copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2011-06-01): Did Harry Truman really say, "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog"? Or maybe "buy a dog"? [...] But he gets corrected by Prof. Rebecca Kitiona-Fenton, author of the foreword and afterword of the faux memoirs in the book.The quote and a predecessor are in fact problematic—the Harry S. Truman library couldn’t find anything before playwright Samuel Gallu used, "You want a friend in life, get a DOG!" in a 1975 play. Dramatic license? But who knows? Maybe someone can surprise the Truman Library and find that the quote is authentic. But at this point I won’t bet on it. [...] So far the earliest use of the dog quote with "Washington" in it—at least the oldest I’ve found at this point—has seemingly come from former-senator Nancy Kassebaum. When I get a moment I intend to catch up with her to see where she saw the words.
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2024-10-09): The dogs in question are two German Shepherds, Champ and Major. Champ, age 12, was adopted after the 2008 election and is already somewhat familiar with the White House. However, Major, age 2, has captured the hearts of America as not only an adorable little good boy who is so good, but as the first dog adopted from a shelter to live in the White House. [...] Of course, the presence or absence of a family dog has no real effect on a president’s leadership ability or policies (or at least, no effect has yet been proven). However, having a dog certainly doesn’t hurt. As former President Harry Truman once said, "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." After a truly hectic and taxing election cycle (and presidency), it is nice to simply appreciate the wholly apolitical story of a dog moving from a shelter to the White House.
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2011-02-17): The implication is that any gesture of friendship in the context of politics should be viewed as forwarding that person's interest and nothing more. It seems to me that this is among the most self-evident of the political dogs. The line is attributed, without dispute, to Harry S. Truman, a man known for his acerbic wit. Having barely escaped Gerald Ford's fate of becoming the first unelected President of the United States, Truman surely had numerous reasons to be cynical about Washington politics.
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2016-03-14): But did Truman really say, "You want a friend in Washington, buy a dog?' " Or is it a myth that solidified through repetition, like a thousand witticisms wrongly attributed to George Carlin in email chains? [...] The definitive information comes from the historians at the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. Sam Rushay, supervisory archivist, told us, "We have never been able to confirm or verify that President Truman ever wrote or said, ‘If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog,’ a quote that is often attributed to him." [...] Kasich told an Ohio crowd, "You know what Truman said, ‘You want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.’ " Though that statement is often attributed to Truman, there’s no evidence Truman ever actually said that.
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2020-12-14): When I walk through the Roosevelt home, I envision Fala following me, leading me to his favorite spots. Fala takes me to the President’s office and runs in and jumps into HIS chair, calmly commanding the attention of all who enter. Fala listens intently as FDR delivers his Fireside Chat. I see Fala comforting the President as he leads the country through the dark days of WWII. Fala knows he is the First Dog and he carries out his duties, one of which is to greet the press corp. Fala, ever the public servant, meets the cameramen with the Scottish flare his adoring fans have come to expect. Fala bids adieu to his fans and heads back to the President’s side, awaiting his drive in the Presidential convertible. Fala, the proud First Dog, sits next to FDR taking in all that passes before them. As I leave the Presidential home, I imagine Fala at the door seeing me off. My new friend. President Truman once said if you want a friend in Washington get a dog. I have had many friends adopted from shelters, friends like Fala. I would say if you want a friend adopt a dog.
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2024-07-10): If you leave out "in Washington" and substitute "for life," it’s the best advice one can get from a president — or anyone else. Unfortunately, a dog’s life is shorter than ours, so we have to make room for the fact that we may lose our friends all too soon. My wife and I face that fact now with our 12-year-old Great Pyrenees, Ewing. [...] Many people have only one dog in their lives when the dog friend passes. If the dog is a service animal for the blind, for example, for the human left behind, they must come to grips with the huge loss.
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2020-06-10): President Harry S. Truman famously said, "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." And a dog is exactly what many presidents got. From James Garfield to Calvin Coolidge to Richard Nixon, presidents often found a canine friend. Others preferred cats, horses, small critters, or even big, ferocious animals like bears and alligators. This funny, educational book presents the many animals that have passed through the White House, from favorite dogs like Barbara Bush’s Millie or the Obamas’ Bo to Abraham Lincoln’s cat, Dixie to Calvin Coolidge’s hippo, Billy, and even Andrew Jackson’s foul-mouthed parrot, Poll. Your young animal lovers and would-be-presidents will be absorbed and amused by this menagerie of presidential pets who comes to life in this entertaining, whimsical, and carefully researched picture book. Ages 4-8. 44pp.
