Brigitte Gabriel and the October 7th Memory Hole

What it claims

Claims

1. 1TrueDonald Trump has endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy for Governor of Ohio.As of 2026-10-24, multiple tier1 and tier2 sources (AP, PolitiFact, NPR, CBS, Politico) report Trump backed Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for Ohio governor, including a 'complete and total endorsement' after the primary, a Vandalia rally on Oct. 3, 2026, and public urging on Oct. 22 to keep airing an ad. The passage's 'Trump-endorsed' list matches this, and the claim as extracted faithfully reflects it.9 sources →
2. 2TruePalestinians danced in the streets 25 years ago when the planes hit the Towers and threw candy to their children.Multiple sources confirm that Palestinians celebrated in the streets on September 11, 2001, when the towers were hit, and that the footage was authentic rather than recycled Gulf War footage. The candy detail is supported only by lower-tier sources (Times of Israel, Conservapedia, Newsrael), which describe sweets or candy being handed out rather than thrown to children, and the NYT describes the crowd as small. The claim tracks the claimant's passage faithfully, and the '25 years ago' timing matches 2001.7 sources →

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3. 3MixedThe National Socialist German Workers Party (Nazi Party) was a socialist party.The claim is ambiguous: the Nazi Party's name included 'Socialist' and some sources note it used socialist rhetoric to attract workers, but the authoritative sources (PolitiFact, Full Fact, Snopes, Britannica, Holocaust Encyclopedia) consistently find the party was not socialist in any meaningful sense. Sources also note the claim's wording may refer only to the name, which the record supports, while the substantive claim that it was a socialist party is contradicted.6 sources →

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4. 4TrueVivek Ramaswamy is running for governor of Ohio against Amy Acton.As of 2026-10-05, the sources show Vivek Ramaswamy as the Republican nominee for Ohio governor (won primary May 5, 2026) facing Democrat Amy Acton in the November 3 general election, with multiple tier1/tier2 sources and polling coverage confirming the matchup; the claim's extraction from the speaker's 'radical left lunatic' remark is faithful on the core matchup, and the speaker's insult is not a material element. The race remains ongoing as of later sources, which does not affect the October 5 state.6 sources →

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5. 5TrueAmy Acton is a Democratic candidate for Ohio governor.As of 2026-10-23, multiple sources identify Amy Acton as the Democratic nominee/candidate for Ohio governor, facing Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in the 2026 race; the claim matches the passage and no source contradicts it.7 sources →

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6. 6MixedAmy Acton shut down the state of Ohio during the COVID-19 pandemic.The claim that Acton 'shut down the state' overstates her role: sources show she was Ohio's health director who signed or led on orders (including a stay-at-home order and gym closures) and wielded broad emergency powers, but DeWine says the buck stops with him and fact-checkers note he made the decisions. The claim as extracted (Acton alone shut down Ohio) is partly supported by her signature role and partly contradicted by sources attributing the decisions to DeWine.7 sources →

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7. 7FalseThe price of a used car increased from $15,000 to $27,000 during the Biden administration.The sources do not support a used-car price of about $15,000 at any point in the Biden administration. They put used prices near $20,000 to $22,000 before or at the start of the period, rising to about $31,000 in mid-2022 and easing to about $27,000 by 2024 to 2026, so the claimed roughly 80% increase is grossly overstated. The extraction matches the passage's figures and scope.4 sources →

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8. 8TrueAmy Klobuchar waved an upside-down American flag at a Somali rally in Minnesota.Multiple sources describe a video showing Klobuchar holding and waving an upside-down American flag at a rally with Minnesota's Somali community, so the core claim is supported. The footage is from 2017 (a Somali presidential election celebration), not a current event, and the claim's omission of that date does not change its truth.8 sources →

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9. 9MixedSenator Mark Kelly told the military to disobey Donald Trump.Kelly did urge troops to refuse illegal orders in a November video, which supports part of the claim. However, the sources say he told them to refuse illegal orders, not to disobey Trump personally, so the claim's characterization of the target is contradicted. Under the literal reading ('disobey Donald Trump') the claim is false; under the intended reading ('disobey unlawful orders') it is supported, so the verdict is mixed.8 sources →

