NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week
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August 9, 2019
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these is legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the real facts:
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CLAIM: In 2016, Republicans in the Senate voted unanimously to ban people who were on the FBI's terror watch list from buying guns. Every single Democrat voted against it.
THE FACTS: Two Democrats voted in support of a 2016 proposal sponsored by Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas that would have allowed the government to ban the sale of firearms to a known o...
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