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Claim: claims actor Clint Eastwood authored a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump that starts by saying, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." (Viral Quote, 2019-12-29)
Evidence (2020-02-24): In February 2020, readers asked us about the accuracy of reports that the actor and Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood had resiled from his previous support for U.S. President Donald Trump and instead expressed support for the election of former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who is running in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries. [...] Actor and director Clint Eastwood, a longtime supporter of Republican candidates, appeared to back Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg for president and criticized President Donald Trump's behavior in office in an interview published in The Wall Street Journal Friday. "The best thing we could do is just get Mike Bloomberg in there," the Hollywood conservative said of the former New York mayor, according to the Journal. Eastwood told the newspaper that he approves of "certain things" that Trump has done as President, without going into further detail. He said, however, that he wishes Trump would behave "in a more genteel way, without tweeting and calling people names," the Journal reported. [...] It was also relatively significant. Eastwood, who described himself as a libertarian in the Journal interview, expressed a preference for Trump's election in 2016 over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, although he added that that choice was "tough." He was a prominent critic of former President Barack Obama and took part in the Republican National Convention in 2012.
Claim: claims actor Clint Eastwood authored a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump that starts by saying, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." (Viral Quote, 2019-12-29)
Evidence (2020-10-02): The claim: Actor Clint Eastwood authored a pro-Trump post [...] The claim that Clint Eastwood is the author behind the viral "I love when people call Trump stupid" post is FALSE, based on our research. An almost identical version of the text is from a letter to the editor to a local paper from a New Hampshire state representative. There is no evidence Eastwood wrote the post. - The Eagle-Tribune, Sept. 30, 2019, Letter: Don’t be brainwashed by what the Democrats tell you - Fred Doucette, Sept. 22, 2019, Facebook post - Massachusetts Republican Party, Nov. 24, 2019, Facebook post - BBC, 1986: Eastwood voted mayor by landslide - The Washington Post, Aug. 4, 2016, Clint Eastwood explains — and regrets — his speech to an empty chair - Wall Street Journal, Feb. 21, A Hollywood Legend Talks Politics - Check Your Fact, Jan. 7, FACT CHECK: ‘I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE CALL TRUMP STUPID’ – DID CLINT EASTWOOD AUTHOR THIS STATEMENT ABOUT TRUMP?
Claim: claims actor Clint Eastwood authored a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump that starts by saying, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." (Viral Quote, 2019-12-29)
Evidence (2019-11-27): An image shared on Facebook more than 6,200 times claims actor and director Clint Eastwood wrote a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump. [...] The image, which has been shared more than 6,200 times, alleges that Eastwood wrote a long statement praising Trump. "I love him as our President," reads part of Eastwood’s supposed statement. "No one is without fault. We hired a man to do a job. He has surpassed my expectations in record time, single handedly (sic) fighting the establishment." There is, however, no evidence that Eastwood ever said or wrote this long statement. The Daily Caller found no credible sources linking the statement to the "Million Dollar Baby" actor, and Eastwood does not appear to have any social media accounts. (RELATED: Did Steve Harvey Author This Pro-Trump Statement?)
Claim: claims actor Clint Eastwood authored a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump that starts by saying, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." (Viral Quote, 2019-12-29)
Evidence (2019-11-22): The text’s attribution to Eastwood is a recent invention. The words apparently have been falsely attributed to others before him. For instance, sometime on or around May 3, 2019, the actual text of the aforementioned meme appeared as an "article" on Frontpage Magazine titled "Why I Stick My Neck Out For Trump." Though the article is no longer on that outlet’s website, copy-pasted versions remain elsewhere that attributed authorship to David Makovsky, a fellow at The Washington Institute and director of their Project on Arab-Israel Relations. [...] Later, in October 2019, social media posts began presenting the essay as having been "tweeted by Clint Eastwood." This is an especially dubious scenario. Eastwood, a prominent Hollywood conservative who frequently has right-wing talking points falsely attributed to him on social media, does not have a Twitter — or any other social media — account. In 2016, Eastwood’s daughter, Morgan Eastwood, called out a Twitter account for impersonating her dad, stating that the actor "would not know how to use social media." She reiterated this point in 2018, explicitly stating her dad has no social media presence of any kind. Because of multiple false claims of authorship for the essay, and because its attribution to Eastwood requires a social media account that does not exist, we rank the claim that Eastwood authored "Why I Stick My Neck Out For Trump" as "False."