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2024-04-07): What are the origins of the gem, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog," a quote falsely attributed to the late Harry S. Truman, as I noted in The Solomon Scandals? I’ve been doggedly at work on the case for two years. No definitive answer so far. This immortal witticism or at least a version of it popped up in the 1975 play Give ’em Hell, Harry! ("You want a friend in life, get a dog!"). Later a Reagan man ventured into the territory. Gordon Gekko spoke a variant in the movie Wall Street, and now here’s another usage, by Carl Icahn, the corporate raider. Zelig Robinson, an ardent Truman fan who showed Mr. Buck Stops Here around Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1956 when HST visited Harvard and Mr. Robinson was a law student there, kindly shared Icahn-related details from the 1980s-1990s. I’ll reproduce them with Mr. Robinson’s permission. [...] Mr. Robinson adds about Mr. Icahn’s takeover struggle: "The battle went on intermittently from the mid 1980’s into the early ’90s; Icahn never obtained voting control over U.S. Steel and finally took his greenmail and left in or around ’91. I doubt Truman ever uttered it [the dog quote] or that anyone who paid attention to Washington during Harry Truman’s lifetime ever heard the expression, from him or anyone else."
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2024-09-12): Portraits of presidents with their dogs in quiet moments of reflection or boisterous fun have played a role in forming perceptions of the character and personality of our presidents in recent years.
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2002-11-14): Let me tell you Washington is a tough, tough place. It has been said that in Washington some people destroy others reputations for sport. Former President Harry Truman was exactly right when he said that if you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2013-10-21): Canines in the oval office is even the subject of a book entitled First Dogs: American Presidents and Their Best Friends, by Roy Rowan and Brooke Janis, published in 2009. According to the authors, Presidents have owned every manner of canine from wolfhounds to beagles, Airedales to poodles, plus a generous helping of affectionate mutts. In some cases, there has been a downside. For example, Thomas Jefferson's briards liked to dine on his sheep, and Lyndon Johnson didn't win any friends among animal lovers when he held his beagles Him and Her by the ears. But in other cases dogs have improved the image of the President they served. FDR had his inseparable companion, Fala; Richard Nixon probably saved his Vice Presidential candidacy and possibly his political future, with his impassioned speech about his wife's cloth coat and his cocker spaniel, Checkers. Lyndon Johnson was known to yowl duets with Yuki, a stray found by his daughter Lucy.
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2017-04-10): But, I decided to do it and we made some pretty substantial gains. We reduced non-defense civil employment by over 100,000 positions. We saved more than $20 billion in benefits and we did institute performance standards to induce government employees to work more effectively. What was the result? The Washington Post ran my photograph on the cover of its weekly magazine with the headline: "Reagan’s Terrible Swift Sword of the Civil Service." I was called "combative," the "Grinch in the Pinstripe Suit," and, my favorite: "the Rasputin of the Reduction-in-Force." (I always remembered, however, what Harry Truman used to say about doing a tough job in Washington, "If you need a friend in Washington, buy a dog.")
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2012-03-22): In Washington, even the dogs are pundits. [...] An apocryphal Harry Truman quote has it that "if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." He probably should have specified a breed, such as a collie or a German shepherd. Z.Z., by contrast, was described to me by one of her trainers as a prostitute (the trainer used a different word): She places her loyalty with whoever is making her the best offer. In a town of lobbyists, this is all too familiar.
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2024-09-02): Harry Truman is reputed to have said, "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog!" I spent four years as counsel to Missouri Governor, Christopher S. "Kit" Bond, four more years advising him daily on his quest for re-election after his narrow defeat in 1976, an additional four years as a police commissioner in St. Louis City, an appointment by Bond in 1981, and finally, served as a political consultant to Bond during his election campaign for the United States Senate in 1986, the first of four terms in Washington. I chose not go to Washington, but I did marry a dog, or, rather I married a woman with a dog in 1986. Her name (the dog’s) was Katy and she was a beautiful, one-year-old Golden Retriever with an assertive, alpha personality.
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2020-07-13): Democrats will turn their backs on you! We have spent four years pining for the time that we can return to normal policy debates. I’ll agree with them sometimes and disagree with them sometimes. But Harry Truman was right — if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. I will say, however, that on the issues on which our democratic survival depends (reining in executive power, reestablishing the integrity of the Justice Department, rooting out corruption, widening democratic participation, etc.), Democrats are on the right side. Everything else is a negotiation. Let’s get our priorities in order, folks.
