Q: Did Donald Trump Jr. say, “Let California burn” for voting blue?
A: No. That’s a made-up quote from a self-described “parody” site.
Viral Meme Makes Up Trump Jr. ‘Quote’
Debunking Viral Claims
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Partisan Site Spins Falsehoods in Georgia Election
Q: Have provisional ballots been rejected as “duplicates” in Fulton County, Georgia?
A: No. A provisional ballot labeled “duplicate” means it has been counted, not rejected.
Fake Kurt Cobain Quote about Trump
Q: Did Kurt Cobain predict a Donald Trump presidency more than 20 years ago?
A: No. There is no evidence he did, and Cobain’s former manager labeled the quote a fake.
California Shooting Prompts ‘Crisis Actor’ Conspiracy
Q: Was Susan Orfanos, the mother of a shooting victim in Thousand Oaks, California, also interviewed by news outlets after other mass shootings in 2016 and 2017?
A: No. A Facebook post misidentifies two other women as Orfanos.
FBI Didn’t Clear Michael Flynn
Q: Was former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn recently cleared by the FBI in the Russia probe?
A: No. A website makes that claim based on an outdated news story that was published prior to Flynn pleading guilty to making false statements to FBI agents about his conversations with a top Russian official.
Misleading Meme Pits Acosta Against ‘Neo Nazi’
Q: Did a “neo Nazi” leader get a meeting at the White House while CNN’s Jim Acosta was banned?
A: No. Patrick Casey, head of Identity Evropa, went on a publicly available tour of the White House and posted pictures of it on Twitter.
Meme Misleads on Benefits of Illegal Immigration
Q: Does the U.S. provide medical insurance and voting rights to immigrants in the country illegally?
A: No. A viral meme misrepresents what such immigrants are entitled to in the U.S.
Sayoc Pictured with Soccer Teammate, Not Democratic Donor
Q: Was Cesar Sayoc, the man suspected of sending pipe bombs to high-profile liberals, photographed with “a Billionaire Democrat donor”?
A: No. The man in the photo with Sayoc is a retired soccer coach and his former teammate who has no record of any campaign donations.
False Link Between Voting and Hunting in North Dakota
Q: Can you lose your hunting license if you vote in North Dakota?
A: No. A partisan Facebook ad is referring to resident hunting licenses in other states being invalid once someone has North Dakota residency.
Photo Not Related to ‘Caravan’
Q: Are the people shown dragging a Mexican police officer in a viral photo members of the “migrant caravan”?
A: No. The photo is from 2014 and shows riots following the disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico.