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Claim: purports President Joe Biden's White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain was allegedly arrested (Post, 2023-01-22)
Evidence (2023-09-03): Comer to Klain on Biden classified documents <p>In a letter dated January 15, 2023, U.S. Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, writes to White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain that the committee is "continuing to investigate President Biden’s mishandling of highly classified documents," arguing that the six-year period in which they were stored at his home raises questions "about who may have reviewed or had access to classified information. Additionally, President Biden’s personal attorneys, who do not possess security clearances, and White House staff continue to access and search the President’s residence in Wilmington, Delaware for classified documents. Given the serious national security implications, the White House must provide the Wilmington residence’s visitor log. As Chief of Staff, you are head of the Executive Office of the President and bear responsibility to be transparent with the American people on these important issues related to the White House’s handling of this matter." The letter then asks for Klain to provide "All documents and communications related to the searches of President Biden’s home(s) and other locations by Biden aides for classified documents—including but not limited to the dates of the searches and identity of the aides; and the visitor log of President Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware home from January 20, 2021 to present."</p> [...] Affidavit for Warrant of Arrest for Jack Gillean, former chief of staff for UCA.
Claim: purports President Joe Biden's White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain was allegedly arrested (Post, 2023-01-22)
Evidence (2020-11-16): Biden’s incoming White House chief of staff, Ron Klain, said Sunday that Trump’s tweet that the former vice president won is "further confirmation of the reality," but added that the President’s Twitter feed doesn’t determine an election.
Claim: purports President Joe Biden's White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain was allegedly arrested (Post, 2023-01-22)
Evidence (2002-10-07): Klain, Ronald A., Attorney at Law, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, [...] Ron Klain, former chief of staff to Vice President Gore, and top Democrat counsel here on this committee, praised Mr. [...] Mr. Kugler. They were detained. Of course, as you probably know, the Supreme Court has now refused to take up the New
Claim: purports President Joe Biden's White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain was allegedly arrested (Post, 2023-01-22)
Evidence (2024-04-30): Once the election was resolved, Scooter asked me to come back and be his principal Deputy. He explained to me he was going to be the Vice President’s both Chief of Staff and National Security Advisor. So he was going to in effect be both Ron Klain and Leon Fuerth. I thought that was particularly attractive, because I’d never worked in the White House, which I felt would be a good thing to do, but also I figured Scooter was going to have a lot on his plate, and as the principal Deputy I’d have a fair amount of scope.
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2020-04-20): There is no record of Ocasio-Cortez making the remark. The quote came from a satirical article.
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2022-02-11): Her victory on June 26, 2018, over her mainstream Democratic opponent, Joe Crowley, was a marker delineating the moment after which American politics would never be the same. It established AOC’s prodigious political gifts while showcasing a new sort of Democratic candidate and a new way of recruiting them. Barack Obama, previous holder of the "generational talent" title, may have resembled Ocasio-Cortez in some ways. Brown-skinned, good looking, with his own misadventures in the postcollegiate wilderness, he challenged political convention even as he titillated its guardians. But he had a résumé — the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review, constitutional-law professor at the University of Chicago — that the Democratic-consultant class could easily recognize and safely admire. The Establishment didn’t know what to make of AOC. As she put it in an interview then, "If a spaceship landed in your backyard, it’s like, ‘What the fuck is that? Is it going to hurt me?’ "
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2020-04-23): In any case, by and by, Diminutive Damsel of Dramedy, Representirive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made some noise out of her gab hole that should it become hard to get sustenance in the coming days of this nonstop crisis, Americans may do well to, unfortunately, come to make dinner out of their pets. [...] "It’s obvious, I don’t have the foggiest thought why, on the off chance that we’re closing everything and being totally created and piling sustenance and restroom tissue, we should need to worry over some dumb mutts and cats also. Like, in case I’m not mixed up, they didn’t do anything except for relax around. Likewise, if sustenance does start coming up short, I mean, sorry Charlie, isn’t that so? Gawd these covered are stunning."