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10. 10MixedSteve Scalise was shot by a Bernie Sanders supporter on a baseball field in Washington, DC.The sources confirm Steve Scalise was shot on a baseball field in Alexandria, Virginia (a Washington, DC suburb, not DC proper) by James Hodgkinson, who authorities reported was a Bernie Sanders supporter/volunteer; the claim's core is supported, but the location 'in Washington, DC' is literally inaccurate since the field was in Alexandria, Virginia, and the passage's 'nearly murdered' framing and 'years ago' timing are not matched by the record, which shows a June 14, 2017 shooting. Extraction note: the passage said 'here in Washington, DC,' and the sources place the event in the DC suburb of Alexandria, so the location element is contradicted while the rest holds.7 sources →

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11. 11FalseThe Democratic Party is partnering with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).No source reports a partnership between the Democratic Party as an institution and the DSA. The sources describe DSA as an independent membership group ("not a registered political party") whose members run in Democratic primaries, often against party-backed candidates, while some Democratic officials and non-DSA Democrats are uneasy about it. The claimant's passage refers to "their partnership with the DSA", and that wording is not supported as stated. As of 2026-10-05 the record shows DSA influence inside the party, not a formal partnership.8 sources →

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12. 12MixedThe opponent of Rob Brezinahan in Pennsylvania wants to defund and disarm the police.The claim's referent is Democratic mayor Paige Cognetti, Rob Bresnahan's 2026 PA-08 opponent, and the extraction faithfully reflects the claimant's words, which are the claimant's own assertion and not evidence. Sources show Bresnahan's campaign and allies repeatedly assert Cognetti wants to defund and disarm police, and a local report says she cut police gun and ammunition funding by 50%, which she disputes or which is contested, while Cognetti cites a $5 million investment in police technology and training and no source documents her seeking to disarm police, so the 'disarm' element rests only on partisan characterization and the 'defund' element is contested rather than substantiated.6 sources →

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13. 13Can’t tellThe left attempted to murder Donald Trump.The sources confirm assassination attempts on Trump, but none establishes that 'the left' carried them out. For the 2024 Butler shooter, NPR and the Independent say the motive is unclear and that he was registered as a Republican, while the Routh and Allen cases are reported only as 'apparent' or 'alleged' with no ideology stated. The 'left' attribution comes only from partisan figures such as Vance and the White House, so the sources neither substantiate nor squarely refute it.8 sources →

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14. 14TrueArizona Democrat Joanna Mendoza scrubbed social media posts from 2020 regarding defunding the police.Multiple outlets report, citing an Arizona Republic review of archived internet records, that Mendoza deleted social media posts from her 2020 Arizona Senate period about police funding and reallocation, including a post criticizing a cartoon that mocked calls to defund the police. Her own PBS interview acknowledges the 'social media scrubbing' conversation while denying she ever supported defunding. The claim's wording is a close, slightly narrower version of the claimant's passage, and the support rests largely on one underlying report echoed by partisan outlets.10 sources →

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15. 15FalseLake Forest Mall in Montgomery County, Maryland, went out of business 12 years ago.Lakeforest (Lake Forest) Mall in Gaithersburg, Montgomery County, Maryland, closed to the public on March 31, 2023, after liquidation sales began in January 2023, which is about 3.5 years before the stated date of 2026-10-30, not 12 years earlier. The extracted claim matches the passage's wording, so no extraction departure is involved; the error is in the timing.4 sources →

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16. 16TrueA shooting occurred outside the Eden Prairie High School football stadium during a homecoming game against Minnetonka.Multiple independent local outlets (CBS Minnesota, FOX 9, People, Star Tribune, KSTP) report that on Oct. 2, 2026, two people were shot outside Eden Prairie High School's Aerie Stadium during the homecoming football game against Minnetonka, and the game was evacuated and paused. The claim's wording matches the record, and the 'started inside' detail in the claimant's passage is not part of the extracted claim; the sources describe the fight beginning before the game and the shooting occurring outside, which is consistent with the claim as extracted.6 sources →

