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Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2019-12-10): In addition, as already noted, Trump sought to have his Postmaster General raise shipping rates on Amazon packages in retaliation for criticism of the Trump administration by the Washington Post, which is owned by Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon. This summer, Trump successfully pressured the Israeli government to bar entry by two members of Congress, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Talib, who have been among the president’s fiercest critics in Congress. Trump has also revoked the security clearance of former CIA director John Brennan, who called "treasonous" Trump’s performance in Helsinki, where the president appeared alongside Russian president Vladimir Putin and sided with him over Trump’s own intelligence agencies with regard to whether the Russians had interfered in the 2016 American presidential election. Trump has also threatened to withhold disaster aid from states with Democratic administrations and hurricane funding from Puerto Rico, after the mayor of San Juan publicly criticized the administration’s response to Hurricane Maria, which killed about three thousand people on the island.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2020-02-01): Sovereign democracy bears no more resemblance to the unmodified original than did previous variants: guided democracy, managed democracy, people’s democracy. Nor does sovereign democracy represent a genuine commitment to the notion of national sovereignty, as countries on the Russian periphery will attest. On repeated occasions, Putin has demonstrated a readiness to intervene in the affairs of nearby countries by fomenting ethnic discontent, undermining the economy, or grabbing territory. [...] Now, however, the Kremlin has attempted to project this version of reality onto the democratic world. In the United States, Russia brazenly interfered in the electoral process through hacking efforts sponsored by its intelligence agencies. Whether this interference actually affected the outcome of the election is subject to debate. But there is strong evidence, endorsed by the entirety of the U.S. intelligence establishment and numerous independent analyses, that the interference did occur. [...] - Authoritarian leaders can count on an increasingly vocal group of admirers in democratic states. For several years now, European parties of the nationalistic right and anticapitalist left have forged ties with Moscow and aligned their goals with Putin’s. The 2016 U.S. presidential election revealed a new constituency, albeit small, that harbors respect for Putin despite his hostility to American interests and his interference in the country’s democratic process. A disturbing number of advisers to the Trump campaign, including Trump himself, expressed admiration for Putin and his system. In addition, various political figures and commentators have praised or come to the defense of despotic rulers including Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Bashar al-Assad.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2024-05-29): - DoS GEC, "The Kremlin’s Never-Ending Attempt to Spread Disinformation about Biological Weapons" (Washington, DC: DoS GEC, March 2023), https://www.state.gov/the-kremlins-never-ending-attempt-to-spread-disinformation-about-biological-weapons; Glenn Kessler, "How the Right Embraced Russian Disinformation about ‘U.S. Bioweapons Labs’ in Ukraine," Washington Post (website), March 12, 2022, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/11/how-right-embraced-russian-disinformation-about-us-bioweapons-labs-ukraine; David Klepper and Associated Press (AP), "Tucker Carlson Repeats Baseless Russian Talking Point That U.S. Was behind Gas Pipeline Sabotage," Fortune Europe (website), October 1, 2022, https://fortune. com/europe/2022/10/01/tucker-carlson-russian-propaganda-pipeline-sabotage-fox-news; Dominick Mastrangelo, "Tucker Carlson Most Popular Individual Americans Follow for News: Survey," Hill (website), May 24, 2023, https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4018546-tucker-carlson-most-popular-individual-americans-follow-for-news-survey; Gabrielle Settles, "Western Media Outlets Have Tried to Interview Putin, Contrary to Carlson Claim – Fact Check," Yahoo! News (website), February 8, 2024, https://news.yahoo.com/western-media-outlets-tried-interview-232654575.html; and Yulia Talmazan and Phil Hesel, "Former Fox News Host Tucker Carlson interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin," NBC News (website), February 8, 2024, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/tucker-carlson-interviewed-russian-president-vladimir-putin-rcna137420. Return to text.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2022-05-06): People like Putin and Steve Bannon, for that matter, understand it’s not necessary for people to believe this information in order to weaken democratic institutions. You just have to flood a country’s public square with enough raw sewage. You just have to raise enough questions, spread enough dirt, plant enough conspiracy theorizing that citizens no longer know what to believe. Once they lose trust in their leaders, in mainstream media, in political institutions, in each other, in the possibility of truth, the game’s won. And as Putin discovered leading up to the 2016 election, our own social media platforms are well designed to support such a mission, such a project. [...] In Russia, Putin has weaponized ethnonationalism through disinformation, waging hate campaigns against domestic opponents, delegitimizing democracy itself. And of course, he’s escalated such efforts as part of his war in Ukraine.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2024-09-24): "The Justice Department is seizing 32 internet domains that the Russian government and Russian government-sponsored actors have used to engage in a covert campaign to interfere in and influence the outcome of our country’s elections," said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. "As alleged in our court filings, President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, including Sergei Kiriyenko, directed Russian public relations companies to promote disinformation and state-sponsored narratives as part of a campaign to influence the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. An internal planning document created by the Kremlin states that a goal of the campaign is to secure Russia’s preferred outcome in the election. The sites we are seizing today were filled with Russian government propaganda that had been created by the Kremlin to reduce international support for Ukraine, bolster pro-Russian policies and interests, and influence voters in the United States and other countries. Our actions today make clear that the Justice Department will be aggressive in countering and disrupting attempts by the Russian government, or any other malign actor, to interfere in our elections and undermine our democracy."