Claim: claims actor Clint Eastwood authored a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump that starts by saying, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." (Viral Quote, 2019-12-29)
Evidence (2021-04-17): Here's What Clint Eastwood Really Thinks About Donald Trump Hollywood acting legend Clint Eastwood has never been one to shy away from airing his political opinions and has previously been open about his support of former President of the United States Donald Trump (via NME). However, in the run-up to the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, Eastwood appeared to pull his endorsement of Donald Trump in favor of the former mayor of New York City and Democratic candidate, Mike Bloomberg. [...] However, despite speaking out in support of Donald Trump, Eastwood made clear back in 2016 that he hadn't endorsed one particular candidate (via The Hill). "I haven't talked to Trump. I haven't talked to anybody. He's said a lot of dumb things. So have all of them. Both sides," the actor commented.
Claim: claims actor Clint Eastwood authored a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump that starts by saying, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." (Viral Quote, 2019-12-29)
Evidence (2020-10-29): Facebook users falsely claim a post critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was written by actor Clint Eastwood. A nearly identical post aimed at former President Barack Obama — and also misattributed to Eastwood — has circulated since 2013. [...] A post shared by a Facebook user in late October and purportedly written by actor Clint Eastwood takes shots at former Vice President Joe Biden. Other users shared the post and thanked Eastwood for his message. [...] "Fact check: Fabricated Clint Eastwood Quote on Endorsing the President." Reuters. 22 Oct 2020.
Claim: claims actor Clint Eastwood authored a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump that starts by saying, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." (Viral Quote, 2019-12-29)
Evidence (2024-10-09): A Facebook post claims to be a letter by Hollywood star Clint Eastwood defending US President Donald Trump. The lengthy post is credited as "from Clint Eastwood" and begins, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." It then lists several of what it claims are Trump’s accomplishments before it going on to attack Hillary Clinton, Madonna, Robert DeNiro and Katy Perry by posing the question: "Are you sure you back a party that enables the decimation of every core principal (sic) of Christianity?" [...] Eastwood has previously described himself in interviews as a "libertarian" and expressed cautious support for the then presidential candidate Donald Trump in a 2016 interview with Esquire magazine, saying: "I can understand where he’s coming from, but I don’t always agree with it."
Claim: claims actor Clint Eastwood authored a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump that starts by saying, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." (Viral Quote, 2019-12-29)
Evidence (2020-11-20): Craig: Well, what the Trumpy people call the Deep State, the word we used to use for that was Government. And the reason that the Trumpy people like Steve Bannon didn’t like the "Deep State" is because who those people were were the people who sat down and said things like, "I’m sorry, Steve Bannon, or Donald Trump, what you just said is either illegal or stupid. Or something we’ve tried a hundred times that doesn’t work. We’re smarter than you. We have more experience than you do. And we’re here to tell you you’re just wrong."
Claim: claims actor Clint Eastwood authored a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump that starts by saying, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." (Viral Quote, 2019-12-29)
Evidence (2022-10-31): CLINT EASTWOOD: And the winner is Albert S. Ruddy, "Godfather."
Claim: claims actor Clint Eastwood authored a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump that starts by saying, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." (Viral Quote, 2019-12-29)
Evidence (2024-09-13): Trump is an immature criminal moron.
Claim: claims actor Clint Eastwood authored a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump that starts by saying, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." (Viral Quote, 2019-12-29)
Evidence (2020-01-06): In December 2019, an opinion piece supposedly written by actor/director Clint Eastwood that began "I love it when people call Trump stupid" started going viral on social media: [...] This opinion piece was not written by Eastwood. It is actually a near-verbatim copy of a letter written by New Hampshire state Rep. Fred Doucette to the editor of the Eagle Tribune in September 2019. The original letter was entitled "Don’t be brainwashed by what the Democrats tell you." [...] This isn't the first time Eastwood's name has been invoked in an attempt to spread a pro-Trump message. Eastwood, who has supported conservative causes and candidates, also did not write an essay explaining why he "stick(s) my neck out for Trump."
Claim: claims actor Clint Eastwood authored a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump that starts by saying, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." (Viral Quote, 2019-12-29)
Evidence (2019-12-28): State lawmaker’s pro-Trump letter wrongly attributed to Clint Eastwood A viral Facebook post wrongly attributed a 500-word defense of President Donald Trump to actor Clint Eastwood. [...] "I love it when people call President Donald Trump stupid," Doucette wrote. "You mean the multi-billionaire who kicked every Democrat’s butt, buried 16 career Republican politicians, and continues to make fools out of once reputable news organizations?"