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2023-07-17): Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became a star by taking on the Democratic party establishment. Now she’s given up being an "agitator" and become much less vocal in pushing Medicare For All and a Green New Deal. In 2019, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the most visible self-described democratic socialists in public office, narrated a short film in promotion of her signature resolution, the Green New Deal (GND). The film, called "A Message from the Future," was set in a fictional speculative future and looked back on our own time to explain how the GND came about and transformed the world:
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2020-04-20): However, presently, Diminutive Damsel of Dramedy, Representirive Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has spoken up out of her chatter gap that should it become hard to get nourishment in the coming days of this continuous emergency, Americans may do well to, tragically, come to make supper out of their pets. [...] "See, I don’t have the foggiest idea why, in case we’re shutting everything and being completely produced and heaping nourishment and bathroom tissue, we ought to need to stress over some stupid mutts and felines as well. Like, if I’m not mistaken, they didn’t do anything with the exception of lounge around. Also, if nourishment does begin running low, I mean, sorry Charlie, isn’t that so? Gawd these coated are beyond words."
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2019-01-18): Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been the subject of a number of false rumors and accusations since she became the youngest woman elected to congress. In January 2019, we came across yet another meme that attempted to paint the freshman lawmaker as inexperienced and uneducated, this time by falsely attributing a fake quote about gun rights to her: [...] This is not a genuine quote from Ocasio-Cortez. It was fabricated and spread in an attempt to discredit the New York congresswoman.
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2021-12-22): Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday refused to debate conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro and compared the offer to catcalling.
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2021-09-09): Who Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or AOC is an American politician. She has served as a US congresswoman for the Democratic Party since 2019 for New York’s 14th district. This congressional district includes the Bronx, Queens, and Rikers Island partially. People also know her for her achievements as an activist for minority causes. [...] How old is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? She is 31 years old, and took office when she was 29 years of age.
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2020-07-31): FACT CHECK: Did Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Say, ‘If Food Runs Scarce, It’s Okay To Eat Pets’? An image shared on Facebook claims Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it’s okay to eat pets." [...] Through a keyword search, the Daily Caller discovered the quote and headline originated in an article published on Daily World Update, a parody news website that describes itself as part of a network that puts out "parody, satire, and tomfoolery." The article, titled "Ocasio-Cortez: ‘If Food Runs Scarce, It’s Okay To Eat Pets,'" appears under the "AOC Fan Fiction for the Discerning Tater" category, and the "About Us" page disclaims that "everything on this website is fiction."
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2021-04-27): Did U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez say, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets?" No, that's not true. This claim about the liberal New York congresswoman is in a satirical article published by a known network of satire writers who seek to rile up conservatives. Their articles are often stolen and republished without the satire labels by other websites. The story originated in an article (archived here) published by Daily World Update under the title "Ocasio-Cortez: 'If Food Runs Scarce, It's Okay To Eat Pets.'" The article opened: [...] There is no record of Rep. Ocasio-Cortez ever recommending eating pets if there is a food shortage.
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2021-11-08): A post on Facebook shows what appears to be an Oct. 29 article from a newspaper called the Minneapolis Red-Star Tribune bearing the headline: "AOC: Time to redefine ‘natural food.'" The article discusses comments Ocasio-Cortez allegedly made in support for moving to cellular agriculture, the production of animal-based products from cell cultures rather than directly from animals. Some scientists have offered this technology as a way to combat climate change and ensure food security, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. [...] Ocasio-Cortez has previously spoken in favor of eating less meat and dairy to help combat climate change, and in February, she announced on Twitter that she would adopt a vegetarian diet for Lent. This is not the first time a quote has been incorrectly attributed to Ocasio-Cortez. In June 2020 Check Your Fact debunked the baseless claim that she said, "Children should be raised by the state."
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2022-02-10): In February 2022, as a trucker protest against COVID-19 vaccination requirements clogged roads in Canada, a quote ostensibly uttered by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was circulated on social media. AOC supposedly said: "I don't need truckers. I get my food from the grocery store." This is not a genuine quote from Ocasio-Cortez. This is a screenshot of a satirical article that was published on the website Genesius Times. This website bills itself as "the most reliable source of fake news on the planet" and states that it provides "the most up-to-date, accurate fake news on the Internet."