Claim: Claims Harry Truman said, "If you want a friend in Washington, buy a dog." (Viral Quote, 2019-06-28)
Evidence (2024-04-29): Other than "the buck stops here," no statement is more frequently attributed to Harry S Truman than his observation that "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." But there’s no evidence Truman ever said it. In fact, there is more evidence Truman hated dogs. In 1948, he was given a Cocker Spaniel named Feller, but Truman told reporters he wasn’t even sure if the dog lived with him. [...] In MAGA world, the saying is more aptly put, "you want a friend in Washington, kill a dog."
Claim: claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." (Viral post, 2020-01-30)
Evidence (2020-01-30): There is no evidence Schumer ever made the statement. It appears to be a distortion of an August 2017 post Schumer published on Medium.
Claim: claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." (Viral post, 2020-01-30)
Evidence (2020-02-24): FACT CHECK: Did Chuck Schumer Say ‘It’s Racist To Only Allow Citizens To Vote’? An article shared on Facebook more than 1,000 times claims Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once said, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." [...] Schumer has been the subject of viral misinformation on several occasions. In this case, a viral Maga2020 News article attempts to paint him in a negative light by suggesting he said it was racist to only allow U.S. citizens to vote.
Claim: claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." (Viral post, 2020-01-30)
Evidence (2020-07-28): Schumer’s statement contains an element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it Mostly False. [...] Sen. Chuck Schumer MSNBC interview, July 28, 2020 Email interview, Justin Goodman, a spokesperson for Sen. Chuck Schumer, July 30, 2020
Claim: claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." (Viral post, 2020-01-30)
Evidence (2021-02-13): Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke from the floor of the US Senate on Saturday, immediately following the historic vote to acquit former President Donald Trump at his second impeachment trial. Schumer’s office provided a copy of the New York Democrat’s remarks. Read the text of Schumer’s speech below as prepared for delivery: [...] He deserves to be permanently discredited—and I believe he has been discredited—in the eyes of the American people and in the judgment of History.
Claim: claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." (Viral post, 2020-01-30)
Evidence (2022-01-13): Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York told Democratic colleagues in a letter Wednesday that he will force a procedural vote on the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. [...] "If the right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy, then how can we in good conscience allow for a situation in which the Republican Party can debate and pass voter suppression laws at the State level with only a simple majority vote, but not allow the United States Senate to do the same?" Schumer said in Wednesday's letter. "In the coming days, we will most likely confront this sobering question — together." [...] Schumer spoke out a day after President Joe Biden gave a fiery speech calling for changing the filibuster rule, if necessary, to pass the two election overhaul bills and overcome former President Donald Trump's "big lie" about a stolen 2020 election, which has fueled voting restrictions at the state level.
Claim: claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." (Viral post, 2020-01-30)
Evidence (2023-11-29): WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., warned in a major address Wednesday about repercussions if Americans don't condemn antisemitism, which has increased since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel. [...] Schumer argued that many Jews in recent years have rallied in support of Black and brown lives, for LGBTQ rights, and against anti-Asian hatred "out of the recognition that injustice against one oppressed group is injustice against all." He added, "But apparently, in the eyes of some, this principle does not extend to the Jewish people." [...] Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., praised Schumer's remarks on the Senate floor. "It was extraordinary. I want to compliment him for providing a history lesson for Americans about the history of the Jewish people and to put it in context," he said.
Claim: claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." (Viral post, 2020-01-30)
Evidence (2024-03-15): Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s warning that Israel risked becoming a "pariah" and his call for new elections marked a momentous moment in modern US-Israel relations. [...] He was almost immediately accused of deserting a US ally in a time of war and of trying to interfere in Israeli politics. Netanyahu’s Likud party, for instance, said pointedly in a statement that Schumer is "expected to respect Israel’s elected government and not undermine it." It added: "Israel is not a banana republic, but an independent and proud democracy that elected Prime Minister Netanyahu." [...] There’s little doubt that Schumer’s move was precipitated by extreme political pressure in his party – both inside and outside the Senate. Progressives are outraged at the thousands of civilian deaths in Gaza during the Israeli assault on Hamas. Arab Americans and left-wing Democrats mounted a protest that saw over 100,000 voters reject Biden in the recent Democratic primary in the critical swing state of Michigan. Biden’s allies insist those voters will come home to the president in the fall, but if they vote for someone else – or don’t vote at all – Biden’s hopes of a second term could be in serious jeopardy.