Claim: claims actor Clint Eastwood authored a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump that starts by saying, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." (Viral Quote, 2019-12-29)
Evidence (2016-08-04): In real life, it seems Clint Eastwood has slowly morphed from the justice-loving "Dirty Harry" to his cranky old man character from "Gran Torino," complaining about today’s generation and regretting the past, especially that speech to a chair. [...] As Eastwood told it to Esquire, he was apparently hanging out backstage at the RNC, listening to Neil Diamond’s "I Am, I Said." In case you’re suffering a Diamond drought, here’s the tune: [...] He doesn’t agree with everything Trump says — "He’s said a lot of dumb things," Eastwood said — but he thinks that voters need to "just … get over it."
Claim: claims actor Clint Eastwood authored a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump that starts by saying, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." (Viral Quote, 2019-12-29)
Evidence (2018-02-09): "He’s said a lot of dumb things," the actor and director said of the man who has pilloried Mexicans, Muslims, immigrants, women, and the list goes on. "So have all of them. Both sides. But everybody – the press and everybody’s going, ‘Oh, well, that’s racist’, and they’re making a big hoodoo out of it." [...] On Trump’s deriding Indiana-born US district judge Gonzalo Curiel for being unfair because of his Mexican heritage, Eastwood was dismissive. "Yeah," he said, "It’s a dumb thing." Eastwood has not endorsed his rhetorical soulmate, he said, but given a choice between the billionaire real estate mogul and the former US secretary of state, he’ll vote for Trump in a heartbeat. After all, Hillary Clinton said she would carry on Obama’s legacy, which is anathema to a man who was once the mayor of an upscale seaside town in California.
Claim: claims actor Clint Eastwood authored a long statement in favor of President Donald Trump that starts by saying, "I love when people call Trump Stupid." (Viral Quote, 2019-12-29)
Evidence (2024-01-23): Clint Eastwood Is Given the Stage at the 2012 RNC [...] It was a total disaster that even Eastwood eventually admitted should never have happened.
Claim: The New York Times claimed on Twitter and Facebook that the Catholic Church ostracized and burned "Catholic stargazers" for questioning Earth's position in the universe. (Viral Post, 2023-03-23)
Evidence (2023-03-23): There is no evidence multiple Catholic stargazers were burned for questioning Earth’s centrality in the universe. There is debate about whether one known cosmologist, Giordano Bruno, was burned for his views.
Claim: The New York Times claimed on Twitter and Facebook that the Catholic Church ostracized and burned "Catholic stargazers" for questioning Earth's position in the universe. (Viral Post, 2023-03-23)
Evidence (2017-01-01): it burned against them, but they did not take it to heart.[fk]
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2020-03-30): The Daily Caller didn’t find any evidence that any of Pelosi’s four daughters sit on the board of the Kennedy Center. A spokeswoman for the Kennedy Center confirmed that Pelosi’s children have no affiliation with the institution.
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2020-03-31): A viral Facebook post shared more than 45,000 times claims one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The Daily Caller didn’t find any evidence that any of Pelosi’s four daughters sit on the board of the Kennedy Center. A spokeswoman for the Kennedy Center confirmed that Pelosi’s children have no affiliation with the institution. [...] "So Nancy’s daughter is on the board of the Kennedy Center," claims one Facebook post. "So that’s why it was so important to send them all that money." (RELATED: Did Nancy Pelosi Hide $25 Million For Congressional Pay Raises In The Coronavirus Stimulus Bill?)
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2022-12-05): Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), made his first public appearance Sunday, at the Kennedy Center Honors, since being violently attacked at the couple’s San Francisco home in October. At the event honoring Americans who have made significant contributions to the arts, Paul Pelosi sat beside his wife in the balcony of the performing arts center’s Opera House, wearing a hat while applauding honorees. He had a black glove on one hand.
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2022-11-19): "For our daughters and our granddaughters: today we have broken the marble ceiling," Pelosi said in 2007. "For our daughters and granddaughters now, the sky is the limit — anything is possible for them."
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2022-12-05): Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, attended the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday in what appeared to be his first public appearance in the weeks since he was attacked at his home in October. Paul Pelosi and President Joe Biden could be seen greeting each other as they sat down several seats apart at the 45th annual honors event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2022-12-05): Paul Pelosi and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attended the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday night, marking Paul Pelosi's first public appearance since he was attacked in his San Francisco home in October.
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2021-01-04): A 20-year-old Nancy Pelosi and John F. Kennedy.Pelosi Facebook - Nancy Pelosi was re-elected to serve as House Speaker on January 3, 2021, the only woman to hold the position. [...] Pelosi grew up in Baltimore, the daughter of the Democratic Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. As a young girl, she managed her father's book of people who owed him political favors.