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17. 17TrueTwo teenagers from Saint Paul were victims of a shooting at the Eden Prairie High School football stadium.Multiple local outlets (FOX 9, MPR News, KSTP, eplocalnews, mncrime.com) report that two teenagers, ages 17 and 18 and both from St. Paul, were wounded in a shooting during the Eden Prairie High School homecoming football game on Oct. 2, 2026, so the claim was true as of 2026-10-05. The sources place the shooting in a parking lot or just outside the stadium rather than inside it, a minor locational imprecision that does not reverse the core assertion. Later reporting of arrests and riot charges does not change the state of affairs on the claim's date.5 sources →

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18. 18Mixed89% of Somali refugees in Minnesota are on some form of government assistance.The claim's 89% figure matches CIS data only for Somali immigrant households with children; across all Somali-headed households the figure is about 81%, and across Minnesotans of Somali ancestry it is about 84% (mostly Medicaid), so the 89% figure depends on the measure used. The extraction also narrows the passage's 'Somalis in Minnesota' to 'Somali refugees,' which the sources do not separate out.8 sources →

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19. 19FalseThe Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan administration is responsible for $9 billion in fraud at the Feeding Our Future program.The $9 billion figure is a federal prosecutors' estimate of possible fraud across 14 Medicaid programs, not losses from Feeding Our Future, which sources put at about $250–300 million. The claim also departs from the passage: the speaker tied the $9 billion to the administration generally, while the extracted claim narrows it to Feeding Our Future.8 sources →

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20. 20MixedThe Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan administration is responsible for a decline in test scores in Minnesota.The sources support a real decline in Minnesota test scores, especially since 2019, but they dispute or leave open the claim that the Walz-Flanagan administration is responsible for it. Sources critical of Walz attribute the decline to his tenure, while Bring Me The News describes the drop as following the COVID-19 pandemic and says scores have been roughly stable since. The claim was extracted from the claimant's passage, which paired the test-score decline with rising crime, and the extraction adds the causal 'responsible for' framing that the passage does not state.6 sources →

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21. 21MixedThe Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan administration is responsible for an increase in crime in Minnesota.The claim is an extraction of 'the increase in crime' from a speaker's remarks, and it adds that the Walz-Flanagan administration is responsible. Sources show violent crime rose during 2019-2021 (the pandemic spike, which Walz acknowledges), but official 2023 and 2025 data show declines, and whether the administration caused the rise is a contested interpretation rather than a documented finding.6 sources →

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22. 22TrueThe Eden Prairie High School homecoming was canceled because of Somali gang violence.Multiple sources report that Eden Prairie High School canceled its homecoming dance after a shooting at the homecoming football game, and police said the shooting was gang-related, with some outlets citing Somali gang activity. The stated reason for cancellation was the shooting's aftermath, not gang violence as a separate cause, but the shooting itself is the gang violence the claim describes.6 sources →

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23. 23TrueIsrael withdrew from Gaza in 2005.Multiple independent primary and tier-1 sources (US State Department statement of September 12, 2005, AP, Reuters, NPR, and the UN OCHA update) confirm that Israel completed its withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, ending a 38-year occupation. The extracted claim is a faithful, slightly shortened version of the passage, which says Israel withdrew 'out of Gaza in 2005 and gave Gaza to the Palestinians'; the sources confirm the withdrawal but the 'gave Gaza to the Palestinians' part is not the claim as extracted, and the sources note the withdrawal was unilateral without a PA agreement at the time.9 sources →

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24. 24FalseHamas was elected to rule Gaza in 2005.The sources consistently date Hamas's election victory that gave it power in Gaza to January 2006, not 2005, so the claim's year is wrong. The passage did not give a year, so the 2005 date was added during extraction; Hamas did win 2005 Gaza municipal elections, but those were local, not elections to rule Gaza.7 sources →

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25. 25FalseThe left is willing to kill to eliminate conservative voices like Charlie Kirk from the American population.The claim that the left is willing to kill to eliminate conservative voices like Charlie Kirk is contradicted by fact-checking and criminological sources: the assassin's alleged party affiliation was not Democratic and political violence is documented across the spectrum, with no source showing a leftist willingness to kill to silence conservatives. The claimant's passage is a rhetorical assertion that cannot corroborate the claim; the extraction ('the left is willing to kill') broadens the speaker's narrower remark about 'they' succeeding in eliminating his voice, but the sources do not support the broader group-level assertion either way beyond the Snopes dismissal of the partisan framing.9 sources →

