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Election denialism

The spread of false claims about the 2020 election and its consequences

Fact-Checks

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Jan 24, 2026
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Why is trump saying the election was fake and rigged and that he won

’s repeated claims that the 2020 election was “rigged” and that he actually won are part political strategy, part grievance narrative: they seed doubt about electoral institutions, energize and moneti...

Jan 17, 2026
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Did Trump call people who served in the military suckers and losers?

Reporting from multiple outlets traces the allegation that Donald Trump called U.S. service members—dead and living—“suckers” and “losers” to a 2020 Atlantic story that cited multiple sources and to l...

Jan 13, 2026
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What were the immediate media reactions to Trump's January 6 rally statements?

Mainstream and fact‑checking outlets immediately characterized former President Donald Trump’s January 6 rally remarks as incendiary and potentially mobilizing, pointing to repeated calls to “fight” a...

Feb 6, 2026

Did Donald trump share a racist video on his truth social depicting the Obamas as monkeys and gorillas?

reposted a one-minute video on that included a digitally manipulated clip showing Barack and with their faces superimposed on the bodies of monkeys — a brief segment that multiple news organizations d...

Feb 6, 2026

Did Trump post a video of the obamas as monkeys?

shared a short, roughly one-minute video on that ends with a brief, AI‑style clip depicting and with their faces superimposed on monkey or ape bodies for about one to two seconds, a move widely descri...