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2020-03-30): If Your Time is short - None of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s children is on the Kennedy Center’s board. [...] "So Nancy’s daughter is on the board of the Kennedy Center," the March 30 post says, "so that’s why it was so important to send them all that money." [...] Check Your Fact, Fact Check: Does Nancy Pelosi’s daughter sit on the board of the Kennedy Center, March 31, 2020
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2021-01-07): Check Your Fact, PolitiFact and Reuters concluded that accusations that one of Pelosi's daughters worked there were false since none of Pelosi’s four daughters were listed on the Kennedy Center's board of trustees. [...] We rate the claim that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi' daughter works for the John F. Kennedy Center FALSE because it is not supported by our research. Pelosi's office, the Kennedy Center and its website all confirm none of Pelosi's four daughters work for the performing arts center. [...] Check Your Fact, Mar. 31, "FACT CHECK: DOES NANCY PELOSI’S DAUGHTER SIT ON THE BOARD OF THE KENNEDY CENTER?"
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2024-10-01): Alexandra Corinne Pelosi (born October 5, 1970) is an American journalist, documentary filmmaker, and writer. She is a daughter of Nancy Pelosi, the former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and Paul Pelosi.[1] [...] Nancy Pelosi's children and grandchildren sometimes appear with her at public events.[39][40] In a joint interview on CNN, Paul Ryan and Nancy Pelosi noted that Ryan has a friendship with Pelosi's grandchildren.[41] [...] - ^ "Alexandra Pelosi, Speaker Nancy Pelosi's daughter, reveals unseen footage of Jan. 6". USA Today. October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2022-12-13): Politics Politician Families All About Nancy Pelosi's Daughter Alexandra Pelosi Alexandra Pelosi is the filmmaker behind HBO's latest documentary, Pelosi in the House By Skyler Caruso Skyler Caruso Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital Entertainment. She joined PEOPLE in 2021, but has eight years of experience working in digital publishing with a focus on entertainment and pop culture news. People Editorial Guidelines Published on December 13, 2022 01:26PM EST Close Photo: Sonia Recchia/Getty Get to know Alexandra Pelosi. Nancy Pelosi's daughter is just as familiar with the political scene as her mother, the 52nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives — but despite not being a congresswoman herself, Alexandra has seen it through a different lens. The youngest of the Pelosi daughters, Alexandra is a filmmaker and documentarian who's captured her mother throughout all aspects of her life, between following her through the halls of Congress and documenting her calls with Mike Pence at home while she's doing laundry.
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Pelosi was born and raised in Baltimore, and is the daughter of mayor and congressman Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. and Annunciata M. ("Nancy") Lombardi. She graduated from Trinity College, Washington, in 1962 and married businessman Paul Pelosi the next year; the two had met while both were students. They moved to New York City before settling down in San Francisco with their children. Focused on raising her family, Pelosi stepped into politics as a volunteer for the Democratic Party in the 1960s. After years of party work, rising to chair the state party, she was first elected to Congress in a 1987 special election and is now in her 19th term. Pelosi steadily rose through the ranks of the House Democratic Caucus to be elected House minority whip in 2001[1] and elevated to House minority leader a year later,[2] becoming the first woman to hold each of those positions in either chamber of Congress. [...] Pelosi is a board member of the National Organization of Italian American Women.[398] She served for 13 years as a board member of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF). In 2007, she received the NIAF Special Achievement Award for Public Advocacy and remains involved in the foundation.
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2024-06-10): As part of Republican efforts to reinvestigate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, the Oversight Subcommittee obtained 45 minutes of footage from HBO that Alexandra Pelosi, a documentary filmmaker and Nancy Pelosi’s daughter, had filmed, Politico reported June 9. Politico reviewed the footage and said much of it had never been seen before; the news outlet did not say how it obtained the footage, which the Oversight Subcommittee has not publicly released in full.
Claim: one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s daughters sits on the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Viral Post, 2020-03-30)
Evidence (2021-01-07): Check Your Fact, PolitiFact and Reuters concluded that accusations that one of Pelosi's daughters worked there were false since none of Pelosi’s four daughters were listed on the Kennedy Center's board of trustees. [...] We rate the claim that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi' daughter works for the John F. Kennedy Center FALSE because it is not supported by our research. Pelosi's office, the Kennedy Center and its website all confirm none of Pelosi's four daughters work for the performing arts center. [...] - Check Your Fact, Mar. 31, "FACT CHECK: DOES NANCY PELOSI’S DAUGHTER SIT ON THE BOARD OF THE KENNEDY CENTER?"