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26. 26FalseThe left is a majority in the United States.The sources do not show the left as a majority of Americans. The closest measure, Pew's NPORS, has Democrats at 47% including leaners, below half of adults, and Pew's typology splits the left into several groups with separate shares of the population. The claim is extracted from the speaker's assertion that they are "a majority in our country," which the sources do not support; as of 2026-10-05 the record points to the left being a substantial minority.4 sources →

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27. 27FalseSaudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bought 14% shares of Fox News in 2005.The claim that Alwaleed bought a 14% stake in Fox News in 2005 is not supported. The sources report that in 2005 his holding in News Corp., Fox News's former parent, rose to about 5.5% (roughly 5.4% per SourceWatch), and his later stake in 21st Century Fox was about 6.6%. Fox News is not separately held as a share, so the 14% figure and the framing are both contradicted.7 sources →

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28. 28Can’t tellACT for America has chapters in 48 states.No source states how many states ACT for America has chapters in, so the 48-state figure can be neither confirmed nor refuted. The sources give chapter counts that conflict with each other and with the claim's scope, and the claimant's own passage cannot corroborate it; the extracted claim matches the passage's 48-state figure, and the 95%-of-counties figure was dropped.5 sources →

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29. 29Can’t tellACT for America has activists on the ground in 95% of U.S. counties.The claimant's passage says activists are in 95% of U.S. counties, but the claim as extracted matches that figure. The organization's own materials cite 97% and 98% of counties, and independent sources (Wikipedia citing 2011 and 2015 membership figures) give no county coverage figure, while the fact-checker sources provided contain no rating on this claim; the sources neither substantiate nor dispute the 95% figure as of 2026-10-05.6 sources →

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30. 30FalseDonald Trump eliminated Al-Qaeda and ISIS.The claim that Trump eliminated Al-Qaeda and ISIS as organizations is contradicted by sources reporting that ISIS remained a deadly, resilient force and that Al-Qaeda was still a target, though the record shows Trump-era strikes killed key leaders and ISIS lost most of its territory. The extracted claim is also broader than the passage, which was garbled and its only specific assertion was the elimination of leaders, and the sources do not support eliminating the groups themselves.9 sources →

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31. 31TrueIran has been funding Hezbollah and Hamas.Multiple independent sources, including Reuters, the Congressional Research Service, and a House hearing record, state that Iran funded Hezbollah and Hamas, and CNN notes Iran's funding for these groups continued in the second half of the Trump presidency, with a 2020 administration statement that Iran continued funding them. As of 2026-10-05 the sources describe ongoing funding, with a Treasury Secretary's claim of cuts disputed by Reuters reporting that transfers had not fully ceased; the extracted claim matches the passage's core assertion without widening scope.5 sources →

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32. 32TrueBritish authorities released terrorists on bail after they attempted to attack a military base used by American forces.Multiple reliable sources (AP, PBS/AP, CBC/Reuters, UPI) report that British authorities released on bail the men arrested over a suspected plot against RAF Fairford, a U.S.-used base, so the bail release and the target match the claim. The word 'terrorists' and the 'attempted attack' are based on suspicion at the time, but a later 27 October report of national security charges supports the plot, and the bail release was in effect on 5 October.6 sources →

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33. 33TrueThe United States is pulling bombers out of England.As of 2026-10-05, multiple sources (AP, NYT via tier-2 reprint, Pentagon/EUCOM confirmation, Stars and Stripes, ABC) report the US withdrew all B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford in England, with EUCOM confirming all bombers had redeployed to US home stations. The claim's literal phrasing 'pulling bombers out of England' matches the record; the withdrawal was reported as occurring over the weekend of Oct 3-4, 2026, and a later Oct 12 source does not reverse it.7 sources →

