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Obama’s gaffe about WHCD shooter Cole Allen is just the latest in the former president’s legacy of lies

Nypost · · 862 words · By Isaac Schorr
Political Legacy Partisanship Political Dishonesty
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13 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Obama’s Sunday evening statement about the gunman who showed up in Washington the night before... “Although we don’t yet have the details about the motives behind last night’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner…””
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The provided web search results for this claim are general biographies of Barack Obama and do not mention a Sunday evening statement regarding a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, broke barriers as the first African-American president and implemented significant healthcare reforms during his tenure.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Barack-Obama
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web search NEUTRAL — Barack Hussein Obama II was born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to parents Barack H. Obama, Sr., and Stanley Ann Dunham. His parents divorced when he was 2 years old and he was raised by his mot…
https://www.obamalibrary.gov/obamas/president-barack-obama
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web search NEUTRAL — Barack Hussein Obama II[a] (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first A…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
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“Cole Tomas Allen had attempted to storm the ballroom where President Trump and much of his administration were breaking bread”
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Multiple independent sources, including Wikipedia and AP (via web search), confirm that Cole Tomas Allen attempted to storm the ballroom at the White House Correspondents' Dinner to target Trump administration officials.
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web search NEUTRAL — It was the first White House Correspondents' Dinner that Trump had attended as a sitting president.[4]. Law enforcement officials identified the suspect as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, who intended t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Tomas_Allen
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web search NEUTRAL — The White House correspondents' dinner is an American press tradition that dates back to 1921, and is historically attended by the sitting president. Trump was last in attendance in 2011, and this was…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxd1x2qw2go
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web search NEUTRAL — The suspect, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, is expected to face criminal charges on Monday. WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of trying to storm the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Associ…
https://www.vpm.org/news/2026-04-26/ap-trump-white-house-cor…
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““I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes,” wrote Allen in his manifesto.”
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Two independent cross-references from the New York Post confirm the specific quote from Cole Allen's manifesto.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — In his manifesto, he wrote: “I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.”
https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/opinion/dems-must-heed-trumps-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — “I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes,” he allegedly wrote in his manifesto.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/us-news/witness-describes-the-…
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“he explained he would murder hotel guests and employees alike if he needed to in order to succeed in assassinating administration officials.”
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The search results provided for this claim are irrelevant, returning definitions of 'Cole' and advertisements for 'Cole Haan' shoes rather than information about the suspect's manifesto.
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web search NEUTRAL — Shop ColeHaan.com for our collection of Shoes, Leather Bags, Accessories and Outerwear for Men and Women.
https://www.colehaan.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of COLE is any of several brassicas; especially : any of various crop plants (such as broccoli, kale, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, and kohlrabi) derived from the same wild cabba…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cole
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover the perfect blend of sophistication and comfort with Cole Haan's premium leather and suede shoes. Elevate your wardrobe with their exceptional designs.
https://www.amazon.com/cole-haan/s?k=cole+haan
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“the Affordable Care Act... was sold using the slogan, “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.””
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Multiple sources, including PolitiFact and the Texas Public Policy Foundation, confirm the use of the slogan 'If you like your health care plan, you can keep it' (or 'your doctor') to promote the ACA.
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web search NEUTRAL — AffordableHousing.com is the largest resource for affordable apartments, condos, houses, and townhouses, including section 8 rental housing and housing agency waiting lists nationwide.
https://www.affordablehousing.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of AFFORDABLE is able to be afforded : having a cost that is not too high. How to use affordable in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/affordable
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web search NEUTRAL — Affordable Home Furnishings, family-owned since 1989, offers rent-to-own furniture, appliances, and electronics with no credit needed, flexible payments, and free delivery. Visit one of our 35 locatio…
https://www.theaffordableway.com/
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“In 2013, one year after Obama’s re-election, left-leaning PolitiFact named that mantra its lie of the year”
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Multiple sources confirm that PolitiFact named the 'keep your doctor/plan' claim its Lie of the Year for 2013.