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2019-01-05): Sputnik’s weekly segment Criminal Injustice on its Loud & Clear podcast similarly portrays itself as bringing attention to justice being denied to citizens, mixing legitimate grievances with distorted information. Russia’s goal for these programs is not to make the U.S. legal system more just; it is to tell an unrelenting one-sided story to get Americans to believe the system is as corrupt and broken as the legal system in Russia. Putin’s hope is that Americans will give up on democratic institutions, the way so much of his own population has come to accept the corruption in Russia. [...] High-level Russian government officials, including President Vladimir Putin, echo these messages in statements directed at domestic and international audiences. In doing so, they often adopt the language of international law to paint the Kremlin as the true champion of justice compared to a hypocritical West, while combating criticisms of their own corrupt regime at home. President Putin comments on a bogus lawsuit Russian opened against the United States in relation to the close of diplomatic compounds under the Trump administration. The comments were directed both to his own citizens, and people in parts of the world where the United States and Russia compete for influence. The aim is to lessen the appeal of democracy by showing its judicial system as biased and unfair.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2024-03-14): Russian president Vladimir Putin wants you to believe that NATO is responsible for his February 24 invasion of Ukraine—that rounds of NATO enlargement made Russia insecure, forcing Putin to lash out. This argument has two key flaws. First, NATO has been a variable and not a constant source of tension between Russia and the West. Moscow has in the past acknowledged Ukraine’s right to join NATO; the Kremlin’s complaints about the alliance spike in a clear pattern after democratic breakthroughs in the post-Soviet space. This highlights a second flaw: Since Putin fears democracy and the threat that it poses to his regime, and not expanded NATO membership, taking the latter off the table will not quell his insecurity. His declared goal of the invasion, the "denazification" of Ukraine, is a code for his real aim: antidemocratic regime change. [...] Yet the next round of democratic expansion in the post-Soviet world, the 2003 Rose Revolution in Georgia, escalated U.S.-Russian tensions significantly. Putin blamed the United States directly for assisting this democratic breakthrough and helping to install someone whom he saw as a pro-American puppet, President Mikheil Saakashvili. Immediately after the Rose Revolution, Putin sought to undermine Georgian democracy, ultimately invading in August 2008 and recognizing two Georgian regions—Abkhazia and South Ossetia—as independent states. U.S.-Russian relations reached a new post-Soviet low in 2008. [...] Putin’s Real Casus Belli: Ukrainian Democracy
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2024-02-29): Vladimir Putin hardly needs to interfere in American democracy [...] President Vladimir Putin of Russia must get a kick out of spreading disinformation to Americans for its own sake. Otherwise it is hard to see why he would bother. As has episodically been the case for eight years, Washington is abuzz over allegations of Russian manipulation. The special counsel investigating President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, has charged an FBI informant with telling lies about the president that have been central to Republican efforts to impeach him; the indictment links the informant to Russian intelligence. [...] - A millennial is building America’s first nickel-cobalt refinery - Vladimir Putin hardly needs to interfere in American democracy
Claim: Ben and Jerry’s tweeted that they were happy white people will soon be the minority in America (Viral post, 2023-07-17)
Evidence (2023-07-17): The claim is inaccurate. The tweet is a fabrication.
Claim: Ben and Jerry’s tweeted that they were happy white people will soon be the minority in America (Viral post, 2023-07-17)
Evidence (2024-06-17): Ben & Jerry's statement on dismantling white supremacy.
Claim: Ben and Jerry’s tweeted that they were happy white people will soon be the minority in America (Viral post, 2023-07-17)
Evidence (2020-07-20): How White Privilege Made Ben & Jerry’s Possible [...] Ben and Jerry will be the first to tell you that they couldn’t have achieved all they achieved without a lot of help along the way. But recently they started thinking about one societal advantage in particular that truly made it all possible: white privilege. What’s white privilege? It’s the reality that no matter what challenges a white person faces in their life, the color of their skin will never be one of them. It’s hard to overstate the power of this truth, and yet it’s often unacknowledged by or invisible to those who benefit from it the most. On April 4, 2018, at the A.C.T. to End Racism Rally in Washington, DC, Jerry and Ben delivered a speech where they explored the role of white privilege in their success. We’re proud to share it with you today.