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34. 34TrueA Hindu pilot opened the door to allow passengers to come in during an attempted hijacking of a plane flying into Israel.Multiple tier1 sources (Reuters, AP, CNN) and other reports state that the Indian captain Smit Machchhar, stabbed by the co-pilot, opened the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to overpower the attacker during the attempted crash/hijacking of the Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight. The claim's phrasing 'Hindu pilot' is supported by sources describing him as a Hindu (Patheos, Washington Examiner, Indian national reporting), and the attempted hijacking of a flight bound for Israel is confirmed.7 sources →

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35. 35TrueThe third anniversary of the October 7 attacks is Wednesday, October 7, 2026.Multiple sources confirm that October 7, 2026 was a Wednesday and marked the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attacks. The extracted claim matches the passage's 'coming up Wednesday' and adds no widened scope or changed figure.5 sources →

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36. 36TruePalestinians in Gaza elected Hamas.The claim, extracted from the speaker's shorter 'They elected Hamas,' is supported: Hamas won the January 2006 Palestinian Legislative Council election, which covered Gaza and the West Bank, and HRW and Snopes both confirm Hamas won among Gaza voters. Snopes notes the win was not a majority of votes, but Hamas did win a majority of seats (74 of 132), and the claim does not assert a vote majority, so this does not defeat it.11 sources →

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37. 37TrueHamas dug tunnels under hospitals, day care centers, and school yards to place missiles.Sources directly support that Hamas dug tunnels under hospitals and school sites, including Rantisi Hospital and the Ramaz Fahrah girls' school and the Turkish Hospital, and used them for command posts and weapons storage. They do not address missiles specifically, and day care centers appear only in an opinion piece describing a kindergarten yard shaft. The extraction dropped the passage's framing that 'they allowed' this, so the verdict covers the Hamas-activity assertion only; as of 2026-10-05 the sources do not indicate a change.6 sources →

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38. 38TrueMint Mobile offers a premium wireless plan for 15 dollars a month.Mint Mobile's own pages (Best Buy listing and mintmobile.com) advertise "Premium wireless for $15/mo." on its 6GB 3-month plan, and several outlets confirm the $15/month equivalent. The claim omits that this is a limited new-customer promotion requiring upfront prepayment, and that the passage's "anyone can get" overstates eligibility, since Kiplinger reports existing subscribers are excluded. Android Central says one $15 promo was scheduled to end September 30, so the offer's status on 2026-10-05 is not confirmed by a dated source.6 sources →

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39. 39TrueThe Mint Mobile 15 dollar per month plan requires an upfront payment of 45 dollars for a three month plan.Mint Mobile's own plan pages and a Best Buy listing state a $15/month new-customer 3-month offer requiring a $45 upfront payment (equivalent to $15/mo), and Android Central independently reports the same $45 for three months. The claim matches the passage's figures and the sources describe the offer as current; as of 2026-10-05 the terms were in effect per these records, with the offer stated as introductory for the first three months only, which does not contradict the claim.6 sources →

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40. 40MixedThe left attempted to burn down St. John's Church.Sources support that a fire was set in the basement nursery of St. John's Church during George Floyd protests on May 31, 2020, and that it was extinguished with minor damage, which fits 'attempted to burn down.' However, no authoritative source identifies the arsonist or ties the fire to 'the left'; that framing appears only in an opinion piece (JNS), so the political attribution is a contested reading. The passage's wording ('tried to burn down') matches the sources' event, but the claim extends it to a political group.5 sources →

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How it persuades

• Us vs themA virtuous us against an enemy themthe Democrat Party, they're like a supervillainwe are the Act reaction to the action of evil happening around the worldwe are facing an enemy who wants to eradicate these, these rights
• ExaggerationFigurative inflation carries the claimthe second Holocaust of the Jewish peoplethe armpit of the worldthe Meth Lab trailer park of the worldthe Democrat Party is doing a death spiral into hellbecoming a friggin third world hellholethe third worlding of Montgomery County

What it’s built on

• Whataboutism · other groupAnswers a criticism by pointing at someone else
• DistrustDistrusts the government as a wholethe left attempted to erase on October the 8ththe polls are lyingthe Democrat Party is doing a death spiral into hellthere was a major failure in intelligence

Sources