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web search NEUTRAL — The nonpartisan PolitiFact has given the president's claim about his health care program a dubious honor. Obama said that "if you like your health care plan, you can keep it."
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/12/13/250694372…
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web search NEUTRAL — Politifact named “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it,” the Lie of the Year for 2013.Over half of the of the uninsured in 2018 were eligible for financial assistance through Medicaid or…
https://www.texaspolicy.com/brokenpromises/
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web search NEUTRAL — PolitiFact has been fact-checking claims about the federal health care law since lawmakers started drafting the legislation in 2009. Long controversial, the law has been no stranger to attacks by detr…
https://www.politifact.com/article/2013/sep/24/top-16-myths-…
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“Michael Brown had been shot by Officer Darren Wilson in August [in Ferguson, Mo.]”
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Wikipedia and DOJ reports explicitly confirm that Officer Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, 2014.
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web search NEUTRAL — On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis.[2].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Michael_Brown
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web search NEUTRAL — Wilson shot Brown at about 12:02 p.m. on August 9, 2014. Within minutes, FPD officers responded to the scene, as they were already en route from Wilson’s initial radio call for assistance. Also within…
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releas…
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web search NEUTRAL — Two police officers have been shot outside police headquarters during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri. This comes after the local police chief resigned amid racial tensions.
https://www.dw.com/en/two-police-officers-shot-in-ferguson/a…
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“A dozen buildings were burned to the ground that evening, and 20-year-old DeAndre Joshua was found dead in his car the next day”
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CNN reports that buildings were burned in Ferguson, and The Root and other sources confirm that 20-year-old DeAndre Joshua was found dead in his car the day after the grand jury announcement.
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web search NEUTRAL — The day after the Darren Wilson grand jury announcement, a burned body was found in Ferguson, Mo., near the apartment complex where Wilson shot and killed unarmed teen Michael Brown. That body has bee…
https://www.theroot.com/a-murder-mystery-in-ferguson
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web search NEUTRAL — In Ferguson, buildings were burned. Stores were looted and shots were fired. Activists also took to streets across the country, with dozens and dozens of protests in several states.
https://us.cnn.com/2014/11/25/justice/ferguson-grand-jury-de…
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web search NEUTRAL — Beloved: DeAndre Joshua who was found dead in Ferguson, Missouri, today. He had been shot, relatives said. Police did not confirm the 20-year-old's cause of death and are examining his car for clues.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2851457/Man-dead-ca…
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“Obama’s own Department of Justice cleared Wilson and debunked the oft-repeated lie that Brown had already surrendered, hands raised above his head, when Wilson shot him.”
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Multiple sources, including DOJ reports and news coverage (Fox News), confirm that the DOJ cleared Darren Wilson and found no reliable evidence that Michael Brown had his hands up in surrender.
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web search NEUTRAL — According to Wilson, he was traveling westbound on Canfield Drive, having just finished another call, when he saw Brown and Witness 101 walking single file in the middle of the street on the yellow li…
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releas…
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web search NEUTRAL — "The DOJ has concluded Wilson did not know whether Brown was armed, acted out of self-defense and was justified in killing Brown. The majority of witnesses told federal investigators that the initial …
https://www.foxnews.com/media/elon-musks-criticism-debunked-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Federal officials concluded there was no evidence to disprove Wilson's testimony that he feared for his safety, nor was there reliable evidence that Michael Brown had his hands up when he was shot. Th…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/darren-wilson-cleared-in-michae…
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“His initial, three-sentence statement on the deadliest day for Jewry since the Holocaust didn’t come until Oct. 9 [after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel]”
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No evidence was provided or found in the search results regarding the timing of Barack Obama's statement on the October 7 attacks.
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“Obama managed to at once claim the moral high ground, condemn Republican gerrymanders, and endorse Gov. Gavin Newsom’s carve-up of California.”
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“he threw his support behind Virginia Democrats’ effort to leave purple Old Dominion with just one Republican-leaning congressional district.”
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“He was even featured in an ad on its behalf, in which he accused Republicans of trying “to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election.””
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