Claim: claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." (Viral post, 2020-01-30)
Evidence (2020-10-07): FACT CHECK: Image Falsely Claims Chuck Schumer Had An Affair With His Daughter’s Best Friend In 1977 An image shared on Facebook claims Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had an affair with his daughter’s 16-year-old friend in 1977. [...] Check Your Fact found no evidence in reports from media outlets and the Office of Congressional Ethics to corroborate the post’s claim. Its story also contains inaccuracies about Schumer’s wife and when his children were born, further adding to the post’s dubiousness. (RELATED: Did Chuck Schumer Delete A Tweet Saying Trump’s Travel Ban Is ‘An Excuse To Further His Ongoing War Against Immigrants’?)
Claim: claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." (Viral post, 2020-01-30)
Evidence (2023-10-24): Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., an American citizen, is one of 10 senators who are Jewish. [...] A recent Instagram post questions the loyalties of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, comparing the New York Democrat with an "enemy combatant" and claiming he is a "dual Israeli citizen." [...] We rate claims that Schumer is an Israeli citizen False.
Claim: claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." (Viral post, 2020-01-30)
Evidence (2020-03-01): Fact Check: Chuck Schumer Did NOT Say, "It's Racist To Only Allow Citizens To Vote" Did U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer say, "It's racist to only allow citizens to vote"? No, that's not true: Schumer never said that. Several sites are wrongly attributing this quote to him, but he did not say it. Lead Stories has traced the claim back to its original source, and the quote was entirely made up.
Claim: claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." (Viral post, 2020-01-30)
Evidence (2020-03-31): Did U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer say, "It's racist to only allow citizens to vote"? No, that's not true: Schumer never said that. Several sites are wrongly attributing this quote to him, but he did not say it. Lead Stories has traced the claim back to its original source, and the quote was entirely made up. [...] Chuck Schumer SLAMS President Trump : "It's Racist To Only Allow Citizens To Vote" [...] Chuck Schumer SLAMS President Trump : "It's Racist To Only Allow Citizens To Vote" https://t.co/ebWNZvuEcM pic.twitter.com/AexZ8HoQwn -- BlingNews (@BlingNews_com) August 26, 2017
Claim: claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." (Viral post, 2020-01-30)
Evidence (2023-06-28): False posts about Sen. Chuck Schumer originated as satire CLAIM: Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had an "affair" in 1977 with his daughter’s best friend from high school when the girl was 16. [...] Ever since the satire site published its false story about Schumer, versions of the story have continued to circulate on social media and right-wing websites as if the story was true.
Claim: claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." (Viral post, 2020-01-30)
Evidence (2021-03-24): Sen. Charles Schumer said Republican state legislatures have "seized on the former president’s big lie that the election was stolen" and introduced bills that aim to limit the right of citizens to vote. [...] "Republicans recently passed a bill to eliminate early voting on Sunday — a day when many churchgoing African Americans participate in voter drives known as Souls to the Polls," Schumer said during a March 24 Senate committee hearing on S1, a federal voting rights bill. "What an astonishing coincidence: outlaw voting on a day when African American churches sponsor get-out-the-vote efforts." [...] Schumer’s statement provides a misleading impression that Georgia Republicans completely got rid of Sunday voting. Republicans initially proposed getting rid of Sunday early voting, but by the time of Schumer’s remarks, the state House had passed a bill that allowed for one Sunday of voting. A day after Schumer spoke, a bill was signed into law that allowed the option of two Sundays of voting.
Claim: claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." (Viral post, 2020-01-30)
Evidence (2021-04-07): Democrat Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer, said: "Republicans recently passed a bill to eliminate early voting on Sunday." [...] Instead voters will have to provide one form of identification, such as a driver's licence or social security number.
Claim: claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer once stated, "It’s racist to only allow citizens to vote." (Viral post, 2020-01-30)
Evidence (2024-08-21): Schumer Falsely Claims ‘All’ Americans Got Out of Afghanistan A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has conceded that the New York Democrat falsely claimed that "all" Americans who wanted to leave Afghanistan "have come out." Government officials say that fewer than 100 U.S. citizens, and an unknown number of U.S. legal permanent residents, who want to leave Afghanistan are still in the country.