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Q: Did the front-runner in the presidential race in Mexico call for an “invasion” of migrants to the U.S.?
A: No. Andrés Manuel López Obrador pledged to “defend migrants … who of necessity have to leave their villages.”
Q: Was Clare Bronfman an aide to Hillary Clinton — and was she indicted for child sex trafficking?
A: No. A false story is based on speculation that Bronfman could be indicted in relation to an alleged sex cult. But she never worked for Clinton.
Q: Did Sandra Bullock say, “Donald Trump is doing everything to improve our nation”?
A: No. There is no record of the actress ever making that comment, and her publicist says Bullock never said that.
Q: Did Sen. Bernie Sanders say that Christianity is an insult to Muslims?
A: He didn’t say that. He criticized a statement made by a presidential nominee as Islamophobic.
Q: Did Rhode Island pass a bill “to keep Trump off the 2020 ballot”?
A: No. Only one chamber passed a bill to require presidential candidates to disclose their federal tax returns.
Q: Has Stormy Daniels announced she’s running for president?
A: No. That false headline is based on a question she asked in jest.
Q: Did President Donald Trump call for the creation of a “space force” to fight off an “alien attack”?
A: No. The president did request exploration of a “space force,” but it is unrelated to extraterrestrial activity.
Q: Did President Trump fire Judge Salam al Alsawatha Malallahafa?
A: No. The claim originated on a satire website.
Q: Has the “head” of the Democratic Party been “hauled out in handcuffs”?
A: No. A partisan website has used decade-old charges against an Alabama Democrat as clickbait.
Q: Did a Muslim waitress refuse to seat 27 Christians?
A: No. That claim is completely made up. The restaurant where it supposedly happened doesn’t even exist.