypeople like Butker reading the Bible and took all measures to keep it in Latin. [...] But my deeper concern is for the antisemitic trope that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, Rep. Matt Gaetz (it’s ironic listening to him talk about Jesus’ gospel when his own life is riddled with serious accusations of immorality), and Harrison Butker spread the lie that the congressional bill outlaws the biblical narrative. The IHRA definition has been around for quite a while, and no one has ever been concerned that it would keep believers from being able to publicly preach the biblical narrative.
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 (2023-03-27): The present polarization in the United States does not seem like a new phenomenon to me. I am sort of stuck in the 11-1200’s in my readings right now (good book), so everything seems to go back there for me. But I honestly think the differences between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Kamala Harris seem a lot like what Christians were arguing about way back then, too (the women are both Evangelicals, at some level, after all). [...] Kamala Harris and Marjorie Taylor Greene are on the outs with God if they profess to follow Jesus but continue to create and serve a domination system which has been overturned by the work of Jesus. An alternative way to live is being taught for people with ears to hear. We have prophets of the new creation arising everywhere, just like Gustaf Aulen. They are peacemakers — see J. Denny Weaver’s The Nonviolent Atonement (2001). They are social investigators — watch Rene Girard reimagine Jesus as the final Scapegoat. They are feminists and womanists — listen to Joanne Carlson Brown and Rebecca Parker take down anyone who can’t see Jesus as the Liberator.
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2024-07-27): Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order May 28, 2020, calling up the Minnesota National Guard to respond to riots. Shortly after the order, the National Guard said that it was assigning and preparing units to respond. President Donald Trump spoke to Walz hours after Walz’s order. Trump offered assistance.
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2024-07-27): Trump said that Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard in 2020. Walz’s order shows he did. [...] Trump said that during the 2020 Minnesota riots, Walz didn’t call in the National Guard. [...] Star Tribune, Mayor Frey: Gov. Walz hesitated to deploy National Guard during Minneapolis riots, Aug. 4, 2020
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2024-10-01): Investigating timeline of when Tim Walz called in National Guard amid George Floyd unrest Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has faced criticism for his response to the public unrest in his state after George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis in 2020. CBS News Confirmed mapped out how long it took Walz to bring in the National Guard during the outrage. CBS News Minnesota reporter Jennifer Mayerle explains the findings.
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2024-09-29): Background [edit]Acts of arson in Minneapolis-Saint Paul occurred during a period of widespread civil disorder following the May 25, 2020, murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by Derek Chauvin, a White officer with the Minneapolis Police Department. Floyd's murder was captured by a bystander video that quickly circulated widely in the media. Widespread outrage over the video's content led to the George Floyd protests, a global Black Lives Matter movement against structural racism and police brutality. While most people protesting Floyd's murder did so peacefully, mass demonstrations gave way to widespread rioting in Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Twin Cities' suburbs in the five days after Floyd's murder.[22] [...] - ^ a b c d Carlisle, Madeleine (July 21, 2020). "Body Found In Building Burned During Minneapolis Protests Over George Floyd's Murder". Time. Retrieved on July 24, 2020.
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2020-05-28): The mayor of Minneapolis asked the state National Guard to move in after protests over the death of George Floyd escalated Wednesday night with a fatal shooting, widespread looting, fires and the police deployment of tear gas. [...] The second night of demonstrations near the site of Floyd's death began peacefully but grew violent as the night went on. Gov. Tim Walz late Wednesday called it an "extremely dangerous situation" and urged residents to leave the area. Full coverage of George Floyd's death and protests around the country
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2024-08-07): The call took place a week after Floyd was killed. At the time, and in the years since, Republicans publicly criticized Walz over whether he waited too long to call in Minnesota’s National Guard. [...] Walz first activated the Guard on May 28, three days after Floyd was killed, and the same day protesters lit the outside of the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct on fire. [...] "I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis, while Kamala Harris sided with the arsonist and rioters and raised money to bail out the criminals," Trump said.
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2024-08-13): How Tim Walz handled the George Floyd protests as the governor of Minnesota Minnesota Public Radio's Brandt Williams talks about Gov. Tim Walz and the George Floyd protests. Walz is now the presumed Democratic vice presidential candidate. [...] Former President Donald Trump and his surrogates are criticizing Tim Walz over his handling of the George Floyd protests. Well, Tim Walz, as we know, is governor of Minnesota and now Democratic vice presidential candidate. The criticism centers on whether Walz deployed the Minnesota National Guard quickly enough to quell the unrest that erupted after Floyd's murder by a Minneapolis police officer back in 2020. Walz has defended his actions, and as we're about to hear, his response to George Floyd's killing goes beyond the protests alone - here with more, Minnesota Public Radio's senior editor Brandt Williams. Hi, Brandt.