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2023-09-27): On Sept. 27, 2023, a user on X (formerly Twitter) made the claim that U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., better known as AOC, had become a multi-millionaire after serving in Congress for just over four years.
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2022-02-05): If Your Time is short - A dismissive quote about truckers that’s attributed to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., originated on a satire site. In 2019, we fact-checked a false claim that U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., ranted against truck drivers, saying they were "destroying America." It originated on a satire site, and so did another quote that’s now being shared on social media and falsely attributed to her.
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2024-10-06): Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (born October 13, 1989) is an American politician and educator. A member of the Democratic Party, she is the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district, elected on November 6, 2018. She is the youngest woman to serve in Congress in the history of the United States. Ocasio-Cortez is a proponent of LGBTQ rights and LGBTQ equality. [...] - Alexandria Ocasio Cortez SXSW 2019, Youtube (10, March 2019) [...] See also [edit]External links [edit]- https://twitter.com/AOC - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCElqfal0wzzpLsHlRuqZjaA - Encyclopedic article on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wikipedia
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2018-11-26): Ever since Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shocked the world by upsetting long-time Democratic Rep Joe Crowley in New York's 14th congressional district last summer, the self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist has been the gift that keeps on giving - to conservative reporters and commentators. [...] So, without further ado and in no particular order, here are seven of the craziest things Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said thus far in her young political career. [...] There you have it, seven of the craziest things Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said so far. Now that she is firmly entrenched among the ranks of the highest profile elected Democrats, you can bet there will be plenty more where those came from.
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2020-05-14): On May 9, 2020, the BIZ News website published a story reporting that U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., stated that it was "okay to eat pets" if food runs scarce. The story circulated on Facebook, prompting Snopes readers to ask whether Ocasio-Cortez, often called by her initials AOC, had really made the remark quoted in the headline: "If Food Runs Scarce, It's Okay To Eat Pets." The story also contained another purported quote from Ocasio-Cortez:
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2020-05-14): An article circulating online quotes Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) as saying that eating pets is permissible should food supplies run low. The quote, featured in a story, titled "Ocasio-Cortez: ‘If Food Runs Scarce, It’s Okay To Eat Pets,’" originated on the website BIZ News. [...] "Look, I don’t know why, if we’re closing everything and being all scared and piling up food and toilet paper, we should have to worry about some dumb dogs and cats too," the quote says. "Like, last time I checked, they didn’t do anything except sit around. And if food does start running short, I mean, sorry Charlie, right? Gawd these glazed are to die for."
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2024-07-24): During Vance’s bid for the Senate in Ohio, he said in a Fox News interview that "we are effectively run in this country via the Democrats," and referred to them as "a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too." He said that included Harris, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat.
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2019-01-06): Sandy, now better known as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, was running for the US House of Representatives. [...] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a breath and ascended the stage. It was January 17, 2011, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Ocasio-Cortez was about to speak to her fellow Boston University students. [...] In almost Trumpian fashion, Ocasio-Cortez slammed the president's son on Twitter just hours after Trent told The Washington Post she had no comment on Don Jr.'s meme suggesting democratic-socialist rule would mean Americans will have to eat dogs.
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2020-01-01): - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [AOC] [...] - MY BROTHER EAT 4 HOTDOGS WILL. ME -- ONE. [...] - YOU LIVE DORM do-YOU?
Claim: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "If food runs scarce, it's okay to eat pets." (Viral Post, 2020-04-20)
Evidence (2024-08-24): There were also rising blue-state celebrities like California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Angela Alsobrooks, Maryland’s Democratic nominee for an open Senate seat, and 34-year-old New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, seen as representing a new generation of Democrats.
Claim: Claims that Jimmy Carter said, "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor – then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't." (Viral Quote, 2019-10-29)
Evidence (2019-10-29): There is no record of Carter ever making the statement. Comedian John Fugelsang claimed credit for the quote in 2013.