Claim: Ben and Jerry’s tweeted that they were happy white people will soon be the minority in America (Viral post, 2023-07-17)
Evidence (2022-03-22): What Happens When White People Become a Minority in America? [...] In 2021, the U.S. population expanded at its slowest rate in history, and for the first time, the majority of its population growth came from immigration. So, despite four years of former President Donald Trump’s policies limiting the admission of foreigners, the United States is on track to reach its anticipated 2044 "majority minority" milestone: the moment when the majority ethnic group, non-Hispanic white people, becomes one of multiple minorities. [...] If present trends continue, it will take another generation before the majority-minority milestone is reached in the United States, and a couple more for Canada and Australia. Before that takes place, we can learn from the successes and struggles of the societies that have experienced these milestones. In particular, we can identify the critical junctures where their leaders—and the institutions they run—pivoted toward conflict or greater coexistence. Then, we can begin to redefine the boundaries of national identity—that vexing, existential question: "Who are we?"
Claim: Ben and Jerry’s tweeted that they were happy white people will soon be the minority in America (Viral post, 2023-07-17)
Evidence (2023-07-06): The company, which was founded by longtime Bernie Sanders allies Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenwood but has since been sold to British multinational Unilever, tweeted the message to its 494,000 followers. [...] The tweet sparked immediate outrage on social media, with many disgusted customers using the #boycottbenandjerrys hashtag to slam the message as anti-American sentiment on a day meant to celebrate the United States. [...] Ben and Jerry's lead by CEO Dave Stever (pictured) sparked outrage on Tuesday with a tweet to its 494,000 followers
Claim: Ben and Jerry’s tweeted that they were happy white people will soon be the minority in America (Viral post, 2023-07-17)
Evidence (2020-06-03): In a forceful statement posted to the company’s website late on Tuesday, Ben & Jerry’s describes the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, at the hands of a white police officer as the result of "inhumane police brutality that is perpetuated by a culture of white supremacy." [...] Companies including Nike (NKE), Netflix (NFLX), Twitter (TWTR), Disney (DIS), Facebook (FB) and Intel (INTC) have condemned racism and injustice in recent days. But the statement from Ben & Jerry’s is unusually comprehensive and direct, addressing the historical roots of discrimination in the United States and calling out systemic racism, while advocating specific policies to prevent further police abuses and redress racial inequality. [...] Ben & Jerry’s, which also publicly supported the Black Lives Matter movement, called on President Donald Trump to disavow white supremacists and nationalist groups that "overtly support him."
Claim: Ben and Jerry’s tweeted that they were happy white people will soon be the minority in America (Viral post, 2023-07-17)
Evidence (2021-06-13): The narrative that nonwhite people will soon outnumber white people is not only divisive, but also false. In recent years, demographers and pundits have latched on to the idea that, within a generation, the United States will inevitably become a majority-minority nation, with nonwhite people outnumbering white people. In the minds of many Americans, this ethno-racial transition betokens political, cultural, and social upheaval, because a white majority has dominated the nation since its founding. But our research on immigration, public opinion, and racial demography reveals something quite different: By softening and blurring racial and ethnic lines, diversity is bringing Americans together more than it is tearing the country apart. [...] These trends expose the flaw lurking behind the headline-grabbing claim that America will soon be a majority-minority society. That narrative depends on the misleading practice of classifying individuals of mixed backgrounds as exclusively nonwhite. The Census Bureau population projections that relied on this practice first predicted the majority-minority future in 2008. The idea quickly took on a life of its own. Some Americans now instinctively think of rising diversity as a catalyst of white decline and nonwhite numerical dominance. But as more recent news releases from the bureau have begun to acknowledge, what the data in fact show is that Americans with mixed racial backgrounds are the most rapidly growing racial group in the country.
Claim: Ben and Jerry’s tweeted that they were happy white people will soon be the minority in America (Viral post, 2023-07-17)
Evidence (2023-07-05): Ben & Jerry’s ugly 4th of July tweet shows why woke brands fail [...] Ice cream powerhouse Ben & Jerry’s used the Independence Day holiday to chastise the whole country via tweet: "This 4th of July, it’s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it." [...] But we are watching to see the consumer reaction, since Ben & Jerry’s is a pioneer of woke corporate BS.