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2024-09-08): Sharp divisions persist over Walz’s response to the riots that followed the murder of George Floyd MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz faced the biggest crisis of his political career when Minnesota’s two largest cities erupted in protests and riots after a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd. [...] While former President Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance have been hammering Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over his response to the violence that erupted after George Floyd’s murder, Trump told the governor at the time that he fully agreed with how Walz handled it.
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2024-09-07): Takeaways from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's response to violence after George Floyd's murder [...] Minneapolis and St. Paul erupted after a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd. The Black man’s murder in 2020 sparked a nationwide reckoning over racial discrimination and police misconduct. What the governor did — or failed to do — during the protests and their aftermath still draws sharp criticism from Republicans who say he should have acted sooner. And some progressives complain that Walz was not assertive enough in fixing the state's police agencies. [...] The state's attorney general, Keith Ellison, who won convictions of the four officers charged in Floyd’s death, said Walz found himself in an "impossible situation" during the summer of 2020. Nevertheless, Ellison said, the governor balanced the concerns of a grieving city with threats to public safety.
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2024-09-25): Local events are sometimes referred to as the "Minneapolis riots"[20][21] or the "Minneapolis uprising".[22][23][24] Protests that first emerged in Minneapolis on May 26, 2020, were initially peaceful.[19][25] A several-day period of civil unrest, particularly three nights of heavy rioting from May 27, 2020, to the overnight hours of May 29, 2020, however, resulted in an estimated $500 million of damages to 1,500 property locations,[4][26] 604 arrests,[3] 164 instances of arson,[6] and 2 riot-related deaths.[27] Minnesota Governor Tim Walz deployed the state's National Guard to quell civil disorder and protests over Floyd's murder returned to being mostly peaceful events after May 30, 2020.[28][29] The state government's command that responded to the initial unrest after Floyd's murder demobilized on June 7, 2020, as protests and intermittent civil disorder over racial injustice persisted throughout 2020 and 2021.[11][30][31] [...] - ^ "Gov. Tim Walz Activates National Guard In Response To George Floyd Protests". WCCO. May 28, 2020. Retrieved November 9, 2021. [...] - ^ Phillips, Tom Vanden Brook and Kristine. "Minnesota National Guard plans to deploy as many as 10,000 soldiers to Minneapolis protests over George Floyd". USA Today. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2024-10-04): Governor Tim Walz activated the Minnesota National Guard in response to civil unrest. The 7,123 troops activated represented the largest deployment of the state's forces since World War II.[35] By early June 2020, violence in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area had resulted in at least two deaths,[36] 604 arrests, and more than $500 million[7] in damage to approximately 1,500 properties, the second-most destructive period of local unrest in U.S. history, after the 1992 Los Angeles riots.[37][8][38][39] Violent protests in Minneapolis–Saint Paul over Floyd's murder largely subsided after May 30, 2020.[30][40] The Minnesota National Guard and a multi-jurisdiction government command that responded to the riots demobilized on June 7, 2020.[41][35] [...] - ^ a b KTSP staff (May 28, 2020). "Over 500 National Guard soldiers activated to amid protests regarding George Floyd's death; Frey declares state of emergency in Minneapolis". KTSP. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020. [...] - ^ "Minnesota Calls National Guard to Quell Violent Protests in Minneapolis". VOA. May 29, 2020. Archived from the original on June 1, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2020-05-30): "Let’s be very clear: The situation in Minneapolis is no longer in any way about the murder of George Floyd. It is about attacking civil society, instilling fear and disrupting our great cities," Walz said. [...] Walz and Trump spoke by phone Thursday night, after Walz had dispatched hundreds of National Guard soldiers to Minneapolis and the surrounding areas. [...] Walz said there is "no trust" in Minneapolis police – but that the National Guard had been sent in to help.