Claim: Claims that Jimmy Carter said, "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor – then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't." (Viral Quote, 2019-10-29)
Evidence (2019-11-04): FACT CHECK: Did Jimmy Carter Say, ‘If You Don’t Want Your Tax Dollars To Help The Poor – Then Stop Saying You Want A Country Based On Christian Values, Because You Don’t’? An image shared on Facebook more than 1,200 times claims former President Jimmy Carter said, "If you don’t want your tax dollars to help the poor – then stop saying you want a country based on Christian Values, because you don’t." [...] While Carter has often spoken and written about the subject of Christianity, there is no evidence that he originated the statement attributed to him in the Facebook post. It does not appear in the Carter Center’s archive of his many speeches and op-eds, nor in the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum’s digital collection.
Claim: Claims that Jimmy Carter said, "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor – then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't." (Viral Quote, 2019-10-29)
Evidence (2024-07-23): By Bill Adair• April 30, 2009 Donald Trump stated on April 11, 2016 in a rally in Rome, N.Y.: "My numbers are better right now than Ronald Reagan's numbers were with Jimmy Carter." By Louis Jacobson• April 14, 2016 Facebook posts stated on May 01, 2019 in a Facebook post: Quotes President Jimmy Carter as saying "If you don’t want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don’t." By Samantha Putterman• May 2, 2019 Michele Bachmann stated on September 22, 2011 in a Republican presidential debate in Orlando: "President Obama has the lowest public approval ratings of any president in modern times." By Louis Jacobson• September 23, 2011 Bloggers stated on March 07, 2020 in a blog post: Says Jimmy Carter has endorsed Bernie Sanders. By Samantha Putterman• March 11, 2020 Sean Parnell stated on February 19, 2024 in an Instagram post: Nevada database glitch showing voters cast ballots when they didn’t is evidence that voting by mail is "the largest source of potential voter fraud."
Claim: Claims that Jimmy Carter said, "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor – then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't." (Viral Quote, 2019-10-29)
Evidence (2021-09-22): Former President Jimmy Carter, left, and former Secretary of State James Baker, co-chairs of the Commission on Federal Election Reform, discuss their report to Congress during a news conference on Capitol Hill Monday, Sept. 19, 2005. (AP) [...] Carter Center, Jimmy Carter on Absentee Ballots, Sept. 3, 2020 Carter Center, President Carter Statement on Efforts to Restrict Voting Access, March 9, 2021
Claim: Claims that Jimmy Carter said, "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor – then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't." (Viral Quote, 2019-10-29)
Evidence (2017-09-05): George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, James Knox Polk, Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Richard Milhous Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama (2017). "Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States - Complete Edition", p.287, e-artnow sro
Claim: Claims that Jimmy Carter said, "If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor – then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't." (Viral Quote, 2019-10-29)
Evidence (2021-06-22): This is a mistake. Carter had an uncanny political sense, meaning that he knew exactly what voters wanted to hear. He proved this by the fact that he got himself elected president as a liberal Southern white man. [...] A self-described born-again Christian, Carter won the evangelical vote in 1976 — but lost it in 1980, largely because he revoked the tax-exempt status of all-white Christian schools. In 1980, he became the only modern Democrat to lose a majority of the Jewish vote, because he had pushed the Israelis so hard to stop building settlements in the West Bank. [...] Here is the paradox of Jimmy Carter: He was a ruthless politician who knew how to win power, but having captured the presidency, he felt unshackled and free to do only what was right by his personal judgment. In this he was guided philosophically by Reinhold Niebuhr, his favorite theologian, whose book "On Politics" was his own personal "political bible." A realist and skeptic about human nature, Niebuhr argued that those privileged enough to wield political power had a responsibility to use their power on behalf of justice. Carter frequently quoted Niebuhr’s injunction that it is "the sad duty of politics to establish justice in a sinful world." He became a Niebuhrian Southern Baptist — a rather singular church of one devotee.