Claim: Ben and Jerry’s tweeted that they were happy white people will soon be the minority in America (Viral post, 2023-07-17)
Evidence (2020-06-05): In their statement, titled "Silence Is NOT an Option," Ben & Jerry’s called for dismantling white supremacy. "All of us at Ben & Jerry’s are outraged about the murder of another Black person by Minneapolis police officers last week and the continued violent response by police against protestors," the statement began. Ben & Jerry's Releases Statement About Dismantling White Supremacy: 'Silence Is NOT An Option' The brand continued, detailing a tribute to Floyd: "We have to say his name: George Floyd. George Floyd was a son, a brother, a father, and a friend. The police officer who put his knee on George Floyd’s neck and the police officers who stood by and watched didn’t just murder George Floyd, they stole him. They stole him from his family and his friends, his church and his community, and from his own future." The statement also outlined four action items, calling on President Donald Trump, Congress and the Department of Justice to enact change. Ben & Jerry’s co-founders, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, have long been vocal about social justice causes, both through their ice cream flavors and their own activism.
Claim: Ben and Jerry’s tweeted that they were happy white people will soon be the minority in America (Viral post, 2023-07-17)
Evidence (2020-06-03): Human Interest Human Interest News Social Issues News Ben & Jerry's Releases Statement About Dismantling White Supremacy: 'Silence Is NOT An Option' "The murder of George Floyd was the result of inhumane police brutality that is perpetuated by a culture of white supremacy," the Ben & Jerry's statement read By Ally Mauch Ally Mauch Ally Mauch is a former news writer at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2022. People Editorial Guidelines Published on June 3, 2020 02:52PM EDT Ben & Jerry's co-founders Ben Cohen (L) and Jerry Greenfield (R) announce a new flavor, Justice Remix'd alongside Judith Browne Dianis, Executive Director of Advancement Project National Office. Ben & Jerry’s is speaking out about the killing of George Floyd, the unarmed Black man who died at the hands of Minneapolis police on May 25. The popular ice cream brand, well-known for being vocal about social justice issues, issued a statement this week about the incident. "All of us at Ben & Jerry’s are outraged about the murder of another Black person by Minneapolis police officers last week and the continued violent response by police against protestors," the statement, titled "Silence Is NOT an Option," began.
Claim: Ben and Jerry’s tweeted that they were happy white people will soon be the minority in America (Viral post, 2023-07-17)
Evidence (2022-09-15): When this chapter in America’s history of its struggle against racism is written, two names will stand out among all the others: Ben and Jerry. Or at least that seems to be what the ice-cream company hopes, given the somewhat bizarre statement that it issued this week. In response to the brutal killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, and the protests and riots that continue to roil the United States, this peddler of sickly sweet desserts proclaimed: ‘We must dismantle white supremacy. Silence is NOT an option.’ It says that nothing will change ‘until white America is willing to collectively acknowledge its privilege, take responsibility for its past and the impact it has on the present’. [...] Ben & Jerry’s has some form here. It was set up by two Vermont hippies and always had a homespun, right-on image. But despite being owned by multinational food giant Unilever since 2000, it has continued to weigh in on various issues. In 2017, it banned the sale of two scoops of the same flavour in its Australian shops as part of a push for gay marriage. And in 2018, it put out a ‘Pecan Resist’ flavour in a not-so-subtle swipe at president Trump.
Claim: Ben and Jerry’s tweeted that they were happy white people will soon be the minority in America (Viral post, 2023-07-17)
Evidence (2020-06-24): Ben and Jerry's Tweeted that it "will pause all paid advertising on Facebook and Instagram in the US". [...] Ben and Jerry's said it is standing with the campaign and "all those calling for Facebook to take stronger action to stop its platforms from being used to divide our nation, suppress voters, foment and fan the flames of racism and violence, and undermine our democracy." After George Floyd's death in police custody, Ben and Jerry's chief executive Matthew McCarthy said "business should be held accountable" as he set out plans to increase diversity.
Claim: Ben and Jerry’s tweeted that they were happy white people will soon be the minority in America (Viral post, 2023-07-17)
Evidence (2023-07-10): After the ice cream maker Ben and Jerry’s publicly berated both the U.S. and Canada for being built atop "stolen land," a U.S. Indigenous nation is asking that the company start by returning the stolen land on which its Vermont headquarters are located. [...] On U.S. Independence Day, the official Ben and Jerry’s Twitter account published a post reading "this 4th of July, it’s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it." [...] The stock price of Ben and Jerry’s parent Unilever fell by 0.53 per cent in the wake of the tweet — a $2 billion loss in market capital — as calls grew online for a boycott of the iconic ice cream brand. While such threats were once idle, Bud Light is still reeling from a collapse in sales motivated by boycotts stemming from the brand contracting with controversial transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Claim: Ben and Jerry’s tweeted that they were happy white people will soon be the minority in America (Viral post, 2023-07-17)
Evidence (2024-06-11): All of us at Ben & Jerry’s are outraged about the murder of another Black person by Minneapolis police officers last week and the continued violent response by police against protestors. We have to speak out. We have to stand together with the victims of murder, marginalization, and repression because of their skin color, and with those who seek justice through protests across our country. We have to say his name: George Floyd.