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2024-08-09): Trump said that during the 2020 Minnesota riots, Walz didn’t call in the National Guard. [...] June 24, 2020 - MinnPost, MinnPost dispatch from the Trump-Vance St. Cloud rally: the usual rhetoric with few Minnesota references, July 28, 2024 - Fox 9, Trump misstates National Guard deployment after Minneapolis rioting, Sept. 10, 2020 - CNN, Fact check: Minnesota governor, not Trump, called out the National Guard, July 1, 2020 - AP, Here’s a look at some of the false claims made during Biden and Trump’s first debate, June 28, 2024 - Washington Post, Fact-checking the first Trump-Biden presidential debate, Sept. 30, 2020 - President Donald Trump, Twitter archive search of "Minneapolis," May-June 2020 - Star Tribune, Walz calls response to riot 'abject failure' May 30, 2020 - Star Tribune, Mayor Frey: Gov. Walz hesitated to deploy National Guard during Minneapolis riots, Aug. 4, 2020 - Star Tribune, Minneapolis riots, Feeding Our Future fraud lead list of vulnerabilities for Walz on national ticket, Aug. 6, 2024 - Axios reporter Torey Van Oot, Tweet, May 28, 2020 - John Phelan and Bill Walsh at the Center of the American Experiment commentary in the Star Tribune, What America needs to know about Tim Walz of Minnesota, July 25, 2024 - NPR, PHOTOS: Protests Over George Floyd's Death Escalate Into
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2024-07-28): Facts First: Trump’s claims that he sent the National Guard to Minneapolis in 2020 and that Walz refused to do so are both wrong. Walz, not Trump, sent the National Guard to Minneapolis — and Walz first deployed the Guard more than seven hours before Trump publicly threatened to deploy the Guard himself. The Minnesota National Guard, the entity that Walz deployed, is under the command of the governor, not the president. The president has the power to federalize states’ Guard troops under certain circumstances, but Trump never did so during the 2020 unrest in Minnesota. After Trump began telling this false story in June 2020, Walz spokesperson Teddy Tschann provided a statement to CNN in the form of a question-and-answer sheet. It said, among other things: "Did President Trump ‘call out’ the Guard? No." "Did Gov. Walz call out the Guard? Yes." "Did Gov. Walz call out the National Guard at the direction of the President? No. He activated the Minnesota National Guard at the request of the Mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul, before he talked to the White House."
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2024-08-07): Republicans have sharpened their attacks on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz over his response to the mass protests that erupted in his state after the 2020 police murder of George Floyd. [...] The unrest quickly overwhelmed local authorities, prompting Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey to request Mr Walz to deploy the National Guard two days after Mr Floyd's death on 25 May in 2020. [...] "Governor Walz is a 24-year veteran of Minnesota's National Guard," Ms Harris added. "He pushed the mayor of Minneapolis for details. That was his job."
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2024-08-08): Audio shows Trump praised Walz in 2020 for handling of riots after George Floyd's death Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers have been assailing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, over his handling of the rioting in his state in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in 2020 — but in a phone call with governors that included Walz, then-President Trump praised his handling of the situation and said he was "very happy" with it. [...] Asked for comment about Trump's earlier remarks, his campaign press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said in a statement Wednesday: "Governor Walz allowed Minneapolis to burn for days, despite President Trump's offer to deploy soldiers and cries for help from the liberal Mayor of Minneapolis. In this daily briefing phone call with Governors on June 1, days after the riots began, President Trump acknowledged Governor Walz for FINALLY taking action to deploy the National Guard to end the violence in the city."
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2020-06-24): Reality Check: Was It President Trump Or Gov. Walz Who Called In The National Guard To Minneapolis? [...] He claims he sent National Guard troops to Minneapolis to restore order after the death of George Floyd -- but that never happened. [...] That's not true. President Trump did not "send in" Minnesota's National Guard. Presidents don't have that power -- only governors do. And Gov. Tim Walz did call in the guard.
Claim: During the 2020 Minnesota riots after George Floyd’s murder, Gov. Tim Walz didn’t call in the National Guard, “so, I sent in the National Guard to save Minneapolis.” (Donald Trump, 2024-07-27)
Evidence (2020-09-08): Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety advertised Tuesday for an outside evaluator to independently review the role of state entities in responding to civil unrest and riots after the killing of George Floyd as more details emerged about what was happening behind the scenes. [...] Thousands of members of the Guard eventually were sent to Minneapolis and surrounding cities to help restore the peace. [...] Walz announced that Thursday that he had activated the first wave of troops. In addition, 200 state troopers and dozens of Department of Natural Resources conservation officers were also directed to the hardest hit areas.